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Peter

SEARCH

INTERNET

Measuring the Web, announcing the Web Index:

http://www.webfoundation.org/2011/09/the-web-index/

Milestones: Internet Archive Reaches 3 Million Downloadable Texts (and They’re All Free): http://infodocket.com/2011/09/17/milestones-internet-archive-reaches-3-million-downloadable-texts-and-theyre-all-free/

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

Bing gets a new Homepage: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2108345/Bing-Gets-a-New-Home-Page

Bing gets more personal with adaptive search:

http://searchengineland.com/bing-gets-more-personal-with-adaptive-search-92858

Wendy Boswell: How to Watch Free TV on the Web - The Best 18 Websites:

http://websearch.about.com/od/freetvonline/tp/How-To-Watch-Free-Tv-On-The-Web-The-Top-30-Websites.htm?nl=1

Hulu: http://websearch.about.com/od/freevideos/p/hulu.htm?nl=1

Deep search engines the top five:

http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/09/08/deep-web-search-engines-the-top-five.htm?nl=1

A Few Technologies that Just Might Save Yahoo

It's easy to name the missed opportunities—but what does the company still have?:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27152/?nlid=nlcomp&nld=2011-09-14

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Six Rules for Networking at Work:

http://hbr.org/web/slideshows/six-rules-for-networking-at-work/1-slide

A blog should have the following characteristics:

http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/a_blog_should_have_the_followi.php

Harold Jarche- social networks drive innovation:

http://www.jarche.com/2011/09/social-networks-drive-innovation/

Canv.as Paints a New Approach to Social Networking

A new venture by 4chan founder Chris Poole intends to be both social and fun. http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38549/?nlid=nlweb&nld=2011-09-14

Social Media Week Reveals 10 Social Media Events that Shook the World:

https://socialtimes.com/social-media-week-reveals-10-social-media-events-that-shook-the-world_b78023

Top five best practices for a successful Facebook page

http://www.techieapps.com/top-five-best-practices-for-a-successful-facebook-page/

15 Tips To Optimize Your LinkedIn Initiative:

http://www.techipedia.com/2011/linkedin-optimization/

Why Facebook is the new Yahoo:

http://www.datamation.com/networks/why-facebook-is-the-new-yahoo-1.html

GOOGLE

Google Flight Search Takes Off:

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2108950/Google-Flight-Search-Takes-Off

Why businesses will love Google +:

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/tech/why-businesses-will-love-goolge-plus?partner=smallbusiness_newsletter

How Google Translate works:The web giant's translation service might serve up the odd batch of nonsense, but it's still one of the smartest communication tools of all time, as David Bellos explains:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/how-google-translate-works-2353594.html

Thanks to Brian Josephson for signalling this.

Google, I will miss you:

http://en.pedrodias.net/google-i-will-miss-you/?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

The Hipster’s Dictionary: http://www.theatredance.com/hipster.html

Slow Down! Why Some Languages Sound So Fast
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2091477,00.html#ixzz1XxE2eJ7S

Swedes pioneer new 'Spotify for e-books'’:

http://www.thelocal.se/36152/20110915/

SCIENCE

That’s Interesting Curiosity drives discovery. But what, exactly, makes us curious?:

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/5/thats-interesting

To the brain, scenes are sums of objects:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/334047/title/If_that%E2%80%99s_a_TV%2C_this_must_be_the_den

THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL: DR. MICHIO KAKU ON THE PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE:

http://bigthink.com/ideas/40172

Scientists Take First Step Towards Creating 'Inorganic Life':

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915091625.htm

Top ten mistakes when writing a research paper:

http://blog.questia.com/2011/09/top-10-mistakes-when-writing-a-research-paper/

Sea urchins see with their whole body: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630111538.htm

TECHNOLOGY

Should we develop a sense of urgency in science and technology development? http://jrse.aip.org/resource/1/jrsebh/v3/i4/p040401_s1?view=fulltext

Europeans Reignite Fusion Energy Project

The test of a new lining that can take the heat of fusion could be crucial for a planned reactor in France.: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38567/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-15

Battery Storage Could Get a Huge Boost from Seaweed

A binding agent found in everything from ice cream to cosmetics could let lithium-ion cells hold much more energy: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38531/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-09-12

Harnessing electricity from low-power sources in the environment:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/harnessing-electricity-from-low-power-sources-in-the-environment

Intel Chases a More Power-Efficient Future

An improved microprocessor and a deal with Google could lead to more Intel chips in mobile devices. http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38578/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-15

Seven Tips to Prolong the Life of Your Laptop:

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/mah/seven-tips-to-prolong-the-life-of-your-laptop/?cs=42068

Nanoscale Spin Waves Can Replace Microwaves:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907075750.htm

New Material Synthesized: Graphene Nanoribbons Inside of Carbon Nanotubes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073159.htm

A New and Improved Moore's Law

Under "Koomey's law," it's efficiency, not power, that doubles every year and a half.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38548/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-13

Bob Rankin- how fast is your PC?

http://askbobrankin.com/how_fast_is_your_pc.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JL5HPuRBt8P6SL

Bob Rankin upgrade your hard drive to SSD?:

http://askbobrankin.com/upgrade_your_hard_drive_to_ssd.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JAy6y4lhN8P6SL

How to Make Your Hard Drive Infinite

A startup makes your computer's storage capacity seem bottomless by connecting it to the cloud: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38613/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-16

Physicists report progress in understanding high-temperature superconductors:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175708.htm

Researchers begin testing of promising new nanomaterial for hydrogen storage:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-nanomaterial-hydrogen-storage.html

10 Best Sites For Digital Camera Reviews:

http://savedelete.com/10-best-sites-for-digital-camera-reviews.html

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Becoming a teacher: http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/65104

Learning to ask the right question:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/09/11/learning-to-ask-the-right-question-2/

Budding scientist

Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kid:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/budding-scientist/

A Roadmap for the Planet

How we live today is clearly unsustainable. Why history proves that is completely irrelevant:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/06/12/bjorn-lomborg-explains-how-to-save-the-planet.html.

4 Forensic Psychology Studies That Will Save You From Stupidity
http://www.businessinsider.com/4-forensic-psychology-studies-that-can-keep-you-from-being-stupid-2011-9#ixzz1Y21FScQ0

NOVA- Evolution: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/

Researchers Analyze the Evolving Human Relationship With Fire:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914143636.htm

5 ways to manage your on-line reputation:

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/09/12/bisa0912.htm

How to Catch a Con Artist and Other Fascinating Facts About Human Behavior:

http://gimundo.com/stuff/view/how-to-catch-a-con-artist-and-other-fascinating-facts-about-human-behavior/

Liar, liar…what personality types lte the most?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bella-depaulo/frequent-liars-what-kinds_b_957217.html?ref=mostpopular

Self-Delusion Is a Winning Survival Strategy, Study Suggests:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914131352.htm

Test your geography knowledge: http://lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html

How big can cities get?:

http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/cities

Infographic of the day- what are your religious beliefs?

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665011/infographic-of-the-day-what-are-your-religious-beliefs

The moral lives of animals: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/review/6358

From Facebook to Freedom: Does Technology Spur Democracy?:

http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2028

BUSINESS

What The New Patent Reform Act Means For Innovation

http://www.fastcompany.com/1779071/first-to-file-a-patently-obvious-reform

Tom Peters: First things before first things:

http://www.tompeters.com/dispatches/012117.php

Innovation is the simplest way to solve problems:

http://posttrib.suntimes.com/business/7556210-452/innovation-is-the-simplest-way-to-solve-problems.html

25 CEOs Who Made More Than Their Companies Paid In Income Taxes:

http://consumerist.com/2011/08/25-ceos-who-made-more-than-their-companies-paid-in-taxes.html

Book review “Innovation you”:

http://web.me.com/ideaswithmerritt/ideaswithmerritt/whats_new.html

Innovate or get out the way: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40166

Congress Gives US Patent Process Extreme Makeover:

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73263.html?wlc=1315898057

The moral limits of Markets::

http://bigthink.com/ideas/3449

Organizational degeneration:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/18790/organizational_degeneration?source=CTWNLE_nlt_blogs_2011-09-12

Power Corrupts, Especially When It Lacks Status

Individuals in roles that possess power but lack status have a tendency to engage in activities that demean others, according to new research from Stanford Graduate School of Business, USC, and the Kellogg School: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/halevy_power_2011.html?utm_source=Knowledgebase&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September-11