Google updates search engine algorithm to weed out low-quality sites - February 28, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced changes to the way the company's search engine algorithm works. The update, designed to reduce rankings for low-quality sites and provide better rankings for high-quality sites, is projected to affect nearly 12 percent of search queries. … Read More
Copyright should evolve in line with technological changes, says WIPO head - February 28, 2011
Copyright needs to evolve to current technological realities or risk becoming irrelevant, Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), has said. There was no 'single magical answer' to the development of a successful policy response to the challenges facing copyright in the… Read More
Chinese authorities determined to increase supervision and peer evaluation of academic journals - February 28, 2011
Chinese authorities have reportedly ordered a number of academic journals and magazines to cease publication. In a new attack on sub-standard academic papers in China, the General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP), the government agency that regulates overseas news and other publications, decided to penalise… Read More
Amazon Web Services introduces AWS CloudFormation - February 28, 2011
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced AWS CloudFormation, a simple way for developers and businesses to create collections of related AWS resources and provision them in an orderly and predictable fashion. Customers can use AWS CloudFormation's sample templates or create their own… Read More
Robert Parker appointed interim CEO of the Royal Society of Chemistry - February 28, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that Dr Robert Parker, Managing Director, Publishing, has been appointed by the Trustees as interim Chief Executive from March 1, until such time as a permanent successor is appointed. The move follows the resignation of Richard Pike as Chief… Read More
Shawn Kennedy named Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing - February 28, 2011
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the promotion of Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy, MA, RN, to Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). AJN, widely recognised as the leading voice of nursing since 1900, is published by… Read More
