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From the monthly archives:

June 2009

June 30, 2009

Great minds discuss ideas;Average minds discuss events;Small minds discuss people.

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XP Not Dead Yet

June 30, 2009

“Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows XP a year ago today, no longer selling new copies in most venues. Yet according to a report from InfoWorld, various downgrade paths to XP are keeping the operating system very much alive, particularly among businesses.

Follow this link for the whole story here:
My experience and advice follows the article. [...]

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The Michael Jackson Malware

June 30, 2009

It’s inevitable now, with any high-profile news event that there will be spam and malware campaigns to take advantage of them. Thus it has been with the death of Michael Jackson.

Details Here
Of course the real reason I included this post was to get a Michael Jackson entry just to pump up the site on the [...]

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Cubex

June 30, 2009

Cubex is one of my favorite new pieces of technology. The following video explains it very well. For more information look here:

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10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

June 29, 2009

a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook.

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DIY Computer installation.

June 29, 2009
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Thoughts on Electronic Records

June 29, 2009

Eliminating jobs is not the only way to cut costs. In the large medical practice where I work, EMR is allowing us to free up enormous amounts of time for clinical staff who are snowed under by paperwork, while reducing errors and speeding patient service. Overall, EMR leads to a shift away from paper-shuffling jobs [...]

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This is real mobile computing !!!

June 29, 2009
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Photo Scanner for X-Rays

June 29, 2009

High-quality scans for prints and film. LED light source eliminates warm-up time.

A good inexpensive ($150) scanner for film x-rays. It has a transparency adaptor and can do a full set of bitewings in a single scan. May not be adequate for a panoramic film. PC Magazine Review here:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2213394,00.asp

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Patient Survey Opportunity for Dental Practices

June 29, 2009

Do you know your patients’ preferences? Henry Schein Practice Solutions is conducting a nationwide survey to better understand dental patients’ preferences.  If you would like to participate, you will receive a unique URL link to a survey that you can link to from your practice website and/or email to your patients so they can complete [...]

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More Windows 7. Cool New Touch Features.

June 29, 2009

…betting, for example, that PC users will increasingly control their computers by touching their screens….Windows 7’s support for multi-touch technologies — the ability to use multiple fingers on a screen, as a supplement or replacement for a traditional keyboard and mouse.

Will more natural interfaces work in a dental office? In dentistry asepsis is always an [...]

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Do security and privacy make health IT reform impossible?

June 29, 2009

To what extent are fears of privacy and security preventing health IT reform?

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A TeraByte for $119 !!!

June 28, 2009

Seagate FreeAgent Pro External Hard Drive 1 TB 3.5-Inch eSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400
This is so amazing. You have absolutely no excuse not to backing up your entire office every day. A TERABYTE for god’s sake…that’s 1000 Gigabytes.
In a dental office we used to dedicate most of a room to files.Those files, the cabinets and the space [...]

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June 28, 2009

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

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Microsoft Drops Prices for Windows 7, Offers Upgrade Deals

June 28, 2009

The unusual move was one of a series of Windows 7 pricing announcements made by the company Thursday morning in preparation for the scheduled Oct. 22 launch. Under the plan, Windows 7 Home Premium will be available for $199.99 in stores, $40 less than Windows Vista Home Premium.

Details, including special offers.

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More Politics of Healthcare from WSJ

June 28, 2009

OBAMACARE: Doing for healthcare what Fannie Mae did for mortgages? “In sum, a public plan would possess formidable and perhaps overwhelming competitive advantages — generated not by efficiency but by the artificial advantages of ‘public’ status. This would have two disastrous consequences. The first will be to cause most Americans now covered by private insurance [...]

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Limitations of CAD- CAM

June 24, 2009

There are two primary limitations to CAD CAM restorations. (Like Cerec and E4D)It is not yet possible to do multiple unit bridges and the esthetics is limited. The esthetics has improved dramatically from the early days as the quality of materials has improved. Multi shade material blocks can duplicate dentin and enamel shades. Never the [...]

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Light Blogging

June 21, 2009

I had a great time at the Florida meeting. Some very engaged dentists and team members looking to use technology more effectively. I will be away from a computer for a week or so Blogging will resume on a regular basis in about a week.

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Happy Father’s Day

June 21, 2009
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Hardware Value Curve

June 18, 2009

“The Best”: There is little practical value to buying “the best” when purchasing new computer hardware. No matter how much you spend or how fancy your system is it will still be ready for replacement in three to four years. Many dentists believe that if they just spend the extra money for high quality today [...]

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