Mobile computing solutions expected to become primary revenue driver for the CE industry by 2011, says CEA report - July 26, 2010
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has released the semi-annual US Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecast (July 2010) report, according to which, the consumer electronics industry will exceed initial revenue projections for 2010, with growth of three percent over 2009 and overall shipment revenues of $174.9 billion… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 26, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (E-book Sales Beat Hardcover Sales at Amazon: Tipping Point or Fluke?); MB Quirk (E-Readers Getting Rolled Under Tablet Juggernaut); Tom Webb (Privatising the Peer Review Process?); and Philip Davis (No Deposit, No Diploma: How Graduate Schools and Libraries… Read More
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak now available - July 26, 2010
Knowledgespeak subscribers, on the move, can now access quality STM News of their choice any time any where with the all new SCOOPE service. SCOOPE is the only mobile application that allows subscribers to customise content. Advantage of SCOOPE - Newsletters are now downloadable into local memory and read at… Read More
New research community report presents ‘grassroots view’ of the current copyright framework in the UK - July 23, 2010
The British Library has compiled a new report from the research community that looks at the UK's existing intellectual property framework - reflecting the challenges researchers face on a daily basis. The report titled 'Driving UK Research - Is copyright a help or a hindrance?' calls… Read More
ISMPP responds to report on ghostwriting in medical publications - July 23, 2010
The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) has stated its response to a report entitled 'Ghostwriting in Medical Literature' released by the office of US Senator Charles Grassley. The 31-page report deals with uniform disclosure of financial and editorial support and more specificity in acknowledging… Read More
US House committee to hold hearing on public access to publicly funded research - July 23, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, the Census and National Archives has announced that it will hold a hearing on the issue of public access to federally funded research on July 29, 2010. The hearing will provide an opportunity for the… Read More