ZoneAlarm Security Suite 6.0 beta review by PC Magazine
To protect yourself against malware effectively, you want to stop it before it makes it onto your system. This is what any good antivirus program does against viruses and worms. On the other hand, most antispyware programs haven’t been as effective at stopping spyware from getting onto [...]
The development of an amazing array of digital devices to attach and integrate with the treatment room computer has completely changed the concept of dental computer use. It has also changed the basic treatment room computer requirements.
Computers in the treatment rooms have gone from simple data entry business machines to multimedia patient education and communication [...]
LCD television prices set to drop | Tech News on ZDNet
By Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: July 28, 2005, 2:28 PM PT
The holidays may be a bit happier this year for people pining for a liquid crystal display TV wrapped up in a bow. That’s because the price of 40- to 42-inch [...]
Here is a screen shot from the Vista beta. Vista is the new OS from Microsoft that will replace XP.
The following is from Lore Lavine at The Digital Dentist
Loren is a retired dentist who now specializes in helping dentists set up computers in the office. We often share information and agree on most things. At least I agree with him when he is right
Dexis Marries Dentrix? Well, I can’t say I saw [...]
In One Stroke, Podcasting Hits Mainstream - New York Times
David PogueIn One Stroke, Podcasting Hits Mainstream
Published: July 28, 2005
A podcast, as anyone under 25 can tell you, is an audio recording posted online, much like a short radio show. (”Podcasting” is a pun on “broadcasting,” implying, of course, that you listen to it on your [...]
What is VoIP? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
Short for Voice over Internet Protocol, a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN. One [...]
I just spent several hours with Dale Miles at my office with my co-consultant Laci. Dale wrote the book (in fact several of them) on digital radiography. He showed us a number of tips on sensor placement. The most important element seems to be the holder and aiming device. Dale recommends Rinn holders and I [...]
Be careful when choosing a digital radiography sensor. Sensor resolution is an important factor. Resolution is usually expressed in line pairs per millimeter or lp/mm. The bigger the number the better the resolution. That seems simple enough, however the problem develops when vendors use theoretical numbers when marketing products instead of actual resolution.
Theoretical resolution is [...]
Check out this digital memo pad from ACE CAD ACE CAD Product DigiMemo A501 Imagine you could use this to make tx planning notes, draw for a patient, make notes or drawings for the lab.
Retail is under $100.
The DigiMemo A501 is a stand-alone device with storage capability that digitally captures and stores everything you write or draw [...]
Have you heard about podcasting? It is one of the latest hot ways to use technology to transmit information. The pod part of podcast comes from I-Pod. The audio files are saved as Mp3 files and can be downloaded at any time from the podcast server to be listened to on a computer or Mp3 [...]
Have you ever heard of VoIP? That stands for Voice over IP (Internet Protocol). It allows users to talk as if they are on a phone using a computer and the Internet. David Dodell of IDF Internet fame introduced it to me, we used it today to create a Podcast (more on that later). Click [...]
Viruslist.com - Malware Evolution: April - June 2005
Malware Evolution: April - June 2005
Alexander GostevSenior Virus Analyst, Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab presents its quarterly report on malware evolution by Alexander Gostev, Senior Virus Analyst. This latest report addresses issues such as changing network attack trends, the evolution of adware, the use of old technologies to create new [...]
News from PC Magazine: Windows Vista
As of this morning, the “Longhorn” version of Windows has a new name–Windows Vista. In addition, Microsoft announced a formal date for the first beta: August 3.
Neil Charney, Dir of Product Management in the Windows Client Group, says the name is meant to convey that the new version was “about [...]
The DentalChairPotato has been selected as a “Top 100 New Product” for 2005 by “Dentistry Today”. You can learn more about the DentalChairPotato in the July, 2005 issue of “Dentistry Today” (page 62).
The DentalChairPotato is so relaxing that patients act like mannequins-their heads don’t move. Dentists who use the DentalChairPotato report that efficiency increases [...]
It is trendy to talk of the “Digital Revolution” as if it must be obvious to everyone. In fact it is obvious in some ways however if you don’t understand the basic concepts it can also be something of a mystery. As Arthur C. Clark famously said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” [...]
Solutions from PC Magazine: Clean Your PC
Clean Your PC By Bill Howard Our high-tech machines are subject to everyday dirt, dust, and even greasy fingerprints. Any exposed parts can suffer because of dirt; PCs run hotter, monitors grow dimmer, printers jam, keyboards stick, and scanners deliver scratchy images. But what cleaning methods are both effective [...]
I have been an avid Dentrix user for over ten years. My office administrator and co-consultant Laci is a certified Dentrix trainer. That is both good and bad.
The good is we have lots of experience we have a paperless office we have a very complete data base. but there is a bad.
We are used to [...]
Detectar - The First Sub-Gingival Calculus Automated Detection System
An enlightening innovationAutomatic detection by DETECTAR relies on the specific spectral signature of subgingival calculus. Light that reflects off the tartar is sensed by an optical fiber, and converted into an electrical signal to be analyzed. A computer processing algorithm is used to determine whether the DETECTAR [...]