SEARCH
INTERNET
World's information consumption: 9,570,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes per year:
The Rise of the “Second Internet” and What It Means: http://gigaom.com/2011/03/31/the-rise-of-the-second-internet-and-what-it-means/
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Here comes Search 3.0: http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2040777/comes-search
Wendy Boswell about Tim Beners-Lee: http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/p/Tim-Berners-Lee.htm?nl=1
Wendy about Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google: http://websearch.about.com/od/focusongoogle/p/Sergey-Brin.htm?nl=1
Wendy about Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon: http://websearch.about.com/od/amazon/p/Jeff-Bezos.htm?nl=1
Wendy about Jimmy Wales creator of Wikipedia: http://websearch.about.com/od/referencesearch/p/Jimmy-Wales.htm?nl=1
Search engine reviews- Topsy and Blekko: http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/64117
THOMSON REUTERS INTRODUCES THE NEW WEB OF KNOWLEDGE: http://thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/science/new_webofknowledge
Nice and very useful animated explanations: http://www.explania.com/en
Battle
A browser that speaks your language: http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/37166/?nlid=4318&a=f
Can Firefox Be Saved? Two Proposals:
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Wendy Boswell- how to find people on Facebook:
Twitter search is now 3X faster:
Twitter predicts future of stocks:
StumbleUpon Hits 1 Billion Stumbles Per Month:
GOOGLE
Magid a look at Google’s +1: http://www.siliconvalley.com/opinion/ci_17743464
Why Goo0gle isn’t the new Microsoft: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2063693,00.html
Larry Page’s first blunder: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215666/Larry_Page_s_first_blunder
Google launches page speed analyzer for PC and mobile websites:
YouTube Is The Real “Google TV: http://searchengineland.com/youtube-is-the-real-google-tv-72025?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email
Google and Bing- a look at te social strategy: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/110408-080000
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
New Research Demonstrates Language Learners' Creativity: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110315093029.htm
What Are The Hardest Languages To Learn? [INFOGRAPHIC]:
Mom, Mum, Mam: Different words?: http://dialectblog.com/
SCIENCE
How Do Neurons in the Retina Encode What We 'See'?:
New neurons help brains discriminate:
Chimp, Bonobo Study Sheds Light on the Social Brain: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405113026.htm
Research shows adult brain capable of rapid new growth: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-adult-brains-capable-rapid-growth.html
Political Views Are Reflected in Brain Structure: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110407121337.htm
Study reveals how the eye is formed:
Rare Discovery of Plant Genus:
10 beasts that used to br mythical, even in the 20th Century:
Empty universe: Cosmology in the year 100 billion:
Star-Eating Black Hole May Be Producing Universe's Biggest Blast: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/star-eating-black-hole-may-be-pr.html?ref=ra
Metamaterial Reveals Nature of Time and the Impossibility of Time Machines: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26614/?nlid=4325
What the frog’s eye says about the frog’s brain.
Thanks to my friend George Kouvakas who has called my attention to this outstandingly interesting old study.
Mangroves Among the Most Carbon-Rich Forests in the Tropics; Coastal Trees Key to Lowering Greenhouse Gases: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110404173247.htm
Algae That Live Inside the Cells of Salamanders Are the First Known Vertebrate Endosymbionts: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110404151349.htm
TECHNOLOGY
Nanoparticles improve solar collection efficiency:
Floating solar power plants coming soon: http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/3466
Wind turbine makers working on giant offshore turbines:
Wave Power: 5 Bright Ideas to Capture the Ocean’s Energy:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/hydropower-geothermal/5-bright-ideas-to-capture-the-oceans-energy#fbIndex1
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/hydropower-geothermal/5-bright-ideas-to-capture-the-oceans-energy#fbIndex1
Agilyx Alchemists Turn Plastic Into Black Gold: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72195.html
Chameleon’s balistic tongue inspires robotic manipulators: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-chameleon-ballistic-tongue-robotic.html
Nature Helps to Solve a Sticky Problem: Beetle Foot Pads May Inspire Novel Artificial Adhesives: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405112753.htm
Mussel Adhesive Inspires Tough Coating for Living Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406122215.htm
Michael Lefenfeld's Offbeat Power Play
The chemist has designed a safe, cheap compound to power fuel cells. Starting later this year it will be used in electric bikes and phone chargers: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_11/b4219037611087.htm
Speedier Nanotube Circuits: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37320/?nlid=4330&a=f
Graphene transistors have a nanoscale cooling effect:
Advance Toward Making Biodegradable Plastics from Waste Chicken Feathers: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110331142204.htm
Instructables- make, how to and DIY: http://www.instructables.com/
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
What the World Needs Now? More Wisdom:
The population bomb- how we survived it: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110401203436.htm
Egypt
Why a lack of empathy is the root of all evil:
50th anniversary of Gagarin’s flight: http://yurisnight.net/
A book about mnemonics:
PianoMaestro guides pianists through the music:
Music Treasures Consortium: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/treasures/treasures-home.html
Images of Colonialism: http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/colonialism.cfm
The Greatest Film Quotes of All-Time:
http://www.filmsite.org/
Sibling rivalry helps youngest catch up
BUSINESS
Capitalism for the long term:
Leadership storytelling 3.0 from arithmetic to calculus:
The Coming Wave of “Social Apponomics”: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11101?gko=6092d&cid=20110405enews
From Miki Saxon: April Leadership Development Carnival:
Why Variation Is The Hallmark of Outstanding Presenters: http://www.psychotactics.com/blog/hallmark-outstanding-presenters/
Earnings effects of personality, education and IQ for the gifted:
Managing yourself- stop holding yourself back:
How to Recover from a Personal WikiLeaks: http://blogs.hbr.org/glickman/2011/02/how-to-recover-from-a-personal.html
Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/authentic_leadership_can_be_ba.html
Do you work for a servant leader?:
Make stress work for you: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/make_stress_work_for_you.html
HEALTH & MEDICINE
IBM nanopartcle breakthrough destroys drug resistant bacteria:
http://business2press.com/2011/04/04/ibm-nanoparticle-breakthrough-destroys-drug-resistant-bacteria/
Quantifying Your Sleep: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37269/?nlid=4315&a=f
Students Around the World Report Being Addicted to Media, Study Finds: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405132459.htm
Inexpensive allergy treatment: http://allergies.about.com/od/noseandsinusallergies/a/cheaptreatment.htm?nl=1
Demystifying meditation- brain imaging illustrates how meditation
reduces pain:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/demystifying-meditation-brain-imaging-illustrates-how-meditation-reduces-pain
Mosquito inspires near-painless hypodermic needle: http://www.gizmag.com/mosquito-inspires-near-painless-hypodermic-needle/18320/
Novel Methods Used to Identify How Cigarette Smoke Affects Smokers: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406085042.htm
Infectious fungus may contribute to a rise in dangerous disease carrying insect populations:
http://www.suite101.com/content/infectious-fungus-may-contribute-to-a-rise-in-insect-populations-a363650
Insomniac Cavefish May Hold Clues to Human Sleep Disorders:
Manipulating morals: scientists target drugs that improve behaviour: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/04/morality-drugs-improve-ethical-behaviour
Device Drops Blood Pressure in Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405141717.htm
Clear Link Found Between Height and Longevity in Historical Records: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110407093244.htm
FOOD & COOKING
Mapping global food spending:
Mustard pork chops: http://germanfood.about.com/od/meatbasedrecipesandmenu/r/mustardporkchop.htm?nl=1
Wonderful Thai curry recipes: http://thaifood.about.com/od/thaicurrydishes/tp/bestthaicurries.htm?nl=1
Top 12 easy Chinese recipes: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/resourceschinesecooking/tp/easychinese.htm?nl=1
Homemade pizza: http://video.about.com/italianfood/Pizza.htm?nl=1
Horiatiki salat- Greek salad: http://greekfood.about.com/od/soupsstews/r/horiatikisalata.htm?nl=1
Genetically modified cows produce milk akin to human milk:
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/genetically-modified-cows-produce-milk-human-qualities
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Spaghetti Aglio e Olio : http://italianfood.about.com/od/creamsauces/r/blr0055.htm?nl=1
Kitchen Fundamentals: The 6 Knives Every Man Should Have in His Kitchen (And How to Hone Them):
Coffee Drinking in Your Genes? Genetic Variants in Two Genes Linked With Caffeine Intake:
MISCELLANEA
Anti-superstition; http://www.friggatriskaidekaphobia.com/
Dollar bill sculptures:
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
Spam, spam, spam: Twitter's arms race:
Spammers target Facebook: http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_17737041?nclick_check=1
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report trends for 2010: https://www4.symantec.com/mktginfo/downloads/21182883_GA_REPORT_ISTR_Main-Report_04-11_HI-RES.pdf
Off the Hook: Who Gets Phished and Why: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406151305.htm
Epsilon breach: hack of the century?:
Wendy Boswell: Protect your Facebook privacy with ReclaimPrivacy.org
Bob Rankin- is the Internet getting safer:
Bob Rankin- spear fishing and Internet security: http://askbobrankin.com/spear_phishing_and_internet_security.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1a7G5PQm98P6SL
Gettiung rid of scareware: http://antivirus.about.com/b/2011/04/02/scareware.htm?nl=1
WiFi
