World's smallest telemedicine microscope developed

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World's smallest and lightest telemedicine microscope, of the size of a large egg, has been developed, which may help improve healthcare in developing countries.

"This is a very capable and yet cost-effective microscope, shrunk into a very small package and weighing only 46 grams," said the inventor of the Aydogan Ozcan from the University of California, Los Angeles.

World's smallest telemedicine microscope developed

Mind-reading machine soon

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Scientists in Japan claim to be developing a new generation machine which could read a user's mind and respond to their wishes automatically.

The device would use advanced versions of existing brain-machine interface technology and would allow a person to change a television channel by thinking or send a text message composed through thought, say the scientists.

Mind-reading machine soon

‘Twilight’ patriarch Cullen leaps to top of Forbes list of rich and imaginary

 From forbes.com

Carlisle Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion — much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future.

Topping the list this year is newcomer Carlisle Cullen, patriarch of the Cullen coven of vampires in the "Twilight" series of novels. Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion — much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future. Low-key and undead, Cullen has spent recent years posing as a mortal doctor in a small town in Washington State.

‘Twilight’ patriarch Cullen leaps to top of Forbes list of rich and imaginary

Iceland is the cleanest country in the world.

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Iceland is the cleanest country in the world. This may be hard to believe right now, what with the clouds of volcanic ash grounding flights across northern Europe, but according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, the Nordic island ranks first out of 163 countries on their Environmental Performance Index.

Iceland is the cleanest country in the world.

The iPhone May Have Made Gizmodo Richer by $150,000

Article appeared on labnol.org

Gizmodo, the popular gadget blog that everyone is now talking about for their iPhone 4G scoop, may have paid a hefty price to buy a non-working prototype of a phone but the site owners may still be having their biggest paydays ever.

The iPhone May Have Made Gizmodo Richer by $150,000

World's Biggest Bike Balloon is Full of Hot Air!

Article appeared on timesofindia.zigwheels.com

We keep running into motorcycle riders with tall claims all the time, but this one really takes the cake.

Being touted as the "world's biggest flying bike", this hot air balloon has been made for the promotion of the George White Superbikes racing team from the Land of the Queen, which races in the British Superbike Series.

World's Biggest Bike Balloon is Full of Hot Air!

Indian American tops Forbes' '10 greenest billionaires'

Hurray thats great news :) .

Article appeared on timesofindia.indiatimes.com

WASHINGTON: Indian American Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla tops the list of 10 greenest billionaires chosen by Forbes "who are most active in green, sustainable causes and who are working to have the greatest impact."

The leading US business magazine said it found the top ten "are altruistic, yes, but most of them are also very much aiming to turn a profit" and they hail not just from the US but also from Israel, Germany and Canada.

Indian American tops Forbes' '10 greenest billionaires'

Adobe abandons iPhone code tools

Adobe is to stop making software tools that allow Apple's iPhone and iPad to use its popular Flash technology.

Article appeared on news.bbc.co.uk

The decision reverses an earlier pledge in which it said it would help get Flash working on the gadgets.

Flash is very widely used on the web and many sites use it to power animations, media players and other multimedia elements.

Despite this, Apple's products do not support Flash and it has made public statements criticising the technology.

Adobe abandons iPhone code tools

Dell’s Thunder and Lightning phones revealed

Now its the Laptop leader in the race of mobile phone bussiness.

Article appeared on telegraph.co.uk

New top of the range handsets from computer giant Dell have been leaked online to blog Engadget. The Lightning, a phone running the forthcoming Windows 7 mobile operating system, and the Google Android-based Thunder are both due out in America later this year, although no UK dates have yet been announced.

Dell’s Thunder and Lightning phones revealed

Doctors in Spain claim to have performed world's first full face transplant

A team of 30 Spanish doctors claim to have successfully performed the world’s first full face transplant.

Article appeared on www.telegraph.co.uk

The ground-breaking operation was carried out last month on a young man whose face had been disfigured in an accident.While face transplants have been carried out in the past they have only been partial.

Doctors in Barcelona who performed the latest surgery said that it was the first full face transplant to be carried out anywhere in the world.

Doctors in Spain claim to have performed world's first full face transplant

Can’t Stand to Sit Too Long? There’s a Desk for That

Wow!!!!!!!!! That's great news :)

Article appeared on nytimes.com

It takes courage to stand up at work. I’m not talking about sticking your neck out, speaking truth to power or anything else so dramatic. I mean it literally; it is hard to find a way to work standing up at your desk instead of sitting down.

Can’t Stand to Sit Too Long? There’s a Desk for That

Is Marriage Good for Your Health?

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In 1858, a British epidemiologist named William Farr set out to study what he called the “conjugal condition” of the people of France. He divided the adult population into three distinct categories: the “married,” consisting of husbands and wives; the “celibate,” defined as the bachelors and spinsters who had never married; and finally the “widowed,” those who had experienced the death of a spouse. Using birth, death and marriage records, Farr analyzed the relative mortality rates of the three groups at various ages. The work, a groundbreaking study that helped establish the field of medical statistics, showed that the unmarried died from disease “in undue proportion” to their married counterparts. And the widowed, Farr found, fared worst of all.

Farr’s was among the first scholarly works to suggest that there is a health advantage to marriage and to identify marital loss as a significant risk factor for poor health. Married people, the data seemed to show, lived longer, healthier lives. “Marriage is a healthy estate,” Farr concluded. “The single individual is more likely to be wrecked on his voyage than the lives joined together in matrimony.”

Is Marriage Good for Your Health?

Delhi Metro's new record 1.1 mn riders in one day

Wow thats making sense of the Delhi Metro. Hope now its stops avoiding mishaps.

Reporting from ibnlive.in.com

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro carried a record 10,92,780 passengers on Wednesday, it was announced on Thursday.

"Delhi Metro has achieved another milestone, recording its highest ever ridership figure in a day with nearly 11 lakh (1.1 million) people travelling on the system Wednesday," Delhi Metro spokesman Anuj Dayal said.

Delhi Metro's new record 1.1 mn riders in one day

56 Indian firms in 'The Forbes Global 2000'

China with 113 members and India with 56 members gained the most ground in breaking into the exclusive club of "The Forbes Global 2000" - "the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world".

The latest list of global giants released by the reputed US business magazine on Wednesday shows the corporate dominance of the developed nations is steadily receding. The rankings span 62 countries, with the US (515 members) and Japan (210 members) still dominating the list, but with a combined 33 fewer entries.

56 Indian firms in 'The Forbes Global 2000'

McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes computers

Computers in companies, hospitals and schools around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves Wednesday after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus.

McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update it posted at 9 a.m. Eastern time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download.

McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes computers

Sachin most-googled player at IPL

The God of the Cricket is back with Headlines

Reporting form cricket.ndtv.com

Sachin Tendulkar emerged the most searched Indian cricketer by fans in Google, followed by Sourav Ganguly, among the players in the third edition of Indian Premier League.

According to Google India's second IPL Zeitgeist for 2010, which gave an insight into the most searched teams and players during IPL 3, Shane Warne continued to be the most searched international player for the second year running.

Sachin most-googled player at IPL

Facebook's bid to rule the web as it goes social

Here come the facebook with more tools to help its user with more services.

Reporting form news.bbc.co.uk

Facebook set out its stall to unseat Google and be at the heart of the web experience as it becomes more social.

The world's largest social network unveiled a series of products at its developer conference F8 aimed at helping the company achieve that goal.

These tools will make it easier for users to take their friends with them as they browse the web.

Facebook's bid to rule the web as it goes social

Avatar 2 set in ocean, says James Cameron

Got thrilled by the movie Avatar??? James cameron hints some thing about Avatar 2.

Reported from LAtimes.com

Filmmaker James Cameron has now set his eyes on making the sequel to his sci-fi 3D blockbuster Avatar, which will move from the lands to the water with focus on Pandora's ocean.

The 55-year-old director has outlined where he sees the adventures of Jake, Neytiri and the rest of the Na'vi race heading in the sequels to the highest-grossing film of all-time.

Avatar 2 set in ocean, says James Cameron

Request to the google by the Govt to censor Information

For the first time, Google has published a country-wise list of the number of requests received from governments, seeking either removal of information or more details. The list is based on requests made to Google between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009.

As per the list, Google received maximum removal requests from Brazil (291), followed by Germany (188) and India (142). The number of request for removal of information from India was higher than that from the US (123).

Request to the google by the Govt to censor Information

Facebook shut its Lite site after just seven months

Have you ever heard about facebook lite? I did and tried it too :) facebook lite was developed to those have slow or poor net connections. Unfortunately its shut down :( . Here is the full story

Reporting from news.bbc.co.uk

The stripped down version of the original ran for around seven months.

Facebook posted a note on its own fan page thanking those who used Lite, adding that it had "learned a lot from the test of a slimmed-down site".

Facebook shut its Lite site after just seven months