SEARCH
INTERNET
Statistics: Internet 2011 in Numbers: http://infodocket.com/2012/01/21/statistics-internet-2011-in-numbers/
Web Addiction Rewires Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41960
Don’t censor the Web: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/dont-censor-web.html
Why The Web Is Going Dark Over SOPA & PIPA: http://marketingland.com/why-the-web-is-going-dark-over-sopa-pipa-3608
IPv6 Internet Protocol to launch in June — finally: http://www.kurzweilai.net/ipv6-internet-protocol-to-launch-in-june-finally
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Web Search: DuckDuckGo Relaunches With New Visual Design: http://infodocket.com/2012/01/17/web-search-duckduckgo-relaunches-with-new-visual-design/
Anonymous surfing 101:
The art of linking:
Opera – the best worst browser: http://askbobrankin.com/opera_the_best_worst_browser.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=J1KwTwpAr8P6SL
Deep Web Research 2012: http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2012.htm
20 Websites Offering Best Troubleshooting For Windows Problems: http://savedelete.com/websites-offering-best-troubleshooting-for-windows-problems.html
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
New: Infographic: Facebook 2011 Yearbook, Social Net Grew at 7 Users Per Second During Year: http://infodocket.com/2012/01/16/new-infographic-facebook-2011-yearbook-social-net-grew-at-7-users-per-second-during-year/
Milestones: Wikipedia Turns 11 Today: http://infodocket.com/2012/01/15/milestones-wikipedia-turns-11-today/
SOPA/PIPA and the Wikipedia Blackout: http://infodocket.com/2012/01/18/sopapipa-and-the-wikipedia-blackout/ IT WAS DISTURBING!
Infographic: How Facebook Grew Users & Pages In 2011:
WHAT MIGHT A FACEBOOK SEARCH ENGINE LOOK LIKE?: http://battellemedia.com/archives/2012/01/what-might-a-facebook-search-engine-look-like.php
GOOGLE
Google’s Results Disappoint, Sending Shares Down: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/technology/googles-strong-results-less-than-expected.html
Larry Page: Google should be like a family: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/19/best-companies-google-larry-page/
The opposite of evil: Google named best place to work in America
Our Google+ conundrum: http://battellemedia.com/archives/2012/01/our-google-conundrum.php
Google+ Hits 90 Million Users, 60 Percent Engage Daily: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399108,00.asp
Everything you need to know about Google Wallet – android phone app: http://savedelete.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-google-wallet-android-phone-app.html
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Machine Translation Lets Me Down: http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2012/01/machine_translation_lets_me_do.php
As demand for e-books soars, libraries struggle to stock their virtual shelves:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-demand-for-e-books-soars-libraries-struggle-to-stock-their-virtual-shelves/2012/01/13/gIQAkIOXzP_story.html?tid=pm_pop
eBook Discovery and Sampling Skyrocketing at Public Libraries: http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/66342
SCIENCE
Eyes Are the Windows to the Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41964
Why Bigger Is Better When It Comes to Our Brain and Memory
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120119163255.htm
How the Brain Computes 3-Dimensional Structure: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120111133514.htm
The Two Systems of Cognitive Processes: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41973
2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION?: http://edge.org/annual-question
Cracking Open the Scientific Process: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html?_r=1
Hearty Bacteria Help Make Case for Life in the Extreme: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120119143338.htm
TECHNOLOGY
The Essentials for the Necessary Transition to a Renewable Energy Economy Unless we want to be indentured to an energy-military-financial complex, we need to build a new infrastructure for renewable energy: http://www.alternet.org/story/153704/the_essentials_for_the_necessary_transition_to_a_renewable_energy_economy?akid=8133.112117.HP_rqR&rd=1&t=12
UN chief calls for stepped up action by governments, private sector to boost clean energy: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/un-chief-calls-for-stepped-up-action-by-governments-private-sector-to-boost-clean-energy/2012/01/16/gIQAno9d2P_story.html
One Step Closer to Fusion Energy: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42045 (it is about Hot Fusion)
Photosynthesis Fuel Company Gets a Large Investment. Joule Unlimited will build a production plant for turning sunlight and CO2 into liquid fuels: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39488/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-01-19
At CES, the only Law that Matters is Moore
At CES, a Preview of Tomorrow's Wearable Computers Eyeglasses that overlay data and imagery onto the real world will unlock new kinds of mobile computing:
The robots at CES: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39481/?nlid=nlcomp&nld=2012-01-18
Brainwave controllers Put your thinking cap on
Consumer electronics: Once the stuff of fables, hoaxes and science fiction, controlling things via thought alone is fast becoming a reality: http://www.economist.com/node/21527030?fsrc=nlw%7Cpub%7C1-18-2012%7Cpublishers
New Process Makes Heat-Harvesting Materials Cheaply Such materials could be used to cool computers and buildings, and harvest waste heat in cars: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39482/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-01-18
Metamaterials Generate Gecko-Like Adhesive Force Physicists predict that metamaterials ought to generate an entirely new kind of force that can be turned on and off with the flick of a switch: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27501/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-01-18
Twenty top predictions for life 100 years from now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16536598
Scientist closes in on creating a superlens: http://www.gizmag.com/consumer-superlens-microscope/21109/
CES 2012: 3D printer makers' rival visions of future: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16503443
The flush toilet is the greatest invention: http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/flush-toilet-greatest-invention
Bob Rankin – convert vinyl records in CD’s: http://askbobrankin.com/convert_vinyl_records_to_cd.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=ImWw616JL8P6SL
How to Predict Future Technology: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42038
DARPA Researchers Use Electricity to Suppress Fire: http://scitechdaily.com/darpa-researchers-use-electricity-to-suppress-fire/
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Is Life Good?
FiftyEasyWaysToMakeLifeEasier: http://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2012/01/fiftyeasywaystomakelifeeasier.html
When Teamwork Stifles Creativity: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41965
Quotable Quotes: All about You http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2012/01/quotable-quotes-all-about-you/
How to Boost Your Willpower: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41961
The Rise of the New Groupthink:
Crowdsourcing a TEDx talk: what are the three most important trends shaping humankind’s future in the next 10 years?: http://www.kurzweilai.net/crowdsourcing-a-tedx-talk-on-the-next-10-years
Life-long intelligence in the genes: http://www.kurzweilai.net/life-long-intelligence-in-the-genes
If you happen to be too, even unrealistically happy, read Dave Pollard’s essays, like this one: http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2012/01/19/what-we-like-vs-what-we-want/
How the Digital Age Has Changed Memory: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41991
Computer Model Replays Europe's Cultural History A simple mathematical model of the way cultures spread reproduces some aspects of European history, say complexity scientists: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27507/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-01-20
A tale of two Dickens:
Why Stories Sell: Transportation Leads to Persuasion: http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/01/why-stories-sell-transportation-leads-to-persuasion.php
When It Comes to Accepting Evolution, Gut Feelings Trump Facts: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120119133926.htm
In Atheists We Distrust Subjects believe that people behave better when they think that God is watching over them: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/in_atheists_we_distrust
Imagine That: How You Envision Others Says a Lot About You in Real Life:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120112193444.htm
People Behave Socially and 'Well' Even Without Rules, Online Avatar Study Shows: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120116095821.htm
Gossip Can Have Social and Psychological Benefits: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120117145103.htm
Very nice and instructive: http://culturaloffering.com/2012/01/21/consistent.aspx
3 Timeless Parables For Regaining Perspective: http://www.fastcompany.com/1809457/three-timeless-parables-for-regaining-perspective
BUSINESS
Predicting Disasters Of The Future: Economic Disaster, Water Shortages, And Cyber Attacks: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679170/predicting-disasters-of-the-future-economic-disaster-water-shortages-and-cyber-attacks
Democratization of the workplace:
Office Workers Spend Too Much Time at Their Desks, Experts Say: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120113210203.htm
Free download- world innovation forum 2011 Executive Summary
The top 1 percent, what jobs do they have:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2012/0115-one-percent-occupations/index.html
Creating the Conditions for Sustainable Innovation: http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2012/01/creating-conditions-for-sustainable.html
When Co-Workers Are Treated Poorly: 'I Feel Your Pain ...':
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This Is Your Brain Online: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74172.html
Discrimination May Harm Your Health: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120112134332.htm
'Pulverized' Chromosomes Linked to Cancer?: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120119163255.htm
How Immune Cells Move Against Invaders: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120119163251.htm
Sitting is killing you…: http://davidkanigan.com/2012/01/18/sitting-is-killing-you/
Is Exercise the Key to Immortality?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42066
FOOD & COOKING
Grain Crops With Lower Carotene Levels Are Less Affected by Parasitic Plants: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120116095533.htm
Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron: http://thewondrous.com/most-amazing-miniature-food-artworks-by-shay-aaron/
MISCELLANEA
Gangsters and banksters:
http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2012/01/14/gangsters-and-banksters/
Mathematicians Reveal Serial Killer's Pattern of Murder A simple mathematical model of the brain explains the pattern of murders by a serial killer, say researchers: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27497/?nlid=nlcomp&nld=2012-01-18
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Cyber crime:
Hackers- are they good or bad?
Three types of online attack: Mikko Hypponen on TED.com: http://blog.ted.com/2012/01/18/three-types-of-online-attack-mikko-hypponen-on-ted-com/
Google launches Internet security campaign: http://newsok.com/article/3640895
How To Regain Access to the Windows Registry Editor
Enable Task Manager
Three types of online attack: Mikko Hypponen on TED.com: http://blog.ted.com/2012/01/18/three-types-of-online-attack-mikko-hypponen-on-ted-com/
WiFi
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