Phony “Peer-Reviewed” Medical Journal

It is being reported in The Scientist and the BioEthics Blog that Merck created a phony, “peer-reviewed” journal called the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, which was published by Elsevier.
Beyond the understandable anger from the medical research community, you could also forgive librarians for being a bit pissed, too. It’s bad enough having [...]

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Layoffs at OLPC

Nicholas Negroponte has posted a grim message on the OLPC Wiki:
Like many other nonprofits that are facing tough economic times, One Laptop per Child must downsize in order to keep costs in line with fewer financial resources. Today we are reducing our team by approximately 50% and there will be salary reductions for the remaining [...]

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Ed Felton and Co.’s 2009 Predictions

Ed Felton and Friends have posted their predictions for 2009. The first one is unchanged from last year. Among the 36 others there are many relating to open source software and web 2.0:
(6) Questions over the enforceability of free / open source software licenses will move closer to resolution.
(28) Facebook will be sold for $4 [...]

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