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  • Can social networking cure health system?

    Healthcare may not be the first thing one associates with social networking, but Sun Microsystems and Singapore's National Healthcare Group hope their latest effort will bridge the two.

  • Worried about your health? Check your spam

    Advertisements and offers for healthcare products are the dominant type of spam hitting global e-mail boxes, according to Clearswift's latest Spam Index survey.

  • Privacy policies tighten up

    Viewing pending privacy regulations as a potential competitive advantage rather than an unnecessary hurdle, health care education site WellMed opted to get a jump on compliance -- and it's paying off.

  • Google CEO coughs up Australia Health plans

    Google CEO, Eric Schmidt yesterday said he hopes to deliver Google Health to Australia by the end of the year -- but local representatives say discussions, which are expected to be lengthy, haven't even started yet.

  • US presidential election 2008: Barack Obama talks tech

    Iraq, immigration, taxes, and healthcare probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 US presidential campaign. IT has made nary an appearance -- so what do the candidates think on the subject of technology?

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    Invisible Particls to reappear

    Web 2.0 start-ups never die, they just go into stealth mode.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN: Like giving candy to babies

    I have seen the NBN, and it looks a lot like Christina Aguilera. Or, at least, it looked like her when I dropped into Ericsson's Melbourne headquarters recently to see a live demo of their NBN solutions. Yet behind the streaming TV, one question lingers -- and not even the government seems able to answer it.

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  • McKesson Corp: Randy Spratt, CIO

    McKesson is America's oldest and largest health care services company. In this CIO Vision Series interview, Randy Spratt explains IT's critical role across the organisation.

  • Harvard Medical School: John Halamka, CIO

    Dr John Halamka, the CIO of Harvard Medical School, is an early adopter of RFID technology -- he's got a chip implanted in his arm. These tags can keep track of personal medical records, as well as hospital equipment. Halamka talks with ZDNet.com editor in chief Dan Farber about recent advances in patient care, and electronic prescriptions.

  • Case study: Healthcare network eliminates Web bottleneck

    When there are many entities operating under one umbrella, Web site design can be very tricky. This article details how one organisation used the Merant Collage content management system to overcome their problem.

  • E-health: Consultations down the wire

    A Sydney-based start-up is offering a way for doctors to track and bill their clients for consultations over the phone and by e-mail.

  • Internet VPNs: the WAN and the light?

    They promise low-cost connectivity that could make conventional, expensive WANs a thing of the past. But can roll-your-own Internet VPNs really deliver?

Reviews (4)

  • Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

    It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

  • IM still not secure

    The safest way to exchange instant messages (IMs) is to stay within the enterprise, but in most cases the IM cat is already out of the bag, and security staff are playing catch up.

  • Encryption packages: Beyond the code

    Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

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