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Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), have been hailed as the solution to our healthcare delivery woes. The healthcare industry has often been criticized for its lack of adoption of information technology, most evident in the fact that they send millions of faxes – seriously, who uses...

Bluetooth can rat out your location, researchers say. Bluetooth is everywhere these days—from your Android Wear smartwatch and fitness tracker, to the iPhone in your pocket. Thanks to the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) profile, they can connect to each other easily without draining your battery power....

The Hack You can crash an iPhone merely by texting it the exact right string of English and Arabic characters . Who’s Involved Anyone can pull the hack off if they know the right combination of characters. It was uncovered by users on Reddit. Anyone with an iPhone...

The Bethesda-based cloud services company Virtustream is set to be acquired by IT giant EMC in a deal worth $1.2 billion, the companies said Tuesday. The all-cash deal is expected to close during the next few months and marks one of the largest acquisitions in the...

New technology allows irises to be scanned from 40 feet away. Is this a wonder weapon against crime and terrorism or a way for governments to invade our privacy and track our movements? Imagine if you could be identified with certainty from 40 feet away by...

What is your favorite food? What was your first teacher’s name? What’s the name of your first pet? Do those questions sound familiar to you? If they do, it’s probably because you either have really boring and repetitive conversations or you’ve answered them as security...

The timing and technology are right to bring the power of digital sensing to the poor to improve health, safety and education. That is the animating assumption behind a new project announced on Tuesday. The initiative is led by Unicef and ARM, the British chip designer...