Comment 50-60K? In Cali? (Score 0) 409
Maybe since it is a sales position, there is a bonus structure of some kind.
If we're talking Indian, do we mean dot-com or feather-com?
Comment Re:So.... (Score 3, Interesting) 231
Uh, no. This is a feeble understanding of HIPAA. HIPAA would only be involved with the information in the medical record, and violations occur when information in the medical record is shared in a way that HIPAA does not allow. There are many exemptions.
Googles records of a person's search, even a doctor's search, would not constitute sharing a patient's personal medical information(PMO) in a way prohibited by HIPAA.
The idea that google knows something has been searched, then by extension 'the government knows it', therefore an inference can be made about the subject matter of the search, therefore something was illegally shared in violation of HIPAA? No way....
The google searches occur because the PMI in the record doesn't match the physical evidence in front of the health care professional. If a doctor learns something about a patient's medical condition on the internet, the privacy afforded by HIPAA should apply, of course.
Comment There is not even a small voter fraud problem... (Score 1) 178
It is infinitesimally small. And whatever infinitesimal amount there is won't be solved by tougher voter ID requirements.
Submission + - Blunders before London Olympics result in criticism, ridicule (nwsource.com)
taylorbrett writes: London Olympics organizers are coming under fire over bungled security staffing and other issues that have prompted British media and opposition lawmakers to declare the Games a "fiasco."
Submission + - Hybrid battery-supercapacitor design targets grid storage (gizmag.com)
cylonlover writes: While batteries can store large amounts of energy, they cannot dispense it quickly and they can only survive about one thousand charge-discharge cycles. Conversely, supercapacitors can release energy in quick bursts and last for hundreds of thousands of cycles, but they can't store quite as much energy. Recent advances in both battery and capacitor technology have been working toward a perfect marriage of the two. Researchers at Drexel University are developing an electrochemical flow capacitor (EFC) that combines the storage capabilities of batteries with the much longer cycle life and power output of supercapacitors. The team's goal is to improve the stability of the energy grid and ease the integration of renewable energy sources.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Easy way to do interactive ebook development? 1
BevanFindlay writes: "My wife and I have started self-publishing children's ebooks, but are looking at ways to make and sell interactive ebooks. Does anyone have any suggestions on ways to do this that don't involve significant cash outlays, or someone else's branding stuck on it, and is easier than developing Java from the ground up? At the moment, raw code seems to be the best option, but also the most time-consuming (especially as it's been a while since I've done any coding!) Also, how easy to then get it on to iOS as well?"
Submission + - European Operators Stockpiling nano-SIMs ahead of iPhone 5 Launch (paritynews.com)
hypnosec writes: European telecom operators are seemingly confident that iPhone5 is going to come with the nano-SIM slot and for this reason they are stockpiling such SIM cards, as noted by Financial Times, indicating that the iPhone 4S successor’s launch is more or less round the corner. “Since Apple has succeeded in getting a newer, smaller nano-SIM standard passed, Europeans carriers are now reportedly placing orders for the tiny new chips in anticipation of the launch.” Read the report. The nano-SIM design is 40% smaller compared to current designs of micro SIM found in many smartphones.
Submission + - Judge in Dotcom Case Steps Down (nzherald.co.nz)
Kalriath writes: After calling the United States "the enemy" at the NetHui conference last week (reported on Slashdot), Judge David Harvey has stepped down from the Dotcom case citing beliefs that the comments could reflect on his impartiality.
From the New Zealand Herald:
An internet law expert, Judge Harvey had been considered the perfect choice to hear arguments on whether Dotcom and his Megaupload colleagues should be extradited by the United States to face charges of criminal copyright violation. The district court's chief judge Jan-Marie Doogue said Judge Harvey had made the decision to step down from hearing the case. "He recognises that remarks made in the context of a paper he delivered on copyright law at a recent internet conference could reflect on his impartiality and that the appropriate response is for him to step down from the case.
No word on what this means for the extradition hearing, but it probably isn't good news for Dotcom.
Submission + - Digital noise in photos gives away edits (albany.edu)
ClarkMills writes: Here's a neat paper outlining the detection of digital photographs by detecting and comparing the noise across the image. There's more information at (the humorously named site) http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/07/09/Research-uses-noise-patterns-to-detect-manipulated-images It will be interesting to run this tech across previous "winner" images. :)
Submission + - Remote root exploit in Kindle Touch (mobileread.com)
tero writes: "Developers at MobileRead forums have discovered a rather strange "feature" in Kindle Touch browser. It seems the browser includes a scriptable plugin which allows websites to execute code on the device. Naturally someone has found a way to execute shell commands — and by the looks of it everything is running with root privileges.
This opens potential for "drive-by" jailbreaking — or turning the devices into a global 3G botnet.
According to the thread Amazon is working on a fix."
This opens potential for "drive-by" jailbreaking — or turning the devices into a global 3G botnet.
According to the thread Amazon is working on a fix."
Submission + - Why junk electronics should be big business (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: We've heard before about the problem of e-waste — computers and other high-tech gadgets that are tossed into landfills or shipped off to third-world countries when they reach end-of-life. But this article makes the case that there's a huge business opportunity here, with billions of dollars going to waste in the form of metals that could be reclaimed from these old and broken devices. 'At current rates of production, $16 billion (or 320 tons) in gold and $5 billion (7500 tons) in silver are put into media tablets, smartphones, computers, and other devices annually. With growth in demand for smartphones and media tablets showing little sign of diminishing in the next few years, the flow of gold and silver from deposit to waste facilities is only likely to accelerate. ... StEP claims that, in developing nations, 50 percent of the gold in e-waste is lost due to "crude dismantling processes" and only 25 percent of the remainder is recoverable due to the rudimentary technology to hand. In contrast, 25 percent of gold is lost to electronics dismantling in developed nations, and modern facilities are able to recover 95 percent of the rest.'
Submission + - Contiki 2.6: IPv6 for Everything, Everywhere (contiki-os.org)
An anonymous reader writes: The Contiki project just released version 2.6 of its open source operating system for the Internet of Things, used to track city sound pollution, control street lights, read power meters, monitor radiation, among other things. The technology behind it? A really tiny IPv6 stack that fits in a few kilobytes of memory, allowing everything, everywhere to have an IPv6 address.
Submission + - Galileo To Be Europe's Answer To US GPS (eweekeurope.co.uk)
judgecorp writes: "Two Galileo satellites that will signify the start of the European Union’s answer to the American Global Positioning System (GPS) will be launched into orbit on Thursday aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. It's using Soyuz as it is cheaper than the French Ariane — and the satellite system is supposed to free Europe from dependence on a US-controlled positioning system."
Submission + - OmniTouch Technology Turns Skin into Touchscreen (cepro.com)
An anonymous reader writes: New technology from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon could revolutionize the home automation and touchscreen industries. OmniTouch uses a depth-sensing camera and laser-based pico projector that somehow turns any surface, including skin, into a touchscreen. Awesome!
Comment Deja vu? (Score 1) 249
Didn't Ryan Bingham do this already?
