Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery! [pdf]

The Scientific Instrument Society - Learned Society for instrument specialists and enthusiasts 

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Members and Friends. Welcome to our brand new website in this our Society's Silver Jubilee year. My name is Paolo Brenni and I have been involved in the SIS since its ... foundation in 1983. In July 2005, I was honoured to be elected President and I repeat the pledge I made then, that I will work as much as possible with the Committee to develop the activities of the Society, to increase its worldwide membership and to maintain the high scholarly standard of the Bulletin. Over the last quarter century, the Scientific Instrument Society and its publications have played a very important role for historians, museum curators, collectors and enthusiasts....like you and like me. I am sure that in the future the Society will continue to be a beacon in the world of historic scientific instruments. If you're not a member yet, you can join now. Whoever you are, enjoy using our website. Patrick Mill, Chairman Neil Handley, Secretary Paul Goodman, Treasurer Willem Hac   [More...] [Less...]

Study finds healthcare industry must do more to protect electronic health record systems [pdf]

Amazon Kindle: meet Amazon's e-book reader - Engadget 

Oh, come now, like you thought the world's largest book retailer (online) -- which just started peddling digital video under the Unbox brand -- wasn't going to go head to head with Sony's Reader on an ... e-book device and service? Say hello to the Amazon Kindle, their take on a book reader device that comes equipped with a 6-inch 800 x 600 display (which we can only assume is e-ink), 256MB internal storage, smallish two-thumb keyboard cursor bar, scroll wheel, standard mini USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack, SD slot, and get this: EV-DO data! (Don't believe us? The spec sheet is after the break. Why do you think it was in the FCC?) The user manual also outlines the Kindle Store on Amazon (though doesn't spec out too many details), but we're a little less concerned with how we're getting these supposed e-books right now, and a little more curious about the price and launch. C'mon Amazon, we've got the dirt, now how's about you fill in the details? Neutral k @ Sep 11th 2006 7:34PM Well, here's   [More...] [Less...]

Amazon's electronic book turns a new page in the history of the written word - Independent Online Edition > Science & Tech 

The battle to persuade us all finally to abandon the familiar spine-creased paperback in favour of words on a flickering screen was ratcheted up several degrees yesterday with the launch by Amazon of its ... long-awaited – and undeniably natty – electronic book-reading device christened Kindle. "Why are books the last bastion of analogue?" Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos asked at an unveiling of the gadget in a New York hotel, referring to the recent revolution in digital entertainment that increasingly has us downloading the music we listen to and even the films and videos we watch. It is Mr Bezos's dream that the 10oz (283g) Kindle, which has been under development at Seattle-based Amazon for the past three years, will change how we enjoy the written word just as quickly (and as profitably) as the iPod, the ground-breaking player from Apple, has done our music-listening habits. Flicker, in fact, is one thing the Kindle screen does not do. It boasts electronic ink-screen technology so the wo   [More...] [Less...]