The state of Connecticut is harnessing the advantages of XML and workflow tools to ease regulation management. Connecticut had made government regulations publicly available in PDF format. However, this posed difficulties when it came to updating information. Updates...
Digitization efforts over the last decade have been ambitious and far-reaching. Today, many institutions are striving towards digitization, for greater accessibility and preservation of their valuable documents. The Indiana State Library, the largest public library in...
Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system (digital currency) that has attained wide popularity in the last couple of years. Two years back, the value of a bitcoin was around $5. But today, its value has increased to around $600. An economist, Ladislav Kristoufek at the...
Data mining is widely used in areas such as healthcare, finance, retail, and education. Recent studies indicate that it is also proving a useful tool to study social behaviors. Let's look at some interesting examples of this. Data Mining to Analyze Behavior on Online...
Customer data breach is raising concerns for many organizations. A recent incident happened at Target makes it clear that data breaches not only affect the staff group, but higher officials as well. The latest victim is Target's chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, who...
Newspapers are loaded with a lot of information. However, searching for the desired information from a batch of newspapers (in paper format) can be tiresome. Digitizing newspapers has become a necessity, as these contain a vast amount of hard-to-access information....
World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5th with the objective to create worldwide awareness about save the environment and encourage action to protect and save it. This is the time to think about the benefits of going paperless. Reducing paper use is...
Digital imaging technology is finding increased use in dental offices. Digital radiography (DR), 3D computerized tomography, digital photography and CAD/CAM find more application in dental services. According to a recent Detroit Free Press report, digital imaging...
Measuring culture refers to understanding the behaviors and habits of people residing in different parts of the world. It is a complex task that comes with a lot of challenges. However, the surprising fact is that data mining methods can be utilized to measure culture...
A recent report in the New York Times points out that the federal government has failed to ensure that electronic health records have adequate safeguards to prevent medical billing fraud. The results of an audit covering 864 hospitals that received Medicare incentive...
