A 30-year-old man suspected of being the 'Rizler' spam king is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday, following his arrest last week when he flew into the US.
Australian citizens will be assigned a unique identifying number to help healthcare providers protect their patients from accidentally being given the wrong treatment.
The Clinton Administration is looking to crack down on illegal drug sales online. The White House's proposal, which will be submitted to Congress as part of the budget, would give the Federal Drug Administration authority over Net pharmacies, establish federal requirements for online drug sales and set fines and penalties.
Spammers are taking advantage of Google's free Analytics service to track the performance of spam campaigns and boost their business.
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) reported that there has been an increase in dealers using cyberspace to market narcotics and mind-altering drugs illegal in most countries. Its annual report says Internet pharmacies are shipping prescription-only drugs across the globe.
The world's largest drug and health-care services companies, is trying to shake its Net hangover with a cautious but ambitious overhaul that it hopes will keep it selling everything from scalpels to Viagra long into the new millennium.
IT outsourcing company Accenture on Wednesday in the US announced it plans to invest US$450 million over the next three years in the development of service-oriented architecture applications.
Google launched a new initiative aimed at the health care market this week and announced major industry partners including universities, pharmacies and hospitals, declaring its intention to give people access to all their healthcare information in the one spot.
Microsoft has teamed up with Viagra-maker Pfizer to launch 17 lawsuits against spammers and Web site owners that are allegedly selling 'dangerous' prescription drugs.
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Data can be exchanged and information combined in new ways with Web services linking servers over the Internet. Users can access services, with real time updates, through any Net device.
Internet-savvy consumers, hungry for health information, may spark a revolution in personalised medicine that experts say will send shock waves through insurers, employers, doctors, pharmaceutical companies and the Internet itself.
With his Dell Computer Corp. already one of the Internet's phenomenal success stories, Dell Chairman and Chief Executive Michael S. Dell is increasingly putting his own money into a stream of Internet and electronic-commerce startups.
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