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This old backup: how to dispose of your old archives without exposing yourself
arstechnica.com — “While observing World Backup Day and covering your digital assets, it's worth reflecting on how you'll retire those backups when their time comes—without leaving your personal data for someone else to pilfer.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on April 22, 2012 at 3:40 am By:
Health Literacy Medical School
This Old Backup: #HowTo Dispose of Your Old Archives w/o Exposing Yourself http://t.co/OZnjvAWg @arstechnica
$4,829-per-hour supercomputer built on Amazon cloud to fuel cancer research
arstechnica.com — “Spanning four continents and 50,000 cores, a cluster recently deployed on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud saved cancer researchers from having to cut corners in an experiment.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on April 21, 2012 at 7:08 am By:
Peter Beck Kim Doctor, Family Medicine Doctor, and Physician
$4,829-per-hour supercomputer built on Amazon cloud to fuel cancer research http://t.co/1VWngcLY via @arstechnica
Paramount exec faces skeptical crowds on post-SOPA outreach tour
arstechnica.com — “Declaring himself "humbled" by the backlash against the Stop Online Piracy Act, Paramount executive Al Perry is speaking about copyright at law schools around the country. But accounts from three of his talks suggest that he hasn't changed many minds.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on April 13, 2012 at 1:05 pm By:
Dr. Mark Drapeau Doctor, Health Social Media, and PhD
Meet Hollywood's unofficial post-SOPA ambassador - http://t.co/WKVneoiP
How the fitbit got me to walk more and be part of society again
arstechnica.com — “The fitbit might be yet another trendy fitness gadget, but it's one that has actually helped to get me out of the house more and log more steps in my daily life.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on April 9, 2012 at 12:25 am By:
Eric Topol, MD Cardiologist, Physician, Doctor, and Internist
Yes, recommend such devices to my patients RT @SteveCase How @Fitbit got me to walk more & be part of society http://t.co/xPjwL4qh #CDoM
Opinion: The problem with software patents? They don't scale
arstechnica.com — “Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold complains about the "culture of intentionally infringing patents" in software. But software firms don't infringe patents because they're lazy or greedy; they do it because it's impossible for them to do otherwise.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 26, 2012 at 5:03 am By:
Matt Mealiffe, M.D. Geneticist, Doctor, Internist, and Physician
MT @jamesallworth: New research from Yale Law School on true cost of software patents (conclusion? they don't scale) http://t.co/IIgp88rN
Surge in tech hubs give African startups a place to grow
arstechnica.com — “Africa's largest coworking space and incubator has just opened. That's good news for investors. African startups need to make sure it remains good news for them.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 24, 2012 at 1:53 pm By:
Aman Health Social Media, Health IT, PhD, and Doctor
RT @forota: Surge in tech hubs give African startups a place to grow http://t.co/BGsq7y5R via @arstechnica cc @jranck @MarcNager
Walmart buys a Facebook-based calendar app to get a look at customers' dates
arstechnica.com — “The retailer has bought Social Calendar, a Facebook app that tracks birthdays and other life events, in an effort to get deeper into customers' lives.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 23, 2012 at 10:09 pm By:
Bryan Vartabedian Doctor, Pediatrician, and Physician
Muis creepy RT @jowyang: Walmart buys a Facebook-based calendar app 2 get a look at customers' important dates http://t.co/wFwRtkHt
Drug resistant malaria takes new ground, raising fears of global spread
arstechnica.com — “There are worrying signs that resistance to our frontline malaria therapy has evolved in Southeast Asia, and attempts to eliminate resistance strains are stalling.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 23, 2012 at 4:25 pm By:
Roll Back Malaria Health Organization
Editorial: Drug resistant malaria takes new ground [in SE Asia], raising fears of global spread http://t.co/SsAduqaj #malaria @arstechnica
Supreme Court saves medical profession from diagnostic patents
arstechnica.com — “The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a broad patent on a method for determining the proper dosage of a drug for treating autoimmune diseases, but the decision offers little clarity on what can be patented in other fields, such as software.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 3:00 pm By:
Matthew Katz Doctor, Oncologist, Radiation Oncologist, and Physician
Supreme Court saves medical profession from diagnostic patents http://t.co/pMgvEIDG via @arstechnica #SCOPUS
When the going gets tough, Weird Science fakes its empathy
arstechnica.com — “This week in weird science: Daylight savings lost to cyberloafing, the ethics of narcissism, and one reason that couples may never be satisfied are subject to the scientific treatment.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 18, 2012 at 6:24 pm By:
When in doubt, feign empathy to make a relationship work: http://t.co/BozGmlwE plus more psych tidbits
Loose-lipped iPhones top the list of smartphones exploited by hacker
arstechnica.com — “Hackers looking for a way into high-value networks often consider smartphones the chink in an otherwise hardened defense. Topping the list is Apple's iPhone, which indiscreetly broadcasts the unique identifiers of wireless routers it has recently accessed.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 17, 2012 at 5:32 am By:
George Huba, Ph.D. Psychologist, PhD, and Doctor
“@roygrubb: Loose-lipped iPhones top the list of smartphones exploited by hacker http://t.co/cK0RjlcQ >> Private Eye heaven, apparently.”
Animal magnetism: modeling flocks of birds using simple attractions
arstechnica.com — “Drawing from a simple theory of magnetism, researchers have found a way to model the behavior of flocking birds. Interactions between pairs of starlings is sufficient to explain the total motion of thousands of birds within a large flock.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on March 13, 2012 at 11:35 pm By:
Very cool article about researchers who modeled the flocking patterns of European starlings on ferromagnets http://t.co/MNfaQ4nt #OneHealth
"Pig MRSA" came from humans, evolved via farm drugs
arstechnica.com — “Researchers discover that a drug-resistant bacterium re-infected humans after evolving in pig farms.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on February 24, 2012 at 3:36 pm By:
Autism Jabberwocky Patient Advocate
"Pig MRSA" came from humans, acquired resistance to farm antibiotics, and jumped back to humans - http://t.co/d88elEki
One small step: NASA launches open source portal, aims to open more code
arstechnica.com — “NASA has launched a new website to highlight its open source software projects and encourage more collaboration between NASA and the open source software community.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on January 5, 2012 at 6:18 pm By:
Leslie Saxon, MD Doctor, Internist, Cardiologist, and Physician
Makes me think about medical open source ideas... RT: @arstechnica NASA launches open source portal: http://t.co/xG7VUcOj by @segphault
Oblivious Supreme Court poised to legalize medical patents
arstechnica.com — “On Wednesday, the Supreme Court considered whether to allow patents on a physician's use of scientific research to inform treatment decisions. Several groups wrote briefs opposing such patents, but the justices seemed oblivious to their arguments.” View full resource at arstechnica.com
Most Recently Shared on December 7, 2011 at 11:23 pm By:
Lyle Fettig, MD Physician, Doctor, Internist, and Pain Medicine Physician
Oblivious Supreme Court poised to legalize medical patents http://t.co/FtN6V38D via @arstechnica outrageous
