America's Medical Mess: Economic Solution

The medical crisis in America in all its manifestations is all due to one underlying problem: There are not enough doctors. And no solution is going to be adequate until this problem is fixed. The low number of doctors limits supply of medical care. This causes three...

Savings windfall for firm that moved from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail

"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...

Record Labels Say No Deal With Qtrax

An update to a story from earlier this morning. It appears that Qtrax does not have  "the unparalleled support of the major record labels and all of their respective publishing divisions" as it had first claimed. Warner Music, and others, are stepping forward to state...

Schools warned off Microsoft deal

"The UK computer agency Becta is advising schools not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft because of alleged anti-competitive practices. The government agency has complained to the Office of Fair Trading. It says talks with Microsoft have not resolved "fundamental...

Brown: 24-hour drinking law to be reviewed

"Gordon Brown is to review the operation of the law allowing 24-hour drinking which critics claim has led to increase in binge drinking. After his early decisions as Prime Minister to stop the moves towards supercasinos in Manchester and elsewhere, and to consider a higher...