Saturday, July 16, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 464

Dear Readers,

464- a number I like, an issue I like. A bit dominated by the development of Google Plus but also a small orgy of diversity so necessary to meet the criterium of real interestingness…
Enjoy, if you can, but please read and help other people to read it.
Thank you!
Peter


SEARCH

INTERNET

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  


A great opportunity for everybody! Wendy is a great  Websearch guru:

Web Search 101 - Learn to Search the Web


The future of search. Serendipituous search:
  

Wendy Boswell- 101 Free Online Alternatives to Popular Desktop Software: http://websearch.about.com/od/web20officealternatives/tp/101-Free-Online-Alternatives-To-Popular-Desktop-Software.htm?nl=1


The best free online storage sites on the Web:

The Most Useful Web Tools-Get Something Done with Web Tools: http://websearch.about.com/od/usefulsite1/qt/useful_tools.htm?nl=1


17 best Web applications:

10 useful and productive keyboard shortcuts-keys in Windows:
http://savedelete.com/10-useful-and-productive-keyboard-shortcuts-keys-in-windows.html                                  

Bob Rankin- free photo storage and backup:

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

The periodic Table of the Social Web (Infographic): http://blog.favo.rs/periodic-table-social-web/


Facebook May Have the Numbers but Google+ May Get the Ads



Google+ Marks The End of Blogging As a Means of Personal Expression:


GOOGLE

 

Google Kills The Quarter: $9 Billion In Revenue:


Google Advanced Search Techniques:

Google: Rethink Your Mission! Part 2: Google+: http://blogs.forbes.com/stevedenning/2011/07/06/google-rethink-your-mission-part-2-google/?partner=technology_newsletterGoogle: Rethink Your Mission! Part 2: Google+

Google: Rethink Your Mission! Part 2: Google+

 

 

How Google+ Will Balkanize Your Social Life:


 

Wth ‘Millions’ Of Users & Growing, Google+ Set To Power All Google Products:



Google+ vs. Twitter- a personal view:

Dave Pollard about Google +:

How Google-plus is built?

 

Google races to create business version of Google+:


An unofficial Google + source:

What Google’s quiet failure says about its innovation health:

Google+ Reference: “Complete Video Guide to G+” & News Sources on Google Plus:                            http://infodocket.com/2011/07/13/google-reference-complete-video-guide-to-g-news-sources-on-google-plus/

The Google+ Cheatsheet Is a Quick Reference To Using Google+


Google +: It’s a man thing:

! I can read only the abstract of this:

Searching for the Google Effect on People's Memory

But this seems to be relevant:

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

 

The Top 24 Sites for Free Books on the Web

Find, share, and download free books online

http://websearch.about.com/od/booksandprintedmaterials/tp/read-books-online.htm?nl=1



Is a bookless library still a library?

SCIENCE

 

Introducing the brain, the inside story:

Scientists Discover How Best to Excite Brain Cells:

 

Cracking the Code of the Mind:


Teaching the Neurons to Meditate:

 

The Neurobiology of Bliss--Sacred and Profane

Sex in the brain, and what it reveals about the neuroscience of deep pleasure:

Salamanders Spell out Evolution in Action:

 

Editing the Genome: Scientists Unveil New Tools for Rewriting the Code of Life: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714142130.htm


This Is How Big Our Galaxy Is Compared to the Biggest Galaxy of Them All:


Ant Colonies: Behavioral Variability Wins:


Spread of Fungus-Farming Beetles Is Bad News for Trees:



TECHNOLOGY

Thnking quantitatively about technological progress:

Renewable Energy –What it is and Who is Using it (INFOGRAPHIC):

 

Light Propagation Controlled in Photonic Chips: Major Breakthrough in Telecommunications Field:

 

Intelligent Street Lighting Saves Up to 80% On Energy:


Modified carbon nanotubes can store solar energy indefinitely:

http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=22098.php

 

Wind turbine placement to optimize wind power generation for a given area:                                          http://www.gizmag.com/optimizing-wind-turbine-placement/19217/picture/137835/

 

A Novel Enzymatic Catalyst for Biodiesel Production:


Top 10 gadgets of 2011:

 

4 Amazing Technology Waves That Will Change Your Life:



25 Tesla, World-Record 'Split Magnet' Makes Its Debut:


EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

The educational value of creative disobedience::

Thirst for Fairness May Have Helped Us Survive:


Scientific Illiteracy After the Shuttle: Are America's Smartest Days Behind Her?;
 http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2082213,00.html#ixzz1SCHdbwUk

 

Professors Consider Classroom Uses for Google Plus:


Review: How to Live Forever Probes Aging Science, New Age Hokum:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/07/how-to-live-forever/


Escaping your online mistakes: should there be a law?

 

Humans 'Predisposed' to Believe in Gods and the Afterlife:


Why people avoid the truth of themselves:

New music websearch engine: http://www.mp3-2000.com/

Sing a Song- your Brain on Music: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/aren-cohen/2011071318521

Religion in Harry Potter  Do J. K. Rowling’s novels 
promote religion or undermine it?:


BUSINESS

Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Updated and Revised July 2011: http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm


Great Leadership: timely guidance from 25,000 years ago:

Keeping innovation strong when economy is weak:

Gerry McGovern he power of the written word:  https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/1311511283f73bba

 

Think like an innovator- video:

The most important question a manager can ask:

Best Business Quotes from the Silver Scren: http://blogs.forbes.com/seaneichenberger/2011/07/08/best-business-quotes-from-the-silver-screen/?partner=forbeslife_newsletterBest Business Quotes From The Silver Screen

Best Business Quotes From The Silver Screen

 

 

Gerry McGovern- Measure negative behviour, not just positive behaviour

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-07-18-Measure-negative.htm

Eat Your Peas: A Recipe for Culture Change::

 http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11205?gko=ac42d&cid=20110712enews

Best Business Quotes From The Silver Screen

Best Business Quotes From The Silver Screen


The Most Important Social Business Metrics;
http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2011-07/the-most-important-social-business-metrics/


The Manager’s Role in Self-Motivation

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Body Weight:

Blood Thinners

Also called: Anti-platelet drugs, Anticoagulants:

Blood pressure medicines:

Injecting Stem Cells into the Heart Could Stop Chronic Chest Pain:

 

Infographic: The Successes and Failures of the Fight Against AIDS:

 

Biologists Identify New Strategy Used by Bacteria During Infection:\


Genetic Basis of Rare Human Diseases Described:


And you thought it was just fluff? New bacteria found in belly-buttons

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/and-you-thought-it-was-just-fluff-new-bacteria-found-in-bellybuttons-2308796.html

 

Advice to Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day 'Nonsense,' Argues Doctor:


Secret to Successful Aging: How 'Positivity Effect' Works in Brain:


Salt Diet Dangers May Be Influenced by Potassium:

FOOD & COOKING

 

Criminality- anti-GM attacks  destroy German test plots:

Vandals Attack Transgenic Wheat Test Plot:


Food in every country: http://www.foodbycountry.com/

Molecular Gastronomy: Science Behind the Art of Cooking:


Perfecting the meat of the potato:

Frankenfish: Is GM Salmon a Vital Part of Our Future?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2082630,00.html#ixzz1Rxtof5h

Evidence for 'Food Addiction' in Humans:

 

Size Matters: Why Do People Eat Less When They Have Big Forks?:


Cool no cook recipes:

7 great salad dressing:

MISCELLANEA

 

Dressing taller – tips for short man:


SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

Google + hit with spam bug:

Americans Use Spam for Cheaper Prescription Drugs:


Global Spam Filtering:


VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

How To Properly Scan Your Computer for Viruses, Trojans, and Other Malware:  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/virus-scan-malware-scan.htm?nl=1


Should you be afraid of scareware?:


Bob Rankin: why did my computer get a virus?:

How to Guard Against Phishing & Social Engineering Attacks:


US, Romanian authorities target Internet fraud scheme:


WiFi

1/4 of smartphone users rely on their device for Internet access:

Cell phone safety infographic:

Smart phone the first step to escape PC dependency:
http://blogs.forbes.com/fredcavazza/2011/07/11/smartphone-is-the-first-step-to-escape-pc-dependency/?partner=technology_newsletter

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