Spanish anti-crime association sues Google over Street View project - June 14, 2010
Internet search services provider, Google, Inc., US, has once again come under criticism for its Street View project. A crime prevention association in Spain has accused Google of illegally gathering private data from Wi-Fi networks in the country through its Street View project, and filed a… Read More
Deep Web Technologies launches multilingual federated search at ICSTI conference - June 14, 2010
Federated search services provider Deep Web Technologies, US, has unveiled multilingual translation capability for the WorldWideScience Alliance using its federated search application. The international science portal, WorldWideScience.org, claims to be the first application to be deployed with this capability. Abe Lederman, President and CTO of Deep… Read More
BioMed Central announces 4th Annual Research Award winners - June 14, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the winners of its 4th Annual Research Awards. The event was attended by short listed authors, eminent researchers, publishers, open access advocates and science journalists from around the world. The awards, now in their fourth year, acknowledge excellence… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 14, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Marc Cadotte (Another reason why a new publishing model is needed); Kent Anderson (The Latest “Library as Purchaser” Crisis: Are We Fighting the Wrong Battle?); Joe Wikert (eBook Indexes & User Interface Features); Daniel Lemire (Academic publishing is archaic); and… Read More
Elsevier acquires semantic technology provider Collexis Holdings - June 11, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of assets from Collexis Holdings, Inc., a US-based developer of semantic technology and knowledge discovery software, for an undisclosed amount. The combination of Elsevier's content and Collexis' semantic technology is projected to provide institutions and researchers with new… Read More
NPG counters CDL’s charges of steep increase in subscription prices - June 11, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has refuted the claims of California Digital Library (CDL) that NPG has steeply increased subscription rates. Earlier this month, CDL allegedly wrote to the University of California (UC) Divisional Chairs and Members of the UC Faculty, urging a boycott… Read More
