Sunday, July 3, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 462

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INTERNET

Regulating the Internet in a multi-faceted world:

 

Cerf: streaming network crunch could be eliminated:


Research Paper- How much of the Web is Archived:

Shortmail- Twitter for e-mail: http://shortmail.com/

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  
  

Wendy Boswell-  Yahoo App Search: find interesting smartphone apps for your iPhone or Android:

                                 
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

 

How information is socially shared?:

 

Why Do We Share Stories, News and Information With Others?:

 

Social media as change agent: Did Twitter and Facebook really build a global revolution ?: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2011/0630/Social-media-as-change-agent-Did-Twitter-and-Facebook-really-build-a-global-revolution?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Auto%2006302011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYyOTAzMwS2


How many friends can you really have?

Even MySpace Founders have ceased to use My Space:

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffbercovici/2011/06/23/even-myspaces-founders-have-stopped-using-myspace/?partner=forbeslife_newsletter


New guide from Twitter now online- Twitter for newsroom;

http://infodocket.com/2011/06/27/new-guide-from-twitter-online-twitter-for-newsrooms/

ven MySpace’s Founders Have Stopped Using MySpace



Social networking- 400 years ago:

GOOGLE

 

Developments at Google:

An Intro to Google’s New Look (Black Bar et All):

 

Google Acquisition Could Reinvigorate its TV Plans:

 

Is Google guilty of repressing healthy competition?; http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/06/24/is-google-guilty-of-repressing-healthy-competition.htm?nl=1


The cost of Google’s “Strategy of Everything”:

Can Google get Web users talking?:

Soon Google will know what you want before to do:

Another Try by Google to Take On Facebook:


How Does Google's New Social Network Measure Up?:


Google Plus: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly:


First thoughts on Google +:

5 things Google Plus have over Facebook:

Google Plus News Roundup:

A preview of Google’s new look:

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

Figures of Speech Seved Fresh:

Reference-New Zealand sign language dictionary online:

Plant a New Language in Your Mind:


A collection of 4500 miniature books:
e-Reader ownership surges since last November; tablet ownership grows more slowly:                     http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/E-readers-and-tablets/Report.aspxy:

SCIENCE

 

Brain-Like Computing a Step Closer to Reality:


The mystery of consciousness continues:


E.O. Wilson on the future of biology;

 

11 Animal Wonders of Evolution:


Loudest Animal on the Earth Recorded for the first Time:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701121519.htm

 

Ancient Symbiosis Between Animals and Bacteria Discovered:

 

Scientists Discover Dielectron Charging of Water Nano-Droplet:


TECHNOLOGY

U of Toronto researchers crack full-spectrum solar challenge:



“Nature” journal about bio-fuels: http://www.nature.com/nature/outlook/biofuels/index.html

Giving electric batteries a jolt:

 

New Communication Technologies, Their History and Social Influence: An Annotated Bibliography:


'Orca Ears' Inspire Researchers to Develop Ultrasensitive Undersea Microphone: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110623141637.htm


New material promises faster  electronics:




IBM announces computer memory breakthrough:

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

 

Why Do People Believe Stupid Stuff, Even When They're Confronted With the Truth?:



Book review: The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson:



Spotlight: Religion in Schools:

 

Quantifying history. Two thousand years in one chart:


Are the Wealthiest Countries the Smartest Countries?


Why working is the secret to happiness?

 


BUSINESS

 

What Brain Science Tells Us: 10 Tips to Prime Your Brain for Success:

http://seapointcenter.com/what-brain-science-tells-us/

I commented re the greater power of NO..


Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation:

Great Leadership- Should salaries be completely transparent: http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/06/should-salaries-be-completely.html

Why Leaders Lose Their Way:


Leading older employees:

6 new rules for management and leadership:

What makes people follow a brand (Infographic)?:

Top 50 blogs by business professors:

Career advice- don’t do what you love:

HEALTH & MEDICINE

 

How a Broken Medical System Killed Google Health:

 

Cancer and men:

A tragic case and a genomic hope:

 

Magnetic nanoparticles fry tumors:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/magnetic-nanoparticles-fry-tumor.html?etoc&elq=8600bfd2717348018c4af7d3b611a963

 

A First Step Toward a Prosthesis for Memory: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37873/?nlid=4653


A  Wristwatch that Monitors Blood Pressure:   http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37914/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-06-30




10 foods that relieve stress:

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Mystery Ingredient in Coffee Boosts Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease, Study Finds:



FOOD & COOKING

 

Food Like You've Never Seen Before: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Food-Like-Youve-Never-Seen-Before.html


Lowering the Color of Crystals in Sugar Factories:



Blekko gets foodily to help eat away at recipe spam:

MISCELLANEA

 

India's 'shocking' child sex-change epidemic:

 

The math of the Rubik’s cube:


The secret of Tibetan singing bowls:

The DVR and Manufacture of Discontent

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

Massive botnet –indestructible say researchers:

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

 

The Shadowy World of Malware Affiliate Marketing:

 

Why the Internet is fundamentally less secure than it used to be:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26936/?nlid=4651


The perfect scam:

Facebook Security, Safety, and Privacy


How to avoid remove aFacebook malware

A new issue of Hoax Slayer: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-116.shtml

Help! My E-mail was hacked:

Police your password recovery options:

WiFi

This 45-Mile "Wi-Fi" Could Connect a Smarter Power Grid:


Google now activates 500000 Android devices every day:

Bob Rankin: Boost Your Smartphone Battery Life:

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