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Private Funds Sought for Safety Network

The nation's emergency communication system is inadequate, and the government has come up with a solution — a nationwide wireless broadband network that will operate on a highly valuable portion of the publicly owned airwaves.

The Vine

Notes on Blogs, Blogging, Reporting and Resources

Table of Contents Six Steps to Writing a Blog That Gets Noticed Appendix A - Citing Your Sources Appendix B - Writing That Captures Attention and Communicates Clearly, Concisely and Convincingly Appendix C - Some Online Resources Appendix D - Legal Issues Appendix E - Readi …

Nervous Broadcasters Training for Beijing Olympics

Source: Reuters

Andy Kay, executive producer of sport for Australian broadcaster Seven Network, reckons that the best Olympic event next year will be watching 17,000 wide-eyed Western media folk arrive at the Beijing airport. "It's not like anywhere else," he says.

Communication and Condoms: A Romantic Pair

Source:

"When you're ready to have sex, you must talk to your partner about using a condom."

Communication across cultures

Source: GZYN

My wife was telling me how bad is the wound in her finger caused by cooking the other day but I thought ......

Why Nobody Likes a Smart Machine

Source: The New York Times

At a Best Buy store in Midtown Manhattan, Donald Norman was previewing a scene about to be re-enacted in living rooms around the world.

The True Effects of Negative Self-Perception

I remember asking my favourite question (how much someone would rate their looks out of 10) to a high achiever with nagging self-doubts. Back came the reply that it would be "Only six" because he is "not as good looking as Tom Cruise or Richard Gere".

Postcard from Gallipoli: The old men

This postcard was going to be about the old men of Italy, but it's turned out to be first about communications and how we've come to take good infrastructure and easy access to information for granted.

Are You Smarter Than A Cell Phone?--OK, I Am Not

My new cell phone can do 93, 763, 883, 911, 007 things and I can understand only two of them so far; Is this a phone or a super computer or a game station or what? I don't know. Are all these options necessary.

Voice Recognition to Read Emotions Too

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There are few things as frustrating as that phone call where you end up talking to a computer that just doesn't understand. Poor diction, difficult words or thick accents can confuse speech recognition programs.

No More Message Boards For Me

I had a problem when I was active on the Blogcritics Yahoo Group (which is where I originally started my writing life).

Nigeria suspends Siemens dealings

Source: BBC News

One of the former most corrupt countries in the world suspends Europe's largest engineering conglomerate Siemens. This is front page news and well done to the Nigerian authorities for the action.

"It's really difficult to get some drama out of a sea squirt..."

Source: News at Nature

But Michael Veeman, a biology postdoc at the University of California, Santa Barbara, took the challenge to heart and produced a six-minute film about ascidians, a gummy sea creature that carries the distinction of being the most primitive living chordate.

Singing, Cheerleaders and Poetry Spice Up Science Communication

Source: News at Nature

After three grueling days of posters, symposia and networking lunches, the 7,500 attendees of the American Society for Cell Biology meeting in Washington DC (see conference blog) were ready for a less cerebral session. Now in its second year, Cell Slam is a lecture on speed.

Silence is Golden, But Only for Women

Source: Live Science

In the land of romance, ladies might do well to shut their traps, while men can continue to blab.

Getting Closure at the End of a Relationship

Q. Hi Elaine, how do I end a relationship with a very nice single mom? I don't know if it is the kid or if she is just too nice but I am not happy. The longer I put it off the harder it is now.

Male vs Female Expectations in the Home

Perception emerges as a result of our experiences and learning, a sort of fictional movie of our life, which is more commonly referred to as our 'reality','beliefs' or 'values'.

The Most Powerful Forces That Affect Relationships

As human beings, we do more than merely experience our world – we also perceive it, forming opinions about it, then using that perception to define situations and events and also to judge others.

Chimps Exhibit Superior Memory, Outshining Humans

Source: The New York Times

Spend even a little time around chimpanzees, and you begin to realize how intelligent they are. But can they outshine humans in brain power? Most humans would scoff at that.

Hope, hype and hypocrisy [in reporting scientific findings]

Source: News at Nature

Scientists will have to change their tune to present more realistic claims and less hyperbole if they wish to prevent negative reactions that could severely affect support for their research.

Google rolls out mobile phone locator - Yahoo! News

Source: Yahoo! News

Google is putting out cell phone software that will allow any phone to be located anywhere at any time. However, they claim that it is not linked to cell phone numbers, names or other identifying information.

Bacterial Collective Signalling Promotes Survival

Source: Microbiology

Although unicellular, bacteria are highly interactive and employ a range of cell-to-cell communication or 'quorum sensing (QS)' systems for promoting collective behaviour within a population.

The True Effects of Negative Self-Perception

I remember asking my favourite question (how much someone would rate their looks out of 10) to a high achiever with nagging self-doubts. Back came the reply that it would be "Only six" because he is "not as good looking as Tom Cruise or Richard Gere".

gluttonous texting

Source: Zephoria:apophenia

For peculiar business reasons, Americans and Canadians have historically paid to receive text messages (although much of Canada has shifted away from this).

Think before pressing the send button

Source: The Age

AUSTRALIANS are impulsive email users and oblivious to online etiquette, new research has found. The study among a representative sample of full-time workers in all Australian states found the majority are trigger-happy emailers who often send communications to the wrong person  …

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