Quoted: Policy wonks and software makers love electronic medical records, saying they’ll make health care better, faster and cheaper. But most doctors have yet to make the leap, in part because it can cost more than $40,000 per doctor just to install the software. So RemedyMD , which says it specializes in records for specialists, is giving theirs away starting Sept. 1; the announcement is expected tomorrow. They plan to make money from doctors by selling additional tech-support (email help is free) and a host of analytical tools that let doctors compare their patients and practices to those of peers...

Quoted: ISP trade group argues antidiscrimination mandates could prevent doctors from taking full advantage of digitized health care innovations. Net neutrality advocates disagree.

Critics say that regulations proposed recently could hinder efforts to digitize the health care system. An Internet industry group leader said that making exceptions to net neutrality rules for health information would not work.

Quoted: Microsoft this evening is announcing the managed beta of Windows Live Photo Gallery - an upgrade to the existing Windows Photo Gallery that currently ships with Windows Vista. This is part of a broader announcement of renewed focus on Software+Services

Quoted: Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4): The most comprehensive IM/IT medical system deployed on the battlefield...

Quoted: Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes it easy to publish rich content to your blog.

Quoted: “The Cult of the Amateur: How today’s Internet is killing our culture,” a grenade and a polemic designed to stimulate discussion on the impact of placing the tools of creation, production and distribution in the hands of billions of people.

Quoted: Ever wonder what doctors talk about among themselves? You no longer need to be a fly on the wall of a doctors' lounge to find out. These days, you just need an Internet connection: Doctors increasingly are telling all in the blogosphere.

Quoted: The report dubbed "A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users (PDF, Techmeme discussion)" reveals that 31 percent of Americans are "Elite Tech Users." The report divides these elites into
* omnivores (8 percent), who have the most gadgets and "voraciously" participate in Web 2.0-ish activities;
* connectors (7 percent), who are happy with information and communications services;
* lackluster veterans (8 percent), who are down on cell phones and high on the Internet; and
* productivity enhancers (8 percent), who think IT matters a lot.

A full 49 percent of America has "few technology assets." This crowd doesn't Twitter, text message or finds technology annoying. (This could be viewed as good or bad. Good: These people may actually know how to converse face to face. Bad: They are on the short end of the digital divide.)