News tagged with public access

Smartphone users develop new concepts of privacy in public spaces: study

With endless applications, high-speed wireless Internet access, and free messaging services, smart phones have revolutionized the way we communicate. But at what cost? According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Belarus imposes tough new Internet curbs

Ex-Soviet Belarus unveiled tough new Internet restrictions on Friday that limit public access to opposition websites and impose fines on providers for failing to monitor their clients.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China cracks down on wi-fi in public spaces

China has ordered public spaces offering wi-fi web access to install costly software to enable police to identify people using the service, state media said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 23

Ten-fold increase in Open Access publishing during the last decade

Since the World Wide Web emerged in the mid 1990s scientists have dreamed of having the whole body of scientific peer reviewed literature freely available on the web, openly available without any hindrance. In the "Open Access" ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New evidence of the power of open access

New findings settle one of the arguments about Open Access (OA) research publications: Are they more likely to be cited because they were made OA, or were they made OA because they were more likely to be cited?

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

New study examines the economic returns of public access policies

Delivering timely, open, online access to the results of federally funded research in the United States will significantly increase the return on the public's investment in science, according to a new study by John Houghton ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wide Disparities Found in Age of Hospitalization for Patients of Different Races

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from Yale School of Public Health shows that blacks are admitted to the hospital at a significantly younger age than their white peers for a host of preventable medical conditions, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cuban post offices OK'd for Internet access

(AP) -- Cuba has authorized public Internet access at post offices across the country, though it has yet to apply what would be a landmark loosening of cyberspace rules in a nation where information is strictly controlled.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0