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...The walkout will coincide with industrial action already planned by the PCS union involving 100,000 civil servants....
...And, you know, Apple really cares about control, right? They really want to own the hardware, the software and the operating system....
...He told an analyst call that more consolidation was needed in the chipmaking industry, as Intel reported surprisingly strong second-quarter earnings, thanks to the continued rebound in PC sales....
...But with the chip industry’s long investment cycles, and with AMD eating into Intel’s PC and server markets, all investors can see ahead is heavier spending, with no recovery yet in sight....
...Take very good care; till next week....
...India softened export controls on a highly-sought antimalarial, but demand could create shortages for other serious medical conditions....
...Mindray sector: medical equipment / HQ: Shenzhen, China Key stat: Shares in the medical devices maker are up 53 per cent this year....
...In an environment where most people are too busy to care, hate means you are at least connecting on a deep enough level to inspire a response....
...The Mayo Clinic, a non-profit medical group, has written specific security measures into its contracts with medical device makers....
...In the US, one of the world’s most expensive markets for medical care, telemedicine providers estimate that savings can range from $200 to $700 per patient visit....
...When choosing chat apps for older people Ms Beckford recommends those that are also accessible on a PC, because larger fonts on a full screen are easier to read....
...Plans announced this year to sell the PC business and spin off the TV arm show that Sony is capable of prioritising quality of life over quantity – in some areas....
...Nursing, medical and care staff were most in demand. Kevin Green, REC chief executive, said: “This is exciting news from the labour market....
...The issue came to the fore when Central Surrey Health, a mutual established in 2006, lost out on a contract to deliver community services to Assura Medical, since renamed Virgin Care....
...“When I first got to Apple, Steve [Jobs] said, ‘We don’t really care if people like our products; we just want to make something we like,’” says a former operations executive....
...The word sets Gates off: “If all you care about is the US or the UK’s relative strength in the world, then it’s particularly scary,” he says laughing sarcastically....
...An ageing population, medical advance and rising demands for urgent care meant “there will still be real pressure on budgets”, while the King’s Fund noted the protection “still means a real-terms cut”....
...It is more than just mobile phones or laptop PCs. It can be a camera, a music player, a car, a meter, a health monitor....
...Eli Lilly sold PCS to Rite Aid in 1999 for $1.5bn, and Merck spun off Medco in 2003....
...The reason for this conservatism is the lack of a social safety net in China – citizens have to provide for their own medical care, old age and possible unemployment....
...Of course, once medical information is stored digitally, there is no technical reason why the patient should not be able to access it from their PC at home – although the NHS does not allow patients to access...
...Medical device-makers could design machines to interface with the system to send health data to HealthVault. That strategy echoes the one that made Windows central to the PC industry....
...labs are meanwhile experimenting with the next wave of gadgets to track whether seniors are taking their medicine, to help with simple household tasks, such as cooking, and to detect mobility problems and medical...
...Its PC-6 Turbo Porter is a big tail dragger often used for medical evacuations from glaciers or similarly challenging environments. The PC-12 has a niche of its own....
...Hospitals and other parts of the NHS would, however, spend billions more on training staff, buying PCs and upgrading and assimilating existing systems over the decade-long programme, Lord Warner said in...
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