This is a sad week due to the terrible indifference of StepMother Nature- the earthquake in Japan is a great
disaster. I had never been there but I suffer for my Japanese friends.
A new issue of this newsletter- please learn from my error/blunder: I have not read with the necessary attention Bob Rankin's paper "Beware of fake spyware programs" and I had a very bad experience with a beast called System Tool. My son-in-law has solved the problem, but it was really disturbing. Take care my friends! Bob Rankin is a valuable e-friend and his advices are of vital importance
SEARCH
INTERNET
Web Use Doesn't Encourage Belief in Political Rumors, but E-Mail Does: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307151922.htm
The dangers of e-personality:
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Q&A Search: Who, What, Where, When, Why & How: http://searchenginewatch.com/3641983
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Blogs and blogging. Current trends and future directions: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3101/2836
7 Levels of Social Media Engagement: http://socialmediatoday.com/laurelpapworth/277499/7-levels-social-media-engagement
18 resources for the best social media stats of 2011: http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/7458.aspx
8 Fantastic Tutorials On How To Build Your Own Custom WordPress Theme (blogging):
http://savedelete.com/best-tutorial-build-custom-wordpress-themes.html
How to Create Your Own Social Network on Ning: http://webtrends.about.com/od/ning/ss/create_ning.htm?nl=1
Twitter and its uses: Twitter and its uses
Top 7 ways to save time on Twitter:
Introducing Linkedin Today:
GOOGLE
Speedier, simpler and safer: Chrome’s basics get even better: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/03/speedier-simpler-and-safer-chromes.html
What\d new in Chrome 10:
Sorry IE9 and Firefox here is why I’m sticking with Chrome:
Hands-on: Chrome 10 pushes the browser speed barrier: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9213980/Hands_on_Chrome_10_pushes_the_browser_speed_barrier?source=CTWNLE_nlt_wktop10_2011-03-11
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Society for Promotion of Good Grammar (English): http://www.grammatically.blogspot.com/
English communication for scientists:
Evolving English (Podcasts):
Shady Characters. The secret life of punctuation: http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/
Cory Doctorow On “eBooks: Durability is a Feature, Not a Bug: http://infodocket.com/2011/03/08/cory-doctorow-on-ebooks-durability-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/
SCIENCE
New Mathematical Model of Information Processing in the Brain Accurately Predicts Some of the Peculiarities of Human Vision:
As we sleep speedy brain waves boost our ability to learn:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/as-we-sleep-speedy-brain-waves-boost-our-ability-to-learn
Multitasking and the Brain: The War on Productivity: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72014.html
The brain has three layers of memory:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-brain-layers-memory.html
The neural mechanism of insight:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-neural-mechanisms-of-insight
An On-Off Switch for Anxiety: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/35079/?nlid=4222&a=f
Browse 200K+ Candid Wild Animal Photos From Around the Globe on Smithsonian Wild: http://infodocket.com/2011/03/06/browse-200k-candid-wild-animal-photos-from-around-the-globe-on-smithsonian-wild/
Snails' Complex Muscle Movements, Rather Than Mucus, Key to Locomotion: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307101442.h
How long different animals live (infographic):
Evolution Drives Many Plants and Animals to Be Bigger, Faster:
Right-Handers, but Not Left-Handers, Are Biased to Select Their Dominant Hand: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110308124912.htm
The Most Distant Mature Galaxy Cluster: Young, but Surprisingly Grown-Up: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110309073719.htm
B ugs from the space- forget it!
Toward Real Time Observation of Electron Dynamics in Atoms and Molecules: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110309112908.htm
TECHNOLOGY
Wind Energy’s Overblown Prospects:
Squeezing More Energy Out of Batteries
New Technology Would Dramatically Extend Battery Life for Mobile Devices: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310141433.htm
What humans really want - creating computers that understand user:
http://www.gizmag.com/designing-computer-software-to-recognize-users-emotions/18078/picture/131531/
The Cloud: Battle of the Tech Titans: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_11/b4219052599182.htm?link_position=link3
Does Moore
Low power memory from nanotubes:
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/35083/?nlid=4228
How To Troubleshoot a Computer That Won't Turn On:
Bob Rankin how to make your laptop faster:
Nanotech to boost solid hydrogen storage:
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
More valuable than an award- Cultural Offering publishes my “Four modes of thinking”:
10 solutions to real life’s most annoying problems:
From ‘End of History’ Author, a Look at the Beginning and Middle: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/science/08fukuyama.html?_r=1
BUSINESS
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…or Rethink: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/10406?gko=ec603&cid=20110308enews
Where creativity is the currency- I will try it:
The March 2011 leadership Development Carnival:
The Economist debate: incremental vs disruptive innovation: http://www.economist.com/debate/upcoming&fsrc=nwl
The Secret to Ensuring Follow-Through: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2011/01/the-secret-to-ensuring-follow-.html
Wally Bock- ten things that make me more productive: http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2011/03/10/ten-things-that-make-me-more-productive.aspx
Admitting to another irrationality: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/post.aspx?bid=355&bpid=26497&nlid=4228
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Seven steps to better brainstorming: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Strategy_in_Practice/Seven_steps_to_better_brainstorming_2767
The Six Habits of a Talent Magnet: http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2011/01/the-six-habits-of-a-talent-mag.html
Book- Enchantment: Guy Kawasaki On Why Your Focus Should Be On Working Magic:
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A search engine for the human body: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/35076/?nlid=4228
Drug Delivery With Nanoparticles:
Therapist-free therapy: http://www.economist.com/node/18276234?fsrc=nlw|pub|03-09-2011|publishers
Why is it so hard to quit smoking?:
Public Service Announcement: Drugs Misinformation Kills:
Getting to the guts in malnutrition: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/getting-to-the-guts-of-malnutrit.html?etoc
FOOD & COOKING
Eating Apples Extends Lifespan of Test Animals by 10 Percent: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110302121702.htm
Pass the Salt: Table Manners Around the World: http://gimundo.com/news/article/pass-the-salt-table-manners-around-the-world/
Science in the neighborhood: How to make really good coffee:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=science-in-the-neighborhood-how-to-2011-03-08
Irish recipes for St. Patrick Dya:
MISCELLANEA
Archive Gallery: PopSci's Most Impractical Inventions:
Extremistan, at its best: http://www.forbes.com/wealth/billionaires
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
Blekko blocs more spam domains- 1 million of them:
Bob Rankin- beware of fake antispyware programs:
One Man's Spam Is Another's Good Result: Google's New approach to spam:
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/110310-154741
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Bob Rankin – beware of fake antivirus programs:
Bob Rankin- has your identity been stolen?:
Report: Malware-laden sites double from a year ago
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20040367-245.html#ixzz1G2LmIodO
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20040367-245.html#ixzz1G2LmIodO
Bob Rankin five free Windows 7 anti-virus programs:
Kids Online: Parent's Guide to Internet Safety: http://familyinternet.about.com/od/computingsafetyprivacy/a/parentsafetyg.htm?nl=1
New technique developed to identify authors of anonymous e-mails:
http://www.gizmag.com/identifying-authors-of-anonymous-emails/18091/
WiFi
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