13 May 2011
The European Parliament on Wednesday said that a spam attack from pro-Syrian regime elements took over its Facebook page. It claimed that a similar campaign had also aimed the White House. Following the cyber incident, the European Union government has decided and made legal a sanction on Tuesday against the 13 members of Assad’s inner […]
Posted in Nation and World
13 May 2011
Two major banks and three other mortgage servicers in the United States proposed to pay up to $5 billion to resolve their foreclosure probes by federal and state officials based on a report released by the Wall Street Journal. The bank’s proposal was made Monday when federal officials and state attorneys general presented a scheme […]
Posted in Finance
12 May 2011
Health officials of San Antonio are trying to reduce the obesity rate among children and improve their eating habits by taking a snapshot of what students eat. Five elementary schools in San Antonio participated in a $2 million research on Wednesday. The research includes taking a picture of students’ lunch trays before and after eating. […]
Posted in Health
12 May 2011
The Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris International, one of the leading makers of cigarettes, told a nurse working with cancer patients on Wednesday that although cigarette smoking is addictive, it is not that hard to quit. CEO Louis Camilleri said that in response to questions and comments at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in […]
Posted in Health
12 May 2011
The world’s largest producer of computer networking devices, Cisco Systems Incorporated, announced on Wednesday that they are planning to remove thousands of jobs in line with their cost-cutting measures in order to increase their profits again. Cisco’s sales have improved since the recession but started to decline again during third to fourth quarter of 2010. […]
Posted in Business
12 May 2011
A plastic surgeon designed an application that more or less performs virtual plastic surgeries. The application will allow women who are curious about breast implants to give them a feel of how it is like to have a bigger cup size. The free iTouch, iPhone, and iPad application dubbed as iAugment uses a 3D imaging […]
Posted in Health
12 May 2011
Based on a study conducted by Swedish researchers, women who drink enough amounts of coffee everyday have lower risks of developing aggressive breast cancer. Their study successfully linked drinking at least five cups of coffee a day to a significantly lowered reduction in ER-negative breast cancer or more commonly known as t he non-hormone responsive […]
Posted in Health
12 May 2011
The U.S. government and the New York local authorities will soon have access to contact people directly on their cellphones. This technology will allow officials to alert people who are facing a looming problem. Officials said that they can contact individuals even in the midst of a chaos that may jam communication lines. The Mayor […]
Posted in Travel
11 May 2011
A recent study found out that homosexual men have double the risk than other males to be diagnosed with and survive cancer. This shines a new light on the medical risks that gay people are facing today. This is not the first time a study has seen differences in health risks associated with sexual orientation. […]
Posted in Health
11 May 2011
A South Korean man and woman were sentenced to stay in U.S. prison for no less than a year on Monday. They have been proven guilty of a card-game gambling scam that has cost a casino in Connecticut thousands of dollars last year. The prosecutors said that Young Su Gy, 60, and Wookyung Kim, 34, […]
Posted in Travel
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