Quoted: Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits.

Quoted: “We’re excited to collaborate with Microsoft in utilizing Amalga, a new technology that opens up access to critical data currently stored in disparate systems, to help improve translational research,” said Dr. Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, division head, Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics at the University of Washington. “The Amalga tool will improve the ability of ITHS to provide our researchers with access to all of the data they need when they need it, allowing them to conduct their work faster and more effectively.”

Quoted: Among the first pediatric healthcare centers nationwide to adopt Amalga, Seattle Children’s will now be able to consolidate and view valuable patient data currently locked in core IT systems.

Quoted: Steven Curtis Chapman discusses the recent loss of his adopted daughter Maria Sue and describes how faith in God has helped his family cope with the tragedy. (Part 1 of 3)

Quoted: Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Quoted: Why is Google building a browser? Only by building its own software could Google bring the browser into the cloud age and potentially trigger a spiral of innovation not seen since Microsoft and Netscape one-upped each other almost monthly.

Starting from scratch had other advantages. You could design it to look cleaner and run faster, the twin dogmas of the Google corporate religion.

Quoted: The Professional Developers Conference is your opportunity to connect with top architects and developers in the community for four days of the deepest technical discussions about the future of the Microsoft platform.