Mavericks may have brought a number of notable improvements to OS X, but Gmail integration was certainly not one of them. Users of Google's email service might've encountered an unpleasant surprise when they upgraded their operating systems to Apple's latest, as the changes to Apple Mail appeared to be incompatible with how Gmail worked. For background, Gmail apparently has a rather unorthodox method of using IMAP, so you needed to set up a roundabout method that prevents Mail from downloading every single message from Gmail twice (Basically, you had to tweak your Gmail settings so that "All Mail" is hidden from email programs).
Mavericks, however, broke that workaround, so users of both Gmail and Apple Mail ended up suffering from bloated inboxes. There were other issues too, like the inability to organize mailboxes and unread message numbers that are totally off. Thankfully, however, Apple has just released an update that fixes all that. The release states that it "fixes an issue that prevents deleting, moving, and archiving messages for users with custom Gmail settings" and "addresses an issue that may cause unread counts to be inaccurate." So for those who've bitten the Mavericks bug and want a Mail app that plays nicer with Google's email, you should definitely hit that update button right about now.
AT&T supplies information on international calls that travel over its network, including ones that start or end in the U.S., under a voluntary contract with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times reported Thursday.
The CIA pays the carrier more than $10 million annually for the data, including the date, duration, and numbers involved in a call, the Times said, citing unnamed government officials. The calls include ones that are made by customers of other carriers but travel partly on AT&T's network. For calls with a U.S. participant, AT&T doesn't tell the CIA the identity of the U.S. caller and masks several digits of the domestic number, the report said.
The CIA isn't allowed to conduct domestic spying. However, the agency can hand over the masked numbers to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which can subpoena AT&T for the uncensored data, the Times said. The FBI, in turn, sometimes shares information with the CIA about the U.S. participant in a call.
The latest report is likely to heighten concerns about the U.S. government's surveillance of voice and data communications around the world. Disclosures made by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden starting earlier this year have helped to spark calls for reform of surveillance practices and rankled several U.S. allies.
In an emailed statement, the CIA said it doesn't comment on alleged intelligence sources or methods.
"The CIA protects the nation and upholds the privacy rights of Americans by ensuring that its intelligence collection activities are focused on acquiring foreign intelligence and counterintelligence in accordance with U.S. laws," said Dean Boyd, director of the CIA Office of Public Affairs. The agency is subject to oversight from multiple entities, he said.
AT&T does not comment on questions concerning national security, spokesman Mark Siegel said in a statement emailed to IDG News Service.
"In all cases, whenever any governmental entity anywhere seeks information from us, we ensure that the request and our response are completely lawful and proper," Siegel wrote. "We ensure that we maintain customer information in compliance with the laws of the United States and other countries where information may be maintained. Like all telecom providers, we routinely charge governments for producing the information provided."
Stephen Lawson covers mobile, storage and networking technologies for The IDG News Service. Follow Stephen on Twitter at @sdlawsonmedia. Stephen's e-mail address is stephen_lawson@idg.com
Google already hopes to prevent security threats in Chrome by blocking downloads, and it's now planning a similarly cautious approach for extensions. The company has announced that all extensions for the browser's Windows beta and stable versions must be hosted in the Chrome Web Store as of January. While developers and corporate users will still get to install add-ons from local sources, the rest of us will have to go through the official portal. The safeguard should reduce the chances that deceptive extensions hijack the app, according to engineering lead Erik Kay. Google tells us that there aren't any plans to put similar limits on other platforms, since most complaints about bad extensions come from Windows surfers. The policy could go a long way toward protecting Chrome, albeit at the expense of choice -- developers who don't want to go use the Web Store will soon be out of luck.
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Obesity may limit overall function 2 years after shoulder replacement surgery
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Obesity does not significantly impact short-term complications, outcomes
Rosemont, Ill. Patients with obesity undergo a disproportionately higher number of elective orthopaedic surgeries in the U.S. Obesity has been linked to higher costs, complications, infections and revisions in total knee and total hip replacement surgeries. In a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, researchers looked at the impact of obesity on the costs and outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) surgery.
"Our study found that with short-term follow-up, obesity does not have a detrimental effect on functional outcomes and complication rates in patients after TSA," said orthopaedic surgeon and lead study author Xinning Li, MD. "In the normal body mass index (BMI) patient group, both the shoulder function and the overall physical function improved after TSA. However, among patients diagnosed with obesity, we found that the shoulder function improved after TSA, but the overall physical function did not improve at final follow-up."
Specific Study Details
The study involved 76 shoulder arthroplasty (replacement) patients who were grouped according to body mass index (BMI). Patients with a BMI of
Key Study Findings
The study results included:
Pain diminished comparably in all weight groups at two years post-surgery: from a score of 62 to 12 in the normal weight group, 68 to 18 in the overweight group, and 66 to 11 in the obese group.
There was one infection among patients who were overweight that required surgical intervention, and two surgical revisions in the normal weight group.
In the normal weight group, the mean ASES scores increased from 38.4 15.5 preoperatively to 80.2 19.2 at two years post-surgery. The PCS score increased from 38.3 6.5 points preoperatively to 53.7 11.3 points at two years post-surgery.
In the group with patients who were overweight, ASES scores increased from 37.4 18.1 points to 75.2 24.9; PCS scores increased from 36.1 8 points to 39.8 12.2.
In the group diagnosed with obesity, ASES scores increased from 35.8 12.5 to 80 20.6; PCS scores increased from 36.3 8.4 to 40.7 12.4.
"This data suggests that in the normal BMI patient group who are active, that their overall physical function may have been limited due to shoulder pain," said Dr. Li. "Therefore, a total shoulder replacement was able to provide this patient population (normal BMI) with improved shoulder function which resulted in a better physical function.
"Total shoulder arthroplasty is an excellent procedure for pain relief and functional improvement in patients with shoulder arthritis," said Dr. Li.
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Disclosure: None of the authors received payments or services, either directly or indirectly (i.e., via his or her institution), from a third party in support of any aspect of this work. One or more of the authors, or his or her institution, has had a financial relationship, in the thirty-six months prior to submission of this work, with an entity in the biomedical arena that could be perceived to influence or have the potential to influence what is written in this work. No author has had any other relationships, or has engaged in any other activities, that could be perceived to influence or have the potential to influence what is written in this work.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has more information on shoulder replacement surgery at http://www.orthoinfo.org.
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Obesity does not significantly impact short-term complications, outcomes
Rosemont, Ill. Patients with obesity undergo a disproportionately higher number of elective orthopaedic surgeries in the U.S. Obesity has been linked to higher costs, complications, infections and revisions in total knee and total hip replacement surgeries. In a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, researchers looked at the impact of obesity on the costs and outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) surgery.
"Our study found that with short-term follow-up, obesity does not have a detrimental effect on functional outcomes and complication rates in patients after TSA," said orthopaedic surgeon and lead study author Xinning Li, MD. "In the normal body mass index (BMI) patient group, both the shoulder function and the overall physical function improved after TSA. However, among patients diagnosed with obesity, we found that the shoulder function improved after TSA, but the overall physical function did not improve at final follow-up."
Specific Study Details
The study involved 76 shoulder arthroplasty (replacement) patients who were grouped according to body mass index (BMI). Patients with a BMI of
Key Study Findings
The study results included:
Pain diminished comparably in all weight groups at two years post-surgery: from a score of 62 to 12 in the normal weight group, 68 to 18 in the overweight group, and 66 to 11 in the obese group.
There was one infection among patients who were overweight that required surgical intervention, and two surgical revisions in the normal weight group.
In the normal weight group, the mean ASES scores increased from 38.4 15.5 preoperatively to 80.2 19.2 at two years post-surgery. The PCS score increased from 38.3 6.5 points preoperatively to 53.7 11.3 points at two years post-surgery.
In the group with patients who were overweight, ASES scores increased from 37.4 18.1 points to 75.2 24.9; PCS scores increased from 36.1 8 points to 39.8 12.2.
In the group diagnosed with obesity, ASES scores increased from 35.8 12.5 to 80 20.6; PCS scores increased from 36.3 8.4 to 40.7 12.4.
"This data suggests that in the normal BMI patient group who are active, that their overall physical function may have been limited due to shoulder pain," said Dr. Li. "Therefore, a total shoulder replacement was able to provide this patient population (normal BMI) with improved shoulder function which resulted in a better physical function.
"Total shoulder arthroplasty is an excellent procedure for pain relief and functional improvement in patients with shoulder arthritis," said Dr. Li.
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Disclosure: None of the authors received payments or services, either directly or indirectly (i.e., via his or her institution), from a third party in support of any aspect of this work. One or more of the authors, or his or her institution, has had a financial relationship, in the thirty-six months prior to submission of this work, with an entity in the biomedical arena that could be perceived to influence or have the potential to influence what is written in this work. No author has had any other relationships, or has engaged in any other activities, that could be perceived to influence or have the potential to influence what is written in this work.
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Wall Street investors and Twitter employees were up early Thursday morning to breathlessly count the minutes—and the pennies—until the stock market opened in New York and Twitter’s share price would be decided.
Twitter avoided the IPO catastrophe that befell rival Facebook last year and smoothly debuted on the New York Stock Exchange at $45.10 a share. That’s much higher than the $26 Twitter had set for each of the 70 million shares the network is initially offering. At that price, Twitter is worth about $31 billion. Twitter’s early investors are now rolling around in their piles of cash on the floor of the stock exchange. (That’s how IPOs work, right?)
In a throwback to the first tweets, cofounder Jack Dorsey Vined the first moments of Twitter as a publicly traded company:
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