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VirtualBox 6.1.x Windows 10 2004 Upgrade Problem Resolution

This is just a quick note that will hopefully save someone time. When I upgraded Windows 10 (64-bit) from 1909 to 2004 I found that Virtualbox 6.1.x no longer worked properly. All of my guest instances (Ubuntu, Mint, etc.) failed … Continue reading

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Controlling a Computer with EMG

Microsoft has applied for a patent for using finger flexing to control a computer. I’ve talked many times in the past about the use of EEG technology for computer control (brain-computer interface, BCI). As discussed in the RWW article, there … Continue reading

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Microsoft BUILD Conference

Wow — talk about drinking from a fire hose. BUILD Conference news and opinions are everywhere. Windows 8 WinRT  (no more Win32!) Metro Style Apps Death of Silverlight/Flash (?) Visual Studio 11 Fun stuff. It’s going to take a while to digest … Continue reading

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Binary Waveform Data in SQL Server 2008

As Shahid points out in Consider MySQL ‘Archive’ storage engine to store large amounts of med device structured or waveform data, saving physiologic waveform data from a medical device in a MySQL database for archive purposes is a reasonable alternative … Continue reading

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A Threat Analysis of Networked Medical Devices

Here’s an interesting analysis of security threats within a Windows-based hospital network for embedded medical devices: A threat analysis of critical patient monitoring medical devices. The threat models are fairly complex and clearly a product of wider enterprise network IT … Continue reading

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A Medical Device Gateway Data Standard?

The Wipro OEM medical device gateway press release makes it all seem so easy (my highlight): The device, consisting of interfaces that can feed-in data such as blood pressure, pulse rate, ECG reading and weight from the respective devices, is … Continue reading

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Access to Medical Data: Are PC Standards and PHRs (You) the Answer?

Dana Blankenhorn’s article Give medicine access to PC standards makes some good points about the medical device industry but (IMHO) misses the mark when trying to use PC standards and PHRs as models for working towards a solution. I’ll get … Continue reading

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Liberate the Data!

Peter Neupert’s post Tear Down the Walls and Liberate the Data is worth reading. There are some Microsoft-centric comments, but a number of the linked articles are good and the overall message is correct (IMO anyway). I might have tried … Continue reading

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Exploring Cloud Computing Development

It’s not easy getting your arms around this one. The term Cloud Computing has become a catch-all for a number of related technologies that have been used in enterprise-class systems for many years (e.g. grid computing, SOA, virtualization, etc.). One … Continue reading

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Microsoft Research at PDC2008

Most of the press coming out of PDC2008 were all the cool new product development technology announcements. What you probably don’t appreciate is the depth and breadth of the Microsoft research effort that is really the foundation for many of … Continue reading

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