Saturday, March 3, 2012

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 497

SEARCH

INTERNET

 

City with Superfast Internet Invites Innovators to Play.  A Tennessee city with one-gigabit-per-second Internet runs a $300,000 contest to find ways of using it: http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/39801/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-02-29


SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  
  

 Unblock a Blocked Website: Ten Different Ways: http://websearch.about.com/od/anonymoussurfingsafety/tp/unblock-blocked-sites.htm?nl=1

 

7 Best Websites to Share Large Files for Free: http://savedelete.com/7-best-websites-to-share-large-files-for-free.html


The Madness Of Keyword Monomania: The Pathological Obsession With A Single Keyword: http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/keyword-monomania.html?utm_source=sel#038;utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=web

Read more: http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/keyword-monomania.html#ixzz1nwf7oqXM
                                  

The Search Alliance: the Path to a More Competitive Search Market #bingyahoo: http://features.rr.com/article/07oS2zhfgv1PK



BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

 

Facebook is the New Windows. How Facebook's hacker culture disconnected it from the needs of users: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27612/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-02-29

 

Twitter, the Startup That Wouldn't Die: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-01/twitter-the-startup-that-wouldnt-die



20 Ways to Cultivate Brand Unawareness in Social Media:


Privacy Management on Social Media Sites: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2201/social-media-social-networking-sites-unfriending-privacy-settings-untagging-photographs


GOOGLE

 

Google Invents an Original Search Gesture for Future Devices:  http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2012/02/google-invents-an-original-search-gesture-for-future-devices.html

 

On Google & Being “Evil”:                    http://marketingland.com/on-google-being-evil-6851


Google's Solve For X.  What's the big idea?: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/02/googles-solve-x

 

Google's Personal Guide to the Internet: http://www.seroundtable.com/google-personal-guide-to-the-internet-14817.html

 

Spice up your iGoogle page with new, immersive, full-page themes:                       http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/03/spice-up-your-igoogle-page-with-new.html

 

Culturomics and the Google Book Project. The digitization of over five million books has created a huge dataset of cultural interest. Now researchers are beginning to tease it apart using powerful number-crunching techniques: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27608/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-02-28

 

Google's Susan Wojcicki: Where we're heading: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/28/googles-susan-wojcicki-where-were-heading/?source=yahoo_quote


A Roundup of News About Google (Google+, Privacy, New Features): http://infodocket.com/2012/02/28/a-roundup-of-news-about-google-google-privacy-new-features/


WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

 

9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs: http://www.cracked.com/article_19695_9-foreign-words-english-language-desperately-needs.html
 

Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue from 1811 becomes online hit:

 

Study of the Day: Having a Simple Name Is Good in the Workplace: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/having-a-simple-name-is-good-in-the-workplace/253555/

 

Dictionary of American Regional English: http://dare.news.wisc.edu/

E-Book Consumers Drive More Sales & The Popularity of eBook Reading Platforms:                                http://infodocket.com/2012/02/28/e-book-consumers-drive-more-sales-the-popularity-of-ebook-reading-platforms/

The Ten Best Books Published In 2011: http://savedelete.com/the-ten-best-books-published-in-2011.html

(not my selection)


SCIENCE

Neuroscience Makes the Mind More Mysterious, Not Less: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42661

 

Can The Human Brain See Quantum Images? Nobody knows whether humans can access exotic images based on quantum entanglement. Now one physicist has designed an experiment to find out: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27609/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-02-29

 

In the Genes, but Which Ones? Studies That Linked Specific Genes to Intelligence Were Largely Wrong, Experts Say: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120224140506.htm

 

Amoeba May Offer Key Clue to Photosynthetic Evolution: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120227152819.htm


New 'Magnetic Yeast' Marks Step Toward Harnessing Nature's Magnetic Capabilities: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228190922.htm

 

Immortal worms defy aging:                 http://www.kurzweilai.net/immortal-worms-defy-aging


TECHNOLOGY

 

Developing Sustainable Power: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228123948.htm


Battery to Take On Diesel and Natural Gas Aquion Energy says its batteries could make the power grid unnecessary in some countries. http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39802/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-02-28


Energy’s Future- flying and floating wind farms:

 

Mutated Plants May Be Better for Biofuels: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228152158.htm

 

Growing fuel crops vs using petroleum: Which is more sustainable?:

http://earthsky.org/energy/growing-fuel-crops-vs-using-petroleum-which-is-more-sustainable

 

A Big Jump in Battery Capacity If Envia can overcome some key problems, its technology could cut the cost of electric-car batteries in half: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39806/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-02

 

The Brazilian Rainforest : Caught Between Biodiversity and Business: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228123849.htm


Replacing Electricity With Light: First Physical 'Metatronic' Circuit Created: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120223183809.htm

 

Graphyne Could Be Better Than Graphene: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/graphyne-could-be-better-than-gr.html?ref=em

 

Solved: Mystery of the Nanoscale Crop Circles: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120302101819.htm

 

Smudge-Free Surfaces. A coating based on candle soot sheds oil and water: http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39652/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2012-03-01

 

Helmets inspired by brain fluid to offer better impact protection: http://www.gizmag.com/mips-helmet-technology/21656/


Misinformation and Fact-checking: Research Findings from Social Science:

James Dyson: Good Engineering Is Essential http://bigthink.com/ideas/james-dyson-the-future-of-engineering


EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART:

 

6 Ways to Foster Creativity in Everyday Life: http://gimundo.com/news/article/6-ways-to-foster-creativity-in-daily-life/


Converge Magazine: Technology in Education
NanoTeachers: Bringing Nanoscience into the Classroom

Is There More to Life than Happiness?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42664

 

Chemical Brain Preservation: How to Live "Forever": https://www.wfs.org/content/chemical-brain-preservation-how-live-forever  A more practical method for reducing the Ego Out- see definition.

 

How The Mind Really Works: 10 Counterintuitive Psychology Studies:                                           http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/02/how-the-mind-really-works-10-counterintuitive-psychology-studies.php

Code of Conduct:

 

Creative Writing and the Web: Resources for the Literary Arts:  http://infodocket.com/2012/03/01/creative-writing-and-the-web-resources-for-the-literary-arts/

PPND Positive Male Identity: What is a Real Man, Anyway?: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/steve-safigan/2012022921272



Why Nations Fail:

 

Beauty Has a Dark Side: Morbid Curiosity Explained: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120301083415.htm



BUSINESS

Rules for Making Capitalism Sustainable: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/rules-for-making-capitalism-sustainable

What a Poor Man's Innovation Can Teach a Rich Country: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42641

 

Your Life is an Algorithm, Your Brain is an Operating System: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42632

Is there such a thing as content strategy?: http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2012/nt-2012-02-27-Content-strategy.htm

 

6 ways leaders are different:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2012/03/6-ways-leaders-are-different.html

 

Developing Executive Presence: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/developing_the_presence_of_an.html

 

Why We'll Never Get a Cashless Society. The arguments against cash are rational, but our attachment to it isn't: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27613/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-02-29

 

Eight Dangers of Collaboration: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/eight_dangers_of_collaboration.html


Scientific management yields Scientific schooling: http://www.jarche.com/2012/02/scientific-management-yields-scientific-schooling/

 

Stress Changes How People Make Decisions: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228114308.htm

How Good Listeners Succeed More Often: http://bigthink.com/ideas/how-good-listeners-succeed-more-often


HEALTH & MEDICINE

How Exercise Benefits Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42663

 

Obesity Fighter A newly discovered hormone mimics the effects of exercise: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/39650/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2012-02-28 

 

Lifestyle of Naked Mole-Rats Holds Lifesaving Clues http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120223182512.htm

 

Understanding Brain Performance: People Who Take Ritalin Are Far More Aware of Their Mistakes:  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120227094335.htm

 

Hyperactivity in Brain May Explain Multiple Symptoms of Depression: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120227162656.htm

 

Cholera Kills off its Microbial Rivals by Jabbing Them with a Spring-Loaded Poison Dagger:             http://scitechdaily.com/cholera-kills-off-its-microbial-rivals-by-jabbing-them-with-a-spring-loaded-poison-dagger/

 

Pioneering Research Reveals Versatile Bacterium's Secrets: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120301143352.htm

 

Bacteria Communicate by Touch, New Research Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120301143741.htm

 

How I Learned the Mainstream Myth About Eating Disorders Was Wrong. A new awareness campaign once again ties eating disorders directly to body image. The reality is much more complex: http://www.alternet.org/food/154331/how_i_learned_the_mainstream_myth_about_eating_disorders_was_wrong/

 

Eat Your Broccoli: Another Mechanism Discovered by Which Sulforaphane Prevents Cancer: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228140555.htm

 

How Does Nearsightedness Develop in Children?: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120301113258.htm


FOOD & COOKING

 

Humanity's Growing Impact on the World's Freshwater: http://www.alternet.org/environment/154282/humanity's_growing_impact_on_the_world's_freshwater


11 Tips for Packing a Healthy, Frugal Lunch that Your Kids Will Actually Eat:                                        http://moneyning.com/kids-and-money/11-tips-for-packing-a-healthy-frugal-lunch-that-your-kids-will-actually-eat/



MISCELLANEA

 


SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

 

Bob Rankin- Warning, Danger: Botnets!: http://askbobrankin.com/warning_danger_botnets.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JtvV2Xs4H8P6SL



VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

Cyberwar Is Here (to Stay):               http://bigthink.com/ideas/cyberwar-is-here-to-stay

Top Cyber Threat: Search Engine Poisoning. http://www.esecurityplanet.com/browser-security/search-engine-poisoning-number-1-attack-vector-rsa-2012-blue-coat.html



10 ways to protect your privacy on the Web:

User Privacy and Search Engines: Read The Fine Print: http://websearch.about.com/od/dailywebsearchtips/qt/dnt0508.htm?nl=1



WiFi

 

Nearly half of American adults are smartphone owners: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Smartphone-Update-2012.aspx

 

How a Web Link Can Take Control of Your Phone If Android users click the wrong link, an attacker could intercept phone calls and track their location: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39824/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-02


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