Knowledgespeak Newsletter

10 July 2012

Google may pay $22.5 million fine over Safari privacy breach Internet search services provider Google, Inc. will reportedly have to pay $22.5 million to settle charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of consumers using Apple's Safari browser. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fine would be the largest penalty ever levied on a single company by the US Federal Trade Commission. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier Business Intelligence to host medical devices conference in October Elsevier Business Intelligence will host the 'Investment in Innovation Medical Device 360° Summit - San Francisco' conference on October 15-17 at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins, San Francisco. The event will seek to bring together a diverse group of medtech's key thought leaders from diverse areas. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC Research to host TAI CHI webinar on Umlaut on August 1, 2012 Library information provider OCLC Research has announced that it will host the TAI CHI Webinar on Umlaut on August 1, 2012, at 10 am PDT / 1 pm EDT (UTC 17:00). All are welcome to attend this free webinar to learn about this open source software that can be used as a front-end for an existing knowledge base. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ebrary offers two new subscription products in Employee Development and Human Resources ebrary has announced that it now offers two new subscription products in Employee Development and Human Resources, hand-selected by its on-staff librarians, to assist corporate libraries with strategic e-book acquisition. The new databases enable corporate libraries to affordably expand access to a critical mass of e-books to researchers and employees around the world with unlimited, multi-user access and offset any hosting fee for titles acquired under other models. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The Institution of Engineering and Technology announces OA initiatives The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced the launch of a comprehensive, online-only open access journal. Open access options will also be added to the Institution's existing 26 journals. This is part of the IET's continuing mission to make essential engineering intelligence available to the worldwide engineering community, benefiting researchers who contribute to or use this content. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme PreK-12 publishing market experiencing strong growth in digital courseware while other key segments prepare for major shift Publishing forecast firm Simba Information has released a report according to which, the PreK-12 market will post a strong compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent through 2015 for digital courseware, while textbooks prepare for a major shift. The report, Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2012-2013, provides key metrics for decision makers, including segmented sales estimates through 2015, and state and local funding trends. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Proceedings of the IEEE journal launches Future Technology Predictions Competition Proceedings of the IEEE, a highly-cited general-interest journal in electrical engineering and computer science, has called for entries for a Future Technology Predictions Competition to identify breakthrough technology ideas for the future. The initiative is in honor of the journal's centennial celebration. Deadline for entry submissions is September 1, 2012. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NIH, Lasker Foundation announce Clinical Research Scholar under new initiative Dr. Nehal Mehta has been named the inaugural Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, through an initiative of the NIH and the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. The initiative seeks to honour the contributions of Mary and Albert Lasker to the NIH and to the overall biomedical community. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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