German government looking into Apple’s practice of compiling data on iPhone users - June 29, 2010
Germany's federal justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has reportedly expressed concern over Apple's practice of compiling data on users of its new iPhone. The company has been termed the latest technology giant to fall afoul of the country's stringent privacy laws. iPhone 4, the latest version of… Read More
OCLC announces new partnership with LYRASIS - June 29, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced a new partnership with LYRASIS, a regional library membership organisation in the US, to provide increased consulting, education and engagement programmes for WorldCat and new cooperative Web-scale library management services. The new partnership will… Read More
SAGE set to publish The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - June 29, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a new agreement to publish The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from September 2010. Founded in 1945 by scientists, engineers, and other experts who had created the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin informs the public about… Read More
InChI Trust and IUPAC release version 1.03 of the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier software - June 29, 2010
The InChI Trust (InChI Trust), a not-for-profit organisation to expand and develop the InChI open source chemical structure representation algorithm, and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have announced the release of a new version of the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI) software.… Read More
PE Publishing, RSNA and IET announce increased impact factor for 2009 - June 29, 2010
Professional Engineering Publishing (PE Publishing), the publishing arm of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK, has announced that the International Journal of Engine Research has been awarded an Impact Factor of 0.903 in the 2009 Journal Citation Reports. Published 6 times a year, the journal… Read More
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak now available - June 29, 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
