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BBC iPlayer gets ready to go Worldwide
News The service will give users access to some of the corporation's flagship programmes, such as Doctor Who or Torchwood. BBC Worldwide has confirmed it wants to launch an iPlayer-style paid-for video... [12 Oct 2009]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, co-founder of PKB, said with the system patients with chronic conditions better manage their illnesses from home and improve communications between the patient and the doctor. Patients will also... [24 Sep 2009]
Inside the SpinVox Brain
Comment Obviously a doctor who uses more unique terminology and a more expansive dictionary will require more human intervention than the kind of average Joe on the street," Domecq told us at the demo - a... [06 Aug 2009]
Photos: How touchscreen tech helps a hospital keep tabs on patients
Photo Walsall Manor Hospital is helping its doctors and nursing staff save time, thanks to a new system that tracks patients and beds. The hospital has installed a Horizon Enterprise Visibility system, which pulls information from different... [09 Jul 2009]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News Cutbacks in technology spending are the wrong remedy for the NHS in an economic downturn, according to a junior minister at the Department of Health. Instead, the NHS should embrace the efficiencies IT can bring, professor Lord Darzi,... [22 Jun 2009]
HD iPlayer lands on Virgin Media
News Like the online iPlayer, selected content from the BBC HD channel - such as Doctor Who, Robin Hood and Later. The high-definition (HD) version of the BBC's iPlayer is now available to Virgin Media... [05 May 2009]
Photos: Doctor, doctor - your receptionist looks like a touchscreen
Photo King's College Hospital will move towards self-service healthcare with Europe's largest rollout of touchscreen medical kiosks. From early autumn patients at the London hospital will be greeted by the NCR MediKiosk, a touchscreen computer... [23 Apr 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets the HD treatment
News Both streamed and downloaded content - such as Doctor Who and Dragons' Den - will get improved picture quality in the coming weeks. Selected programmes will soon be available on the BBC's iPlayer online... [17 Apr 2009]
iPlayer and chums coming to your set-top box and mobile
News Having conquered the PC world with one million requests per day, the BBC's iPlayer could soon be coming to your set-top box. An agreement announced today between the BBC, BT and ITV will see the threesome working on a platform to carry... [11 Dec 2008]
Irish doctors get €600k web registration system
News The Medical Council of Ireland has awarded a €600,000 contract to develop a registration system for the country's 17,000 doctors. The system, supplied by iB Solutions, is part of a move to make doctors more accountable for their conduct... [21 Nov 2008]
Photos: Tomorrow's tech showcased by inventors
Photo Within a year Health Enterprise East hopes to pair the system with a speech recognition engine to translate doctor's speech on the fly. MICS will allow a doctor to speak into a mic attached to a tablet... [18 Sep 2008]
Workaholic Brits taking work calls while being waxed
News More than a fifth (23 per cent) of respondents said they have answered calls or sent emails while propping up the bar down the pub, a quarter of respondents have worked while on public transport and 13 per cent have sent emails or made... [28 Aug 2008]
Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone?
Comment More on the iPhone ¦ Apple iPhone 'ready for business' ¦ Doctor iPhone will see you now… ¦ Video: Apple iPhone is a serious business at last ¦ iPhone making business users smile ¦ iPhone on the Edge... [23 May 2008]
BBC iPlayer hits 75 million downloads
News The most requested programmes were The Apprentice and Doctor Who, although programmes shown on BBC Three had a strong showing with six appearing in the top 20. The BBC iPlayer online on demand TV service... [20 May 2008]
iPhone out of stock after £100 price cut
News More on the iPhone Apple iPhone 'ready for business' Doctor iPhone will see you now… Video: Apple iPhone is a serious business at last iPhone making business users smile iPhone on the Edge 'disappoints... [02 May 2008]