Pharmacy OneSource Webinars on Bugs and Drugs
(wolterskluwerhealth.com): Wolters Kluwer Health announced that Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a real-time clinical surveillance, documentation and reporting system, is offering complimentary webinars in March with Eileen O'Rourke on microorganism detection and Amanda Hansen on antimicrobial stewardship. Infection Preventionist Eileen O'Rourke will describe basic morphology of microorganisms. Amanda C.… Read More
Android security threatened by malware; Google pulls infected apps
(androidapps.com): Security seems to be a major theme this week, and for Android users, it’s time to crack down on the growing malware apps that are taking over the market. Dozens of applications in Google’s (GOOG) Android Market have been discovered to be infected with malware called “DroidDream,” which can… Read More
Internet Archive Tests New Ebook Lending Waters: In-Library, and License-Free
(libraryjournal.com): As evidenced by the recent commotion over HarperCollins's revision of ebook licensing terms, libraries and publishers have yet to find a lending model amenable to all the players. Just before the torrent of reaction to that story, however, the Internet Archive (IA) quietly laid two pieces of what may… Read More
Social innovation to be assessed in measuring the impact of publicly-funded R&D
(sciencebusiness.net): While the world financial crisis put the focus on innovation for economic growth, an emerging field aims to use innovation to solve social problems, at the same time providing a much-needed way to put a value on public investment in science. Social innovation, or social entrepreneurism, has become a… Read More
Conflicts-of-interest in drug studies sneaking back into medical journals, say investigators
(physorg.com): Hidden financial conflicts-of-interest are sneaking into published drug research through the back door, warns an international team of investigators, led by researchers from the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill University in Montreal. Led by Dr. Brett Thombs and McGill graduate student Michelle Roseman,… Read More
HarperCollins talks apps, e-book discovery and a ‘Spotify for books’
(guardian.co.uk): The next wave of innovation in book apps may come from developers working directly with authors, says David Roth-Ey, group digital director and publisher at HarperCollins UK. HarperCollins has had some success in turning books into apps already. Its iPhone and iPad app for the SAS Survival Guide has… Read More
Are eBooks the new Content Farms?
(impactmedia.co.uk): Whilst the Google farmer update has not meant the end of content farms, it has certainly hit them hard and put a lot of content writers out of work. Most people use content farms to make extra revenue, or to gain a new platform for their work. So just… Read More
Library Consortia Begin To Vote Against HarperCollins Ebook Checkout Policy
(libraryjournal.com): Some library consortia have decided to forgo the purchase of HarperCollins ebook titles effective today in the wake of the publisher's decision to set a license limit of 26 checkouts per title and also amid concerns about what may be next. In addition, an American Library Association task force… Read More
Have You Benefited from Public Access to PubMed?
(eff.org): April 7, 2011 marks the third anniversary of a groundbreaking policy that has dramatically improved access to a trove of medical and scientific knowledge. To celebrate the third anniversary of this policy, the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is launching a campaign to raise awareness about the… Read More
Could an Amazon tablet beat the iPad? Analysts say maybe
(unthinkable.biz): Analysts have been looking into their crystal balls and predicting the only device that could dethrone Apple's iPad is an Android tablet from Amazon. When it comes to ereaders Amazon's Kindle has already proved its worth, and with an android app store from the world's biggest bookseller around the… Read More
