INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No. 452

Many news - the world is still functional! Issue 451 of this newsletter was relatively
successful 3 times more than usual, I hope this will continue. The world needs
serious and useful information, about the true interstingness of  existence.
In the present issue- some good papers about religion. I have a new e-friend, John Neeve
a Joshua Bell of Twitter.
New Energy continues to develop!

SEARCH

INTERNET

Internet penetration and freedom:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/04/internet_freedom&fsrc=nwl

5 myths about the Information Age:

http://chronicle.com/article/5-Myths-About-the-Information/127105/

The Internet is killing the Planet (infographic):

http://www.wordstream.com/images/earth-day-2011-infographic.html

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

Five visionaries sum up the future of  search Part II:

http://searchengineland.com/five-visionaries-sum-up-the-future-of-search-part-ii-74287

Wendy Boswell- US Government websites: http://websearch.about.com/od/referencesearch/tp/governmentsites.htm?nl=1

http://websearch.about.com/od/governmentpubliclegal/a/firstgov.htm?nl=1

Wendy Boswell ten Google alternatives:

http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/04/18/ten-alternatives-to-google.htm?nl=1

Gerry Mc. Govern: Web navigation must face forwards not backwards:

http://giraffeforum.com/wordpress/2011/04/17/web-navigation-must-face-forwards-not-backwards/

The search engine that can predict what you want:

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/04/startup-promises-search-engine.html

Browser war- what it is good for?: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72275.html?wlc=1303191460

Why New Link Shortener Rdd.me Stands Out:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26657/?nlid=4365

                                 

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Your attention please, dear Readers!

I have discovered that Twitter is like an musical instrument,

you can obtain wonderful effects with it. But you need a good

skilled and generous teacher- a maestro of Twitter. I have discovered one, a real Joshua Bell of Twitter- he is John Neeve from UK.

His Tweeter Marketing Crash Course :

http://www.johnneeve.com/tmcc/

is only the start of a careful guidance process. I advise you to subscribe. Twitter is not made for amateurs.

Identifying influencers on Twitter: http://thenoisychannel.com/2011/04/16/identifying-influencers-on-twitter/

Is social media an empty tech revolution?:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/is-social-media-an-empty-tech-revolution/237540/

Scaling the social Web: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2007/tc20070920_608784.htm?link_position=link26

Research Paper: “Who Says What to Whom on Twitter”: http://infodocket.com/2011/04/18/research-paper-who-says-what-to-whom-on-twitter-2/

GOOGLE

Innovation is Google’s key to maintaining search leadership:

http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2011-04/innovation-is-googles-key-to-maintaining-search-leadership.aspx?storyid=72071

What’s it like to be  a Google search engineer?:

http://searchengineland.com/what-its-like-to-be-a-google-search-engineer-73456?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

Google's Education Evangelist Preaches the Gospel of Creativity:

http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1996

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

 

Evolution of Language Takes Unexpected Turn:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/evolution-of-language/

Use foul language to relieve stress and pain:

http://blogs.forbes.com/frederickallen/2011/04/21/use-foul-language-to-relieve-stress-and-pain/?partner=fbwallUse Foul Language to Relieve Stress and Pain

 

e-Book usage in China is booming: http://infodocket.com/2011/04/22/report-ebook-usage-in-china-is-booming/Use Foul Language to Relieve Stress and Pain

Use Foul Language to Relieve Stress and Pain

Use Foul Language to Relieve Stress and Pain

Use Foul Language to Relieve Stress and Pain

What is a book? The definition continues to blur:

http://gigaom.com/2011/04/22/what-is-a-book-the-definition-continues-to-blur/

SCIENCE

 

Navigating a New Age of Discovery for the Human Brain:

http://bigthink.com/ideas/37901

Brains that switch between active areas more often learn faster:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/brains-that-switch-between-active-areas-more-often-learn-faster

 

Evolution of Human 'Super-Brain' Tied to Development of Bipedalism, Tool-Making: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420125510.htm

 

Meditation May Help the Brain 'Turn Down the Volume' on Distractions: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421122337.htm

 

What Neuroscience Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves:

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/what-neuroscience-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves

 

Genetic Study Offers Insight Into the Social Lives of Bees: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110411152529.htm

SCIENCE FRICTION Searching for truth in published research: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/04/f-vp-strauss-truth-published-research.html

 

Visions of the future spaceflight:

http://www.space.com/10911-photos-future-human-spaceflight-space-exploration.html

Honesty- Ultimately, ethics in scientific publishing, as in life, comes down to one word: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/2/honesty

 

Different Views of God May Influence Academic Cheating:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420112334.htm

Antarctic Lake Hides Bizarre Ecosystem: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/antarctica-lake-untersee/

Largest spider fossil found in China:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-largest-spider-fossil-china.html

A more human virtual crowd:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37440/?nlid=4369&a=f

What causes deadly crows quakes?:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/what-causes-deadly-crowd-quakes.html?etoc

TECHNOLOGY

 

Biofuels need enforceable ethical standards. Europe's renewable energy targets have 'backfired': http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110412/full/news.2011.230.html

Google plants $100 million in giant wind farm:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20054985-54.html#ixzz1JwnYoCvI

 

Mega Wind Turbines of 20 MW:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415083320.htm

 

SCIENTISTS DEVELOP AFFORDABLE SOLAR PANELS THAT WORK IN THE DARK:          http://www.greenwala.com/channels/green-technology/blog/13103-Scientists-Develop-Affordable-Solar-Panels-That-Work-In-The-Dark

 

Novel Ionic Liquid Batteries: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415113958.htm

 

Collecting the Sun's Energy: Novel Electrode for Flexible Thin-Film Solar Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419082659.htm

10 Emerging Technologies:

http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=694

http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=689

12 great tech innovations: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3931086

Limit to nanotechnology mass-production?: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-04/iop-ltn041811.php

 

Researchers Now One Step Closer to Controlled Engineering of Nanocatalysts:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420112336.htm

Graphene paper thin as paper and ten times stronger than steel: 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/graphene-paper-thin-as-paper-and-ten-times-stronger-than-steel

Lasers could replace spark plugs for cleaner and more efficient engines 

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/04/lasers-could-replace-spark-plugs-for.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420125502.htm

Ageing populations will drive domestic robots innovation:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-03/25/ageing-population-is-key-to-domestic-robots

 

Physical storage vs. digital storage:

http://mozy.com/blog/misc/physical-storage-vs-digital-storage/

 

Another Dimension to Touch Screens:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37424/?nlid=4366&a=f

Researchers overcome size hurdle in quest for invisibility cloak: http://www.gizmag.com/invisibility-cloak-metamaterials-size/18454/

Plastic, heal thyself:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/plastic-heal-thyself.html?etoc

Bob Rankin- backup strategies : which files should I back up?:

http://askbobrankin.com/should_i_backup_all_of_my_files.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1eDOS_YG.8P6SL

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

 

High Wellbeing Eludes the Masses in Most Countries Worldwide

Majorities in 19 out of 124 countries "thriving," mostly in Europe and the Americas:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/147167/High-Wellbeing-Eludes-Masses-Countries-Worldwide.aspx

The good god guide  Tentatively, scientists are asking: exactly what is religion, and what is it for?: http://www.economist.com/node/18584074?story_id=18584074&fsrc=nlw|hig|04-21-2011|editors_highlights

Childhood Music Lessons May Provide Lifelong Boost in Brain Functioning: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420112058.htm

The Periodic Table of Story Telling:

http://computersherpa.deviantart.com/art/Periodic-Table-of-Storytelling-203548951

 

Godless in Tumourville: Christopher Hitchens interview: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8388695/Godless-in-Tumourville-Christopher-Hitchens-interview.html

Deaf-world: The rise of a new American culture: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/04/10/deaf_world/?page=full

Scientists Make Bamboo Tools to Test Theory Explaining East Asia's Stone Age Tool Scarcity:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110408101749.htm

Awesome people: http://awesomepeople.com/

A Man of great courage confronting death and real Evil: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/04/hitchens_address_to_american_a.php#commentsArea

BUSINESS

21^st Century workplaces= democracies or autocracies?:

http://intentionalworkplace.com/2011/02/10/21st-century-workplaces-%E2%80%93-democracies-or-autocracies/

Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO: http://blogs.forbes.com/bruceupbin/2011/04/14/peacetime-ceowartime-ceo/

The keys to authentic and effective leadership:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/04/keys-to-authentic-and-effective.html

Distilling the wisdom of C.E.Os: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/business/17excerpt.html?_r=1

Your communications may be not communicating: http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2011/02/your-communications-may-not-be.html

What are you not good at:

http://blogs.hbr.org/glickman/2011/02/what-are-you-not-good-at.html

 

The One Interview Question You Need to Weed Out Rotten Apples:                                                  http://www.bnet.com/blog/build-business/the-one-interview-question-you-need-to-weed-out-rotten-apples/436

If money does not make you happy, consider time: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/aaker_happiness_2011.html

Make the weekend last all week:

http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2011/02/make-the-weekend-last-all-week.html

HEALTH & MEDICINE

 

Vegetarians May Be at Lower Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes and Stroke: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110413133026.htm

Rethinking the syringe: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/37252/?nlid=4362&a=f

 

Opening Up the Brain with Ultrasound

A startup is developing a simple ultrasound method to get cancer drugs into the brain: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37451/?nlid=4386&a=f

Developing cancer drugs based on genomics: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37422/?nlid=4366&a=f

 

Nanomedicine One Step Closer to Reality:: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420143656.htm

 

Nanoparticles With Honeycomb Cavities Containing Drugs Blast Cancer Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110418114208.htm

High speed development aids drug development:

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37423/?nlid=4368&a=f

New Test Spots Infections in Hours, Rather than Days

A startup has developed a device that uses magnetic particles to identify pathogens rapidly:

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37407/?nlid=4368

How Peppermint Helps to Relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419101234.htm

 

Gut Bacteria Divide People Into 3 Types, Scientists Say:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/science/21gut.html?_r=3&hp

 

Learning to Tolerate Our Microbial Self: Bacteria Co-Opt Human Immune Cells for Mutual Benefit: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421141632.htm

FOOD & COOKING

Nutrition and healthy eating:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/MY00431

Important innovations in agriculture: http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/earth-day-agriculture-state-of-the-world-food-security/

Infographic- how to solve the water crisis:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663673/infographic-of-the-day-how-to-solve-the-water-crisis

Critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems: http://civileats.com/

Traditional Easter recipes- 10 top Easter recipes:

http://britishfood.about.com/od/easter/ss/easterrecipes.htm?nl=1

Two recipes for Easter ham:

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Food/Stir-It-Up/2011/0421/Two-recipes-for-Easter-ham?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Auto%2004222011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYyOTAzMwS2

MISCELLANEA

A short video about symmetry: http://vimeo.com/22564317

Strange but useful human tricks:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1ULB18/www.eons.com/groups/topic/1981866-Strange-But-Useful-Human-Tricks

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

The Botnets that won’t die: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37443/?nlid=4373&a=f

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

How do I report Internet scams/fraud?:

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/howtorespondtoincidents/f/How-Do-I-Report-Internet-Scams-Fraud.htm?nl=1

Protect yourself from phishing scams: http://netsecurity.about.com/od/security101/a/phishprotect.htm?nl=1

How prevalent is malware, 1% or 50%?:

http://antivirus.about.com/b/2011/04/19/how-prevalent-is-malware-1-or-50.htm?nl=1

Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool: http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/p/Malicious-Software-Removal-Tool.htm

 

CAPTCHAs With Chaos: Strong Protection for Weak Passwords:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420111331.htm

WiFi

So what if Iphones spy user locstions?:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/229402104

20 Most-Anticipated Features Of iPhone 5:

http://savedelete.com/expected-iphone5-features.html

Bob Rankin- free VOIP telephone calls: http://askbobrankin.com/free_voip_phone_calls.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1c2SP_C_M8P6SL