Google offers tool for users to block sites from search results - March 11, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly unveiled a tool that allows users to block unwanted websites. The move follows the company's recent announcement to improve the quality of its search results. Google has rolled out this new feature on google.com in English for… Read More
eReader shipments quadrupled to over 12 million, says IDC report - March 11, 2011
More than 10 million media tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker. This is more than double the 4.5 million shipped in the third quarter. Apple's share came down… Read More
Continue with existing peer review process, ALPSP says in response to UK enquiry - March 11, 2011
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has submitted its response to the UK government's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee enquiry into the operation and effectiveness of the peer review process. Peer review is seen to be an important process in… Read More
Universidad Complutense de Madrid opts for Serials Solutions services - March 11, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has adopted the Summon web-scale discovery service to improve the speed and accuracy of searching the breadth of its… Read More
Thomson Reuters names ‘Hottest’ researchers and papers of 2010 - March 11, 2011
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the results of its annual roundup of the 'hottest' researchers and research papers. In its March/April issue of Science Watch, an open Web resource for science metrics and analysis, Thomson Reuters identified the top 13 authors who fielded… Read More
Future Medicine Ltd unveils new journal – Neuropsychiatry - March 11, 2011
Future Medicine Ltd., part of Future Science Group, UK, has announced the launch of a new bimonthly title - Neuropsychiatry. The journal will be published by Future Medicine Ltd (UK, London), known for its collection of journals providing healthcare practitioners and research professionals with a unique… Read More
