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By Putting Over-The-Air Online Legally, Aereo Clears The Way For ALL TV Everywhere
This week is the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas, with the attendent announcements relating to television distribution. Adobe and Brightcove are both introducing products to facilitate the concept of Television Everywhere, or TVE. But what the broadcast industry considers TV does not include all of the video that is already accessible everywhere through the web... Read More »
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Calculating Barack Obama's Geek Quotient
Does Barack Obama's have "very high" "geek quotient" as chief technology officer -- a.k.a official White House geek -- Todd Park claimed today in a CNN interview?...Park claims Obama deserves this "very high" ranking as a "a hugely enthusiastic proponent of the power of data, technology and innovation to advance national priorities," he told CNN's undefined.
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Can IT Cure Healthcare's Inertia?
Perhaps you've seen the TV commercial for a popular arthritis drug that says, "A body at rest tends to stay at rest, while a body in motion tends to stay in motion." The ad refers, of course, to a law of physics called inertia--which brings to mind the U.S. healthcare system... Read More »
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Can Maryland's Other “CIO” Cultivate Innovation in Government?
If innovation is driven by resource constraints, by "doing more with less," Sivak will be in the right place at the right time. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's 2012 budget included billions in proposed cuts, including hundreds of millions pared from state agencies. More difficult decisions will be in the 2013 budget as well. Read More »
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Can Open Source Hardware Movement Be Used To Realize Low Cost Educational Robots?
Robots are expensive! A simple robot arm costs more than ten thousand dollars. On the other hand, a state-of-the-art dish washer costs less than a thousand dollars. These two are not significantly different in terms of size or complexity, so what is the reason for such a large difference in their prices? Read More »
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Can Startups Save the NHS?
A near-sacred institution, the NHS has spent little time out of the public psyche since its inception in 1948. Today, far from being a celebrated feat of public welfare, each day brings a barrage of stories of closing hospital A&Es, cuts in funding, huge debts and an ageing population. Faced by a heavy funding deficit, demands vastly different to when the service was conceived, and shifts in politics and ideology, many believe the NHS is itself strapped to a life support machine...
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Can The Feds Make Health IT Systems Talk To Each Other?
Government officials are reluctant to issue mandates on standards and interoperability for health IT devices and applications -- but advocates say that's exactly what healthcare needs to promote innovation and improve patient care. Read More »
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Can These Six Killer Apps Fix South Africa's Inequality?
Naill Ferguson reckons the developing world can use these apps to improve economic development...The apps are six broad ideas that emerged in Western culture that promote innovation, stability and wealth. The most important development, according to Ferguson is that these apps are open source and therefore free to download. It is also clear that many countries in the East have downloaded these apps...
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Canonical Will Win Even If Ubuntu Edge Doesn't Make Its $32 Million
Canonical , Ubuntu's parent company, made a bet. It wagered that there were enough visionaries out there to crowd-source 32-million dollars for the first Linux-powered combination smartphone/PC, the Ubuntu Edge. It seems that the company will lose that wager, but in the long-run, I think Canonical will rise from the gadget gaming table a winner. Read More »
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Caradigm and the Future of Healthcare IT
Microsoft (MSFT) and General Electric (GE) have begun finalizing the details for their healthcare IT joint venture called Caradigm. The venture is "aimed at driving a paradigm shift in the delivery of care by enabling health systems and professionals to use real-time, systemwide intelligence to improve healthcare quality and the patient experience..." One major thing to note is the apparent commitment to keeping the jointly developed platform open source...
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CCHIT To Test EHR, HIE Interoperability
To follow up yesterday’s news that Healtheway’s public-private partnership with eHealth Exchange (formerly NwHIN) was official, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced plans to work on a health information exchange (HIE) testing program. Read More »
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CDC's Virtual Events Program Created By The Public Sector, For The Public Sector
Declines in budgets across the public health community were just one reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began looking at innovative approaches for employees and partners to collaborate online. Read More »
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Celebrating 15 Years Of A Better Web
On March 31, Mozilla turned 15 years old. In these years, something radical has happened: the Web has become an everyday presence in the lives of billions of people. It’s made their lives better. Mozilla was a big part of this. Read More »
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Cell Counter; NHS+HackDay; OpenSource+OpenEHR
Last weekend the NHS HackDay movement came to Liverpool, where a group of “Geeks who love the NHS” came together for the second event of its type. Read More »
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CEO George Grey Opens Linaro Connect Europe 2013 (LCE13) In Dublin, Ireland
Industry leaders are gathering in Dublin, Ireland this week to define the future of Linux on ARM at Linaro Connect Read More »
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