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Expert: Obama's cybersecurity response disappointing in scope

Expert: Obama's cybersecurity response disappointing in scope

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

President Barack Obama's announcement today (May 29) that he will create a cybersecurity coordinator in the White House with responsibility for information security is a step in the right direction, but more has ...





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The human brain is on the edge of chaos

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (35) | comments 18

Cambridge-based researchers provide new evidence that the human brain lives "on the edge of chaos", at a critical transition point between randomness and order. The study, published March 20 in the open-access ...


Caring for the whole person -- using systems medicine

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At a time when medicine tends to focus on patients as a "collection of visceral organs and a nervous system," systems medicine provides a new approach to medical practice that is "anticipated to result in more comprehensive ...


Risk of frailty in older women dependent on multisystem abnormalities

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study published online ahead of press in the Gerontology Society of America's Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences reports that the condition of frailty in older adults is associated with a critical mass of abnormal physio ...


Motorola Now Shipping APX Multi-band Two-Way Radios

Motorola Now Shipping APX Multi-band Two-Way Radios

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motorola is now shipping APX 7000 two-way radios, enabling instant multi-agency interoperability for mission critical first responders. The industry’s first Project 25 (P25) multi-band (700/800 MHz and VHF) ...


Audit: Air traffic systems vulnerable to attack

Technology / Internet

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The nation's air traffic control systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks, and support systems have been breached in recent months allowing hackers access to personnel records and network servers, according to a new ...


Dead ahead: Similar early warning signals of change in climate

Dead Ahead: Similar Early Warning Signals of Change in Climate, Ecosystems, Financial Markets, Human Health

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (19) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide crashes, and asthma attacks and ...


If at first you don't succeed, let the search engine try

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

No matter how good a search engine is, it is sometimes necessary to change the search terms to get the information you need. But what if you did not have to change the search terms yourself? What if the search engine could ...


Getting the word out when the need for speed is critical to public health

Getting the word out when the need for speed is critical to public health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When the need for speed is critical, how can a public health department communicate with doctors and hospitals, sending alerts to help prevent or stop a public health crisis? How can thousands of health-care ...


Tough times, complex systems -- a modernisation story

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tough economic times call for tough measures to remain competitive. That goes for software modernisation as well. A European project has just released a prototype of a software engineering platform that could ...


Billions spent on health IT stimulus could lead to major boom... or bust

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The more than $19 billion dollars of funding provided for health care information technology (IT) in President Obama's economic stimulus package offers a unique opportunity to deliver on the promise of computerized health ...



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