Rushing through the Digital Economy Bill is a real danger to the society because it could huge consequences for online activity that are currently poorly understood, experts warned today at the panel discussion held by the BCS, the chartered institute for IT
The Research Information Network has produced a guide – Peer review: a guide for researchers – that outlines the processes involved in peer review for both grant applications and publications. It also looks at the issues that have been raised in a series of recent reports on the costs of the system, and how effective and fair it is
If the UK does not invest heavily in science and research, it will face decades of slow economic decline, warn experts including former ministers, researchers, and business info pros
The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters is launching an intelligent tax system that will “revolutionise” the collection of data for UK accountants
EBSCO Publishing, the database aggregator serving the content needs of corporations, associations and organisations has acquired Expert Publishing (ExPub), the provider of decision-support chemical information for the global environmental health & safety (EH&S) community
Information commissioner Christopher Graham has urged political parties and candidates to respect people’s privacy rights in the run up to election campaigning
The ongoing social media revolution is set to radically change the way data is created and maintained and stored and shared in government departments across the world
At Monday’s [March 1] parliamentary hearing, Phil Jones, head of Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia admitted he had sent “some very awful e-mails” and that those “papers weren’t very good”
More than three quarters of professionals intend to increase spending on projects that address data quality and consistency issues as they look to exploit data consistency to support data hungry risk management processes and achieve a holistic view of risk
Scientific publisher Springer has agreed to publish both the online and print publications of the journal - European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. The latest additions are aimed at reinforcing pharmacology and drug research portfolios
Microsoft does not rate the way universities use technology, according to a government minister
News and information provider Thomson Reuters reported a 16% fall in underlying profits and a 3% decline in its total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 because of challenging global markets and weaker sales of its legal and financial services
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