The world is still interesting and many surprising things happen.
It is surprisng too that so few people have discovered or re-discovered
this source- but I enjoy composing this piece of Ego-Out:

1. INTERNET

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

Moving to IPv6: Now for the hard part (FAQ):

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20030482-264.html?tag=nl.e703

IPv6 marks the next chapter in the history of the Internet

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/ipv6-marks-next-chapter-in-history-of.html

20 things I learned about the browsers and the Web:

http://www.20thingsilearned.com/

Wendy Boswell – keyword research tools: http://websearch.about.com/od/keywordsandphrase1/tp/Keyword-Search-Tools.htm?nl=1

Effective Search Terms Yield the Right Information:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101018074606.htm

3. BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

How social media changes everything:

http://www.seobook.com/the-power-of-social-media

65 terrific social media infographics:

http://socialmediatoday.com/pamdyer/266010/65-terrific-social-media-infographics

4. GOOGLE

Wendy Boswell- Google search statistics: http://websearch.about.com/od/focusongoogle/f/Google-Search-Statistics.htm?nl=1

Google’s Eric Schmidt predicts the future of computing and he plans to be involved:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8303847/Googles-Eric-Schmidt-predicts-the-future-of-computing-and-he-plans-to-be-involved.html

s Google getting less reliable?:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/is_google_getting_less_reliabl.html

Google claims Bing copies its search results:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20030206-264.html?tag=nl.e703

Google catches Microsoft with pants down, copying search results:

http://www.gizmag.com/bing-copying-google-search-results/17759/

Microsoft responds to Google's copycat claims, again:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20030427-75.html?tag=nl.e703

9 Things to Try in Google Chrome 9: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/02/9-things-to-try-in-google-chrome-9.html

Google Instant Scores 98% Adoption Rate, 2% Opt-Out:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1723542/huge-results-for-google-instant-98-adoption-rate-only-2-opt-out

Expand your mind Google. (by Miki Saxon): http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2011/02/expand-your-mind-google/

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

Slides From a Recent Presentation: "Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading": http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/63675

How to choose an e-book reader:

http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-an-eBook-Reader

E-Readers Catch Younger Eyes and Go in Backpacks:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/books/05ebooks.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

SCIENCE

EDGE question center –question for 2011: WHAT SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE EVERYBODY'S COGNITIVE TOOLKIT:

http://edge.org/q2011/q11_index.html

The purpose of science fiction: http://www.slate.com/id/2282651/

The human genome’s breaking points

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-human-genome.html

The human genome- blueprint of life (infographic):

http://www.dnapolicy.org/resources/human_genome_final.jpg

The Most Genes in an Animal? Tiny Crustacean Holds the Record http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=118530&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

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New Era of Advances in Brain Research: As Recording Technology Rapidly Improves, Neurons Give Up Their Secrets Cell by Cell: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126121458.htm

Brain wiring revealed for adapting to the unexpected:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/brain-wiring-revealed-for-adapting-to-the-unexpected

Do Gut Bugs Practice Mind Control?
Mouse study indicates that intestinal bacteria may influence brain development, behavior

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/do-gut-bugs-practice-mind-contro.html?etoc

Growth Hormone Boosts Brain Power:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26315/?nlid=4065

This is your brain on habits:

http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/emily-vansonnenberg/2011020116315

Self comes to mind. What is Consciousness? An interview with a neuroscientist:

/http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/self-comes-to-mind/

Understanding the Human Neurosystem by Researching Locust Brains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101129131812.htm

Why do we sleep?:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-why-do-we-sleep.html

Quantum Water" Discovered in Carbon Nanotubes: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26319/?nlid=4059

Killer Storks Eat Human Babies (Perhaps)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/01/25/133178380/killer-storks-eat-human-babies-perhaps

Kids' friendships sometimes illusory

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69031/title/Kids_friendships_sometimes_illusory_

Cosmos At Least 250x Bigger Than Visible Universe, Say Cosmologists:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/cosmos-at-least-250x-bigger-than-visible-universe-say-cosmologists

A working list of all plant species:

http://www.theplantlist.org/

An Army of Ant Genomes
Newly revealed DNA from four species may help control pests

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/an-army-of-ant-genomes.html?etoc

Butterfly guides:

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/butterflies/butterflies.html

Rare Insect Fossil Reveals 100 Million Years of Evolutionary Stasis: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203113758.htm

A model of chaos- how conflicts get messy: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/28827/?nlid=4080&a=f

Argentine Ant Genome Sheds Light on a Successful Pest:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131153252.htm

A Disturbingly Weird Exoplanet System
Kepler discovery of six planets tightly packed around one star leaves theorists befuddled

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/kepler-new-planets.html?etoc

Can complexity theory explain Egypt's crisis?: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20082-can-complexity-theory-explain-egypts-crisis.html

TECHNOLOGY

Cheap, Clean Ways to Produce Hydrogen for Use in Fuel Cells? A Dash of Disorder Yields a Very Efficient Photocatalyst: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110128165212.htm

Capturing More Light with a Single Solar Cell:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32234/?nlid=4059

ORNL demonstrates photosynthetic hydrogen production:

http://www.gizmag.com/ornl-photosynthesis-hydrogen-fuel/17780/

New Energy Technologies demonstrates electricity-generating SolarWindow prototype:

http://www.gizmag.com/new-energy-technologies-solar-window/17777/

An engine that harnesses sound waves: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32267/?nlid=4088&a=f

IT History Society: http://www.ithistory.org/

New Transistors: An Alternative to Silicon and Better Than Graphene: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110130194145.htm

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

MIT OpenCourseWare: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry:

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-engineering/3-091sc-introduction-to-solid-state-chemistry-fall-2010/

What is the city of the future (essays):

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/spContent/2011_02_01.html

Humanitarian information: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

Global population speak out: http://www.populationspeakout.org/letter Theoretically and idealistically a good idea – practically impossible.

Are You Your Avatar? Book Details Dangers of the 'E-Personality'

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/online-life-harms-civility-creates-aggressive-personality-psychiatrist/story?id=12771299

Dictionary of art historians: http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/

An exploration of the finest in art, illustration, crafts and design from around the world featuring animals

http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/

Google let’s you explore the world’s greatest museums in street –view mode: http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-lets-you-explore-the-worlds-greatest-museums-in-street-view-mode

Ten things to do when you’re feeling hopeless:

http://www.utne.com/Spirituality/Ten-Things-Feeling-Hopeless-Dave-Pollard.aspx

A new journal of positive psychology- International Journal of Wellbeing:

http://www.internationaljournalofwellbeing.org/index.php/ijow

The mathematics of beauty:

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-mathematics-of-beauty/

NewYork Philharmonic Digital Archive: http://archives.nyphil.org/

25 Fresh And Really Creative Logo Designs For Your Inspiration

http://savedelete.com/creative-best-logo-designs.html

BUSINESS

IT growth and global change: A conversation with Ray Kurzweil:

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/High_Tech/Strategy_Analysis/IT_growth_and_global_change_A_conversation_with_Ray_Kurzweil_2728

The CEO guide to the micro-workforce:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/special_reports/20110201ceo_guide_microworkforce.htm?link_position=link1

Communications Advice from Dad: http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2011/02/01/communications-advice-from-dad.aspx

How you kill motivation at work:

http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2011-02/how-you-kill-motivation-at-work/

Disorienting leadership: http://humancapitalleague.com/Home/12148

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Why the parents fear the needle? (about anti-vaccination)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/opinion/21willrich.html?_r=2

Origins of the Pandemic: Lessons of H1N1:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110112201737.htm

The right trousers

An artificial exoskeleton brings hope and dignity to paraplegics

http://www.economist.com/node/18006824?story_id=18006824

Off-the-Shelf Blood Vessels
Premade bioengineered veins could help heart and kidney patients

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/off-the-shelf-blood-vessels.html?etoc

Obesity Has Doubled Since 1980, Major Global Analysis of Risk Factors Reveals: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203210612.htm

How tiny Nauru became world's fattest nation: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/how-tiny-nauru-became-worlds-fattest-nation-2203835.html

FOOD & COOKING

U.N. Food Price Index Hits Record High

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703652104576121852134742690.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

5 Unexpected Foods That Prevent Insomnia and 5 Foods That Promote It

http://www.alternet.org/story/149722/5_unexpected_foods_that_prevent_insomnia_and_5_foods_that_promote_it

Dietary guidelines for americans: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dietaryguidelines.htm

Bacon, We Have a Problem: An Infographic History of Everyone's Favorite Breakfast Meat: http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/voracious/2011/01/bacon_we_have_a_problem_an_inf.php

A lilm on Athena Web – “A world without bees?”: http://www.athenaweb.org/programs/view/1001223

MISCELLANEA

Top 10 Really Artistic 2011 Printable Calendars For Free Download:

http://savedelete.com/free-2011-printable-calendars.html

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE

The future of search- who will win the spam wars:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/the-future-of-search-who-will-win-the-spam-wars/

Google's Great Spam Quest:

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/32254/?nlid=4082

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/01/ff_hackerville_romania/all/1

I have lived in this town from 1967 to 1980 but I couldn’t guess that it will become so famous.

Ammyy.com scam:

http://antivirus.about.com/b/2010/12/08/ammy-com-scam.htm?nl=1

The newest issue of the Hoax Slayer Newsletter:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-111.shtml

Bob Rankin- Java Security vulnerabilities: http://askbobrankin.com/java_security_vulnerabilities.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1ZNPxRHlVOP6SL

WiFi

The 10 weirdest uses for a smartphone:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2011/0201/The-10-weirdest-uses-for-a-smartphone/Solving-a-Rubik-s-Cube

Sunday, February 6, 2011

The INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No. 441