My Dots for Monday, May 07, 2007

Wikio Blog: L’Univers de Wikio sur Netvibes

Bientôt, vous pourrez créer votre propre Univers Personnel sur Netvibes… Vous aurez alors une page personnelle comme aujourd’hui mais aussi une page publique entièrement personnalisable

[tags: blogs, netvibes, wikio]

Eurovision 2007 Sweden - The Ark - The Worrying Kind

Eurovision Sweden 2007 : The Ark est le groupe qui représente la Suède cette année au concours eurovision 2007 avec la chanson << The Worrying Kind >>, dans un esprit rock, un peu d'abba, le style suédois est là !!! La chanson de The Ark est interprêtée en anglais

[tags: video, eurovision 2007, sweden]

Dancing Queen Ségolène : le blog de FANSOLO

ABBA Take A Chance On Me

[tags: blogs, video, ABBA]

Video l'homme disque dur - homme, disque, dur - Dailymotion Share Your Videos

Quoted: Regarder l'homme disque dur sur Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos. voici un homme qui retient tout ce qu'il voit et le redessine ....!

[tags: video, savant, rome]

Dailymotion - Share Your Videos

[tags: video, community, sharing]

Video U.S Point of View on french elections EN - france, 24

Quoted: Watch U.S Point of View on french elections EN on Dailymotion Share Your Videos. France 24 Website: (http://www.france24.com) ____________________________

[tags: news, video]

Maps drawn from memory (kottke.org)

[tags: maps, memory]

versac

[tags: blogs, france]

Blue Dots - SIGALON VALLEY

Currently, Blue Dot is my favorite social bookmarking facility - with automatic blogging.

[tags: Sigalon, blogs, bluedot]

Newsburn

Newsburn is both a news feeds aggregator and a personalized home page. At the moment it is available in 3 languages for 9 countries. More is coming soon.

[tags: news, rss, startpage]

Le Monde.fr : Vu des Etats-Unis : "Sarkozy est vu comme un homme qui a envie de travailler avec les Américains"

Quoted: LE MONDE, Journal Le Monde, quotidien d'information francophone / Le Monde, the french quality newspaper of record

WEB 2.0: Optimize Your Knowledge: Social Sites Reviews

[tags: search, share, wiki, community]

Will Wikio challenge Google News and Technorati?

Quoted: Wikio, a Switzerland based company, was released in private Beta yesterday night (in French). It is one of the most ambitious web launches ...

[tags: news, search, rss, france]

Wikio Blogs

Retrouvez ici toutes les semaines le classement des blogs les plus influents de la blogosphère.

[tags: blogs, france]

Lieu Commun

Les partenaires de Lieu Commun rassemblent ici leur production pour proposer aux aimables visiteurs de ce portail une synthèse sous forme de liste de billets. Cette dernière est actualisée au gré des travaux de chacun.

[tags: france, blogs]

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My Dots for Sunday, May 06, 2007

Breaking News - Wikio

Quoted: Wikio is a personalized webpage of information, including a search engine that combs news-media sites and blogs.

[tags: news, search, blogs]

Blog Directory, Blog Search Engine, Blog Sites // BlogCatalog

Blog Catalog is the premiere blog directory on the internet. Whether you're looking to promote your own blog or find blogs on various topics, this site is for you.

[tags: blog directory]

feedest

Quoted: Feedest intelligently learns what readers prefer, making constant adjustments to the ways of presenting the content provided by thousands of sources.

[tags: rss]

Welcome to Newgie.com

Newgie examines user activity on news stories and uses predictive analytics, developed by economists, to assign a score to each article called the Newsiness score. The higher an article’s Newsiness score, the more likely users are to find that article interesting.

[tags: news, community]

Wakoopa - Software gone social

Quoted: Wakoopa tracks what kind of software or games you use, and lets you create your own software profile. Ready for you to share with the ...

[tags: software, share, track, profile]

fatsecret - Unlocking the secrets of Diet and Weight Loss

Quoted: fatsecret is a place to find out which diets work. The contributions of fatsecret members will help you make better dieting decisions. fatsecret is independent and is a totally free site. Join now and unlock the secret.

[tags: community, diet, weight loss, health]

Forget who'll win in France. Change is a loser. - International Herald Tribune

IN the months leading up to Sunday's presidential voting in France, there was a lot of talk about breaking with the past. Don't bet it will happen.

Forget who'll win in France. Change is a loser.

[tags: france, Elections]

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My Dots for Saturday, May 05, 2007

Parkinsons' Helped By Marijuana-Lke Chemicals In Brain

Marijuana-like chemicals in the brain may point to a treatment for the debilitating condition of Parkinson's disease. In a study published in Nature, researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine report that endocannabinoids, naturally occurring chemicals found in the brain that are similar to the active compounds in marijuana and hashish, helped trigger a dramatic improvement in mice with a condition similar to Parkinson's.

[tags: pd]

Inside Bay Area - Parkinson's symptoms respond to potlike chemicals

Naturally occurring chemicals in the brain similar to active compounds in marijuana could provide clues in treating Parkinson's disease, Stanford University researchers reported Wednesday.

[tags: PD]

Nanotechnology could be basis of future cures | Chicago Tribune

Nanotechnology broadly refers to the ability to manipulate molecules, making them do things molecules don't normally do, and a most dramatic example of this would be growing new tissue to treat conditions such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's diseases.

[tags: nanotech, health, PD]

Artificial Photosynthesis and Bio-Inspired Catalysis

Quoted: The Photosynthesis Center at Arizona State University is a multidisciplinary group doing research in several areas of photosynthesis. The site contains information about the Photosynthesis Center and links to many other related sites, including those of interest to students and educators as well as specialized researchers in the field of photosynthesis.

[tags: energy, solar, EnergyTechnologies, photosynthesis]

Solar power satellite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A solar power satellite, or SPS, is a proposed satellite built in high Earth orbit that uses microwave power transmission to beam solar power to a very large antenna on Earth. Advantages of placing the solar collectors in space include the unobstructed view of the Sun, unaffected by the day/night cycle, weather, or seasons[1]. It is a renewable energy source, zero emission, and generates no waste.

[tags: energy, research, hydrogen, solar, satellite, EnergyTechnologies]

Artificial photosynthesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Artificial photosynthesis is a research field that attempts to replicate the natural process of photosynthesis, converting sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen. Sometimes splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen by using sunlight energy is also referred to as artificial photosynthesis.

[tags: energy, hydrogen, EnergyTechnologies, research]

New Blood Test Can Diagnose And Monitor Treatment Of Parkinson's Disease

Quoted: A simple test to diagnose Parkinson's disease (PD) before symptoms appear by measuring the levels of a protein in blood is being developed by researchers from the Howard Florey Institute, T

[tags: PD]

Novel Gene Therapy Treatment For Parkinson's Disease Shows Promise In Phase 1 Trial With 12 Patients

Quoted: It is estimated that 60,000 new cases of Parkinson's disease (PD) are diagnosed each year, adding to the estimated one to 1.5 million Americans who currently have the disease. The latest epidemiol

[tags: PD]

Civil disobedience hits Digg | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

Digg exploded into riot on Tuesday.

A story was posted that contained the hexadecimal decryption key that allows Linux users to decode and play HD DVDs. The Digg staff received a request from the Advanced Access Content System License Administrator to remove the story, interpreting the request as following the law and as falling under Digg's preexisting terms of use that prohibit the posting of infringing content. Jay Adelson explained this in his blog post at 1 p.m. on May 1.

[tags: digg, decryption key, Linux]

Google re-branding personal home page, adding widget maker | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

Google is renaming its personal home page iGoogle tonight. (30APR2007). Google is also adding a new tool called Gadget Maker that helps people create their own widgets for use on their iGoogle page. The Gadget Maker comes with seven templates, including two media gadgets to pull in content from YouTube and online and offline photo collections. Users will also be able to organize their personal space with a countdown timer and a simple 10 item to-do list. There's also a free-form widget that lets a user mix together various media such as text and pictures.

[tags: google, igoogle, startpage]

What is Silverlight, really? | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

Microsoft's Silverlight technology, launched at the NAB conference two weeks ago and pitched hard to developers at the Mix '07 conference this week, is being taken as a competitor to Adobe's Flash. Since it is a framework for providing rich applications to the Internet browser, it is indeed that. But though Silverlight and Flash are competing technologies, Microsoft's offering is different from Adobe's in key ways.

[tags: microsoft, Silverlight]

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My Dots for Friday, May 04, 2007

Microsoft said to be in talks with Yahoo about possible merger - International Herald Tribune

Microsoft has made a preliminary overture to Internet giant Yahoo, and the two companies are in very early discussions about a possible merger, according to people briefed on the discussions.

[tags: microsoft, yahoo, merger, talks]

Winamp Media Player » MP3 Player, Free MP3 Music, Videos, SHOUTcast Radio, Winamp Skins and Plug-ins, Sync your iPod, Get Mobile Music

Quoted: Winamp is the best multimedia player ever with many features such as skins/themes, plugins/extensions, portable device support including ipod, media library, music burning and ripping, transcoding, multiformat handling, etc.

[tags: radio, music, media, mp3, player, multimedia]

Screamer Radio

Quoted: Screamer Radio is a freeware Internet Radio player for Microsoft Windows.

[tags: radio, Internet Radio, screamer, audio, recording]

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My Dots for Thursday, May 03, 2007

Directory:James Dunn - PESWiki

Quoted: Jim Dunn is one of the most knowledgeable scientists in the field of new energy. His specialty is in Fuel Cells and the Hydrogen economy, ...

[tags: EnergyTechnologies]

This New Car

Each week on This New Car, our panel of experts (James Dunn, Gilles Labelle, and Craig Van Batenburg) will discuss one important subject in the field of alternative-fuel vehicles. They'll help you understand the rapidly changing world of hybrids, dispel some of the myths about electric cars, introduce you to what's coming "down the road" for future fuels, and even tell you how you can save money at the pump with the car or truck you own now.

[tags: EnergyTechnologies, automotive, podcast]

Solar Silicon Solution Wins MIT Energy Plan Contest

Quoted: RSI Silicon debuts a far more inexpensive method of producing solar grade Silicon, winning 'People's Choice' award and first place in the Energy Business Plan contest held by MIT.

[tags: solar, EnergyTechnologies]

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My Dots for Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Insect bites and stings: First aid - MayoClinic.com

Quoted: How to administer first aid for insect bites or stings.

[tags: health]

Firefox 3 Gets some FUEL

Quoted: Mozilla's relentless march toward the release of Firefox 3 continues with the release of Gran Paradiso Alpha 4.

[tags: firefox]

Dell Set to Sell Ubuntu Linux

Quoted: Dell and Canonical today are announcing that Dell will ship PCs with Ubuntu Linux pre-loaded. The move follows an unprecedented outcry from Dell's users who ...

[tags: linux, dell, ubuntu]

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My Dots for Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Global Voices Online

Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. more about us »

[tags: blogs, news]

Al Jazeera English - News

Venezuela is to withdraw from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, after Hugo Chavez, the country's president, said it no longer required the institutions.

Chavez made the announcement on Monday as part of plans to create an alternative lending bank run by South American nations.

[tags: PoliticsVenezuela]

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