Google-led consortium developing platform to integrate web and TV - May 24, 2010
A Google-led consortium of technology companies, including Sony, Intel, Adobe, Logitech, DISH Network and Best Buy, will reportedly support a platform and offer devices that combine the web with television. The announcement was made at Google's I/O developer conference in San Francisco. The new platform will… Read More
Yahoo, Microsoft to implement search alliance following US, EC regulatory nod - February 19, 2010
US-based software vendor Microsoft Corporation and Internet search services provider Yahoo! Inc. have announced that they have received clearance for their search agreement without restrictions. The clearance has been granted by both the US Department of Justice and the European Commission. The two firms will now… Read More
Swets partners with Deep Web Technologies - February 10, 2010
Journal subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced a partnership with federated search services provider Deep Web Technologies, US, to further enhance the performance of its federated search module, SwetsWise Searcher. SwetsWise Searcher is a hosted federated search service powered by Deep Web Technology. The service… Read More
EU researchers develop Internet platform with semantic search technologies - November 24, 2009
EU-funded researchers have developed an integrated platform for the Internet by combining advanced semantic search technologies and the required tools. The MESH (Multimedia semantic syndication for enhanced news services) project received €7.4 million in grant under the Information Society Technologies (IST) Thematic area of the Sixth… Read More
LexisNexis unveils semantic search technology for IP research products - October 14, 2009
Information solutions provider LexisNexis, US, has announced the availability of transparent semantic search technology for its full range of intellectual property (IP) research products. This is projected to enable users to find precise and relevant patent search results. Through a development alliance with US-based Pure Discovery,… Read More
UK and Australian libraries join US institutions in bringing web-scale discovery to academic research - August 12, 2009
E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that less than a month into its official launch, the Summon web-scale discovery service has adoptions at universities on three continents. The University of Huddersfield in the UK and University of South Australia are… Read More
Nature Publishing Group launches enhanced search platform powered by MarkLogic Server - July 31, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced improved services for users, made possible by using MarkLogic Server as its XML repository. An enhanced nature.com search and the Palgrave Macmillan eBook platform, Palgrave Connect, are the first services from NPG to utilise MarkLogic Server. A… Read More
Deep Web Technologies’ federated search product now includes seamless integration with RefWorks online - July 30, 2009
Federated search services provider Deep Web Technologies, US, has announced that its federated search product, Explorit Research Accelerator, now includes seamless integration with RefWorks, a web-based solution for citations management. Deep Web Technologies has added RefWorks Direct Export support to Explorit, allowing users to select specific… Read More
LexisNexis to participate in web-scale discovery service, Summon - July 9, 2009
E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that information solutions provider LexisNexis, US, has signed up for the former's web-scale discovery service, Summon. About a hundred other content providers are already participating in the service. ProQuest and Gale contribute indexing of… Read More
Ex Libris announces expansion of Primo community with new members - July 9, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced additional libraries from around the world that have selected Primo as their discovery and delivery solution. Some recent newcomers to the international Primo community include Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in China; Claremont University Consortium, in the United… Read More
