The advent of Web 2.0 applications, which enable information sharing and virtual networking, could revolutionize science. But are microbiologists taking advantage?
The sleeping giant stirs. Vivendi's Universal Music has said it is to test the digital sale of songs from artists without the customary copy-protection technology.
A feature of UK copyright law is that ripping songs from a CD isn't allowed. That could change soon as Lord Triesman, Minister for Intellectual Property, announced a consultation on IP reform that could make format shifting a legal right.
The deal aims to provide students with web space free from the restrictions of the university, 500MB of webspace and a bandwidth allocation of 2GB per month.
The number of UK consumers searching for post-Christmas sales online more than trebled during the 2007 holiday period, up 249% for the week ending 29th December 2007 than the comparable week in 2006.
Year on year visits to Twitter are up 8 fold. In the past three months, visits have more than doubled and traffic continues to climb, up 60% in the past month.
In the short time that I have used it, Twitter has grown quickly to play a major part in the way that I interact with fellow colleagues and professionals from around the world.
Tun3r is a web 2.0 style interface consisting of a mosaic of hundreds of internet radio stations you can listen to. Dragging the tuner to one of the little pictures brings up the station information, including its recent playlist and gives you the option