Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Orange to launch Handspring Treo 600 next week. Network operator will brand the device as its own [The Register]
3:17:21 PM    comment   

Nokia Expects Flat Handset Sales. Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, left investors unimpressed when it said it would earn less on its handset sales. By Alan Cowell. [New York Times: Business]
3:16:48 PM    comment   

Hospital Chain Talks Up Wi-Fi. Hospital chain implemented secure wireless networking: 10 percent of doctors use it: Last year, Partners Healthcare System, a hospital operator, added wireless access to its patient systems. Today, 10 percent of doctors use the secure system to access information as they roam. Doctors can immediately place pharmacy orders, among other features. I continue to hear that hospitals need wireless networks (with robust security) more than practically any other operation. You have many employees who are never at a desk, who have extremely time-critical tasks in which information can be a key to life and death or at least the difference between great care and good care. Many companies have targeted the medical market, and we should see more innovation and more interesting integration appearing over time, like Vocera's communicator badge.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
3:16:00 PM    comment   

On-The-Fly IT. Knowledge workers aren't in their offices. They're in conference rooms, at customer sites, at home and on the road around the clock. The challenge for IT is creating flexible IT systems to support far-flung employees at companies in search of business agility. Here's how to get started. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
3:13:42 PM    comment   

Intel takes Manitoba to the EDGE. Designers of cellular phones based on the emerging EDGE standard will be able to incorporate a new single-chip solution from Intel Corp. in phones next year. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
3:09:59 PM    comment   

The U.S. stock market has jumped and the economy shows signs of perking up, but Americans continue to lose jobs. Indeed, some economists warn that that many of the nearly three million jobs lost over the past three years are gone for good. What's in store for the next three months and for 2004? While most economists and market watchers are somewhat optimistic, others suggest that the recovery won't last.
2:27:22 PM    comment   

Fans of the hit TV comedy "The Jerry Seinfeld Show" may remember an episode in which Jerry's friend George leaves his car parked at work so that the boss will think George is putting in long hours, even when he's not. The idea, of course, is that George's apparent productivity will net him a higher raise or bonus. Wharton professor Maurice Schweitzer would call George's behavior "an attempt to invoke the input bias -- the use of input information (in this case the false impression of long hours) to judge outcomes." As extreme as this example might seem, business decisions are frequently made based on input that is either biased or manipulated, as Schweitzer and colleague Karen Chinander suggest in a new paper entitled, "The Input Bias: The Misuse of Input Information in Judgments of Outcomes."
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