Digital doctoring; the race is on to put a computer into every physician's hand

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Physicians are increasingly using hand-held computers to assist them with daily procedures. Use of such devices may eventually result in huge cost savings for all concerned, by reducing paperwork and costly delays and preventing medical and pharmaceutical errors. Two of the most popular devices used by physicians are the Palm and the Compaq Ipac pocket PC, using software such as ePocrates, iScribe, MDeverywhere, Allscripts, ParkStone and Pocketscript.

Computer Software, Hand-held computers, Handheld computers, Handheld data devices, Medicine, Equipment and supplies, Practice, Physicians, Medical professions, Personal digital assistants, Personal digital assistant, Hand-held data device, Medical practice, Professional medical/diagnostic software, Medical diagnostic software, Epocrates Inc.

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Putting a new soul in your PC

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Installation of a Red Hat Linux operating system on an old PC took half an hour, and is well worth the effort if you have appropriate spare hardware at hand.

Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Operating system, Product enhancement, Red Hat Linux (Operating system)

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Putting the cart before the horse

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When buying a computer system, it is always best to choose software first before choosing the hardware. Determining one's main software applications means choosing the operating system which, in turn, determines the type of computer to buy. Operating system categories, in the order of their popularity, are: DOS, DOS-Windows, Macintosh, Unix, OS/2 and Amiga. Unix is not for beginners, OS/2 is difficult while Amiga is useful only for games and graphics but is definitely not mainstream. The real choices are limited to DOS-Windows and Apple. DOS runs on IBM, Compaq, Tandy and in about 70 million machines worldwide. Microsoft Windows 3.0 is a Macintosh-like operating system for DOS 80386SX or higher computers. The Macintosh operating system is superior to Windows 3.0 but Mac machines are more expensive. Macs are ideal for desktop publishing. Buying a computer system means choosing not just software but also price and level of support and services.

Purchasing, Computers, Digital computers, End users, Computer Systems, Operating System, User Need, Microcomputer, Hardware Selection, Software Selection, Product selection

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