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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) press release: “The new internet search portal establishes links to IFPMA member company websites as well as other commercial and government-sponsored websites containing information on clinical trials provided by pharmaceutical companies.” See also Website on Clinical Trials Data in the Spotlight
UK Times: Google turns its search power to the hunt for genetic drugs: “David Vise’s book reveals how it is sifting information to help scientists advance medicine…Google’s data-mining techniques appear well suited to the formidable challenges posed by analysing the genetic sequence.” The Google Story, by David Vise Welcome to Google.org the philanthropic arm …
New York Times, 100 Notable Books of the Year
Universities Say New Rules Could Hurt U.S. Research Related resources: March 28, 2005 Federal Register, Department of Commerce advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Revision and Clarification of Deemed Export Related Regulatory Requirements. DOD IG Report: Export Controlled Technology at Contractor, University, and Federall-Funded Research and Development Center Facilities, March 25, 2004 (40 pages, PDF) Dept. …
As We May Search – Comparison of Major Features of the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar Citation-based and Citation-enhanced Databases. Current Science 89(9), 2005, p. 1537-1547, by Peter Jasco. Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar
White House press release, November 15, 2005, Setting the Record Straight: The New York Times Editorial on Pre-War Intelligence. WSJ free feature: Majority Believe White House Misleads Public, Poll Shows New York Times: Even Supporters Doubt President as Issues Pile Up Levin and Reed Compare Bush Administration Statements with Intelligence Community Statements on Pre-War Iraq …
Press release: “In the aftermath of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes, 13 million Americans made donations to relief efforts online and 7 million set up their own hurricane relief efforts using the internet. In addition to using the internet to respond directly to the crisis, 50% of online users sought out news and information online, with …
The Personal Data Privacy And Security Act of 2005 was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and moves forward to Senate hearings. Reported in Senate, S. 1789
PC World: Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street – Proposed ‘extensions’ to specification allow multidirectional synchronization. Microsoft: Frequently Asked Questions for Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) Ray Ozzie’s Weblog: Really Simple Sharing
Ohio’s Diebold Debacle: New machines call election results into question, by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman. See also GAO Report: Continued Federal Efforts Needed to Improve Electronic Voting
Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology, and representatives of industry, academia, librarians and others today filed a joint request for a stay with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that the Commission has been “unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious” in demanding that broadband Internet access providers and interconnected Voice …
According to a log [Word document: Listing of media requests] detailing FOI requests made by media organizations to the Pentagon for the period covering 2000 through February 2005, the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute, far outpaced the number of requests made by news agencies, including AP, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington …
