Judges reject appeals from webcasters
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| Internet radio broadcasters were dealt a setback Monday when a
| panel of copyright judges threw out requests to reconsider a
| ruling that hiked the royalties they must pay to record
| companies and artists.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_hi_te/internet_radio
They kill the (Internet) radio star by lobbying. Here are some anti-DRM
stickers:
People don't like DRM (or Unix)
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| I understand that the command line can be daunting at first, but
| since my blog is new and most people have not had a chance to get
| to know me yet, let me lay it on the line. I love hacking around
| in the command line.
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http://jescala.com/content/view/17/
The fiasco that never ends has just reached the parliament:
'Action needed' on NHS computers
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| Delays and costs of the multi-billion pound NHS information technology
| upgrade mean its future is "not looking good", a group of MPs has said.
|
| [...]
|
| But the MPs warn costs could rise to at least £12.4 billion.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6559947.stm
More of the government's loveaffair with Microsoft and its partners. Just
like BECTA, they'll claims they get a 'discount', but a bargain on an
expensive concert can still be a waste of public money. They should use free
software.
Related:
Fujitsu man condemns NPfIT as failure
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| The government's pet technology project, the multi-billion pound NHS
| National Programme for IT (NPfIT), is in danger of failing, lacks
| the leadership required to stop it drifting off course, and is in
| danger of morphing into "a camel", according to a senior figure
| in one of the main contractors implementing the project.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/13/npfit_is_doomed/
NHS Scotland pools budget for Microsoft savings
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| NHS National Services Scotland forecasts it will save up to £8m over
| three years from a new procurement deal with Microsoft
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/scottish_nhs_microsoft_procurement_deal/
Microsoft in the NHS
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| Microsoft is one of the key technology firms in the £6.2 billion NHS
| IT programme. It is working particularly closely with iSOFT ...
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http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/index.cfm?ID=69
Accenture escapes £1bn penalty for NHS walk-out
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| Accenture, the IT and consultancy firm has avoided huge penalty fees for
| withdrawing from the UK National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/accenture_nhs_penalty/
Accenture: NHS failure is 'track record for success'
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| After months of negotiations, Accenture handed contracts worth £2bn over
| to rival Computer Sciences Corporation after getting paid just £110m
| for spending a third of the allotted 10 years on the job. Its hand had
| been forced by losses of $450m it was set to make on the deal this
| year.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/09/28/accenture_failure_success/
CfH refutes computer failure claims
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| "Very often they are not major incidents as such, but could be caused when
| a patient administration system is running slow or there may be problems
| with the local network. The severity level is attributed by the user and
| this is subsequently very often down graded or amended."
|
| Many of the incidents that have been reported by CfH include failure of
| the systems used by surgeons to see X-ray pictures on a computer screen
| in wards and operating theatres. On some occasions the system is believed
| to have crashed during an operation, forcing surgeons to suspend the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| procedure while a hard copy of the X-ray is found.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/cfh_defends_itself/
NHS Direct all better
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| NHS Direct is back online this afternoon after going on the sick
| with a server error earlier today.
|
| According to Netcraft, the Windows 2000 server at the bargain
| basement hypochondriac magnet modern, accessible public healthcare
| resource was rebooted today. See here.
|
| Whatever malady did for the box, it was "unexpected", as the message
| on the site explained for most of today.
|
| NHS Direct was unavailable for comment at time of writing.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/10/nhsdirect_back/
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