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SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

How useful is personalized search:   

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37323/?nlid=4333&a=f                                     

Top 10 best semantic search engines to get more accurate results:

http://savedelete.com/top-10-best-semantic-search-engines-to-get-more-accurate-results.html

Wendy Boswell teaches us:

The Top Twenty Strange Websites on the Web:

http://websearch.about.com/od/bestwebsites/tp/20-least-useful-sites.htm?nl=1

Top Twenty Web Celebs (you know what I think about celebs!):

http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesearch/tp/top-ten-web-celebs-2007.htm?nl=1

Bigfoot, Chupacabras, and vampire dogs - what's going on? http://websearch.about.com/b/2008/08/14/bigfoot-chupacabras-and-vampire-dogs-whats-going-on.htm?nl=1

The Top 20 Web Memes:

http://websearch.about.com/od/webmemes/tp/The-Top-20-Web-Memes.htm?nl=1

Bob Rankin which browser is the fastest: http://askbobrankin.com/which_browser_is_fastest.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1gnJetQhX8P6SL 

Bing now powers 30% of the US searches: http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/04/11/bing-now-powers-30-of-us-searches/

Can an Algorithm Spot the Next Google?

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37387/?nlid=4352&a=f

Incompetent Research Skills Curb Users' Problem Solving: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/search-skills.html

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

10 ways to find blogs you’ll love:

http://mashable.com/2011/04/11/blog-discovery/

The truth about Twitter’s troubles:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-truth-about-twitters-troubles-2011-4?op=1

Twitter more robust than it may seem:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/04/15/twitter.status.taylor/

GOOGLE

 

Revenue Rises at Google but Profit Misses Forecasts, and Analysts Point to Spending: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/technology/15google.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2

Google’s social strategy:

http://cdixon.org/2011/04/10/googles-social-strategy/?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

 

Introduction to Google PageRank: Myths & Facts: http://searchenginewatch.com/3642190

Hundreds of tweaks show Google is still searching:

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/hundreds-of-tweaks-show-google-is-still-searching-20110415-1dghb.html

5 reasons to hate Google: http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/28827.asp?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email:

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

 

Weak Evidence for Word-Order Universals: Language Not as 'Innate' as Thought?:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110414065107.htm

 

Africa the Birthplace of Human Language, Analysis Suggests::

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415165500.htm

SCIENCE

 

Toward a Computer Model of the Brain: New Technique Poised to Untangle Brain's Complexity: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110410181302.htm

 

First Comprehensive Gene Map of the Human Brain: More Than 90 Percent Similarity Among Humans: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110412121238.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/04/worlds-first-human-brain-map-u.html

Brain stimulation accelerates learning:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/brain-stimulation-accelerates-learning

Mechanism of Long-Term Memory Identified: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110413121003.htm

The moral formula: How facts inform our ethics:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-moral-formula-how-facts-inform-our-ethics-2265991.html

 

Toads Keep Their Brains Germ-Free:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/scienceshot-toads-keep-their-brain.html?etoc

New Genetic Study Helps Solve Darwin's Mystery About Ancient Evolution of Flowering Plants:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110410181309.htm

World of discovery

Science’s new age of enlightenment spreads to once-dark nations:

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/04/11/041111-opinions-column-research-butterworth-1-2/

 

Social Wasps Show How Bigger Brains Provide Complex Cognition: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110411152518.htm

 

Bacterial Genome May Hold Answers to Mercury  (organic) Mystery: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110408163915.htm

 

Giants Who Scarfed Down Fast-Food Feasts: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/science/12dinosaurs.html?_r=2&ref=science

 

How did the dinosaurs have sex? : http://www.slate.com/id/2291122/?from=rss

 

Physics for the 21^st Century: http://www.learner.org/resources/series213.html

 

Earthquakes: Are There Really More Now Than Ever Before, or Are We More Aware of Them?;: http://matadornetwork.com/change/earthquakes-are-there-really-more-now-than-ever-before-or-are-we-more-aware-of-them

TECHNOLOGY

Just how green is natural gas?: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37390/?nlid=4357&a=f

Batteries that recharge in seconds:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37324/?nlid=4333&a=f

 

Spiking biofuel with nanoparticles found to increase performance:

http://www.gizmag.com/nanoparticle-biofuel-performance/18361/

 

Google invests US$ 168 million in world’s largest solar power plant:

http://www.gizmag.com/google-invests-168-million-in-solar-power-tower/18383/picture/132965/

 

Solar Power Without Solar Cells: A Hidden Magnetic Effect of Light Could Make It Possible:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110414161404.htm

 

The Wind Industry Fights Back Against Claims Of Uselessness: http://www.fastcompany.com/1747387/the-wind-industry-fights-back-against-claims-of-uselessness

 

Green Energy' Advance: Tandem Catalysis in Nanocrystal Interfaces: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110411142311.htm

IBM shows smallest, fastest grapheme processor:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/ibm-shows-smallest-fastest-graphene-processor

America’s tech decline, a reading guide:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215810/America_s_tech_decline_A_reading_guide_

Five new technologies that will change the world (and win at Jeopardy!): http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech/2011/0412/Five-new-technologies-that-will-change-the-world-and-win-at-Jeopardy!?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Auto%2004122011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYyOTAzMwS2

Spider-silk-producing silkworms to be commercially developed:

http://www.gizmag.com/spider-silk-producing-silkworms-to-be-commercially-developed/18387/

Bob Rankin : buying a tablet computer: http://askbobrankin.com/buying_a_tablet_computer.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1g4t9KhEv8P6SL

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

 

Psychologists Say Well-Being Is More Than 'Happiness’:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110412100717.htm

10 tips on how to write less badly

http://chronicle.com/article/10-Tips-on-How-to-Write-Less/124268/

Reinventing the way we teach engineers: http://www.inc.com/articles/201104/olin-school-of-engineering-richard-miller-interview.html

 

Who spends the most years in retirement?: http://flowingdata.com/2011/04/07/who-spends-the-most-years-in-retirement/

 

Psychologists Closing in on Causes of Claustrophobic Fear:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110412065809.htm

 

National Geographic  blogs: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/

 

Scientists rebel against Carl Linnaeus' system: http://www.swedishwire.com/science/9419-scientists-rebell-against-carl-linnaeus-system-

Museum of glass: http://www.museumofglass.org/page.aspx?pid=347

BUSINESS

Information production explodes, consumption stagnates:

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-04-11-Information-production.htm

Importance of critical thinking for innovation: 

http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/wordpress/2011/04/importance-of-critical-thinking-to-innovation/

Enriching a few at the expenses of many:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/business/10gret.html?_r=1

Pareto, Juran and your vital few:

http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2011/04/14/pareto-juran-and-your-vital-few.as

Wally Bock-  a bunch of Cs for the bosses

http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2011/04/11/a-bunch-of-cs-for-bosses.aspx

Managing Yourself: Zoom In, Zoom Out by Rosabeth Moss Kanter: http://hbr.org/2011/03/managing-yourself-zoom-in-zoom-out/ar/1

Help Employees Listen When They Don't Want to Hear:

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/help_employees_listen_when_the.html

Digging in: http://culturaloffering.com/2011/04/16/digging-in.aspx

The essence of a great presentation:

http://blogs.hbr.org/johnson/2011/02/the-essence-of-a-great-present.html

Nobodies are the new somebodies:

http://blogs.forbes.com/joshmchugh/2011/04/12/nobodies-are-the-new-somebodies/?partner=technology_newsletter

Nuclear realism after Fukushima:

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00070?gko=9f5cc&cid=20110412enews

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Health Map: http://healthmap.org/en/

Relearning to see: http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=687

Frequent Shopping Prolongs Life, Study Suggests:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406192437.htm

Do cellphones cause brain tumor?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17cellphones-t.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

 

Possible Cause of Salt-Induced Hypertension Identified:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110414151522.htm

FOOD & COOKING

The health halo effect- don’t judge a food by its organic level:

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/04/10/the.health.halo.effect.dont.judge.a.food.its.organic.label

Mutation breeding creates the world’s most perfect orange:

http://io9.com/#!5791035/mutation-breeding-creates-the-worlds-most-perfect-orange

Cooking- The browser: http://thebrowser.com/topics/cooking

 

Why your diet makes you angry:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-diet-angry.html

Healthy spring recipes:

http://busycooks.about.com/od/springrecipesandmenus/tp/springrecipes.htm?nl=1

http://cookingfortwo.about.com/od/menuplanning/tp/7-Favorite-Spring-Recipes.htm?nl=1

http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/holidayrecipes/tp/top10spring.htm?nl=1

http://lowcaloriecooking.about.com/od/menuplanning/tp/5-Spring-Recipes.htm?nl=1

Easter brunch, step by step: http://busycooks.about.com/od/easter/tp/Easterbrunchphotos.htm?nl=1

MISCELLANEA

 

Myths about Yuri Gagarin: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1820/1

Possibly controversial: What if Making Babies -- Extending the Species -- Isn't the Real Reason for Having Sex?:

http://www.alternet.org/story/150616/what_if_making_babies_--_extending_the_species_--_isn%27t_the_real_reason_for_having_sex?akid=6845.112117.05SKc1&rd=1&t=18

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

Busting the botnets: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37311/?nlid=4339&a=f

 

U.S. shutters botnet, can disable malware remotely:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20053708-245.html?tag=nl.e703

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

The Web’s trust issue:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/04/internet_security&fsrc=nwl

How do I surf the Web anonymously

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/frequentlyaskedquestions/f/How-Do-I-Surf-Anonymously.htm?nl=1

 

Free PDF Readers: Alternatives to Adobe Reader / Acrobat:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/tp/Free-Pdf-Readers-Alternatives-To-Adobe-Reader-Acrobat.htm

WiFi

Google: 3 Billion Android Apps Installed; Downloads Up 50 Percent From Last Quarter:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/14/google-3-billion-android-apps-installed-up-50-percent-from-last-quarter/

The future of cellphones- dialling with your thoughts:

http://theweek.com/article/index/214263/the-future-of-cellphones-dialing-with-your-thoughts

A guide to Smartphone Manners: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/fashion/17TEXTSIDEBAR.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26