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• Boot up: Google used in Russian malware scam, DIY flying robo hacker threatens wireless, and more 
  Technology blog - Guardian Unlimited  | Sep 14,'11
  Audubon Google doodle Photograph: Google A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team "Watson, the "Jeopardy!"-playing computer system, is getting a job. "WellPoint Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. are set to announce a deal on Monday for the health insurer to use the Watson technology, the first time the high-profile project will
• WellPoint Partners With IBM, Hopes to Make Watson a Health Insurance Expert 
  EMR Update  | Sep 13,'11
  Following Watson's defeat of Jeopardy! champions earlier this year, doctors have been working with IBM to adapt the supercomputer's algorithms to the healthcare industry. Now, Watson has received its first real-world assignment from WellPoint Inc., which offers health insurance in 14 states. WellPoint hopes Watson will be able to reduce the time required to diagnose and treat patients
• IBM Takes Another Step Toward HAL 
  Wall St. Cheat Sheet  | Sep 13,'11
  WellPoint Inc. , ( NYSE:WLP ) which provides health care to over 34.2 million members, will use IBM's ( NYSE:IBM ) super computer Watson to help diagnose medical problems and authorize appropriate treatment . Watson's lightning speed and vast health care database is starting to resemble HAL from the science fiction movie 2001: A Modern Space Odyssey .
• IBM now using Watson supercomputer to save lives 
  afterdawn.com  | Sep 12,'11
  After beating up on lowly humans on 'Jeopardy,' IBM's supercomputer Watson will now help Wellpoint Inc., the health insurer with 34 million members, to diagnose medical problems and authorize the correct treatments. By integrating Watson's database into its own existing patient information, Wellpoint says they should be able to find the best treatment and remedies in the quickest
• WellPoint and IBM Announce Agreement to Put Watson to Work in Health Care 
  EMR Update  | Sep 12,'11
  WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced an agreement today to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology. Under the agreement, WellPoint will develop and launch Watson-based solutions to help improve patient care through the delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based health care for millions of Americans. IBM will develop the base Watson
• IBM's Watson To Help Diagnose, Treat Cancer 
  Slashdot  | Sep 12,'11
  Lucas123 writes "IBM's Jeopardy-playing supercomputer, Watson, will be turning its data compiling engine toward helping oncologists diagnose and treat cancer. According to IBM, the computer is being assembled in the Richmond, Va. data center of WellPoint , the country's largest Blue Cross, Blue Shield-based healthcare company. Physicians will be able to input a patient's symptoms and

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