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: Chat and interact with your friends in rooms you design, using an avatar you customize. Experience another dimension of the web with Lively by Google.

Quoted: This latest case demonstrates again that poor physical security is a more prevalent cause of data breaches than remote hacking attacks. Most of the biggest data breaches reported over the past couple of years have resulted from laptop computers being lost or stolen.

Chilmark Research Inc., a consumer health care I.T. research firm, has released a report that analyzes how personal health records technology from Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. already have changed the market for this technology.

Quoted: "PHR vendors are now directly experiencing the impact of this visibility with a significant increase in the number of requests for proposals from employers, providers and health plans. But with this increase in demand, consumer expectations will also rise, putting significant pressure on smaller, less capable PHR vendors and thus putting them at risk."

Quoted: Dossia, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, WebMD, AARP, America's Health Insurance Plans, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians - among other healthcare stakeholders - are endorsing the Connecting for Health framework created by the Markle Foundation's public-private collaboration.

Quoted: Google Calendar Sync allows you to sync events between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar. You'll be able to determine the direction of information flow, as well as the sync frequency. Staying on top of your Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar events has never been easier!

The bill, currently called "a discussion draft," was introduced by leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and its Subcommittee on Health and would amend the Public Health Service Act.

Quoted: The proposal would provide financial aid to small group practices, particularly those in rural or medically underserved areas, for acquiring healthcare IT. It would also require personal health record (PHR) vendors, such as Google and Microsoft, to notify customers if their PHRs have been breached and designate the Federal Trade Commission as an interim authority over security enforcement.