HHS Set to Extend ICD-10 Diagnosis Code Deadline to 2014

     
HHS Set to Extend ICD-10 Diagnosis Code Deadline to 2014

Vendors eagerly await the transition to the ICD-10 diagnosis code set, but a 2014 implementation deadline would give providers time to adopt software that supports the standard.   -  As Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced
plans on April 9 to push back the deadline for the International Classification
of Diseases (ICD)-10 claims coding system to 2014, the health care IT industry
responded with mixed feedback.
The
proposed delay of o...
Apple iPhone 5: 10 Most Prevalent Rumors About New Features
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:41 AM
News Analysis: Apple hasnt even confirmed that an iPhone 5 is in design. But already the rumor mill is churning out reports of possible features for a new model that might appear as soon as June.   -  Apple hasnt yet launched its iPhone 5, despite hopes that it would do so last year before it offered up the iPhone 4S. But that doesnt mean that the company wont do it this year. In fact, rumors abound, suggesting Apple will launch the iPhone 5 this year. The stage is set, according to the latest ru...
Flashback Mac Malware Gives Rise to Detection, Removal Tools
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:41 AM
Anti-virus software vendors like Kaspersky, F-Secure and Intego offer tools to detect and remove the Flashback malware from Apple Macs.   -  With the Flashback Trojan continuing to stalk Apple Mac users, security experts are offering ways to detect and remove the malware and steps users can take to secure their systems.
Most recently, Juan Leon, a software developer, has posted a free tool that can determine whether an Apple system is i...
Google Chrome Tabs Connect to Multiple Devices
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:41 AM
Take your Google Chrome tabs from your desktop to your smartphone with this new feature for the Web browser.   -  Users of Googles Chrome Web browser can look forward to a new feature with the latest Chrome Beta that allows them to access open tabs across multiple devices.

When users are signed in to Chrome, the tabs they have open on one device are made available on all their other devices by clicking on th...
HP Builds New Converged Cloud Package Atop OpenStack
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:51 AM
The idea of HP Converged Cloud is that enterprises now will be able to construct an open-standards cloud architecture inside their own firewalls -- using any server, storage and networking hardware.   -  Moving an enterprise to the cloud is all about hybrid approaches. It has to be, because very few companies are willing to ditch their current onsite IT for a complete offload to a subscription system or systems run by someone else.


Hewlett-Packard is as aware of these  quot;take-one-bite-at-a-t...
FuseSource Places New Open Source Integration and Messaging Platforms into Beta
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:39 AM
FuseSource has placed its new ESB Enterprise and MQ Enterprise platforms into beta for developers to try out.   -  FuseSource, a player in the open source integration and messaging world, has launched a beta program for two new products: Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.0 and Fuse MQ Enterprise 7.0.
The new products are aimed at enterprise software developers, architects and DevOps professionals that FuseSource would like...
Adobe Reader Adds Free EchoSign eSignatures Capability
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:41 AM
Adobe announced integration of its EchoSign eSignature services with its Adobe Reader platform.   -  Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE) has announced that it is making eSignatures available to hundreds of millions of Adobe Reader users, adding greater flexibility for signing, sending and managing documents, whether from a desktop, iOS, or Android mobile device.
Adobe announced integration between Adobe ...
Nokia Lumia 900 Delivers Solid Performance, Despite Glitches
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:27 AM
News Analysis: Nokia's Lumia 900 made a very strong start out of the gate despite the fact that AT&T began sales on the Easter holiday when most stores were closed. The device jumped immediately to the top of Amazons wireless best-seller charts, with the black version of the phone being the No. 1 seller and the cyan model in second place during the first week of sales.   -  The strong early sales performance of Nokia's Lumia 900 smartphone shouldn't be surprising despite gloomy initial forecasts by industry analysts. This is a very nice phone as the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system works even better in the larger size and with a faster processor than it did in the Lu...
IBM Names Seven New IBM Fellows for 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:20 AM
IBM has named seven employees to the class of 2012's IBM Fellows. IBM Fellow is the highest technical honor an IBMer can achieve.   -  IBM has named seven employees as IBM Fellows its most prestigious technical honor to acknowledge their contributions and innovations in developing some of the world's most key technologies.
 quot;Technology innovation is at the core of everything we do to help our clients make the world work bette...
Nokia Lumia 900: Taking a Close Look Inside and Out
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:45 AM
The just-released Nokia Lumia 900 phone uses Windows Phone 7.5, which has shown to be a slick, easy-to-use interface. With the larger phone, its even easier to use. The device is thin, but the screen is larger than an iPhone, and its slightly thicker and a little heavier. But its a well-designed, easy-to-use device that fits nicely into a shirt pocket. This phone has had a lot of hype about its 8-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, but as youll see in these photos, it doesnt deliver on that hype. On the other hand, it carries with it an air of mystery& the controls are unlabeled. Note that because the Zeiss lens had so much hype, I decided to do a comparison test to see if the vaunted multi-element lens was as good as Nokia said it is. The comparison photos were shot using the Nokia 900, a BlackBerry Bold 9900 with a 5-MP camera and a Nikon D70 DSLR with a 6-MP camera. As you will see, the number of megapixels is fairly meaningless if the lens is awful and the camera is worse.   -  ...
Microsoft Security Updates Patch IE, Windows, Office Dangers
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:34 AM
Security experts take particular note of patched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Windows Common Controls.   -  Microsoft as part of its Patch Tuesday effort released six security bulletins that address 11 vulnerabilities, including one that the software giant said already is being used in the wild.
Four of the six bulletins are listed as “critical,” while two more are listed as “important,” and cover a wide...
Atlassian Confluence 4.2 Adds New Social, Content Features
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:02 AM
Atlassian announced the release of Confluence 4.2, the latest version of its collaboration software that adds new social-engagement and content-discovery features.   -  Atlassian, a provider of collaboration software for product teams, today announced the latest release of Confluence, its popular content-creation and collaboration software.
Confluence 4.2 accelerates team productivity with new social user-engagement and content-discovery features, such as Quick Co...
Toshiba Excite Tablets Push Design Limits of Android Devices
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:48 PM
The largest of Toshiba's super-thin Excite tablets features a 13.3-inch display. Like the 7.7- and 10.-inch models, it features a new Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core chip and Android Ice Cream Sandwich.   -  Toshiba has followed its March introduction of the worlds thinnest tablet, the Excite 10 LE, with an introduction to possibly the worlds largest consumer tablet, the Excite 13. Featuring a 13.3-inch scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass display, its the Papa Bear in a new trio of Excite tablets, a...
Flashback Trojan: Kaspersky's 10 Ways to Protect Your Mac
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:45 PM
Costin Raiu, a security expert with Kaspersky Lab, points to a 2006 commercial that showed a sick PC and a healthy Mac as the key contributor to the belief that Apples Mac computers dont get viruses. That idea has been shattered following a series of cyber-attacks on the Apple systems over the past year, including the Tsunami and Revier/Imuler Trojans and the Mac Defender fake antivirus program. Most recently it has been the rejuvenated and reworked Flashback Trojan, which security researchers from Kaspersky and another security firm, Doctor Web, said has infected more than 600,000 Macs worldwide since about mid-March. Thats about 1 to 2 percent of all Macs being used, a percentage that puts the infection into the realm of the Conficker malware that attacked Windows PCs. Given this, Mac users need to take a serious look at the security measures theyre taking, according to Raiu. Here he lists the top 10 steps they can take to ensure their Macs are as secure and safe as possible.   -  ...
RIM Aims to Delight Developers at BlackBerry 10 Jam
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:25 PM
Research In Motion hopes to connect with developers at its upcoming developer event as the company tries to focus on the lifeblood of the operation: its developer base.   -  Research In Motion has announced that at its BlackBerry 10 Jam for developers the company will be releasing the first beta of the BlackBerry 10 developer tools in addition to a host of other goodies for developers.
BlackBerry 10 Jam, which will be held in conjunction with BlackBerry World in Orland...