"Google has launched a new website aimed at ensuring rapid communication of flu research results and ideas in response to the worldwide outbreak of H1N1, or swine flu. Using the open access publishing site Public Library of Science (PLoS) as the foundation stone, Google says the development of such sites is a dramatic illustration of how [the] internet is revolutionising scientific communication." -
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/13682/randd/internet-is-revolutionising-science-communication-says-google Yes, that's one way of looking at it. Creeping corporatisation of the research sector in the guise of humanitarian service is another.
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Unrelated edit for Shaz (and anyone else who might be interested): If you have to start somewhere, skip Wiki-f*cking-pedia, and try this first:
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