Sunday, March 18, 2012

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 499a

EXCUSE ME FOLKS I DON'T KNOW WHY TH HYPERLINKS ARE
INACTIVATED! I HAVE TO GO IN THE TOWN: WHEN COMING
BACK I'LL TRY TO REPAIR THIS!

My dear Readers,

You can find here many proofs that the world is progressing,
at least technologically and scientifically. However, even people
that are future-oriented and progressive and left-hemisphere thinkers like me, sometimes have a self-contradictory relationship with Change. I have to confess that what happens with the Encyclopedia Britannica has shocked me. OK, Wikipedia is  a miracle of the e-Era, however…please give me the freedom to
remain undecided if this is good or bad or both or none, simply inevitable.
Peter

SEARCH

INTERNET

Al Gore Invented the Internet? What Did Al Gore Really Say?: http://websearch.about.com/od/internet101/f/al-gore.htm?nl=1

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

Web Browser Cookies: Just The Facts:  http://websearch.about.com/od/webbrowsers/p/Web-Browser-Cookies-Just-The-Facts.htm?nl=1

New Video: Web Browsers Explained by Common Craft: http://www.commoncraft.com/new-video-web-browsers-explained-common-craft

Microsoft Builds a Browser for Your Past
Prototype software called Lifebrowser uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39917/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-16


Yahoo! Search Scientists Break New Ground on Search Results: http://www.ysearchblog.com/2012/03/16/yahoo-search-scientists-break-new-ground-on-search-results/


A remarkable source of information:  http://blog.findmyhost.com/                                  

Best Websites Of Non Profit Organisations On The Web: http://savedelete.com/best-websites-of-non-profit-organisations-on-the-web.html

Free Backup Software: http://askbobrankin.com/free_backup_software.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JTfGm_NrP8P6SL


BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Blogging Remains Popular, Impressive Growth Continues [Report]:
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2158913/Blogging-Remains-Popular-Impressive-Growth-Continues-Report


Facebook, Friend or Foe? Investors have realized that companies no longer compete with Facebook, they compete on it: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203358704577235213738850008-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html

What Your Tweets Tell Us About You: Identity, Ownership and
Privacy of Twitter Data
http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/214/283



GOOGLE
Google+ and the Long Game: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74610.html

Has Google lost its magic?:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-33617_3-57396938-276/has-google-lost-its-magic/

The Brain at Google:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rock/google-culture-work-life_b_1289362.html

Pew Study: All Search Engines Being Equally Intrusive, Google's the Best:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74608.html

Google plans major revamp for search engine: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57397782-93/google-plans-major-revamp-for-search-engine/

Google's New Search: One Step Closer to AI:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/googles-new-search-one-step-closer-to-ai


An Unprecedented Video Glimpse Into How Google Crafts Its Search Results:
http://searchengineland.com/an-unprecedented-video-glimpse-into-how-google-crafts-its-search-results-114682

Survey Paradox: People Like Google But Not What It’s Doing: http://searchengineland.com/survey-paradox-people-like-google-but-not-what-its-doing-114796


WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

I like words:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/i-like-words.html

Software Translates Your Voice into Another Language Research software from Microsoft synthesizes speech in a foreign language, but in a voice that sounds like yours: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39885/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Book Burning, 213 BC–2011 AD: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/burnedbooks/

Things Change: “Encyclopedia Britannica to Stop Printing Books”:
http://infodocket.com/2012/03/13/things-change-encyclopedia-britannica-to-stop-printing-books/

25 Awesome Library Apps For Your iPad: http://savedelete.com/25-awesome-library-apps-for-your-ipad.html


SCIENCE

Is Brain Science Just Hype?:                          http://bigthink.com/devils-advocate/is-neuroscience-overrated

Neanderthal and Human Brain Development Created a Divergent Evolutionary Path: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/neanderthal_and_human_brain_development_created_a_divergent_evolutionary_path

Virtue Now Permits Sin Later, Says Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/virtue-now-permits-sin-later-says-your-brain

The 4 Biggest Myths About the Human Brain: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/the_4_biggest_myths_about_the_human_brain

Marine worm rewrites theory of brain evolution: http://www.kurzweilai.net/marine-worm-rewrites-theory-of-brain-evolution

Exercise Changes How Genes Work:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/exercise-changes-how-genes-work


First Consumption of Abundant Life Form, Archaea, Discovered: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120312140316.htm

Tigons, ligers, leguars, and jagupards, oh my!: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/tigons-ligers-leguars-and-jagupard-oh-my/


Could a Nuke Stop an Asteroid After All? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401600,00.asp

The Fat Lady Sings for OPERA:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/03/the_fat_lady_sings_for_opera.php
A new sign of not-so-faster-than-light neutrinos:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57398740-264/a-new-sign-of-not-so-faster-than-light-neutrinos/
I won a bet on this. Thank you, Uncle Albert!


TECHNOLOGY

What We Learned About Nuclear Safety from Fukushima. Reactors must be able to handle the worst if we hope to prevent a repeat of last year's meltdowns: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39867/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2012-03-12

Despite Fukushima, Nuclear Keeps Powering Ahead
A few countries have scaled back in response to the disaster, but many others are building or planning new nuclear reactors: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39893/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13

The End of Nuclear Power?:                    http://bigthink.com/ideas/the-end-of-nuclear-power

Cheap Solar Power at Night. Improved materials could make solar-thermal power cheaper, and energy storage easier: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33MU0O/www.technologyreview.com/computing/39856

Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half. A new process uses a high-energy ion accelerator to make thin silicon solar cells: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39887/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13

Solar Comes of Age:                                                    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00105?gko=b64ae&cid=TL20120315

Hydrogen Power in Real Life: Clean and Energy Efficient
IBM unveils one trillion bit-per-second optical chip: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121537.htm

Fragrant New Biofuel: Researchers Develop a New Candidate for a Cleaner, Greener and Renewable Diesel Fuel: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314101245.htm

Nanotechnology to Make Hydrogen Fuel: http://bigthink.com/ideas/nanotechnology-makes-hydrogen-fuel

Straintronics: Engineers Create Piezoelectric Graphene: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094535.htm

Graphene Supercapacitor Holds Promise for Portable Electronics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315152524.htm


Catalysts for Less: Slashing Costs of Metal Alloys Needed to Jump-Start Crucial Chemical Processes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308143157.htm

Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic, Changing Textures On Demand: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161437.htm


The Lytro: Photography May Never be the Same After months of gearing up, the Lytro has landed: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27640/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12

Metamaterials boost wireless power transfer;
http://www.kurzweilai.net/metamaterials-boost-wireless-power-transfer

Scientists Tap the Cognitive Genius of Tots to Make Computers Smarter: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121727.htm

Laser Erasers Gently Remove Ink from Paper
The trick could reduce the carbon emissions and energy usage associated with recycling paper: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39903/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-14



EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Rethinking school: http://hbr.org/2012/03/rethinking-school/ar/1

Creative Problem Solving
http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/cps.htm

Bias in Decision-Making Leads to Poor Choices and Possibly Depression: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308174811.htm

Need to Learn Something? See Salman Khan: http://www.execupundit.com/2012/03/need-to-learn-something-see-salman-khan.html#links

A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161326.htm

A History of Violence:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/a-history-of-violence

Narcissism impairs ethical judgment even among the highly religious, study finds:                 http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-narcissism-impairs-ethical-judgment-highly.html

BUSINESS

The Slow Death of Cash. In a new book, author David Wolman argues that cash costs society far more than we think it does: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39827/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13

The Future of Money:                           http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/484/kasey-cassells-global-the-future-money

New Economy Resources: http://www.llrx.com/features/neweconomyresources.htm

Beware the globalization fetish:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/beware-the-globalization-fetish

Training: The Change Agent: http://qaspire.com/2012/03/12/training-the-change-agent/

Innovation is about making connections:
http://www.jarche.com/2012/03/innovation-is-about-making-connections/

Courageous Leadership Skills: What Wouldn’t You Do?: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2012/03/courageous-leadership-skills-what-wouldnt-you-do/

Make time for time:
http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2011/12/make-time-for-time.html


HEALTH & MEDICINE

Killer Silk: Making Silk Fibers That Kill Anthrax and Other Microbes in Minutes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143155.htm

Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145755.htm


FOOD & COOKING

World Breakthrough On Salt-Tolerant Wheat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120311150717.htm

Eggs Really ARE Incredible! Egg Nutrition and Cooking: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/eggs.htm?nl=1

Eatocracy: http://eatocracy.cnn.com/

New Study: All Red Meat Will Kill You: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/852619/new_study%3A_all_red_meat_will_kill_you/#paragraph4

Artificial meat.Hamburger junction
Muscle grown in factories could soon be appearing in a supermarket near you: http://www.economist.com/node/21548147

8 Great Sites for Healthy Meal Plans: http://gimundo.com/news/article/8-great-sites-for-healthy-meal-plans/

Featured Recipe Videos at Gourmandia: http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/Deo2pc


Experts: 30 to 50 percent of world’s food thrown away:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46743203/ns/world_news-world_environment/#.T2HgPl2Kx7E


MISCELLANEA
'
8 Kindes of Drunkennes': Behold, the 16th-Century Listicle: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/8-kindes-of-drunkennes-behold-the-16th-century-listicle/254084/


SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE  
How to Create a Gmail Spam Filter for Foreign Language Spam : http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-create-a-gmail-spam-filter-for-foreign-language-spam/

Spam Primer: http://www.spamprimer.com/


VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

Why Hacking Is Barbaric and Essential: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-hacking-is-barbaric-and-essential

Multi-word pass-phrases not so secure after all?:
http://www.gizmag.com/passphrase-security-questioned/21823/


WiFi

Researchers Send 'Wireless' Message Using a Beam of Neutrinos: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143146.htm

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