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On Wednesday night, in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, iHealth Labs, a start-up in Mountain View, Calif., unveiled the iHealth Blood Pressure Dock, an attachment for iOS devices that can measure and record heart rate and blood pressure. The kit, which costs $100, comes with a blood pressure cuff and a battery-powered dock that doubles as a charging station for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The hardware is available for sale in Apple retail stores, through Apple.com and on the company’s Web site. The kit also requires a mobile application to log the results, which is available for free through iTunes.

ry 19, 2011, 2:54pm PST

As federal CIO Vivek Kundra assesses the need to streamline government IT, he may want to look at the lack of progress in legacy modernization. A new study, based on a survey of 166 senior IT managers in US federal agencies, estimates that agencies spend almost half of the annual federal IT budget, $35.7 billion, maintaining and supporting legacy applications.  In addition, nearly half (47%) of all existing IT applications are based on legacy technology in need of modernization. Agencies’ systems are aging, but only one out of three is doing something about it Four out of five government executives say this is dangerous, and that mission-critical government capabilities could be at risk if agencies do not modernize legacy applications