The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, one of the three main federal research funding agencies, has just announced that it plans to pursue a new open access policy for funded research. Notes the CIHR: "The aim is to establish a policy that will both help researchers gain access to the […]
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Hart House Lecture URLs
I've received many requests for a list of the websites included in my Hart House Lecture last week. The lecture itself should be available in webcast and podcast formats shortly (along with a PDF of the text), but in the meantime, the URLs for the sites I discussed are:
The Hour on iTunes in France
I recently appeared on CBC's The Hour to discuss the move by the French government to legislate interoperability for Apple iTunes. The segment from March 22nd is available here.
Beyond Google
The Department of Justice’s subpoena of Google search data generated considerable attention last month with a judge ultimately ordering disclosure of only a fraction of what the U.S. government initally demanded. At the time, the coverage noted that Google was not the only target with similar requests to AOL, Microsoft, […]
Hart House Lecture Tonight
I am very excited to be delivering the annual Hart House lecture tonight. While the lecture has sold out, there will be a live webcast along with a future podcast and television broadcast.
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