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Jobs reportedly calls Flash a dying technology

Jobs reportedly calls Flash a dying technology

Posted by | Feb 18, 2010 | |

Apple CEO Steve Jobs once called Blu-ray a “bag of hurt,” and he apparently feels the same way about Flash. According to a “Valleywag” report (http://gawker.com/5474900/what-steve-jobs-said-during-his-wall-street-journal-ipad-demo), Apple’s head honcho tried to convince “The Wall Street Journal” to ditch Flash and move to the iPad.

Like other newspapers and web site, the “Journal” is a heavy Flash user. However, according to “Valleywag,” Jobs told “Journal” execs that:

° Flash is a CPU hog;

° A source of security holes;

° A dying technology (like the floppy drive).

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‘MacVoices’ looks at MacPractice

Posted by | Feb 18, 2010 | |

On the new MacVoices (http://www.macvoices.com), Mark Hollis of MacPractice provides an update on their medical office software.

He talks about how MacPractice is involved in trying to streamline the process of managing paperwork as medical record standardization moves toward becoming a reality. Hollis also discusses the latest integration of the iPhone into MacPractice, and what the iPad will, and won’t, mean to the medical community.

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