Saturday, April 2, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No. 449

I hope you will find some useful and some interesting information here.
Have no idea what kind of intellectual aphrodisiacs to use in order to make
readers of IS to multiply...?


SEARCH

INTERNET

 

Is all human knowledge on the Internet? (No!):

http://news.discovery.com/tech/is-all-of-human-knowledge-on-the-internet-110329.html

 

New Protocol Turbocharges the Web:

 

Companies Hope to 'Program' the Internet: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37226/?nlid=4293&a=f



SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

Wendy Boswell- four sites for disposable web addresses:

Bing search innovations for browser and mobile: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/110329-090000

Bob Rankin  how to watch Internet movies on your TV:
http://askbobrankin.com/streaming_internet_movies_to_your_tv.html?tbart                                   

 

Wendy Boswell: free images on the Web - thirty places you can find them:

http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/03/28/thirty-free-image-resources-on-the-web.htm?nl=1


Mary Ellen Bates- Mowing down content farms: http://batesinfo.com/Writing/Archive/Archive/mar2011.html


BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

 

Social Networks a Coming Trend at Work:

Tech special report- the future iof social networking: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/special_reports/20070618thefutureo.htm?link_position=link28

 

New media From universal truths to internal dialogues:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/03/new_media&fsrc=nwl


Fresh new perspectives for your blog: (at Blogger):

For the francophones- about Facebook, Twitter and the world revolution:


Half of all Tweets generated by small group of elite users:

How many users does Twitter really have?:

How to convert website visitors into Facebook fans: http://searchengineland.com/how-to-convert-website-visitors-into-facebook-fans-70557

The #1 place to grow your social network              http://twiends.com/?f=g&gclid=CLumr_Wi-KcCFc1jfAod0H4FtA

Social search without a social network: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37241/?nlid=4296

GOOGLE

Can Google reinvent Web video?:

How Google saves the world $65 billion a year:

 

Google Introduces New Social Tool and Settles Privacy  Charge:



Google’s new social search:

 

New '+1' Button Has Your Brain Help Google's Algorithm:


10+ points for Google +1: 

Googlee +1 is just the beginning:


WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

 

National Grammar Day: http://nationalgrammarday.com/

TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html


Podcasts –evolving English

Steal this e-book

SCIENCE

The symphony of Science: http://www.symphonyofscience.com/

Neuroscientists Decode Crucial Component in Brain Signal Processing: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110325152152.htm

 

Can You Hear Me Now?' How Neurons Decide How to Transmit Information: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110325111859.htm

 

Researchers find brain differences between believers and non-believers: http://www.physorg.com/news155404273.html


Not only the fittest survive:

Inclusive fitness theory defended: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110325102153.htm


Giant virus-eating virus discovered in Antarctica Lake:

Butterflies That Explore and Colonize New Habitats Are Genetically Different from Cautious Cousins: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110328162026.htm



Icefish- a really cool fish family: http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2011/03/icefish_lack_hemoglobin.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&utm_medium=rss


Astrobiology Magazine : The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Universe: http://www.astrobio.net/

21 common logic errors:

The Aurora (video): http://vimeo.com/21294655

TECHNOLOGY

Biofuels: Bug Creates Butanol Directly from Cellulose: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/36982/?nlid=4281


Debut of the first “artificial leaf”:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/debut-of-first-practical-artificial.html Thanks to Nicolaie Vlad! It is really humiliating that plants and even primitive, brainless bacteria are able to do photosynthesis while we, The Peak of Evolution, can not.

Combined Geothermal Energy and Carbon Sequestration: http://ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3463

 

The world's nuclear reactors as you've never seen them:. http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/03/the_worlds_nuclear_reactors_as.html

 

Huge Potential of Nanocrystals to Raise Efficiency in Fuel Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110328093059.htm


Stan Ovshinsky’s solar revolution:


Taming the Flame: Electrical Wave 'Blaster' Could Provide New Way to Extinguish Fires: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110327191034.htm



EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Europeana launches weblog:

 

20 Essential Online Resources for Finding New Music:

 

Study Illuminates the 'Pain' of Social Rejection:


Happiness peaks in our eighties:

BUSINESS

Theory of Innovation: Backing away from the edge of chaos: http://blog.assembla.com/assemblablog/tabid/12618/bid/44712/Theory-of-Innovation-Backing-away-from-the-edge-of-chaos.aspx

 

What Cne We Learn from the World’s Most Admired Companies? http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/03/what-can-we-learn-from-worlds-most.html


 

Qualities Shared by the Truly Successful: They Care, Listen and Live by High Ethical Standards: http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1990

 

How My Company Hires for Culture First, Skills Second: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/01/how_my_company_hires_for_cultu.html


HEALTH  & MEDICINE

 

A Genetic Test for Organ Rejection: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37165/?nlid=4283&a=f


Advances in nanotechnology enable targeted drug delivery:

Making Bacteria into Drug Blimps: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37242/?nlid=4296

 

A Bacterium That Acts Like a Toothbrush: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/a-bacterium-that-acts-like-a-toothbrush.html?etoc



FOOD & COOKING

 

Ethanol Blamed for Record Food Prices: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37019/?nlid=4281&a=f


Food Fight:




How to make a low carb pizza:


Skinny drinks:

 

Eat from the Fountain of Youth: Foods to Keep You Young http://gimundo.com/news/article/eat-from-the-fountain-of-youth-foods-to-keep-you-young/


6 kitchen myths that could give you food poisoning:

MISCELLANEA

 

Google’s April 1 humor- I hope it is still visible: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html  About non-verbal communication.

Wendy Boswell: three sites for white noise generation:

Water cremation (via Cultural Offerings):

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

 

The Unexpected Ubiquity of Spam Detection Algorithms:



VIRUSES & e-CROOKS


The top 100 April’s Fool hoaxes of all time:

A great list of new hoaxes:

 

A Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying:

 

Campuses, Communities Need to Get Creative to Stop Cyberbullying: http://im.about.com/od/promotingimsafety/a/cyberbully-fight-against.htm?nl=1

 

10 Ways to Protect Your Children from Cyberbullying:


What is Keylogger Trojan?:

WiFi


Google’s Android to dominate globally

Smartphone market to grow 50% this year, Android OS leads:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/31/facebook-now-has-250-million-mobile-users-and-a-new-unified-mobile-website-to-match/

2 comments:

  1. good job. this is very cool post thx :)

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  2. Thank you, Manjiko- you made me happy, once this column had thousands of readers only in Romania. Serious information is not so popular now
    Peter

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