e-Reader ownership surges since last November; tablet ownership grows more slowly: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/E-readers-and-tablets/Report.aspxy:

SCIENCE

Brain-Like Computing a Step Closer to Reality:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110623130736.htm

The mystery of consciousness continues:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/09/mystery-consciousness-continues/

Personal science: http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=725&nlid=nldly&nld=2011-06-30

E.O. Wilson on the future of biology;

http://earthsky.org/human-world/e-o-wilson-on-the-future-of-biology

11 Animal Wonders of Evolution:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/unique-animals/

Loudest Animal on the Earth Recorded for the first Time:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701121519.htm

Ancient Symbiosis Between Animals and Bacteria Discovered:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627151722.htm

Scientists Discover Dielectron Charging of Water Nano-Droplet:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627143833.htm

TECHNOLOGY

U of Toronto researchers crack full-spectrum solar challenge:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/uotf-uot062411.php

Biofuels take off: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37897/?nlid=4651

“Nature” journal about bio-fuels: http://www.nature.com/nature/outlook/biofuels/index.html

Giving electric batteries a jolt:

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/06/Energy-Batteries-Giving-Electric-Vehicles-A-Jolt/

Will future Nuclear Reactors be Safer: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=planning-for-the-black-swan

New Communication Technologies, Their History and Social Influence: An Annotated Bibliography:

http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/NewComm

'Orca Ears' Inspire Researchers to Develop Ultrasensitive Undersea Microphone: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110623141637.htm

New material promises faster electronics:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627095406.htm

The future of chip manufacturing: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630112930.htm

Bob Rankin- what is i-Cloud: http://askbobrankin.com/what_is_icloud.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=I.xnY0qZ.8P6SL

A tablet that wants to take over the desktop: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37936/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-06-30

IBM announces computer memory breakthrough:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218031/IBM_announces_computer_memory_breakthrough

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Why Do People Believe Stupid Stuff, Even When They're Confronted With the Truth?:

http://www.alternet.org/story/151426/why_do_people_believe_stupid_stuff%2C_even_when_they%27re_confronted_with_the_truth?page=entire

Environmentalism as Religion: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/environmentalism-as-religion

Book review: The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson:

http://newhumanist.org.uk/2564/book-review-the-psychopath-test-by-jon-ronson

Public domain music on the Web: http://websearch.about.com/od/publicdomain/tp/Public-Domain-Music.htm?nl=1

Spotlight: Religion in Schools:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/products/spotlight-religion-in-schools.html?cmp=EB-SPT-062811

Quantifying history. Two thousand years in one chart:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/06/quantifying-history

Are the Wealthiest Countries the Smartest Countries?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110317163630.htm

Why working is the secret to happiness?

http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/06/29/why-working-is-the-secret-to-happiness/?partner=forbeslife_newsletter

BUSINESS

What Brain Science Tells Us: 10 Tips to Prime Your Brain for Success:

http://seapointcenter.com/what-brain-science-tells-us/

I commented re the greater power of NO..

Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation:

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6762.html?wknews=06272011

Great Leadership- Should salaries be completely transparent: http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/06/should-salaries-be-completely.html

Why Leaders Lose Their Way:

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6741.html

Leading older employees:

http://blogs.hbr.org/glickman/2011/04/leading-older-employees.html

6 new rules for management and leadership:

http://www.gautamblogs.com/2011/06/6-new-rules-of-management-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GautamGhosh+%28Building+Social+Business%29

What makes people follow a brand (Infographic)?:

http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2011/06/29/what-makes-people-follow-brands/?view=socialstudie

Top 50 blogs by business professors:

http://www.phdinmanagement.org/top-50-blogs-by-business-professors.html

Career advice- don’t do what you love:

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/04/dont_do_what_you_love.html

HEALTH & MEDICINE

How a Broken Medical System Killed Google Health:

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37935/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-06-30

Cancer and men:

http://www.cdc.gov/Features/CancerAndMen/

A tragic case and a genomic hope:

http://blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper/2011/06/30/a-tragic-case-and-a-genomic-hope/?partner=technology_newsletter

Magnetic nanoparticles fry tumors:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/magnetic-nanoparticles-fry-tumor.html?etoc&elq=8600bfd2717348018c4af7d3b611a963

A First Step Toward a Prosthesis for Memory: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37873/?nlid=4653

A Wristwatch that Monitors Blood Pressure: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37914/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-06-30

B vitamins: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bvitamins.html

C vitamin: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitaminc.html

10 foods that relieve stress:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/29ZiLM/www.health24.com/dietnfood/Top_10_foods/15-3528,60031.asp

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Mystery Ingredient in Coffee Boosts Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease, Study Finds:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621093301.htm

Pass the bacon. Huge meta-analysis shows no link between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20071648

FOOD & COOKING

Food Like You've Never Seen Before: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Food-Like-Youve-Never-Seen-Before.html

Lowering the Color of Crystals in Sugar Factories:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110623130747.htm

Savory chicken breasts: http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/poultrydishes/r/savorychicken.htm?nl=1

Blekko gets foodily to help eat away at recipe spam:

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2083223/Blekko-Gets-Foodily-to-Help-Eat-Away-at-Recipe-Spam

MISCELLANEA

India's 'shocking' child sex-change epidemic:

http://theweek.com/article/index/216854/indias-shocking-child-sex-change-epidemic

The math of the Rubik’s cube:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/rubiks-cube-0629.html

The secret of Tibetan singing bowls:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/singing-bowls.html?etoc&elq=8600bfd2717348018c4af7d3b611a963

The DVR and Manufacture of Discontent

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hopkins20110630

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE

Massive botnet –indestructible say researchers:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218034/Massive_botnet_indestructible_say_researchers?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2011-06-29

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

The Shadowy World of Malware Affiliate Marketing:

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/antivirusandmalware/a/The-Shadowy-World-Of-Malware-Affiliate-Marketing.htm?nl=1

Why the Internet is fundamentally less secure than it used to be:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26936/?nlid=4651

The perfect scam:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37718/?nlid=4651

Facebook Security, Safety, and Privacy

http://netsecurity.about.com/b/2011/06/13/facebook-security-safety-and-privacy.htm?nl=1

How to avoid remove aFacebook malware

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20070931-285/how-to-avoid-remove-facebook-malware/

A new issue of Hoax Slayer: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-116.shtml

Help! My E-mail was hacked:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/emailhacked.htm?nl=1

Police your password recovery options:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/passwordreset.htm?nl=1

WiFi

This 45-Mile "Wi-Fi" Could Connect a Smarter Power Grid:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37881/?nlid=4645

Google now activates 500000 Android devices every day:

http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/06/28/google-now-activates-500000-android-devices-every-day/

Bob Rankin: Boost Your Smartphone Battery Life:

http://askbobrankin.com/boost_your_smartphone_battery_life.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=Jc6K9lkkE8P6SL

Sunday, July 3, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 462

Cerf: streaming network crunch could be eliminated:

Wendy Boswell- Yahoo App Search: find interesting smartphone apps for your iPhone or Android:

Why Do We Share Stories, News and Information With Others?:

Even MySpace Founders have ceased to use My Space:

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffbercovici/2011/06/23/even-myspaces-founders-have-stopped-using-myspace/?partner=forbeslife_newsletter

http://infodocket.com/2011/06/27/new-guide-from-twitter-online-twitter-for-newsrooms/

ven MySpace’s Founders Have Stopped Using MySpace

Google Acquisition Could Reinvigorate its TV Plans:

Is Google guilty of repressing healthy competition?; http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/06/24/is-google-guilty-of-repressing-healthy-competition.htm?nl=1

Another Try by Google to Take On Facebook:

How Does Google's New Social Network Measure Up?:

Plant a New Language in Your Mind: