Kno Inc. provides new platform for Elsevier’s Pageburst digital books - July 25, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that education software company Kno Inc. will provide its latest platform option for one of Elsevier’s lines of digital books. Pageburst, which encompasses Elsevier’s nursing and health professions books in a digital format, will now offer even more flexibility and… Read More
ARM TechCon event to examine latest technologies for design engineers - July 25, 2012
UBM Electronics, a US-based provider of media and marketing solutions for the design engineering and the electronics industry, and ARM, a supplier of semiconductor IP, have announced the details of ARM TechCon 2012. The event, scheduled for October 30, 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center,… Read More
IEEE forms study group to explore next-generation IEEE 802.3 BASE-T - July 24, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced the formation of the IEEE 802.3 Next-Generation BASE-T Study Group. The new group is designed to measure industry interest and needs in the next generation of the IEEE 802.3 BASE-T family of technologies for Ethernet transmission over twisted-pair cabling. … Read More
Knovel adds Yaws’ Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists to its Critical Content line - July 24, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the addition of Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists to its growing Critical Content line. This new interactive database is exclusively available to Knovel customers. Knovel… Read More
R&D leaders to present visions of the future at SPIE Optics and Photonics - July 24, 2012
SPIE Optics and Photonics, an interdisciplinary technical event, will be take place on August 12-16 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The event will focus on research and technologies in solar, nano, optics, photonics and space optics, and is expected to draw… Read More
Loss of bookstores does not translate into growth of e-books, says Simba report - July 24, 2012
Media forecast and research firm Simba Information, US, has released the fourth edition of the 'Trends in Trade Book Retailing' report. The report compiles data from multiple sources to confirm what Simba anticipated in the third edition: that the loss of bookstores would not translate into… Read More