December 2007
13 posts
Amazon Sells 17 Wiis Per Second →
Amazon says its 2007 holiday season was the company’s best ever, bolstered by sales of the fifth Harry Potter film (DVD) as well as the Wii, selling at a blistering rate of 17 systems per second. Says CNN Money, the Wii was first in Amazon’s console sales between November 15 and December 19, with Super Mario Galaxy and Call of Duty 4 fronting the game sales pack.
Leavitt Letter Suggests Change in Administration’s... →
Mike Leavitt stirs up the pot in Washington about requiring doctors to use IT in their practices or lose 10% in reimbursement from Medicare. He also mentions in his letter giving H&HS power to mandate e-prescribing. He was pretty animated about this when he spoke at AMIA… it’s good to see proposals like these.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.... comes home to...
Spencer: Ya, ya, ba, ba, ba
Jeremy: Stop your beautiful hide!
Dad: Stop your beautiful hide?
Jeremy: Yes, Spencer needs to stop his beautiful hide!
Hungry Mormons offer clues to heart disease →
Who comes up with these headlines for MSNBC, anyway? ‘Hungry Mormons’? Classic. I went to grad school with Ben Horne… the researcher they cite in this study. I guess that pretty much makes me famous. Awesome.
What Iowans Should Know About Mormons - WSJ.com →
A great article by a woman who spent some time in Provo while doing research on a book about religious colleges… a good read.
CompUSA Closing = Bargains for Shoppers →
Under pressure from giants like Best Buy and Wal-Mart, smaller rival CompUSA announced today that it is winding down operations. While this is bad news for the company’s employees and investor Carlos Slim, it may be good news for consumers looking for a deal on computers and electronic gadgets this holiday season. Hooray… I’m not sure that many people will be missing CompUSSR and their...
WatchSnowball Fight!
Google Says Its Health Platform Is Due In Early... →
Google plans to bring its immense data storage and organization capacities to the field of medical care and patient records, Marissa Mayer, the company’s head of search, said at the Web 2.0 Summit.
