Hardware: Still fairly youthful in laptop years, Tom Yager’s MacBook Pro is already showing signs of slowing down. Battery life, for one, dropped to about 2 hours. That, and the notebook misreports remaining charge time. It gets worse: writable files destroyed, misfired upgrade offers. MacBook Pro health report November through April. “It’s a small adventure in the scheme of things that leaves a faint sour taste that will persist for a day or so at most,” Yager writes. Columnist’s corner: Unseen, and seen, forces are working against the digitization of healthcare records, as Dave Margulius points out. Take Kaiser Permanente’s effort, for instance, which may have sparked CIO Cliff Dodd’s resignation. Margulius very precisely stops short of calling the project a failure, and so will I. But it’s not a glowing success, either. Those opposing forces were at play — doctors and IT among them. “The bigger lesson for CIOs is this: Stick to your faith in technology, pay attention to the people and cultural issues, but know that although you may move the ball forward for humanity, you may not yourself get to enter the promised land.” RIP electronic medical records? The news beat: An official at the GSM association says that a standard for secure mobile phone payments is being developed. The U.S. Army reveals plans to test Mobile WiMax for military use. Zend Technologies preps a PHP applications framework. And a fellow at think tank Chatham House Information Security Program reiterates that disgruntled employees may seek IT revenge. Best of the blogs: This one is not your typical InfoWorld post but it is about technology, and penned by contributing editor Brian Chee. Listen to whale song live from Davey Jones’ locker. Oh yes, and read a bit about how Brian made it possible. Technology Industry