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Information Technology RSS FeedsGoogle Instant: Breaking It, Gaming It, and The Future - If you were within fourteen miles of the Internet yesterday, you probably heard about Google’s new search engine feature, Google Instant. Google announced it about 1pm EST, and for the rest of the day my Twitter and Hootsuite feeds were filled with opinion, derision, experiments, and arguments over whether Google Instant means the death of [ ]...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Morning Buzz ? September 9, 2010 - An archive of thousands of pictures taken by George Bernard Shaw will be going online. The Digital Library of Civil Rights in Milwaukee launches next week. Flickr has some astounding images from the Colorado wildfire. It’s also NASA’s image of the day. Facebooking via OnStar? Wait, what? Oo oo! Kevin Kelly has a new book [ ]... Get The Skinny On Manners With Online Encyclopedia - Go to the Internet to learn how to behave? No, it doesn’t make any sense to me either. But I will take a tip from Emily Post, and she’s got an online resource aimed at teaching the finer points of manners. Check out the Etipedia at http://www.emilypost.com/etipedia. You can do a simple keyword search or, [ ]... Turning Google Instant Into a Quick Head Trip - As you might imagine I’ve been playing with Google Instant for about an hour now and I have lots and lots to write about. Expect a big ol’ article tomorrow. But in the meantime, I wanted to give you a quick tip that can turn Google Instant into a strange ramble through the Web. Normally [ ]... Emory University Makes Huge Library of ?Yellowbacks? Available for Download - Another one that’s been sitting in the queue for a while. Emory University announced a few months ago a new digital book collection from Emory University Libraries’ Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL). The books are called “yellowbacks,” 19th-century British literature. I guess 19th century pulp fiction or penny dreadfuls? Anyway, there are about [ ]... Database of Captive Wild Animal Attacks - In late August, Born Free USA launched a database of what it describes as “deadly and dangerous captive wild animal incidents” that have occurred since 1990. There have been over 1300 of them, believe it or not. The database is available at http://www.bornfreeusa.org/reports/exo_incidents.php. You can browse the database by state, date, species, type (animal death, [ ]... Morning Buzz ? September 8, 2010 - Congrats to WorldCat for adding its 200 millionth bibliographic record. Boing Boing had a pointer to a cool Google Maps random teleporter called Globe Genie. I could seriously play with this all day. Extensive: 100 Ways Google Can Make You a Better Educator. Y’all got too much free time: Google Doodle conspiracy theories. Adam DuVander [ ]... Movie Reviews Via Tweets - Getcher crowdsourced movie reviews via fflick, a Web site that analyzes tweets to figure out what the masses think of the latest movies. The site’s available at http://fflick.com/. When you first get to the site it’ll invite you to sign in via your Twitter account. You don’t have to do that if you’re not comfortable; [ ]... New Guide to 30,000 Nonprofits in Israel - A slice of coffee cake to The Chronicle of Philanthropy for the heads-up about GuideStar Israel, a new Web site that provides information on 30,000 nonprofits in Israel. It’s available at http://www.guidestar.org.il/default.aspx?c=1&l=en (that is the English link; the site is also available in Hebrew and Arabic.) The site is in beta. You can do an [ ]... Morning Buzz ? September 7, 2010 - This looks like it could be useful: a simple Excel data converter. Also useful, this time from LifeHacker: “Eight Clever Ways to Take Advantage of Free Calling in Gmail.” “On July 24, people around the world made history by capturing glimpses of their lives on camera and submitting the videos to Life in a Day, [ ]... PAMI Develops Anaerobic Biodigester - REGINA - Oct 2/06 - SNS -- The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) has developed an anaerobic biodigester system at its facilities in Humboldt, which has the potential to turn common waste into heat and electricity. ... SWP Expands Wireless Network - SASKATOON - Sep 7/06 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. (SWP) will off wireless high speed access points at 100 of its facilities under a seven year agreement with VCom Inc.' YourLink Inc. subsidiary. ... PDA For Dairy Operations - VANCOUVER - Jun 16/06 - SNS -- North American dairy producers now have available a rugged PDA for instantly entering data about individual cows in their herds. ... USDA Approves Plant-Made Vaccine - NEW YORK - Jan 31/06 - SNS -- Dow AgroSciences LLC received regulatory approval for a plant-made vaccine from the USDA's Center for Veterinary Biologics, the first time a plant-made product has been approved. ... USDA Proposes EDI Rules - WASHINGTON - Jan 27/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in response to concerns raised by the industry regarding electronic invoicing. The concern is that sellers may lose their status as trust creditors when using electronic data interchange or electronic invoicing.... Heads Up Display for Farmers - NEW YORK - Dec 16/05 - SNS -- Smucker Manufacturing is teaming with Motion Research Corporation to create the first Heads Up Display (HUD) guidance systems for agricultural applications. ... Alberta Invests in Food Residue Analysis - EDMONTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Alberta Agriculture has invested in a new tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) system so that it can rapidly test for chemical residue in food products. ... NIR Feed Grain Segregation Project - DES MOINES - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. and CHS Inc. are working on a pilot project to evaluate the feed quality of incoming grain to develop more efficient channeling of defined grain to specific end-use customers. The projec t will be conducted over two years at a minimum of four CHS grain-handling locations, beginning in 2005.... Hand-Held IRS Device for Forage - WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers are working with two private companies in Oklahoma to develop hand-held devices which can measure the nutrient quality of forage. ... CBOT Upgrades Trading Platform - CHICAGO - Aug 29/05 - SNS -- The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will upgrade its electronic trading platform on October 9, 2005. ... Biodegradeable Polymers Possible - WASHINGTON - Aug 24/05 - SNS -- Glycerol and citric acid can be chemically combined to produce biodegradable polymers that could be used in produce packaging and other products, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists. ... Beware of Charity Scams - SYDNEY - Jul 15/05 - SNS -- People should never respond to anonymous requests for charitable contributions and never click on submission links contained in email messages, warns the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). ... Chicken Manure Cleans Up Polluted Water - WASHINGTON - Jul 7/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers have found a way to convert chicken manure into a product capable of cleaning polluted waters. ... USDA Invents Artificial Bugs - WASHINGTON - Jun 22/05 - SNS -- Plant breeders will soon have a new tool available to simulate attacks by insects on plants to help breeders screen for resistance to insect-borne viral diseases of corn and soybean. ... Rapid Herbicide Resistance Tests - WASHINGTON - Jun 20/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers have developed two tests for rapidly screenings horseweed plants for resistance to the herbicide glyphosate. ... Copyright © 2010, eStoreValue.com. All Rights Reserved. |