Links

Another batch of links for your consumption.

Ebooks:

• Google seeks to level playing field for e-books 21 July 2010, 12:07 am
• E-book readers change poetry forms 19 July 2010, 12:07 am

Gender:

• Women Getting Ahead in IT Through Qualifications and Training 20 July 2010, 2:54 am
• The Invisibility of Women in Computing Jobs 17 July 2010, 12:29 pm
• Women On Board: Norway’s Experience Shows Compulsory Quotas Work 8 July 2010, 5:55 am
• The World from Berlin: ‘When Is a Life Form Worthy of Life?’ 7 July 2010, 6:14 am
• The Gender Gap: Are Women Happy Earning Less Than Men? 7 July 2010, 4:19 am

Medicine:

• How music training primes nervous system and boosts learning 20 July 2010, 5:00 pm
• In-store displays: How do consumers perceive pricing? 19 July 2010, 9:00 pm
• Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered 19 July 2010, 2:00 am
• Brain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults 14 July 2010, 8:00 pm
• Making the invisible visible: Verbal cues enhance visual detection 12 July 2010, 2:00 pm
• A Rediscovered Way to Save Lives: Cooling the Brain for its Own Good 9 July 2010, 9:00 am

Miscellany:

• Amazon’s sales of e-books has just topped sales of hardbounds… 20 July 2010, 6:29 am
• Last Year’s Deadly Mudslide: Did an Underground Nazi Factory Cause Disaster? 19 July 2010, 7:40 am
• IT Employment Jumps for First Time Since 2008 17 July 2010, 12:15 pm
• The Creativity Crisis 16 July 2010, 10:43 am

Politics / Law:

• A hidden world, growing beyond control | washingtonpost.com 21 July 2010, 12:28 am
• Five Reasons Why China Will Rule Tech 20 July 2010, 6:11 am
• New law guarantees Finns fast Internet service 19 July 2010, 12:07 am
• Search warrant dropped in Gizmodo iPhone case 18 July 2010, 12:07 am
• Now Facebook wants locator app like Twitter 17 July 2010, 12:07 am
• San Mateo D.A. Withdraws Controversial Gizmodo iPhone Warrant 16 July 2010, 11:14 am
• EU Authorities: Implementation of Net Surveillance Directive Is Unlawful 15 July 2010, 2:07 pm
• Picture This: Marching Season 15 July 2010, 9:01 am
• Lean Times for Great Britain: The Pain of Cameron’s 40 Percent Savings Plan 15 July 2010, 3:22 am
• EFF Urges Court to Block Dragnet Subpoenas Targeting Online Commenters 14 July 2010, 9:05 am
• The Internet Responds to ASCAP’s Deceptive Claims 13 July 2010, 12:04 pm
• Casualties of the Spill: BP’s Crisis Could Soon Become Great Britain’s 13 July 2010, 8:59 am
• FTC’s role as watchdog expanding 12 July 2010, 12:07 am
• Supreme Court Should Uphold the First Sale Doctrine 9 July 2010, 4:42 pm
• Judge Cuts Damages in Sony v. Tenenbaum 9 July 2010, 2:46 pm
• China group says U.S. uses Facebook to sow unrest 9 July 2010, 8:15 am
• Philippines searches social nets for tax cheats 8 July 2010, 6:20 am
• Prisoner Plans: Germany Agrees to Take Two Inmates from Guantanamo 7 July 2010, 7:41 am
• If Only Information Flowed as Freely as Oil 7 July 2010, 7:02 am

Privacy:

• Real ID Online? New Federal Online Identity Plan Raises Privacy and Free Speech Concerns 20 July 2010, 4:41 pm
• TECH CHRONICLES / Free BlackBerry Protect will secure fans 19 July 2010, 4:24 pm
• Court Fails to Protect Privacy of Whistleblower’s Email 16 July 2010, 7:56 pm
• EU Authorities: Implementation of Net Surveillance Directive Is Unlawful 15 July 2010, 2:07 pm
• EFF Urges Court to Block Dragnet Subpoenas Targeting Online Commenters 14 July 2010, 9:05 am
• Windows Phone 7 can be remotely located, wiped 14 July 2010, 8:56 am
• FTC: Don’t Sell or Use Customer Information of Gay Youth 14 July 2010, 7:18 am
• New Blizzard Forum Policy Will Require Posters to Use Real Names 8 July 2010, 12:08 am

Robotics:

• Next generation surgical robots: Where’s the doctor? 20 July 2010, 5:00 pm
• Europe’s First Mobile Robotic Bin-on-Call 20 July 2010, 2:53 am
• Robots as the Next Big Industry? 17 July 2010, 12:15 pm
• ROILA, a New Spoken Language Designed for Robots 16 July 2010, 10:41 am
• UC Robotics Research Set to Transform NZ Horticulture Industry 14 July 2010, 11:12 am
• Researchers use robot to determine how human strangers develop trust 10 July 2010, 8:00 am
• Thermal-Powered, Insectlike Robot Crawls Into Microrobot Contenders’ Ring 7 July 2010, 1:11 pm
• Smart Gadgets May One Day Anticipate Our Needs 7 July 2010, 12:23 pm

Security:

• 15 Nations Agree to Start Working Together to Reduce Cyberwarfare Threat 20 July 2010, 1:30 am
• Virus appears to seek firms’ top-secret data 20 July 2010, 12:07 am
• Researchers: Password crack could affect millions 16 July 2010, 9:26 am
• Bluetooth at heart of gas station credit-card scam 14 July 2010, 8:56 am
• Flash on College Web Sites Poses Security Risk for Students, Study Says 12 July 2010, 12:18 pm
• Google’s Kismet may offer spy hole on lawmakers 9 July 2010, 12:07 am
• USB Coffee-Cup Warmer Could Be Stealing Your Data 7 July 2010, 12:22 pm

Social Networking:

• Facebook user satisfaction ‘abysmal’ 20 July 2010, 8:32 am
• Facebook suit reflects rise in property fights 19 July 2010, 3:58 pm
• Now Facebook wants locator app like Twitter 17 July 2010, 12:07 am
• Top 10 social networking threats 13 July 2010, 9:12 am
• Phony Twitter Profiles Aim to Outwit Spammers 12 July 2010, 12:16 pm
• China group says U.S. uses Facebook to sow unrest 9 July 2010, 8:15 am
• ‘Millennials’ leading the way on social media 9 July 2010, 12:07 am
• Philippines searches social nets for tax cheats 8 July 2010, 6:20 am
• U.S. Facebook growth sputters in June 8 July 2010, 12:07 am
• ‘Twitter-Like’ Technology Could Make Cities Safer 7 July 2010, 12:25 pm
• ModCloth, social networking a good fit 7 July 2010, 12:07 am

Technology:

• Five Reasons Why China Will Rule Tech 20 July 2010, 6:11 am
• Brussels: We Can Make the Trains Run on Time 20 July 2010, 6:10 am
• Pitting Cloud Against Cloud 20 July 2010, 6:10 am
• In-store displays: How do consumers perceive pricing? 19 July 2010, 9:00 pm
• Apple offers apology, free iPhone cases 19 July 2010, 4:07 pm
• Fibers That Can Hear and Sing 16 July 2010, 10:41 am
• Safety in Numbers 16 July 2010, 10:39 am
• Mixed Reality Cookbook 16 July 2010, 10:39 am
• Picture Puzzles Separate Human From Machine 16 July 2010, 10:38 am
• Jargon-Busting Software Bridges the Knowledge Gap 16 July 2010, 10:38 am
• Problems with iPhone 4 reportedly known earlier 16 July 2010, 12:07 am
• Flying Green: Aviation Industry Harnesses Algae for Biofuel 15 July 2010, 6:40 am
• Innovation: Shrewd Search Engines Know What You Want 14 July 2010, 11:13 am
• Woven Electronics 12 July 2010, 12:19 pm
• Google’s Do-It-Yourself App Creation Software 12 July 2010, 12:16 pm
• Artificial Intelligence for Improving Team Sports 12 July 2010, 12:13 pm
• Q&A: Paul Otellini 9 July 2010, 10:44 am
• International Conference Confronts Data Deluge 9 July 2010, 10:42 am
• Machine Versus Manhole 9 July 2010, 10:41 am
• Computer Automatically Deciphers Ancient Language 8 July 2010, 10:35 am
• Apple uses iTunes to create targeted mobile ads 7 July 2010, 12:07 am

-D