The breach at the Virginia health agency highlights the “overall lack of compliance” with HIPAA within the health care sector, said Peter MacKoul, president of HIPAA Solutions LC, a consulting firm in Sugar Land, Texas. “HIPAA by and large has been ignored, not because it is unimportant, but because of a lack of will to [...]
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May
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May
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission needs to pass strong new net-neutrality rules to prevent small technology entrepreneurs from being crowded out of the market by large broadband providers, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said Wednesday. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132627&source=rss_null152
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May
I was looking through the Google Maps directory recently and found a variety of maps worth checking out. From up-to-date weather to barbershops, they should all be added to your Google Maps directory. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10234356-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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May
Senior citizens often hark back to a time when people left their house unlocked and left their car keys in the ignition. Now they lock their doors for safety. Apple, along with Mac users, should prepare for a similar transition. Given the state of cybersecurity today, pragmatism should trump romanticism. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10234535-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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May
If you’re a pol who wants to garner some headlines there’s one easy route to news coverage: Kick Craigslist. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=17524
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May
Let me point to the most dependably-overused example in this realm: Apple. Think about it. Apple doesn’t proudly trumpet how Mac OS X is a derivative of BSD blah blah free software yadda yadda, because the only people who care about such things are the ones who, well, care about such things, and can find [...]
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May
Windows 7 RC is now available, but Microsoft’s new operating system could use a bit more tinkering to improve security. http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217300251&subSection=News
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May
I experienced what felt like a death in the family recently when my own laptop was stolen right from my office, along with all of my work, personal financial data, and most importantly to me, family photos. Being a security analyst, I felt a sense of complicity for not being better prepared for this eventuality. [...]
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