WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health officials released standards for electronic medical records on Wednesday, seeking to spur the technology in hopes of cutting health costs and reducing medical errors.
Archive for Grudzień, 2009
U.S. issues standards to spur e-health records
Technology not as advanced by 2010 as some had hoped
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Despite iPods, genetic sequencing, the Internet and Twitter, nearly a third of Americans said they thought there would be more technological advances by the year 2010.
U.S. online holiday spending rose 5 percent
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. online spending rose 5 percent to $27.12 billion from the start of November through Christmas Eve even though individuals spent slightly less than they did last year, according to data released by comScore on Wednesday.
Endangered species to get daily web spot in 2010
GENEVA (Reuters) – Endangered species from polar bears to giant salamanders, great white sharks to beluga whales and Namibian quiver trees to Cuban crocodiles will have their day on the Internet throughout 2010.
Target Co was victim of hacker Albert Gonzalez
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Target Co said it was among the victims of computer hacker Albert Gonzalez, mastermind of the biggest identity theft in U.S. history.
Florida county puts foreclosure sales online
MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida’s Miami-Dade County will start using the Internet next month in a bid to help auction off tens of thousands of delinquent properties that have put it on the frontlines of the U.S. foreclosure crisis.
Google to hold Android event in early January
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc said it will hold a briefing about its smartphone business at its headquarters next week as rumors continue to swirl that the Internet search giant is preparing to sell a Google-branded device.
Virtual goods give Web firms new revenue in ad slump
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Internet made shopping without checkout lines a no-brainer. Now, some Web companies are betting that people are ready to forsake another shopping tradition: tangible products.
Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009
BERLIN (Reuters) – From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.