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New medical technology journal
Beam Verlag, publishers of a number of electronics titles including HF Praxis and RF & Wireless Europe, launched >Meditronic Journal in October.…
SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2008 breaks records
Despite the poor economy, the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2008 show attracted 48,105 visitors, more than any previous year. I'm amazed that the organisers can…
SupplyFrame signs Nick Walker
Nick Walker has been signed as the SupplyFrame sales representative for Europe. SupplyFrame claims to be "the largest and fastest growing content and…
Opencores.org partners with Elektroniktidningen
It was good to see the guys at opencores.org choose Elektroniktidningen's sales force to sell advertising on the site. It's a perfect vehicle for…
The future according to Chris Edwards
I really liked this presentation about the future of our industry that Chris has recently posted to slideshare. It's a great overview of the…
IET editor wins award
I often feel that the technical B2B magazines are under-rated by people outside of the industry. But here's some good news: Dickon Ross, editor of…
Google SearchWiki says beta is uncool
Google launched the "SearchWiki" feature last week, which enables you to promote results for searches or eliminate sites from future search results.…
Penwell to launch new photovoltaics publication
PennWell will launch the new bimonthly publication Photovoltaics World in March 2009. The launch ties in with the announcement that they will also…
Batteries booming!
Despite the general gloom, BATTERIES 2008 saw a 25% growth in attendance this year, and will be moving to CANNES-MANDELIEU Congress Centre in 2009.…
Domain name nightmare
Licencing of titles to allow publishers to produce local versions of magazines is surprisingly common, but not without difficulty. We did feel sorry…