Sunday, August 28, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 470


EDITORIAL.

It is my pleasure to share with you again my weekly discoveries and proofs  of progress in the real world.
Here I confess you that in addition to my great intellectual loves, rather harmonious and happy: : http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/08/taxonomy-mon-amour.html
there exists a third one, as passionate as the others, but not harmonious at all, mixed with silent and not so silent desperation- the love of Progress. It can survive only by associations with the other two stories of love. Outside technology, it is quite impossible to find signs of progress...Morally, socially, politically, financially the World is broken and in regress. I will tell you more about this in the near future.

Peter

SEARCH

INTERNET

Seeing the future of the office Internet:

 

7 Years Later – Top Internet Properties 2004 – 2011:


SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

 

Searcher Demographics – We Are What We Search: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2103242/Searcher-Demographics-We-Are-What-We-Search

 

A comparison engine for large data sets: http://www.findthedata.org/

Wendy Boswell: What are people searching for on the Web? http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/08/19/what-are-people-searching-for-on-the-web.htm?nl=1

 

How to Find the Most Popular Searches on the Web:


The Top 25 Web Searches of the Decade: http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/tp/top-web-searches-of-the-decade.htm?nl=1


The Top Twenty YouTube Videos of All Time

                               

Six Ways You Can Use the Real-Time Web:

 
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

 

Helping Social Networkers Connect Even More

New apps let social media users connect through many different channels: http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/38365/?nlid=nlcomm&nld=2011-08-22&a=f

 

Facebook, Twitter boom despite Google+ challenge

Report shows strong growth for social nets, especially Tumblr and LinkedIn:  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219463/Facebook_Twitter_boom_despite_Google_challenge?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2011-08-24




GOOGLE

 

Google Wants Search to Know What You Know

A revamped search engine might return different results depending on whether you've researched a subject before:

 

The 1000 most-visited sites on the web, according to Google: http://www.google.com/adplanner/static/top1000/index.html

 

Video: How Google Improves Their Search Algorithms:

 

Wendy Boswell: change the Google home page background image:

 

Hypertext Visionary Jorge Luis Borges Celebrated with Google Logo:                 http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2103895/Hypertext-Visionary-Jorge-Luis-Borges-Celebrated-with-Google-Logo


Google Bombs Explained: http://google.about.com/od/socialtoolsfromgoogle/a/googlebombatcl.htm?nl=1



WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

 

The Secret Language Code- the secret meaning of pronouns: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-language-code&offset=2

 

Print vs. Online

The ways in which old-fashioned newspapers still trump online newspapers: http://www.slate.com/id/2302014/


Amazing libraries:

SCIENCE

 

Fundamental Discovery About Neurons May Radically Alter Current View of Neurotransmission: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823154038.htm

 

Young Brains Lack the Wisdom of Their Elders, Clinical Study Shows: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825102253.htm

 

How Many Species On Earth? About 8.7 Million, New Estimate Says: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823180459.htm


Oldest fossils on Earth discovered:

 

Discovery of a 160-Million-Year-Old Fossil Represents a New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824131535.htm


UC Davis Entomologist Lynn Kimsey Discovers New Species of Wasp: Gigantic Wasp With Long, Powerful Jaws

 

Why Spiders Don't Drop Off of Their Threads: Source of Spider Silk's Extreme Strength Unveiled: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817120223.htm

 

Parasite Uses the Power of Attraction to Trick Rats Into Becoming Cat Food: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819141519.htm


 

Riot control: How can we stop newspapers distorting science?:L


TECHNOLOGY

New energy storage device could recharge electric vehicles in minutes: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-energy-storage-device-recharge-electric.html  Thanks to Rich Murray!

 

Power-Scavenging Batteries

Inexpensive chips harvest mechanical energy to charge batteries for wireless sensors. http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38434/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2011-08-25

The Next Generation of Technology- 35 Innovators under 35:


Visual tour: the future of tablets;:

 

Tablet computers

Difference Engine: Reality dawns:

 

Quick and Cheap Data Storage? New Multiferroic Material Is Both Electrically Charged and Magnetic: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110822101946.htm

 

Unexpected Adhesion Properties of Graphene May Lead to New Nanotechnology Devices: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823141907.htm

 

Engineers Discover Nanoscale Balancing Act That Mirrors Forces at Work in Living Systems:


May I remind you this very useful link for solving your PC/IT problems: http://ask-leo.com/

 

Exploring the Possibilities for Zeolites: Team Creates Database of 2.6 Million Varieties of Molecular Sieves: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405113020.htm


EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Dave Pollard- a new essay from the series: “How the World
Works”:                               http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2011/08/21/what-we-measure-reflects-our-culture/

 

The Shrinkage Solution

A pair of civil engineers proposed that we genetically engineer shorter people to conserve resources:

Free computer science courses, new teaching technology reinvent online education

Stanford Engineering professors are setting out to add a new level of interactivity to online education by offering three of the university's most popular computer science classes for free. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/online-computer-science-081611.html

Famous last words, our 20 favorite final line in literature:

 

And something similar to the site from above, Bulwer  Lytton Contest 2011: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2011.htm

 

The meaning of life in under 300 words:

http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/08/the-meaning-of-life-in-under-300-words.php


Egotist Rex: Are a Dictator's Defiant Statements Indicative of Self-Delusion?: For months Col. Muammar Qadhafi has resisted the popular rebellion in Libya, making a series of strong and sometimes bizarre statements along the way

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=libya-qadhafi-psychology

 

People are biased against creative ideas, studies find:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-people-biased-creative-ideas.html


Bob Rankin- ASCII art- an Internet treasure:

BUSINESS

 

Steve Jobs’s Best Quotes: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-best-quotes/

 

Global Capitalism at Risk: What Are You Doing About It?” http://hbr.org/2011/09/global-capitalism-at-risk-what-are-you-doing-about-it/ar/1

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity:

 

What Is Culture and Why Is It Important?:



Evolution of a good employee:

The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as if the Future Matters By Diane Coyle Princeton University Press, 2011:

 

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?:



10 Psychological Techniques to Help You Get a New Job: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/08/10-psychological-techniques-to-help-you-get-a-new-job.php


Perceptions:

 

Economic Inequality Is Linked to Biased Self-Perception:


Why capitalism has not failed:

Making sense of our world (it is about Personal Knowledge Management): http://www.jarche.com/2011/08/making-sense-of-our-world/

 

Cryptocurrency -by James Surowiecki author of “Wisdom of Crowds”  The bitcoin, a virtual medium of exchange, could be a real alternative to government-issued money—but only if it survives hoarding by speculators: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38392/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-24


Exposing that which lies below the surface:

 

Diagnose and Eliminate Workplace Bullying:

 

Getting Leaders to Change:

HOW TO STAND UP TO YOUR BOSS (WITHOUT BEING A PAIN IN THE ASS (by Guy Kawasaki):

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39796?utm_source=Big+Think+Weekly+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5c715ed5c0-Wednesday_Newsletter_August_24_2011&utm_medium=email

 

Entrepreneur- Murphy’s Law:

http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2011/08/entrepreneur-murphys-law/

 

To catch a liar:

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/06/to_catch_a_liar.html


HEALTH & MEDICINE

 

Puzzle of Brain Function (important for psychiatry): http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819092421.htm

 

Hologram Method Used to Study Neurons

The approach could ultimately be used to rapidly screen new drugs designed to protect brain cells: .

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38438/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-26

 

Designing drugs based on what parasites eat:

 

Could New Drug Cure Nearly Any Viral Infection? Technology Shows Promise Against Common Cold, Influenza and Other Ailments, Researchers Say:

 

Drug Interactions, What you Should Know: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ucm163354.htm

 

Infected Insects Fight Dengue Fever:

 

Doing away with the dentist’s drill by helping teeth regenerate themselves:                                            http://www.gizmag.com/regenerating-teeth/19608/

 

Does Religion Influence Epidemics?:

 

How to relieve back pain: http://backandneck.about.com/od/exerciseandsport/tp/backexerciseprogram.htm?nl=1

http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaandbackpain/a/backpainhub.htm?nl=1 Due to my working system at the PC 17/7/365 I know welll this problem

 

Health Risks With Nanotechnology? Nanoparticles Can Hinder Intracellular Transport: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824091143.htm

 

The Petri Dish Gets a Makeover

A nanopore membrane creates faster, surer cultures for everything from hospital diagnostics to water-quality checks:. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38404/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-23

FOOD & COOKING

Cooking games visited teach children how to cook:

Cooking may be 1.9m years old, say scientists

Researchers say cooking was commonplace among Homo erectus and probably originated early in their era or earlier:

Lager's mystery ingredient found
Missing ancestor of yeast used in cold-brewed beer is identified:

MISCELLANEA

 

How to burglar-proof your stash of cash:

http://columnfivemedia.com/work-items/mint-infographic-how-to-burglar-proof-your-stash-of-cash/



SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

 

7 Ways To Save Your Online Information From Computer Hackers:

 

Web hoaxes: how to make sure you don't fall for 'em:


Researchers see improved Zeus malware:

The latest issue of “Hoax Slaye”r:

WiFi

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