SEARCH
INTERNET
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
How useful is personalized search:
Top 10 best semantic search engines to get more accurate results:
Wendy Boswell teaches us:
The Top Twenty Strange Websites on the Web:
Top Twenty Web Celebs (you know what I think about celebs!):
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:
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?
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:
The truth about Twitter’s troubles:
Twitter more robust than it may seem:
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:
Introduction to Google PageRank: Myths & Facts: http://searchenginewatch.com/3642190
Hundreds of tweaks show Google is still searching:
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?:
Africa the Birthplace of Human Language, Analysis Suggests::
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:
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:
New Genetic Study Helps Solve Darwin 's Mystery About Ancient Evolution of Flowering Plants:
World of discovery
Science’s new age of enlightenment spreads to once-dark nations:
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 21st 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:
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:
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:
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:
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’:
10 tips on how to write less badly
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:
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:
Importance of critical thinking for innovation:
Enriching a few at the expenses of many:
Pareto, Juran and your vital few:
Wally Bock- a bunch of Cs for the bosses
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:
The essence of a great presentation:
Nobodies are the new somebodies:
Nuclear realism after Fukushima :
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Health Map: http://healthmap.org/en/
Relearning to see: http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=687
Frequent Shopping Prolongs Life, Study Suggests:
Do cellphones cause brain tumor?:
Possible Cause of Salt-Induced Hypertension Identified:
FOOD & COOKING
The health halo effect- don’t judge a food by its organic level:
Mutation breeding creates the world’s most perfect orange:
Cooking- The browser: http://thebrowser.com/topics/cooking
Why your diet makes you angry:
Healthy spring recipes:
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?:
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:
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
The Web’s trust issue:
How do I surf the Web anonymously
Free PDF Readers: Alternatives to Adobe Reader / Acrobat:
WiFi
The future of cellphones- dialling with your thoughts:
A guide to Smartphone Manners: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/fashion/17TEXTSIDEBAR.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26
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