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From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Next Big Future: Emerging Technological Black Swans

March 25, 2009

Emerging Technological Black Swans
The Black Swan theory (in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s version) refers to a large-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare event beyond the realm of normal expectations.
Next Big Future: Emerging Technological Black Swans.

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Slashdot | Compromising Wired Keyboards

March 25, 2009

“A team from the Security and Cryptography Laboratory (LASEC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, found 4 different ways to fully or partially recover keystrokes from wired keyboards at a distance up to 20 meters, even through walls. They tested 11 different wired keyboard models bought between 2001 and 2008 (PS/2, USB and laptop). They are all vulnerable [...]

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Google Knows What You Meant To Ask

March 24, 2009

Google Knows What You Meant To Ask
By employing semantic search technology, Google is aiming to improve the quality of the results of search queries. The goal in tinkering with the existing search algorithm is to make Google’s suggestions more relevant

Google Knows What You Meant To Ask – The Channel Wire – IT Channel News And [...]

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Dentrix G-4 and Windows

March 24, 2009

I just discovered that Dentrix is not compatible with 64 bit versions of Windows. So if you are adding a computer to a Dentrix network get the 32 bit version of Vista Business or if possible you may want to stay with XP-Pro.

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Web 2.0

March 24, 2009

Web 2.0 is not a new software but a new way of using the Internet. In the simplest form it refers to user created content. Here is more plucked form Wikipedia (Wikipedia is a classic web 2.0 application):

Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieve information. They can build on the interactive [...]

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Turn On

March 24, 2009

The most frustrating and patience-testing interval of each work day are those minute we have to wait between turning on our computers and finally being able to use them. Now, a Silicon Valley software computer has come up with an application that lets you surf the web on your computer even as you wait for [...]

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Paper Charts are NOT Free

March 24, 2009

Paper charts don’t just appear in the office for free. The paper folder and all the other papers cost about $2.50 each. If you have 2500 charts they cost you at least $6,250 to create and every time a new patient walks in it’s another two-fifty; cha-ching.
Other chart contents, like x-rays and photographs can [...]

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What to do when things go WRONG!

March 24, 2009

1. Update your system.Make sure that you are using the latest drivers for your hardware-and that you’ve installed all the Windows Updates-and check for updates to any applications you use, especially any that seem to be related to your current computer problem.Microsoft is always updating Windows with minor patches and bug fixes. Depending on whether [...]

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Hardware for Paperless Forms

March 24, 2009

Forms and signatures are one of the essentials of record keeping. How then can you have a paperless record? There are three methods to gather the information electronically and totally bypass the paper.
Tablet PC: A tablet PC is a mobile computer in the shape of a slate. Tablets use a touch screen that allows [...]

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Top Ten Electronics Deals from Amazon

March 20, 2009

Top Ten
Most of the ten could find a use in a dental office: Earphones for patient anxiety control, a digital camera, digital frames to show before and after images in the reception room, a photo printer, a TV networking device, a removeable hard drive and more.

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ADA.org: Survey Publications: Free Downloadable Reports

March 20, 2009

ADA.org: Survey Publications: Free Downloadable Reports.

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I Got a Kindle

March 18, 2009

I am such a geek! I have been lusting after this thing and I got one this morning (as a gift) and so far it is waaaay cool. I do not have a direct dental use for it yet but that is coming.
 

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Podcast

March 18, 2009

You can buy and download my recent podcast HERE. It is only $2.99 and contains a lot of information to help you make good technology choices and to save money when buying and using technology.

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A Dentist at the leading edge of New Technology

March 18, 2009

At least it was new technology in 1889.

The Curious DentistIn Buffalo, New York, a dentist named Alfred Southwick kept abreast of the latest developments concerning electricity. As a medical man, he thought electricity could be useful to him in his practice, perhaps as an anesthetic. When a Buffalo man stumbled into a generator at the [...]

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Adamo by Dell

March 18, 2009

Pearl Adamo by Dell.
The new Dell Adamo laptop (or the new sexy term netbook) has been introduced. It is all the rage online. Designed to compete with the ultra cool MacBook Air the Adamo is the world’s thinnest laptop.
Also a bit pricy starting around $2,000. Laptops (especially high priced fashion statement laptops) do not really belong in [...]

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Dentists Use Google Maps for Free Advertising | dentalblogs.com

March 18, 2009

Dentists Use Google Maps for Free Advertising
March 17th, 2009
You may think that “free advertising” is a scam or an oxymoron. You’d never find truly free advertising in this day and age! Everyone’s out to make a buck (even you)… Never say never.
Google Maps, formerly Google Local, is free to you, but it also lines Google’s [...]

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Lexi-DENTAL SUITE for your PDA

March 18, 2009

Put the PDR in your PDA. If you are still subscribing to those huge and expensive books like the PDR or Stedman’s STOP. You can get all that online or delivered to your phone.

Lexi-DENTAL SUITE is a unique collection of our top-rated databases and complementary licensed resources. Specifically designed for the dental professional,
Lexi-DENTAL SUITE [...]

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Why have a web site?

March 18, 2009

“Our business is all about long-term relationships, and our website helps us strengthen these bonds.”

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What next for Newspapers?

March 18, 2009

Four years ago, he was one of the first writers to come out and predict the impending collapse of the newspaper industry. Now that day has come. But what next? What replaces newspapers as our primary source for source for news? Who will do the deep, expensive investigations that were the newspaper industry’s greatest achievements?
Edgelings.com.

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Technology in a Slow Economy

March 18, 2009

Before investing in a brand new technology make sure you are getting the most out of what you already have. Spend time and money on training and setting up good office systems and procedures to maximize the technology and the people in the office.
Next establish a goal, or better yet a vision of what the [...]

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