Apple OS X Lion only available as download from the Cloud
From NJN – With the release of OS X or Lion, Apple has stopped shipping software in white boxes with CD ROM media.
Most of us are already using the Cloud whether we know it or not.
Apple software is only available by download from the App Store. To reinforce the point, the latest MAC hardware doesn’t have a CD ROM drive.
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Computerworld – A Harvard Medical School study that looked at some of the nation’s “most wired” hospital facilities found that computerization of those facilities hasn’t saved them any money or improved administrative efficiency.
The recently released study evaluated data on 4,000 hospitals in the U.S over a four-year period and found that the immense cost of installing and running hospital IT systems is greater than any expected cost savings. And much of the software being written for use in clinics is aimed at administrators, not doctors, nurses and lab workers. Continue reading
Assistant privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham and privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart reach agreement with Facebook on privacy (Photo Emily Chung/CBC)
Facebook has agreed to add significant new privacy safeguards and make other changes in response to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s recent investigation into the popular social networking site’s privacy policies and practices. Continue reading