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SEARCH
1. INTERNET
The Internet Just Ran Out of Numbers:
Internet 2010 in numbers:
ahumanright.org plans to buy satellite and provide free Internet access for entire world:
http://www.gizmag.com/ahumanright-worlwide-free-internet-access/17820/
The World's Technological Capacity to Store, Communicate, and Compute Information: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/02/09/science.1200970.abstract?sa_campaign=Email/pap/10-February-2011/10.1126/science.1200970
How Much Information Is There in the World?:
Martin Hilbert: All human information, stored on CD, would reach beyond the moon
2. SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Making bad search results history: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/32281/?nlid=4111
Deep Web Research 2011: http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2011.htm
Lies, damned lies and search engines: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9208939/Lies_damned_lies_and_search_engines?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2011-02-11
The Answers Are Out There, and New Q. and A. Sites Dig Them Up: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/technology/07question.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26
9 Free OCR Software And Online Tools To Convert Your Images Into Text:
http://savedelete.com/best-free-ocr-software-tools.html
Nudgemail- the easiest way to send yourself reminders: http://www.nudgemail.com/
3. BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Why most people quit blogging- the Princess syndrome: http://catseyewriter.com/2011/02/04/why-most-people-quit-blogging-the-princess-syndrome/
Being there (Social networks): http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/02/social_networking
Does Using Facebook Lead to a Rollercoaster of Emotion?:
Why Some Twitter Posts Catch On, and Some Don’t
Twitter cannot save you:
The value of online friends; Networked resources via social network sites: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3314/2763
Social Media Search Engine Kule Search:
4. GOOGLE
How to use Google to search: http://searchengineland.com/guide/how-to-use-google-to-search
Susan Wojcicki: The most important Googler you've never heard of: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_17286427?nclick_check=1
Ten ways Google is the new Microsoft:
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Wordly wisdom What determines the length of words? MIT researchers say they know: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/words-count-0210.html
Amazon Kindle books get real page numbers: http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0208/Amazon-Kindle-gets-real-page-numbers?cmpid=ema:nws:Innovation%20Weekly%2002092011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYyOTAzMwS2
SCIENCE
Metaknowledge- essential for leveraging scientific research:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/metaknowledge-essential-for-leveraging-scientific-research
Speaking In Defense Of Science: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/02/09/133591874/speaking-in-defense-of-science
Researchers develop ‘camera’ that will show your mind:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/researchers-develop-camera-that-will-show-your-mind/article1895605/
Are brains shrinking to make us smarter? http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-brains-smarter.html
Neural Communication: Weak Electrical Fields in the Brain Help Neurons Fire Together: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132617.htm
The Brain Knows What the Nose Smells, but How?: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204205511.htm
How the brain learns from mistakes:
Shocking new brain research:
Brain maps reveal clue to mental decline:
How the brain compresses visual information:
‘Pessimists' brains may be wired that way: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/08/pessimists-brain-npy.html
Clay-Armored Bubbles May Have Formed First Protocells: Minerals Could Have Played a Key Role in the Origins of Life:
The future of human genome:
Discovery of Jumping Gene Cluster Tangles Tree of Life
2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048138-1,00.html
Choices -- Not Discrimination -- Determine Success for Women Scientists, Experts Argue: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110207151214.htm
Ancient body clock discovered that helps to keep all living things on time:
http://www.gizmag.com/ancient-body-clock-discovered-that-helps-to-keep-all-living-things-on-time/17749/
Why celebrate Darwin
The 8 most romantic creatures of the animal kingdom: http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/11/the-8-most-romantic-creatures-in-the-animal-kingdom/
Secret Life of Bees Now a Little Less Secret:
The mystery of the Stone Scorpion:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/the-mystery-of-the-stone-scorpio.html
Our sun in 3D, for first time in human history
Sensational but serious too- so I include this here.
I must read this book: “How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells”: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227021.900-review-ihow-we-live-and-why-we-die-the-secret-lives-of-cellsi-by-lewis-wolpert.html
Model terrorism- Can statistics help us predict and pre-empt terrorist attacks?: http://www.stats.org/stories/2011/model_terrorism_feb7_11.html
The Flea’s Ability to Jump Vast Distances Finally Uncovered
http://scienceray.com/technology/the-fleas-ability-to-jump-vast-distances-finally-uncovered/#ixzz1Dm9estLi
http://scienceray.com/technology/the-fleas-ability-to-jump-vast-distances-finally-uncovered/#ixzz1Dm9estLi
TECHNOLOGY
The key to better solar cells: bumpy mirrors: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32277/?nlid=4094&a=f
A new twist on floating wind power: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32266/?nlid=4096
Air hybrid vehicles could halve fuel consumption: http://www.gizmag.com/air-hybrid-vehicles-could-cut-fuel-consumption-in-half/17810/
Jatropha: Green Biodiesel from African Tree: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110208091656.htm
The next graphene?: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/32283/?nlid=4108&a=f
The top ten e-paper devices coming in the next 20 years:
Woodpecker's head inspires shock absorbers: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20088-woodpeckers-head-inspires-shock-absorbers.html
Do Not Attempt to steal
Special transparent adhesives, dabbed on valuables or sprayed on thieves, are helping police solve crimes: http://www.economist.com/node/18060453
One of the most useful sites I have ever discovered Ask Leo!:
Helping people with computers...one answer at a time:
Sizing Up Crowds Pushes Limits of Technology:
Have You Charged Your Eyeglasses Today (electronic eyeglasses):
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Major religions on the end of the world:
On Evolution, Biology Teachers Stray From Lesson Plan
Dinopedia Is a Dino-Lover's Dream:
Psychology- good to know- the Zeigarnik Effect: http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=37538&cn=117
Information is beautiful: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/
BUSINESS
The Economist – welcome to the World in 2011: http://www.economist.com/node/21015461
The February 2011 Leadership Development Carnival:
Can a big company innovate like a start-up: Can a Big Company Innovate Like a Start-Up?: http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2011/01/can-a-big-company-innovate-lik.html
Reverse innovation at Davos: http://blogs.hbr.org/govindarajan/2011/02/reverse-innovation-at-davos.html
Your Boss is Your Client (& Your Colleagues Are Too):
Disorienting leadership:
Asking for a favor- the three keys:
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Lifestyle affects life expectancy more than genetics:
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/02/07/lifestyle.affects.life.expectancy.more.genetics
A Birth-Defect Breakthrough: Prenatal Spinal Surgery
http://www.wbur.org/npr/133619351/a-birth-defect-breakthrough-prenatal-spinal-surgery
World Health Organization- Harmful uses of alcohol:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs349/en/index.html
Social tips for people with Aspergers
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/aspergirls/201101/social-tips-people-aspergers
Blood clots made visible by nanoparticles: http://www.gizmag.com/blood-clots-made-visible-by-nanoparticles/17790/
How mens' waistlines have grown since 1980: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/02/daily_chart_global_obesity
Medicalization of aging:
Gene mutation linked to high blood pressure:
Surprising View of Brain Formation: Discovery of a New Mechanism May Have Implications for a Host of Diseases: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110209124139.htm
Study Shows That Vegans Are at a Greater Risk for Heart Disease:
FOOD & COOKING
Valentine's Day Dessert Recipes Valentine Cookies http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/valentines-day-treats
Poor diets may lower children's IQ: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/07/diet-children-iq
Food and failed Arab states: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MB02Ak01.html
Oysters at Risk: Gastronomes' Delight Disappearing Globally:
And the definitive hangover cure is ... plain old coffee and aspirin, actually: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/04/5929543-and-the-definitive-hangover-cure-is-plain-old-coffee-and-aspirin-actually
MISCELLANEA
4000 Years Ago, Our Ancestors Liked To Play: http://www.archnews.co.uk/featured/5236-4000-yeas-ago-our-ancestors-liked-to-play.html
The Best Optical Illusion Videos And How They Trick Your Brain: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/11/the-best-optical-illusion-videos-and-how-they-trick-your-brain/
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
Google’s Great Spam Quest: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/32281/?nlid=4111
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
The cyberweapon that could take down the internet:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20113-the-cyberweapon-that-could-take-down-the-internet.html
How to remove adware and spyware: http://antivirus.about.com/od/spywareandadware/tp/adwarespyware.htm?nl=1
How to Remove sshnas.dll and sshhnas21.dll Trojans: http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/ht/remove-sshnas-dll-trojan.htm?nl=1
The Most Common and Dangerous Passwords [infographic] http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/02/06/how-to-avoid-the-most-common-and-dangerous-passwords-infographic/
The Problem with Passwords They're annoying to remember, insecure, and costly for companies
WiFi
Wendy Boswell about the mobile Web:
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