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  Botnet continues massive H1N1 malware campaign

  A massive spam campaign that poses as a message from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) asking people to register for H1N1 vaccinations remains a big problem today, a security researcher said.

  By Gregg Keizer | 03 December, 2009 07:41

  Tags: botnets, H1N1, malware, swine flu

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  Harvard Medical School develops swine flu iPhone app

  Want to know if you’ve got the swine flu? There’s an app for that.

  By Nancy Gohring | 28 October, 2009 08:20

  Tags: Harvard Medical School, iphone apps, swine flu

• Online test helps you self-diagnose H1N1 flu

  Feeling sick? Wondering if it's the H1N1 flu or just a regular old go-away-don't-come-near-me, flu?

  By Sharon Gaudin | 15 October, 2009 07:08

  Tags: swine flu

• Swine flu near you? iPhone app will let you know

  Apple's increasingly popular App Store has been flooded with a wide number of applications related to Swine Flu since the initial H1N1 outbreak in March, but very few of the apps were actually useful.

  By Chris Brandrick | 18 September, 2009 04:11

  Tags: Apple, iPhone, iphone apps, iphone app store, swine flu

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  iPhone app tracks swine flu, other disease outbreaks

  A free iPhone app called "Outbreaks Near Me" is designed to help users track and report oubreaks of swine flu and other infectious diseases.

  By Matt Hamblen | 03 September, 2009 07:04

  Tags: diseases, e-health, health, iPhone, iphone apps, swine flu

• Indian IT industry gears up to counter swine flu

  India's software trade body on Thursday moved to reassure the government and customers that the industry was taking precautionary measures to protect high-tech workers from swine flu.

  By John Ribeiro | 14 August, 2009 18:29

  Tags: india, security, swine flu

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  With pandemic alert, firms urged to review disaster recovery

  With the first flu pandemic in 41 years officially declared today by The World Health Organization (WHO), companies are again being urged to make sure that business continuity plans are in place and they're prepared for the outbreak.

  By Lucas Mearian | 12 June, 2009 07:53

  Tags: business continuity, disaster recovery, health, pandemic, swine flu, World Health Organization

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  Amalga helps hospital keep swine flu in check

  When fears over the swine flu first broke out in many parts of the world in April, El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, was about to pull the trigger on an implementation of Microsoft's Amalga software.

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 09 June, 2009 04:54

  Tags: e-health, swine flu

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  Google trends Flu activity in ANZ

  With all the news about the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak, search giant Google has included Australia and New Zealand in its Flu Trends service, which estimates the number of cases through Internet searches on the topic.

  By Rodney Gedda | 04 June, 2009 14:58

  Tags: Google, Google Flu Trends, influenza, swine flu, VIDRL

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  Show sidesteps slump, swine flu on Android hopes

  Threats from the outbreak of swine flu and the weak global economy don't appear to be a problem for one of the world's largest computer and electronics exhibitions.

  By Dan Nystedt | 29 May, 2009 08:19

  Tags: computex, Google Android, Linux, swine flu, taiwan

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  Online job ads slump 50%

  There are now half as many job advertisements as there was this time last year, according to new figures released by the Olivier Group.

  By Kathryn Edwards | 04 May, 2009 12:34

  Tags: it careers, job market, olivier job index, peoplebank, swine flu

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  E-health data collection key to tracking Swine Flu spread

  As the prospect of a flu pandemic grew more likely Wednesday -- the World Health Organization raised its threat alert to level 5 -- data is pouring into federal health care agencies using systems that a decade ago did not even exist.

  By Lucas Mearian | 30 April, 2009 08:10

  Tags: cdc, data collection, e-health, mexico, swine flu

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  Google begins tracking swine flu in Mexico

  Google Inc. is running an experiment of sorts to follow the swine flu's path through Mexico.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 30 April, 2009 08:08

  Tags: Google, google trends, swine flu

• Swine flu: What did we learn from bird flu planning

  Two years ago, financial services firms tested a pandemic scenario that began with a few flu cases and ended in a workplace absenteeism rate as high as 50%. There was also a breakdown in basic services, resulting in garbage piling up on the streets. The premise -- a worse-case senario designed to stress the response -- was that the World Health Organization (WHO) had reached alert phase 5, a pandemic, and escalated from there.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 29 April, 2009 08:57

  Tags: swine flu, WHO

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  Swine Flu spreads via Twitter

  Forget Oprah: the biggest star of Twitter at the moment is the Swine Flu, an occasionally fatal illness that has escalated to a public health emergency as it spreads throughout the United States. Though there are only 20 reported cases of the Swine Flu in the U.S., mass hysteria has swept the country, and Twitter is adding fuel to the fire.

  By Brennon Slattery | 28 April, 2009 08:49

  Tags: swine flu, twitter