In today's Digital Dispatch:
iPhone set to replace the stethoscope (guardian)
The stethoscope – medical icon, lifesaver and doctor's best friend – is disappearing from hospitals across the world as physicians increasingly use their smartphones to monitor patients' heartbeats.
Prepaid Droid, BlackBerry and Palm phones coming to Verizon? (engadget)
...Apparently received by Android Does from a helpful tipster, the documents list a whole new lineup of prepaid phones, including a slew of BlackBerrys, the Palm Pre and Pixi Plus, and just about every Android-based phone Verizon offers...
Google Launches Blog Finder for Any Topic (ReadWriteWeb)
...Do a search on the general web search interface, google.com. Then, click on the "more" link in the left-hand sidebar if "blogs" doesn't already appear as an option. Once you're looking at blogs from this perspective, then a new option will appear in the sidebar: search for posts or blog home pages related to your query.
Designer Creates Dress With Recycled Wires (WIRED)
Electronic waste can sometimes find a surprising second lease on life, as designer Tina Sparkles has proved by making a dress using recycled wires
Facebook Wins Patent For Search Results Based On Clicks of Friends and Other Users. (Inside Facebook)
...The patent could, in theory, be used to create a search engine based on the clicks of one’s friends and friends of friends, or stifle a similar product of Google’s forthcoming social network Google Me.
Cars: The next hacking frontier? (cnet)
..."Technology in cars is not designed to be secure because there's no perceived threat. They don't think someone is going to hack a car like they're going to hack a bank," said Desautels of Netragard. "For the interim, network security in cars won't be a primary concern for manufacturers. But once they get connected to the Internet and have IP addresses, I think they'll be targeted just for fun."
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Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily to bring you the Digital Dispatch—a compilation of the most important and interesting tech news for consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
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