My Faves for Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Asus Eee PC 4G sub-sub-notebook | Reg Hardware

Review Asus' diminutive Eee PC 4G 701 micro-laptop is here. It's garnered an amazing welcome from computer users looking not for the acme of performance but for a highly portable wireless notebook with a decent battery life. Will they be disappointed?

[tags: windows]

Google plans service to store users' data: report | Reuters

Quoted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is preparing a service that would enable users to store data from their personal hard drives on its computers, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday in its online edition.

[tags: google, storage]

Jacques Bouthoorn - designer/illustrator

Worked as designer/illustrator
in Amsterdam, Paris, New York and San Francisco
where he has been drawing cats, dogs, birds,
and other funny and not so funny things.
In black & white, color and some digital.
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A travaillé en tant que graphiste-illustrateur
à Amsterdam, Paris, New York et San Francisco
où il a dessiné des chats, des chiens, des oiseaux,
et d'autres drôles et moins drôles petites bêtes.
En noir et blanc, couleur et un peu de numérique.

[tags: art]

ZyXEL - 802.11g Wireless HomePlugAV Router

Quoted: No New Wire Required for House-Wide Network
ZyXEL NBG-318S features both wireless and HomePlug AV connectivity. You can always connect to the Internet wirelessly, even on some spots that couldn't be reached by the wireless network. With existing power lines, reliable connection can be provided through wall plugs.

[tags: home, network, powerline]

Windows XP SP3 Yields Performance Gains

After a disappointing showing by Windows Vista SP1 (see previous post), we were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v.3244) delivers a measurable performance boost to this aging desktop OS. Testing with OfficeBench showed an ~10% performance boost vs. the same configuration running under Windows XP w/Service Pack 2.

[tags: vista, windows, xp]

Google investing hundreds of millions in green energy

Quoted: PhysOrg news: Google investing hundreds of millions in green energy

[tags: Google, investing, EnergyTechnologies]

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My Faves for Monday, November 26, 2007

China regulates development of new energy automobiles

BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhua)-- China has made a substantial move to advance the development of automobiles powered by new energies amidst concerns on energy conservation and environmental protection.

[tags: china, automotive]

Cars still drive China's development-first strategy | Indiainteracts.com

Quoted: The government promised to accelerate research, development and production of hybrid, electric, fuel-cell, hydrogen and other alternative power sources and clean-fuel technology for vehicles.

[tags: automotive, China]

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My Faves for Sunday, November 25, 2007

Technology Review: Neuroengineering

Armed with advanced imaging techniques and a growing knowledge of how the brain works, neuroscientists are increasingly intervening to try to fix everything from severe depression to Parkinson’s disease. The age of engineering the brain has begun.

Quoted: From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society

[tags: health, neuroengineering]

Technology Review: Superstrong Carbon-Nanotube Fibers

Researchers have improved techniques for spinning fibers of carbon nanotubes: they make the nanotubes align in the fiber, creating fibers as strong as, or stronger than, materials such as Kevlar that are used in bullet-proof vests.

Quoted: From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society

[tags: Nanotech]

Termite Guts May Yield Novel Enzymes For Better Biofuel Production

Quoted: Termites may provide the biochemical means to a greener biofuel future. The bellies of these tiny beasts harbor a gold mine of microbes that have now been tapped as a rich source of enzymes for improving the conversion of biomass to valuable biofuels.

[tags: Environment, EnergyTechnologies]

Sigalon Valley - SIGALON - What's up

Quoted: Sigalons collection of sites and services.

[tags: sigalon]

Classical Guitar Radio - Free Classical Guitar music on SKY.fm

Quoted: SKY.fm Guitar internet radio features the best Clasical, Spanish, and Flamenco guitar music. Availble 24 hours a day, Sky.fm is your one stop for the most popular guitar music.

[tags: music, guitar]

Labor Party wins Australian election - Times Online

Quoted: Australia's long-serving conservative government not only lost yesterday's Australian election but its leader, John Howard, became only the second Prime Minister in Australia's history to lose his seat in Parliament.

[tags: politics, Australia]

Money Central - Times Online - WBLG: Where to spread your eggs...

Quoted: Savers looking for good returns on their cash are spoilt for choice at the moment, as banks desperately try to build up their reserves after the damaging effects of the credit crunch.

[tags: home, finance, money]

Sub-prime ‘time bomb’ is set to explode in Britain - Times Online

Quoted: Lenders are cracking down on sub-prime borrowers across Britain and could force tens of thousands of homeowners into forced sales of their homes, property experts warned yesterday.

[tags: home, finance]

US is‘worst’ imperialist: archbishop -Times Online

Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, claimed that America’s attempt to intervene overseas by “clearing the decks” with a “quick burst of violent action” had led to “the worst of all worlds”.

Quoted: THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the United States wields its power in a way that is worse than Britain during its imperial heyday.

[tags: religion, politics]

Free Fax • Free Internet Faxing - US and Canada only

Any actual person may use the Site to send up to two (2) free faxes per day, each not to exceed three pages in length (plus the cover page.)

Quoted: Free Internet Faxing - Send faxes to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada for free

[tags: internet, fax, free, freeware]

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My Faves for Saturday, November 24, 2007

If You P2P Download In France: No Internet For You

Quoted: A pact between the French Government, French ISP’s and the local music and film industry will see French users who download material from P2P networks losing their internet access.

[tags: internet, music, france]

IMEEM - what's on your playlist?

imeem is an online community where millions of fans and artists discover new music, videos, and photos, and share their tastes with friends.

[tags: music, sharing, photos, video]

Maurice Béjart; Guardian obit - alt.obituaries | Google Groups

Throughout the 20th century, most of the great European
opera houses presented classical ballet as a
quintessentially 19th-century art form. But if one European
artist should receive the principal credit for recognising
and then addressing its arrested development, it is the
French choreographer Maurice Béjart, who has died aged 80.

[tags: ballet, music, art, bejart]

YouTube - Maurice Bejart

Quoted: bolero de ravel

[tags: video, ballet, art, bejart]

Maurice Béjart - Wikipedia

Maurice Béjart (January 1, 1927 – November 22, 2007) was a French choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He was the son of the French philosopher Gaston Berger.

[tags: ballet, art, bejart]

Peptide Therapy Can Prevent Progression Of Parkinson's Disease, Study Suggests

Quoted: Researchers have successfully used a peptide to reverse biochemical, cellular and anatomical changes that occur in the brains of mice with Parkinson's disease (PD), and report success in preventing the disease from progression. The authors have shown that one protein, NF-kB, is increased in the midbrain of PD patients and mice with PD pathology, and the researchers used a novel peptide (small proteins) to block this protein in mice with PD-like symptoms.

[tags: pd]

Life After Embryonic Stem Cells - TIME

Quoted: A breakthrough in stem-cell research may resolve its ethical dilemmas

THE CURE FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Quoted: Complete milk information site

[tags: health, arthritis]

Fish Names In Japanese, Swedish, Hawaiian, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Russian

Quoted: Fish Names In Japanese, Swedish, Hawaiian, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Russian

Link to Fish Names in Swedish:
http://hem.passagen.se/kent.andersson/Fisklista.htm

[tags: fish names, food]

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My Faves for Thursday, November 22, 2007

BBC NEWS | Health | Paralysed man's mind is 'read'

Quoted: Scientists say they may be on the brink of translating into words the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak, after a pioneering experiment. into words the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak.

[tags: health, science, future]

SanDisk launches new Vaulter disk meant to boost hard drive performance

As the price of flash memory has continued to drop (and its capacity steadily rising), a number of manufacturers and companies have launched flash storage devices or integrated flash technology into existing hard drive designs.

[tags: hard disk, flash memory, hardware]

» Gmail 2.0 gets the thumbs down | IT News Digest | TechRepublic.com

Quoted: Google’s Gmail upgrade is being ridiculed in an increasing number of forums due to various problems. According to users whose accounts have been upgraded to Gmail 2.0, the new Gmail downloads e-mail slowly, fails to load pages, and also crashes browsers.

[tags: google, gmail]

PayPal Secures Shopping for Non-Paypal Sites

Quoted: PayPal, the payments service arm of online auction leader eBay Inc, is set to release on Tuesday a convenient way for its customers to make payments on Web sites that don't accept PayPal directly.

[tags: PayPal, business]

Ayurveda - Mahalo

Quoted: Disclaimer: The content in this page is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please contact your doctor before beginning any ayurvedic program. Ayurveda is an ancient healthcare system, native to India, thought to be the oldest system known. According to Hindu mythology, it is the medicine of the gods. Today, it is practiced most commonly in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as a holistic lifestyle. Fast Facts: Based on five element system; Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether Three humors or "doshas" are Vata, Pitta and Kapha Derived from Sanskrit words "ayu" (life) and "veda" (knowledge)

[tags: health, Ayurveda]

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My Faves for Wednesday, November 21, 2007

JS Online: Stem cell breakthrough

By genetically manipulating human skin cells, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a separate team in Japan were able to reprogram those cells to act like embryonic stem cells without using human embryos.

[tags: stem cell research]

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My Faves for Sunday, November 18, 2007

italki - Language Exchange and Learning Community

Quoted: italki is a language exchange and learning community. Its goal is to help people learn languages.

[tags: language exchange, learning languages]

Rates | VoipBuster - The Free Calls Company

Quoted: With VoipBuster you can call anywhere in the world at the lowest rates possible. And best of all, you can call several popular destinations for free*! Just download VoipBuster, install and register the program and start calling!

[tags: phone, call, voip]

T3 - 3's Skype phone official

Quoted: 3 has confirmed to us that they're releasing a Skype branded mobile: letting you make free calls to other users of the VoIP service on your cell.

[tags: skype, mobile]

Asus: 10-inch Eee PC due next year

Quoted: Asus says a 10-inch version of its Eee PC will ship next year

[tags: Blog, Asus Eee PC, hardware]

VW Space Up! Blue - Samba revisited - CNET Reviews

Quoted: The Space Up! Blue pays homage to the 1950's VW Samba Bus in its exterior styling. While its shape my be retro, its drive train is far more futuristic: according to VW, the Space Up! Blue features the world's first high-temperature fuel cell, which can operate in temperatures up to 160 degrees Celsius. This is in contrast to many other fuel cells that have to operate within strict temperature ranges.

[tags: automotive, fuel cell, EnergyTechnologies, batteries]

Smart Drug Developed to Show, Treat Cancer

Quoted: A team of Yonsei University researchers have developed an anticancer drug that not only treats cancer but also diagnoses the disease by highlighting tumor cells in MRI images.

[tags: health, Nanotech, cancer]

New wheelchair uses solar power

Quoted: A research team at the Southern Taiwan University of Technology in Tainan County has invented a new type of solar powered wheelchair which integrates the functions of existing manual and electric wheelchairs and can be sold for a cheaper price, the university said yesterday.

[tags: solar, health]

Official Web Site Locator for the UN System of Organizations

[tags: UN]

Alarming UN report on climate change is too rosy, many say - International Herald Tribune

Quoted: VALENCIA, Spain: The blunt and alarming final report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released here by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, may well underplay the problem of climate change, many experts and even the report's authors admit.

[tags: Environment, climate change]

One man's quest for a quiet night

Quoted: Nearly 15 million Britons snore when they sleep.

[tags: health, snoring]

Bionity.COM News-Center: Novel agent for treatment of Parkinson's disease in clinical development

Quoted: 15.11.2007 Lundbeck has initiated phase I clinical trials with the pharmaceutical candidate Lu AA47070 to investigate safety, tolerability and the pharmacokinetic profile of the compound in humans. Lu AA47070 is...

[tags: pd]

$135 Million for innovative Solar Technology

Newington, Conn., Schüco International KG, German parent company of Schüco USA L.P., and German energy giant E.ON AG are jointly investing $135 million to develop new photovoltaic (PV) modules based on thin-film technology for metal and glass facades. Production begins in mid 2008.

[tags: solar, Nanotech]

Scientists Find Peptide Therapy Can Prevent Progression Of Parkinson's Disease

Quoted: Researchers have successfully used a peptide to reverse biochemical, cellular and anatomical changes that occur in the brains of mice with Parkinson's disease (PD), and report success in preventi

[tags: pd]

"Stem Cells to Cure Parkinson's in 5 Years"(The Korea Times)

Quoted: Stem cell therapy will be utilized in treating patients suffering from Parkinson's disease within the next five years, a renowned Swedish expert said during his visit to Seoul.
Olle Lindvall, a professor of Lund University in Sweden, said that the cure for the Parkinson's disease is likely to be one of the first and most effective applications of human stem cell research, though the field in general has many obstacles to overcome.

[tags: pd]

NCP Neurology | Human neural stem cells improve function in primate model of severe Parkinson's disease

Quoted: Nature Clinical Practice Neurology will deliver timely interpretations of key research developments, translating the latest findings into clinical practice. Our Editor-in-Chief and international Advisory Board will ensure comprehensive coverage of topical issues throughout the year, with the highest standards of editorial quality and integrity that are hallmarks of Nature Publishing Group.

[tags: pd]

Nanosolar

Nanosolar is on track to make solar electricity:
# cost-efficient for ubiquitous deployment
# mass-produced on a global scale
# available in many versatile forms.

Nanosolar awarded largest Solar America contract.
Nanosolar secures 647,000 sqft of manufacturing space.
Nanosolar raises $100,000,000; building factory.
IBM's top manufacturing executive joins Nanosolar.
Google founders invest in Nanosolar.

[tags: solar, Nanotech]

Video - Sunshine in a Can

Quoted: A Silicon Valley company is harnessing the power of the sun along with one of the hottest technology trends to supply electricity, reports CNBC's Jim Goldman

[tags: solar, Nanotech, video]

Solar City: The Future of Nanosolar

Quoted: Solar City: The Future of Nanosolar

[tags: solar, Environment, Nanotech, video]

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