iThenticate announces new plagiarism detection service for individual authors and researchers - January 19, 2011
Plagiarism prevention software provider iParadigms has announced a new service that provides individual authors, researchers and freelance writers access to the company's iThenticate solution. The new service, currently available at research.ithenticate.com, allows individuals to cross-reference their manuscripts against a massive database of scholarly material in the… Read More
Study linking vaccine to autism an ‘elaborate fraud’, say BMJ articles - January 7, 2011
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has reportedly published a series of articles that state that the retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines was an 'elaborate fraud' based on the 'falsification of data'. An investigation published by the journal concludes… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Allen re-files patent suit against tech firms over infringement - December 30, 2010
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has reportedly re-filed his patent suit against Google, Apple and 11 other major tech companies, adding specific examples of the alleged infringement. In August 2010, he had caused a stir by accusing the companies of infringing on patents… Read More
Medtronic paid surgeons to write about spine surgery product, says journal analysis - December 28, 2010
US-based medical device maker Medtronic has, over the past decade, enlisted a small group of prominent surgeons from around the country to do clinical research or write articles about its new spine surgery product, bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2). According to a Journal Sentinel analysis of newly… Read More
Microsoft announces cloud data breach in Business Productivity Online Suite - December 24, 2010
Software vendor Microsoft Corp., US, has reportedly announced that data in its hosted business suite Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) has been downloaded by non-authorised users. Microsoft confirmed the cloud data breach to Dutch IDG publication Webwereld. The company said it recently became aware that due… Read More
Newspaper articles seen describing Google bid to monetise world’s information - December 23, 2010
Approving the Google Book Settlement (GBS) and giving the company a monopoly would 'make it a dangerous threat to competitors', according to an article recently published in the Financial Times. The Open Book Alliance (OBA) has stated that it concurs with the… Read More
AAP welcomes Chinese commitment to bolster intellectual property enforcement - December 20, 2010
Tom Allen, President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), has applauded the Chinese government's expressed intention to investigate complaints by academic journal publishers concerning online piracy of academic journals. He has also praised China's commitment to 'take prompt action at the conclusion of… Read More
Google denies Connecticut AG access to Street View data, may face legal action - December 20, 2010
Internet search services provider Google has reportedly missed the deadline set by the Connecticut Attorney General's Office for turning over data that its Street View cars improperly collected from unsecured Connecticut personal and business wireless computer networks. The attorney general's office is now considering legal action… Read More
US Commerce Dept. releases policy framework for protecting consumer privacy online - December 17, 2010
The US' Department of Commerce has issued a report detailing initial policy recommendations aimed at promoting consumer privacy online while ensuring the Internet remains a platform that spurs innovation, job creation and economic growth. The report outlines a framework to increase protection of consumers' commercial data… Read More
Scanning devices discussed in debate over Google books digitisation project - December 14, 2010
Digitally savvy academics are reportedly excited as well as anxious about Google's plan to digitise tens of millions of books and create an online library and bookstore, according to the New York Times series Humanities 2.0. While the proposal remains in legal limbo as the result… Read More
