12 Surprising And Productive Brain Exercises

Seeded on Thu Dec 4, 2008 3:09 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Here are twelve mental exercises to make your mind keener and more flexible. These exercises are meant to pull you out of your usual habits and to put you in situations that will demand resourcefulness and creative problem-solving.

health, brain, mental-health, productivity

Google Gives Online Life to Life Mag's Photos

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:10 AM EST (TIME)

Google Inc. has opened an online photo gallery that will feature millions of images from Life magazine's archives that have never been seen by the public before.

google, technology, photos, life-magazine

Kitesurfer meets whale

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:29 PM EST (Yahoo!)

This is a video of an Australian kitesurfer describing his too-close encounter with a whale's tail.

odd-news, whale, kitesurfer

TED Prize Winner James Nachtwey Unveils XDR-TB as Focus of Global Photography Wish Project

Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:57 AM EDT (MarketWatch.com)

Award winning photojournalist, James Nachtwey, revealed today the disease XDR-TB as the subject of his TED Prize Wish photography slideshow project.

time, education, james-nachtwey

Technology is Growing on Me

Mon Oct 6, 2008 12:01 AM EDT

20 Gigabites, 500 pixels, high-speed Wireless Internet, 6.1 Megapixels. About 10 years ago, these terms would have sounded completely foreign to many of us. But the year is 2008 and we are sitting in the middle of the booming age of cyberspace.

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technology

Time Inc. And Getty Images Will Launch Life.com In 2009

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 1:29 PM EDT (NPPA)

NEW YORK, NY (September 23, 2008) – Time Inc. and Getty Images will jointly launch Life.com in 2009, the companies announced today at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's MIXX Conference in New York City.

time, getty, website

We'll Fill This Space, but First a Nap

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 1:12 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Some large companies provide EnergyPods, leather recliners with hoods to block noise and light, to help employees take naps and return to work refreshed.

google, sleep, creativity, energypods

Slide to Distribute Video on Facebook

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 1:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

(Reuters) - Social network software maker, Slide Inc has signed a deal with major media companies to distribute video content on Facebook, capitalizing on the success of social networking.

technology, slide, video, facebook

Like a Super Hero

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 12:58 PM EDT (Newsweek)

Humans weren't made for scrolling and searching. We were made for zooming.

technology, zoom, microsoft, google-earth, seadragon, blaise-aguera

New Software Turns PC Into TiVo TV Recorder

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 12:51 PM EDT (Newsweek)

(NEW YORK) TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box.

technology, tv, tivo, pc, recording

Virtual Viewpoint

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 12:46 PM EDT (Newsweek)

A new online software service allows you to build three-dimensional scenes out of dozens of photographs. Photosynth—a free photo-sharing service launched Thursday by Microsoft Live Labs—may just change the way you look at the rest of the world.

technology, microsoft, photos, 3d, photosynth

CyberLove, CyberMarriage

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 12:19 PM EDT (TIME)

The internet truly changes lives in this video about getting married (and more!) online.

technology, internet, cell-phones, blackberry, airplanes, weddings, iphone, cybermarriage

Future brightens for internet radio

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 12:02 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Internet radio stations, including Pandora, threatened with closure in the US are on the verge of securing their future, after a groundswell of support from users.

technology, closure, pandora, internet-radio

Express unveils plan for sub-free future

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 11:57 AM EDT (TIME)

Express Newspapers has provided staff on the Daily Express and Sunday Express with details of its proposal for reporters to input stories directly into page templates, as up to 80 subeditors across the titles are made redundant.

Find out who's Googling YOU

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 12:45 AM EDT (Yahoo!)

A new website that functions as a social network allows people to find out who's been Googling them.

google, technology, social, website

What's your opinion of the bailout?

Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:19 AM EDT (CNN)

A political cartoon of the aftermath of the bailout

politics

Lawmakers quickly point fingers after bailout fails

Seeded on Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:53 PM EDT (CNN)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill immediately blamed each other for the failure of a $700 billion bailout package in the House on Monday.

politics

Dow plummets record 777 as financial rescue fails

Seeded on Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:45 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

NEW YORK - The failure of the bailout package in Congress literally dropped jaws on Wall Street and triggered a historic selloff — including a terrifying decline of nearly 500 points in mere minutes as the vote took place, the closest thing to panic the stock market has seen in …

business

Congressional leaders say bailout deal is near

Seeded on Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:52 AM EDT (CNN)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Congressional negotiators "made great progress" toward reaching a deal on the White House's proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

business

China stops tainted sweet sales

Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:55 AM EDT (BBC News)

The company, Guanshengyuan, has already halted exports of the popular White Rabbit candy, made from milk. It is the latest development in the food safety scandal involving milk contaminated with melamine.

world-news

Japan offers solution to financial crisis

Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:50 AM EDT (BBC News)

It is only four years ago that Japan's banking crisis seemed close to triggering a global recession. It was an expensive and painful process, but could provide a guide as to how America and Europe should respond to the current turmoil.

business