Health disparities for men
Health Disparities Persist for Men, and Doctors Ask Why – New York Times – health disparities for men exist in all socioeconomic groups, all are doing poorly in terms of health. Health disparities for men is a multi-factorial problem including economic marginality, adverse working conditions, and gendered coping responses to stress. Which can lead to high of health-damaging behaviours and an aversion to health-protective behaviours. Will equality for women drive similar effects on their health to what is occurring in health disparities for men? More health related content here.
Consumer behaviour
British adults ‘fear youngsters’ – BBC NEWS
Ferris Bueller’s day is history for today’s kids – USATODAY.com
Culture
The Black Hole of Los Alamos – a photoset on Flickr
Design
Good Design Award – Asian-based design awards
The American Look(1958) – short film of 1950s American design
How to
Steps for Adding Addresses to Your Address Book – handy for site designers as a user reference
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials – great site for looking up tags or structures on HTML, XML etc
Geek to Live: Take study-worthy lecture notes – Lifehacker
Using ebooks on Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones
MacWindows: The web site for Macintosh-Windows integration
VoodooPad – Flying Meat – personal knowledge management software
Ideas
Why Democratic-leaning companies outperform Republican-leaning ones. By Daniel Gross – Slate Magazine
Innovation
Record fab spending in ’06, analyst says – EETimes.com
Marketing
On Advertising: New firm, old faces? – IHT – TUPE nukes marketing services
Media
paidContent – OhmyNews Succeeds With P2P News; Struggles With Business Model
CD mastering is killing music from Guardian Unlimited: Technology
Book sales get a lift from Google scan plan
Google Puts Lid on New Products – Los Angeles Times
Watch Out Startups, Ad Spending is Falling and So is Your Sky – Micro Persuasion
FT – Playboy and pastors enlisted for attack adverts
Online
Facebook in talks with Yahoo! for rumored IB USD deal – Broadcast.com Mk II?
At Yahoo, All Is Not Well – New York Times
Yahoo profit falls 37%; sales rise 20% as expected – MarketWatch
ibiblio – online library and archive
PLoS ONE : Home : Open Access 2.0
Philica – The instant, open-access Journal of Everything
A VC: Who Should Buy Yahoo! – A private equity firm?
The Technology ChroniclesQ&A: The future of mobiles – Part 1Wallflower at the Web Party – New York Times on the missed opportunity of Friendster
Retailing
Buying Online With a Brain That’s Offline – a great article about shopping on th net whilst drunk
Software
Linux kernel gains new real-time support
Yasu – yet another system utility
Pervasive architecture – looking at information systems
Tesco moves into software market
Sprint fumbles, fries Fusics with faulty firmware – Engadget
Get real emotion in games – classic storytelling techniques used in game design
Infinite Loop: The new generation of 3rd party Mac software: hypeware
Technology
Next-gen DVD war pre-empted? – EETimes.com
Demo Fall’06 line-up Prick up your ears: New gizmos on way
Q&A: Jobs on iPod’s Cultural Impact – Newsweek Technology
Shel Hell Dampens my Mac Envy – haters, they’re everywhere
Steven Levy on the secrets of the iPod – does random mean random
CBS stages open call for tech entrepreneurs – Reuters Blogs
Sony explains controversial Li-inon secondary battery malfunction – Nikkei Electronics
Telecoms
Cisco campaign aims to improve brand recognition
The Bloomberg Lesson: How a fledgling news organization got big while others shrank. By Jack Shafer – Slate Magazine
Wireless
Carphone Warehouse plans US expansion – Computer Business Review
Motorola takes cell phone impulse-shopping to new levels
Siemens besieged by critics over BenQ handset insolvency – IHT – Siemens faces backlash from BenQ’s mess-up