Sunday, June 5, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No. 458

A new issue of my struggling info newsletter- again many interesting serious news
signs of progress but also of painful failures in problem solving. By the way, next
week I have to up-to-date my problem solving rules. (there are 16 rules now Plus I have to perform
some accelerated Ego Out diminishing actions, time flies and a lot of important
things have to be initiated. I still have much to say.
My initiative or call for a Perfect E-cat Experiment has found attention and
even sympathy  but zero success. Future will show whose insuccess it was.\

Please enjoy and disseminate these news:


SEARCH

INTERNET

Global Internet traffic to quadruple by 2015:

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

20 things I learned about browsers and Web:

A great source of quality information/knowledge sometimes even wisdom:  http://www.ted.com/conversations                                   

Find out what you really want with specialized  search engines:

 

Wendy Boswell Deep Web People Search http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/tp/deep-web-people-search.htm?nl=1



How to Find Information Using a Reverse Email Search

 

The Best 15 People Search Engines on the Web:


Top best 100 free iPad apps:

Introducing schema.org- search engines come together for a richer Web: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-schemaorg-search-engines.html.


BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Social media is a form of entertainment , say users:

Twitter intros instant follow button:

 



Wendy Boswell: find Someone on Facebook Using Just An Email Address: http://websearch.about.com/od/emailsearch/qt/facebook-email-search.htm?nl=1

 

5 ways you can use Facebook to find someone online:


GOOGLE

 

Wendy Boswell: Google People Search

Use Google to Find a Phone Number, Address, Map, and More!:

http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesearch/tp/googlepeoplesearch.htm?nl=1


Google Wallet turns phones into credit cards




One out of eight people now uses Chrome:

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES


Metaphors we do everything by?:


The Kindle Tablet’s Bookish Legacy:

20 best free e-book websites for downloading free e-books:

SCIENCE

 

Examining the Brain as a Neural Information Super-Highway: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602171833.htm


 

Physicists Explain the Long, Useful Lifetime of Carbon-14: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526122913.htm


Gold mine A trove of worms found in the deep subsurface biosphere illustrates the ubiquity of life.: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7349/full/474006b.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20110602 \

Hungry worms fom Hell: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/hungry-worms-from-hell.html?etoc&elq=3c41267cb2f64fbca79e5b19bddba8be


 

15 natural disasters that could kill us all:

http://www.popcrunch.com/15-natural-disasters-that-could-kill-us-all/

 

Reindeer See a Weird and Wonderful World of Ultraviolet Light: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526064627.htm

 

Scientists Crack the Spiders' Web Code: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531102249.htm

 

Researchers Solve Mammoth Evolutionary Puzzle: The Woollies Weren't Picky, Happy to Interbreed: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531085004.htm

 

River Mystery Solved: Scientists Discover How 'Didymo' Algae Bloom in Pristine Waters With Few Nutrients: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110603161819.htm


TECHNOLOGY

 

The Sky Really Is Falling and Our Only Salvation Is the Rapid Dismantling of the Fossil Fuel Industry: http://www.alternet.org/story/151148/the_sky_really_is_falling_and_our_only_salvation_is_the_rapid_dismantling_of_the_fossil_fuel_industry?akid=7039.112117.Yk4z3u&rd=1&t=8

 

10 Clean Energy Trends To Watch In 2011 And Beyond


What will a nuclear-free Germany cost?:

 

Phase Change Memory-Based 'Moneta' System Points to the Future of Computer Storage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602153046.htm

 

Chameleon Magnets: Ability to Switch Magnets 'On' or 'Off' Could Revolutionize Computing: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527162509.htm

 

Graphene Can Polarize Light: Researchers Demonstrate World's Thinnest Polarizer: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110530105202.


EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART


The link between creativity and eccentricity:


3003 principles of engineering practice;


Internet reviews of books:

Dave Pollard what we believe and what we care about drives what we do:

Peter Cochrane's Blog: How tech alters human needs:



A visual glossary of symbols: http://symboldictionary.net/

Pigments through the ages: http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/

A book- loving and hating mathematics:

Snapshot of the drug culture:



BUSINESS

Bret L. Simmons- Book Review. Leadership Is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It

Has success eluded you because you eluded failure?:

The missing link in innovative research:


New views on Capitalism:

New views on management:

Solving the Rubik Cube of the organizational structure: http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2011/03/solving-the-rubiks-cube-of-org.html

Scheduling  a meeting the right way:


HEALTH & MEDICINE

 

EHEC Outbreak: Rare Strain of E. Coli Unknown in Previous Outbreaks: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602184851.htm

 

Springer offers free access to research articles on E. coli bacteria:

http://www.springer.com/biomed/ehec?SGWID=0-1728613-0-0-0

 

DNA Sequence Yields Clues to Germany's 'Super Toxic'E. coli Outbreak: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/06/sequence-yields-clues-to-germany.html?etoc&elq=3c41267cb2f64fbca79e5b19bddba8be

 

New Treatment Dissolves Blood Clots in Brain Tissue:

 

Super-Sticky 'Ultra-Bad' Cholesterol Revealed in People at High Risk of Heart Disease: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526204953.htm

 

Social Life and Mobility Are Keys to Quality of Life in Old Age: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110528191542.htm

 

What Odors Throw Off Mosquitoes? New Findings Hold Big Promise for Fight Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110601134255.htm


The unstoppable march of tobacco giants:


Researchers Show Aging Brain's Reduced Ability to Respond to Experience: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524171255.htm



FOOD & COOKING

 

USDA to reshape how we see dietary nutrition http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-food-pyramid-20110602,0,6436170.story



MISCELLANEA

Mapping God’s Bloodline: http://soulliberty.com/View.php?ID=5052

Political misquotes: The 10 most famous things never actually said: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0603/Political-misquotes-The-10-most-famous-things-never-actually-said/I-can-see-Russia-from-my-house%21-Sarah-Palin


SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

Spyware is invading our smart phones:

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

 

Why the bad guys are winning?:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/18387/why_the_bad_guys_are_winning?source=CTWNLE_nlt_networking_2011-06-02

 

Making the case for security

http://www.technologyreview.com/business/37676/?nlid=4556

 

Bob Rankin: Virus Alert - XP Total Security 2011:

 

Gmail Spear-Phishing Attacks Net FBI Scrutiny: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72574.html


My repeated advice- read and subscribe to Hoax Slayer: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-115.shtml

 

DIY Computer Forensics: How to Recover a Deleted File:




WiFi

WHO Connects Cellphones With Cancer Risk: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72562.html

A perverse document: possibility is NOT probability is NOT certainty.

Mary McBride: Do cell phones cause brain cancer?:

http://earthsky.org/health/mary-mcbride-on-whether-cell-phones-cause-cancer


If cellphones cause cancer, how do they do it? No one knows (i.e. don't panic)

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-cellphones-cancer-20110601,0,4990068.story

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