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• NY Times reports research findings on Facebook

  Interesting article yesterday from the NY times that outlines some of the research findings on Facebook users (spotted via Bokardo). Some interesting quotes from the article: Researchers learned that while people perceive someone who has a high number of friends as popular, attractive and self-confident, people who accumulate “too many” friends (about 800 or more) are seen as insecure… Eszter Hargittai.

• New York Times reporter says he's an unwitting Dell shill [Great Moments In Journalism]

  Marc Santora, the New York Times reporter who appears in ads for Dell's DigitalNomads site, says he received no compensation for the ad, which came from an interview Santora did for Big Think, a website backed by Facebook investor Peter Thiel. What appears to have happened: Dell or its ad agency, Federated Media, created the ad for Dell's DigitalNomads, using a clip from Santora's Big Think video.

• A Jargon-Free (97-Percent Free) Report From the Facebook Developers Conference

  I’m reporting Wednesday from Facebook's second F8 conference in San Francisco. This is the company's annual forum for speaking to the thousands of entrepreneurs who create features and tools for the social network. It is also the public event that the Palo Alto, Calif., company, and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, use to unveil new features and new strategic directions. The company's wunderkind chief executive takes the stage at 1.

• NY Times Reporter Warped Into Dell Shill [Dell]

  Here's why you should never trust endorsements—besides the general principle of the matter. NY Times reporter Marc Santora did an interview for a startup site called Big Think, talking about how technology has changed covering stories like the Iraq War. Imagine his surprise when part of it was slipped into a DigitalNomads ad, a site that's "powered by Dell," magically turning his interview into an endorsement.

• New York Times reporter poses as hooker on Twitter [Sex Trade]

  Matt Richtel, the New York Times reporter and author of Hooked, has whored himself out on Twitter this week. The messages read as if they're written both by a hooker and the murderous john she meets, somewhere on the road to Denver for the Democratic National Convention. Tweeting in drag as a prostitute. Is it an old-fashioned Internet man stunt? Part of Richtel's recent day-job obsession with covering the Internet sex industry? Or is it some kind of experiment for his moonlight career as a novelist? Whatever Richtel's motive.

• L.A. Times Reporter Responds to Allegations by Dowie Attorney

  L.A. Times Staff Writer Ted Rohrlich has responded to my request for a comment about the letter I published last night from Doug Dowie’s attorney Michael Faber: Dear Mr. Frey, Thank you for the opportunity to respond. I am not willing to comment on matters involving confidential sources, real or imagined. If I were, who would agree to speak with me in confidence? I would, however, respectfully point out that I did not convict Mr.

• Blog Resources: Researching the Research, Finding the Facts, and Seeking Supporting Evidence

  As part of my ongoing series on blog resources, covering the many online resources I use to help me blog, you can tell that I don’t deal with rumors or guesses. I like facts. I don’t mind a few estimates, but I like being right when I make a claim or statement, so I work hard to find backup supporting evidence to support what I write. Here are some of the resources I’ve bookmarked to help me find the research material.

• Researchers find key to avian flu transmission in humans

  MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines against a deadly flu pandemic. The researchers found that a virus’s ability to infect humans depends on whether it can bind to one specific shape of receptor on the surface of human respiratory cells.

• Researchers find smallest cellular genome

  The smallest collection of genes ever found for a cellular organism comes from tiny symbiotic bacteria that live inside special cells inside a small insect. The bacteria Carsonella ruddii has the fewest genes of any cell. The bacteria’s newly sequenced genome, the complete set of DNA for the organism, is only one-third the size of the previously reported “smallest” cellular genome. “It’s the smallest genome — not by a bit but by a long way.

• Brain tumor researchers find their ‘niche’

  Brain tumors appear to arise from cancer stem cells (CSCs) that live within microscopic protective “niches” formed by blood vessels in the brain; and disrupting these niches is a promising strategy for eliminating the tumors and preventing them from re-growing, according to results of a study by investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. CSCs are cells that continually multiply.