Archive for May, 2006
Health-related resources on the Internet
I have been presenting a slideshow on how to find and use health-related resources on the Internet. Here is a selection of some useful sites that I compiled.
Search facilities and comprehensive sites
Medhunt http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/
MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp
OmniMedical Search http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/
WebMD http://www.webmd.com/
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Healthline http://www.healthline.com/
Firstgov Health and Nutrition http://www.firstgov.com/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml
MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov/
National Health Information Center http://www.healthfinder.gov
Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
Kaiser [...]
High-tech comes to auto theft
Those little clickers that let us unlock our car doors before we get there also broadcast information to anyone nearby. It may be coded but it is a fairly low-level encryption. Some cars also have a keyless ignition that uses electronic codes. Robert Vamosi discusses how car thieves can easily hack your codes and make [...]
Is Google full up?
In the April 21 issue of the New York Times, the Google chief executive Eric Schmidt is quoted as saying about Google’s servers, “Those machines are full. We have a huge machine crisis.” Whether because of this or the “Bigdaddy” update to the search infrastructure that Google made in January, a lot of Web sites [...]
A TV channel for your PC
CBS has launched a TV channel for those with a broadband connection. it is called by the cutesy name “Innertube” and can be viewed at this link. According to CNET
CBS Corp. has released a broadband channel that will feature original programming, supplements to popular shows, classics and encores of prime-time shows.
Initially, Innertube will feature [...]
No wonder it seems crowded
An article at cNet reports 694 million people ages 15 and older used the Internet in March. They also report
The study also found that the U.S., which represented two-thirds of the Internet user population 10 years ago, now represents less than one-quarter. Israelis spend the most time online, averaging 57.5 hours during the month of [...]
The next ten years on the Internet
Yesterday (Friday) the Wall Street Journal joined the discussion of the future that seems to be going around. Normally, the WSJ requires a subscription but it is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Web site and is making the articles free until May 10. That means you can all read the exchange of views on [...]
Running out of room on the Internet
Speaking of the future, the current system of Internet addresses (called IPv4) has room for 4.3 billion addresses. According to a story in Internet Week, one-third of these are already used up, another third has been reserved, and by 2012 there won’t be any left. A much more capacious address system, called IPv6, has been [...]
Back to the future
They’re at it again, making predictions about what’s going to happen next in technology. Internet Week has an article Five Technologies That Could Change The Future. Nobody ever gets these predictions right but people love to keep trying.
The article does hint at the poor track record by beginning with the well-known aphorism, “Prediction is [...]
Firefox patch; another IE problem
Firefox issued a patch today (version 1.5.0.3) for a recently discovered security hole. If you use Firefox, you may already have been automatically updated. I have installed it and there haven’t been any problems so far. All my extensions continue to work just fine.
This quick response from Mozilla to the recent discovery of a security [...]
Are we lazy and ignorant?
Here’s a blog with a blast to start your Monday, David Berlind’s article Why Americans are technology, political, and educational laggards and how it will doom them.
Compared to other parts of the world, we’re a relatively unsophisticated bunch, us Americans. And that culture of convenience, laziness, and ignorance is going to doom the [...]
