nytimes.com - 11/25/2008
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A Microsoft study suggests that self-diagnosis by search engine leads Web searchers to conclude the worst about what ails them. >
cnbc.com - 11/25/2008
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cnbc.com —
I'm hearing from a good source that Microsoft
is ready to give a major facelift to the...
company's Zune music player that could mean its evolution into a new smart phone from the company. My source says that the new device falls under the codename ...
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Microsoft's Zune To Evolve Into New "Pink" Smart Phone? ...
osnn.net - 11/24/2008
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osnn.net —
A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action...
lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold ...
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OSNN - Windows, Linux and Macintosh News
wired.com - 11/25/2008
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wired.com —
Ray's Plan: 4 Ways to Win Not long
after Ray Ozzie arrived at Microsoft in 2005, he...
wrote a memo declaring that the company's survival hinged on a shift to cloud computing. Three years later, Ozzie and Microsoft are finally announcing (though for the ...
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Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode
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The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
... suggesting that people who self-diagnose by Web search tend to "escalate medical concerns." The New York Times put it a bit more bluntly: "If that headache plaguing you this morning led you first to a Web search and then to the conclusion that you must have a brain tumor, you may instead be suffering from cyberchondria." ...
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L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... -- If your search for “stomach pain” on the Internet convinces you that you have cancer, you may have cyberchondria. NYT ...
BehindTheMedspeak: Cyberchondria
bookofjoe —
... Just goes to show you how out of it I am: I first encountered this wonderful neologism (at least, it was such to moi) this morning when I read John Markoff's New York Times Business section story about the malady. ...
And you should see the search spikes after every episode of “House”
GMSV —
OK, I’m not a doctor, but I’m going to lay myself open to all kinds of liability and offer you some medical advice. First, that funny looking patch of skin on your leg is not caused by exotic flesh-eating bacteria, no matter what links turned up when you ran a search on “red, irritated and lingering.” And if you regularly click through to information on the most dire and least likely explanation for your symptoms, your real problem is “cyberchondria.” That’s ...
Microsoft examines ‘Cyberchondria’ causes
D' Technology Weblog —
If that headache plaguing you this morning led you first to a Web search and then to the conclusion that you must have a brain tumor, you may instead be suffering from cyberchondria. Microsoft researchers published the results of a study of health-related Web searches on popular search engines as well as a survey of the company’s employees.
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