May 9, 2008
If you don’t like Internet Explorer 7 you’re gonna hate XP Service Pack 3
IT World Canada
Greg Meckbach shares a report by Greg Keizer of Computerworld US concerning Windows XP SP3 and Internet Explorer 7.
“‘If you choose to install XP SP3, Internet Explorer 7 will remain on your system after the install is complete,’ said Jane Maliouta, an IE program manager, in the blog entry. ‘Your preferences will be retained. However, you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7. If you go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, the Remove option will be grayed out.’ The inability to downgrade to IE6 after installing XP SP3 was by design, said Maliouta, because the service pack includes newer versions of the old browser’s files.”
Why do doctors still write prescriptions (illegibly) when they can type them?
Techdirt
Mike Masnick comments on a story run by Reuters that questions why doctors don’t just type their prescriptions out instead of using the old pen and paper, messy-writing tactic.
“In an age where more and more doctors’ offices are computerized, it simply doesn’t make any sense not to offer computerized prescriptions that accurately display the drug in question (including, perhaps, questions or warnings about possible conflicts or side effects). The fact that it may save a few seconds for a doctor to scribble hardly seems like a reasonable excuse when people’s lives are on the line and it’s part of the doctor’s job to do whatever possible to keep them healthy.”
Microsoft bankers approach Facebook for acquisition
Valleywag
Nicholas Carlson raises the idea that Microsoft may be interested in acquiring Facebook.
“Sources close to Microsoft say the company’s bankers have begun signaling to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg interest in acquiring his company. ‘We just want to gauge their interest, more than any real effort’ one source said.
