My weekly selection of serious information:

SEARCH

1. INTERNET

Number of Internet users worldwide reaches two billion:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-internet-users-worldwide-billion.html

The Web Is Now the Last Place You Should Read Anything: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26284/?nlid=4036

Why the Entire Internet Is about to Become 'Slower and Flakier'

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26297/?nlid=4050

To avert Internet crisis, the IPv6 scramble begins
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20029721-264.html?tag=nl.e703

Egypt leaves the Internet!:

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml

2. SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

In my opinion, a must read, must subscribe- very useful for searcher: http://www.batesinfo.com/tips This time about search for small companies.

Wendy Boswell: People who have influenced the Web as we use it today:

http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/01/18/a-decade-of-the-webs-most-influential-people.htm?nl=1

Tim Berners-Lee:

http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/p/Tim-Berners-Lee.htm?nl=1

Sergey Brin: http://websearch.about.com/od/focusongoogle/p/?once=true&nl=

Top Twenty Web Celebs

http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesearch/tp/top-ten-web-celebs-2007.htm?nl=1

A tale of two search engines:

http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2011-01/a-tale-of-two-search-engines.aspx?storyid=54887

Higher income but tepid growth at Yahoo: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/technology/26yahoo.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

Real-time search is thriving:

http://corp.topsy.com/2011/01/21/real-time-search-is-thriving-topsy-serves-half-billion-queries-in-january/

Ongo: A New Web Resource That Aggregates/Curates Material From Mutiple News Outlets: http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/63534

3. BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

31 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed:

http://mashable.com/2011/01/22/new-social-media-resources-16/

30 ways to use social media for business people:

http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2011/01/30-ways-to-use-social-media-for-business-people.html

The state of Wikipedia:

http://gimundo.com/videos/view/the-state-of-wikipedia/

4. GOOGLE

A Creator Prepares to Take the Reins at Google

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/technology/22google.html?_r=1

Larry Page’s Google 3.0: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_06/b4214050441614.htm

Larry Page and the reinvention of “The Google”: http://searchengineland.com/larry-page-and-the-reinvention-of-the-google-62605

Eric Schmidt sees next decade as age of “augmented humanity”:

http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/25/eric-schmidt-sees-next-decade-as-age-of-augmented-humanity/

Video: BBC Airs One-on-One Interview With Google's Eric Schmidt

http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/63627

Google's Greatest Innovation May Be Its Management Practice:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1720052/the-b-y-leadership-model-google-s-greatest-contribution-to-innovation-may-be-it-s-management

A Periodic Table Guide to Google's APIs [Infographic]:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/01/a-periodic-table-guide-to-goog.php

10 Must-Have Google Chrome Extensions:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/217432/google_chrome_extensions.html?tk=rss_news

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

What’s the longest word in the English language?:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/01/21/133052745/whats-the-longest-word-in-the-english-language?sc=fb&cc=fp

Getting Started With eBooks: A Beginner's Guide http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/63455

E-Books: Amazon.com Now Sells More Kindle E-Books Than Paperbacks:

http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/63621

Is Kindle killing print books?

http://www.bizreport.com/2011/01/is-kindle-killing-print-books.html

SCIENCE

A physicist explains why parallel universes may exist:

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/24/132932268/a-physicist-explains-why-parallel-universes-may-exist

Science 360 – Chemistry: http://science360.gov/topic/Chemistry/

Light Touch Transforms Material Into a Superconductor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110122112044.htm

Scientists show how to erase information without using energy:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-scientists-erase-energy.html

On the hunt for universal intelligence: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110127131122.htm

Problem solving- God is in the definition:

http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2011/01/28/problem-solving-god-is-in-the-definition.aspx

Physicist Discovers How To Make Quantum Foam In A Test Tube:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26311/?nlid=4055

Ancient Body Clock Discovered That Helps Keep All Living Things on Time: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126131540.htm

Light Controls a Worm's Behavior: Scientists Commandeer Organism's Nervous System Without Wires or Electrodes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110118143222.htm

Brain 'GPS' Illuminated in Migratory Monarch Butterflies:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126121450.htm

Happiness and Age: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/post.aspx?bid=354&bpid=26293&nlid=4036

Nanoscale Transistors Used to Study Single-Molecule Interactions:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110124102946.htm

Salty Evolution: Previously Unknown Central Metabolic Pathway in Microorganisms Discovered: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121103537.htm

Stage set early for success, or failure:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69090/title/Stage_set_early_for_success,_or_failure

How giants have conquered the Earth: https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/12dd390a05923e60

Orangutans’ genome full of surprises:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/orangutan-genome.html?etoc

People Aren't Born Afraid of Spiders and Snakes: Fear Is Quickly Learned During Infancy: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110124111144.htm

Video – a self-planting seed:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/video-a-self-planting-seed.html?etoc

An interestiug book- “The calculus of selfishness”: http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/honor-among-thieves

TECHNOLOGY

Technology is good when it is ethical: http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/IEETblog

Debate- natural gas versus renewables: http://www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/193&fsrc=nwl

The world can be powered by alternative energy, using today’s technology, in 20-40 years:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126091443.htm

Electricity from fuel cells: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/27010/?nlid=4036

Less is more for more efficient wind farms:

http://www.gizmag.com/less-is-more-for-more-cost-efficient-wind-farms/17659/

Could cows make biofuels better? http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32233/?nlid=4056

Agave Fuels Excitement as a Bioenergy Crop

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126121102.htm

New Device May Revolutionize Computer Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110120111025.htm

Bob Rankin- fastest desktop PC: http://askbobrankin.com/fastest_desktop_pc.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1a6mnbpcQOP6SL

Bob Rankin- sending fax from computer: http://askbobrankin.com/sending_fax_from_computer.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1cbtk08DVOP6SL

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Creating Simplicity: How Music Fools the Ear

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110120073507.htm

Rachel Carson- pen against poison: http://www.america.gov/publications/books/rachel-carson-pen-against-poison.html

Pandia looks at three great music recommendation engines:

http://www.pandia.com/sew/3396-music-recommendation.html

New research reveals the root of musical pleasure

http://www.gizmag.com/mcgill-research-shows-dopamine-responsible-for-music-pleasure/17663/

Problem solving- teaching the art of critical thought:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jan/25/techniques-for-teaching-the-art-of-critical/

Falsehoods- the Human Universals:

http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/01/falsehoods_human_universals.php

Freedom of speech, religion, press around the world:

http://www.freedomfilter.us/

Brain Scans Show How Teens Are More 'Me-First' Than Adults

http://www.livescience.com/culture/teen-brain-changes-reciprocity-110126.html

Peaked performance- The case that human athletes have reached their limits: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/01/23/peaked_performance/?page=full

BUSINESS

Stop operating with a guild mindset: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/12/stop_operating_with_a_guild_mi.html

China’s king of e-commerce: http://www.economist.com/node/17800299?story_id=17800299

The Value of Ritual in Your Workday: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2010/12/the-value-of-ritual-in-your-wo.html

Provocative: expand your mind- dumb-stupid and dimwitted (by Miki Saxon)

http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2011/01/expand-your-mind-dumb-stupid-and-dimwitted/

HEALTH & MEDICINE

How Bacteria Keep Ahead of Vaccines and Antibiotics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110127141655.htm

Discovery of a Biochemical Basis for Broccoli's Cancer-Fighting Ability: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126131906.htm

Cracking a Tooth: 3-D Map of Atoms Sheds Light on Nanoscale Interfaces in Teeth, May Aid Materials Design: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110112132126.htm

Obesity Linked to Economic Insecurity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110122112459.htm

Fighting the Fight for Healthy Teeth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110123210113.htm

Alien Hand Syndrome sees woman attacked by her own hand:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12225163

FOOD & COOKING

Report advocates GM crops in food supply measures

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/report-advocates-gm-crops-in-food-supply-measures-2192790.html#

Lack of Sex Among Grapes Tangles a Family Vine http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/science/25wine.html?_r=1&ref=science

Why Diets Make You Fatter -- And What to Do About It

http://www.alternet.org/story/149702/why_diets_make_you_fatter_--_and_what_to_do_about_it

Why it is hard to lose weight?:

http://www.alternet.org/story/149628/why_is_it_hard_to_lose_weight_

Make Chinese food at home:

Top 12 Easy Chinese Recipes:

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/resourceschinesecooking/tp/easychinese.htm?nl=1

How to Lower the Fat in Chinese Cooking

http://chinesefood.about.com/cs/health/ht/lowerfathowto.htm?nl=1

Top 12 Quick and Easy Recipes to Celebrate Chinese New Year

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chinesenewyear/tp/easy_recipes.htm?nl=1

MISCELLANEA

Journal of Universal Rejection:

http://www.math.pacificu.edu/~emmons/JofUR/

Horror scoped:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/22/horror-scoped/

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE

Matt Cutts on search and spam:

http://managinggreatness.com/2011/01/22/matt-cutts-on-search-and-spam/

Google Launches Algorithm To Fight Content Spam: http://searchengineland.com/google-launches-algorithm-to-fight-content-spam-62736

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

A brief history of malware: the first 25 years:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/whatisavirus/a/A-Brief-History-Of-Malware-The-First-25-Years.htm?nl=1

25 years of digital vandalism: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/opinion/27Gibson.html?_r=2&hp

WiFi

Report: Analysis Of The Great Mobile App Store Boom Of 2010: http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/07/distimo-2010-mobile-app-store-boom/

Sunday, January 30, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 440