Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money

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Spotlight Story Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money A new Harvard Medical School study shows that computer systems in hospitals and other clinical settings "are built for the accountants and managers and not ... to help doctors, nurses and patients." Read full story Related News: 2009 geek gift guide: Toys and books for techies As visions of electronics dance in your head, check out these seriously cool gadgets and provocative books for your wish list HP's Speedy MediaSmart EX495 Server With the addition of more processing power (2.5GHz versus 2.0GHz), HP's MediaSmart EX495 not only bested its EX487 stablemate that we reviewed earlier this year, but proved to be the fastest network-attached storage box we've ever tested. Move over, Synology DS209+ II! The EX495 was particularly fast during virus scans and at finding files thanks to the indexing feature of its Windows Home Server operating system. 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