Month: January 2015

IT shops grapple with new healthcare codes for hurled turtles, fiery water skis

Starting Oct. 1, number of descriptive medical codes jumps from 14,000 to 68,000 While much of the media’s focus of late has been on electronic medical records (EMRs), what is proving to be a more daunting task is a new medical coding system affecting healthcare provider and insurance backend systems. ICD-10, which represents the 10th […]

Windows 10 to be free upgrade for many during its first year

Four months after pitching Windows 10 to businesses, Microsoft is focusing on consumers at an event where CEO Satya Nadella and other officials are pledging that the new OS offers individuals significant advances over Windows 8, its problematic predecessor. “Today is a monumental day for Windows,” Terry Myerson, executive vice president of the Operating Systems […]

Please don’t use these passwords. Sincerely, the Internet

You may have protected your personal data with strong passwords, but when hackers seize control of other computers, the resulting “botnets” can cause plenty of collateral damage. The depressing part is that one of the biggest holes is the easiest to fix: terrible passwords. SplashData has just released its annual list of the worst ones […]

How colleges are failing their students

Some colleges and universities haven’t caught on to the fact that if students don’t have the skills they need to land a job a degree isn’t worth much. Most traditional four-year colleges are great at teaching students theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, history, literature and even computer science, but where these institutions fall short in a […]

Will Microsoft sue the makers of Adblock Plus?

European publications claim Microsoft could go after the ad-blocking service, but without citing sources. Microsoft, Google, and a group of French publishers are reportedly planning to sue developers of ad-blocking software because it has been a bit too effective and popular. Adblock Plus, a simple add-on to Chrome and Firefox, has about 144 million active […]

Wireless charging — McDonald’s is lovin’ it

Prior to the rollout, only nine McDonald’s offered wireless charging McDonald’s is installing 600 wireless charging stations for enabled mobile devices in 50 restaurants in the U.K. The announcement represents a major expansion of wireless charging technology that’s still in the early stages of deployment in public places. The charging stations from Aircharge are based […]

SDN in 2014: A year of non-stop action

Review of dozens of SDN moves may hint at what’s in store for 2015 The past year was a frantic one in the SDN industry as many players made strategic and tactical moves to either get out ahead of the curve on software-defined networking, or try to offset its momentum. December Juniper unveils a version […]

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