Good news for the apple fans and the mac users. Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company.
Changes in the share price values of the two in Wednesday's choppy trading left the total value of Apple at $222bn (£154bn).
Microsoft is now valued by investors at $219bn.
The worth, known as market capitalisation, is calculated by multiplying the number of shares in a company by the current share price.
Skip breakfast 'before workout' to be fit.
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Breakfast is often said to be the most important meal of the day but a new study says that skipping it before exercise can make you fitter and stronger.
Many athletes believe that they should have a high- carbohydrate meal to provide energy for a morning’s training. But the latest study appears to show the opposite is true.
Researchers in New Zealand have found that by not eating, the body is put under stress quicker — and the longer it can endure the stress the more beneficial the exercise, the 'Daily Express' reported.
For the study, the researchers conducted two tests in which two groups of cyclists were sent on 75-minute early morning bike rides for four weeks. One group had a high-carbohydrate breakfast, while the other did without. The riders who set out on an empty stomach performed the better, the findings revealed.
Many athletes believe that they should have a high- carbohydrate meal to provide energy for a morning’s training. But the latest study appears to show the opposite is true.
Researchers in New Zealand have found that by not eating, the body is put under stress quicker — and the longer it can endure the stress the more beneficial the exercise, the 'Daily Express' reported.
For the study, the researchers conducted two tests in which two groups of cyclists were sent on 75-minute early morning bike rides for four weeks. One group had a high-carbohydrate breakfast, while the other did without. The riders who set out on an empty stomach performed the better, the findings revealed.
Electric car 'travels 1,000 km on single charge' .
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The red and white Mira EV, fitted with special lithium ion battery created by Japanese company Sanyo, travelled at a speed of 40 kilometre per hour, as it drove non-stop around a car racing course in Shimotsuma for 27.5 hours covering 1,003 km without being recharged, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
A total of 17 different people took turns at the wheel of the electric car as it circled repeatedly around the race course during the experiment.
The test run was organised by the Japan Electric Vehicle Club which plans to request the Guinness World Records to officially recognise it as the world's longest electric car journey, the British newspaper quoted Japanese media reports.
Jinxed mobile number suspended after 3 users die in 10 years.
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A jinxed Bulgarian mobile phone number -- +359 888 888 888 -- has been suspended after three users died in the last 10 years, the last owner being gunned down outside an Indian eatery in Sofia, a media report said.
The first owner, Vladimir Grashnov, the former Chief Executive Officer of Bulgarian mobile phone company Mobitel -- which issued the number -- died of cancer in 2001, aged 48.
There were rumours that his cancer was caused by a trade rival using radioactive poisoning, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
The first owner, Vladimir Grashnov, the former Chief Executive Officer of Bulgarian mobile phone company Mobitel -- which issued the number -- died of cancer in 2001, aged 48.
There were rumours that his cancer was caused by a trade rival using radioactive poisoning, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
Obama is millionare but not that much rich.
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US President Barack Obama's personal net worth is just $ 5 million: the lowest for any American President in five decades.
The last time a US President had a lower net worth than Obama was Harry Truman (1945-53) with less than $ one million, says a list compiled by The Atlantic magazine.
"Obama is the grandson of a goat herder. He is a former constitutional law professor and civil rights attorney. Book royalties constitute most of Obama's net worth," the US magazine said.
Obama, who took over as President in 2008, has fortunes to the tune of $ 5 million. In comparison, George W Bush, who was the President from 2001-08, had a net worth of $ 20 million while his predecessor Bill Clinton's fortune is estimated to be worth $ 38 million.
The last time a US President had a lower net worth than Obama was Harry Truman (1945-53) with less than $ one million, says a list compiled by The Atlantic magazine.
"Obama is the grandson of a goat herder. He is a former constitutional law professor and civil rights attorney. Book royalties constitute most of Obama's net worth," the US magazine said.
Obama, who took over as President in 2008, has fortunes to the tune of $ 5 million. In comparison, George W Bush, who was the President from 2001-08, had a net worth of $ 20 million while his predecessor Bill Clinton's fortune is estimated to be worth $ 38 million.
Kites makes moolahs with media hype.-Hyped Talk Exclusive
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Though the storytelling of the kites not extra ordinary nor a new story but kites is flying high and high due to world media which is hyping it as much as possible. Kites had gone through many delays and postponements of release date.
Kites even gather some talk in early stages of production due differences between Anurag Basu and Rakesh Roshan. The Kites was most awaited because the handsome hunk hrithik roshan was back to sliver screen after Jodhaakbar which also was a huge hit.
The other reason for the kites flying high is Mexican beauty Barbara Mori who plays a female lead role in pakka Bollywood movie.
According to initial reports, the film has grossed over Rs 200 crore. Hrithik also thanked the people for making a successful film through his tweets. I hope Roshans are very happy with this international project.
Kites even gather some talk in early stages of production due differences between Anurag Basu and Rakesh Roshan. The Kites was most awaited because the handsome hunk hrithik roshan was back to sliver screen after Jodhaakbar which also was a huge hit.
The other reason for the kites flying high is Mexican beauty Barbara Mori who plays a female lead role in pakka Bollywood movie.
According to initial reports, the film has grossed over Rs 200 crore. Hrithik also thanked the people for making a successful film through his tweets. I hope Roshans are very happy with this international project.
facebook facing the heat, pledges for easier privacy.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg pledges easier privacy. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook "missed the mark" over recent privacy concerns.
In a column in the Washington Post newspaper, he said the social network would soon make changes to users' privacy options.
The move may placate some of the growing band of members who had pledged to quit the social network on 31 May.
"Sometimes we move too fast - and after listening to recent concerns, we're responding," wrote Mr Zuckerberg.
In a column in the Washington Post newspaper, he said the social network would soon make changes to users' privacy options.
The move may placate some of the growing band of members who had pledged to quit the social network on 31 May.
"Sometimes we move too fast - and after listening to recent concerns, we're responding," wrote Mr Zuckerberg.
Thrilling Train Trips Around the World.
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Text by Amy Swanson, Bing Travel; photo editing by Connie Ricca.
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If you want to sit back and enjoy the landscape rolling past you, or enjoy romance, adventure and history, nothing beats a great train journey. Here are our favorite train lines around the world.
Take in the splendor of the towering Canadian Rockies with the Rocky Mountaineer train, which operates four routes between Vancouver in British Columbia and Calgary or Jasper in Alberta. The Rocky Mountaineer’s trips are generally two-day treks and run only during daytime, so you don’t have to miss a moment’s worth of scenery to nighttime darkness. Along the way, you’ll see canyons, waterfalls, temperate rain forests and ice fields, all part of routes that are more than a century old.
With a name like The Glacier Express, you know icy alpine beauty is in store. This 170-mile train line takes you on a 7½-hour trip between Zermatt, just a few miles from the Matterhorn, and the posh resort area of St. Moritz, through Switzerland’s Oberland region. Panoramic windows allow you a spectacular view of the glacial peaks, as well as the valleys, forests and mountain streams at lower elevations. Along the way you’ll encounter 291 bridges, 91 tunnels, and arching viaducts that deposit you right into the face of a mountain.
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If you want to sit back and enjoy the landscape rolling past you, or enjoy romance, adventure and history, nothing beats a great train journey. Here are our favorite train lines around the world.
Take in the splendor of the towering Canadian Rockies with the Rocky Mountaineer train, which operates four routes between Vancouver in British Columbia and Calgary or Jasper in Alberta. The Rocky Mountaineer’s trips are generally two-day treks and run only during daytime, so you don’t have to miss a moment’s worth of scenery to nighttime darkness. Along the way, you’ll see canyons, waterfalls, temperate rain forests and ice fields, all part of routes that are more than a century old.
With a name like The Glacier Express, you know icy alpine beauty is in store. This 170-mile train line takes you on a 7½-hour trip between Zermatt, just a few miles from the Matterhorn, and the posh resort area of St. Moritz, through Switzerland’s Oberland region. Panoramic windows allow you a spectacular view of the glacial peaks, as well as the valleys, forests and mountain streams at lower elevations. Along the way you’ll encounter 291 bridges, 91 tunnels, and arching viaducts that deposit you right into the face of a mountain.
'Kites' catches the eye of US media.
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Kites, starring Hrithik Roshan and Mexican actor Barbara Mori, has caught the fancy of the American media, making it perhaps the most reviewed Bollywood film on opening day by so many US critics.
The New York Times considered it "all completely loony, but the stunts are impressive, the photography crisp and the leads so adorably besotted that audiences might as well check their cynicism at the door."
"A lovers on-the-lam blast of pure pulp escapism. Directed by Anurag Basu with a finger in every genre jar, Kites caroms from car chase to shootout, from rain dancing to bank robbing with unflagging energy," it said.
The New York Times considered it "all completely loony, but the stunts are impressive, the photography crisp and the leads so adorably besotted that audiences might as well check their cynicism at the door."
"A lovers on-the-lam blast of pure pulp escapism. Directed by Anurag Basu with a finger in every genre jar, Kites caroms from car chase to shootout, from rain dancing to bank robbing with unflagging energy," it said.
Leaf like car that can absorb co2 and emits oxygen.
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Chinese automaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation has developed a new concept car that could take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.
SAIC, which has a partnership wtih General Motors in China, showed designs for the photosynthesizing YeZ Concept Car recently at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
YeZ (pronounced "yea-zi") is Mandarin Chinese for "leaf," and it is the apt title for the open buggy-like vehicle, which has a roof shaped like a leaf only, reports Discovery News.
The iPhone is placed 8th in list of world’s greatest inventions.
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Here is Tesco Mobile’s list. Check it out for yourselves and see if your favorite inventions are on it.
Ninth worker death at Taiwan iPhone firm Foxconn.
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What's behind those flashy lights ?? iPhone touted the most desired gadget around the world doesn't have good and friendly atmosphere to work ? What does the increase in number of suicide say?
A ninth employee has jumped to his death at Taiwanese iPhone manufacturer Foxconn, China's state media reports.
Xinhua said 21-year-old Nan Gang leapt from a four-storey factory in the early hours, soon after finishing work.
Shortly after, it emerged that the death of a worker at a Foxconn plant in Hebei province earlier this year was also a suicide.
A ninth employee has jumped to his death at Taiwanese iPhone manufacturer Foxconn, China's state media reports.
Xinhua said 21-year-old Nan Gang leapt from a four-storey factory in the early hours, soon after finishing work.
Shortly after, it emerged that the death of a worker at a Foxconn plant in Hebei province earlier this year was also a suicide.
DARPA new system to dectect threat and eliminate it.
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This is new of its kind new project from DARPA called SMITE (or Suspected Malicious Insider Threat Elimination). Details are sketchy (they're still in the RFI stages) but essentially the idea is to create a database of actions that correspond to "malicious" behavior; for instance, espionage. It's hoped that behaviors can be detected before they lead to an actual crime, which leads to all sorts of ethical and philosophic questions that we quite frankly don't have the energy to ponder on a Friday afternoon.
Long-lost brothers reunite via Twitter.
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(Mashable) -- We've heard of musicians finding collaborators via Twitter and reporters finding sources, but what about long-lost brothers finding each other? Well, that's what happened to Matthew Keys, online news producer for KTXL FOX40 News in Sacramento, California.
"I have a routine of checking my e-mail, Twitter and Facebook before bed each night, just in case something happened during the evening that I didn't catch, " Keys told us. Well, at nearly midnight, Keys saw a message that would lead to a pretty big piece of news that he didn't previously "catch" -- a message from a man named Adam Smith reading: "Hey is your mom's name Jackie?"
Obviously, Keys was a bit freaked out. Still, after seeing Smith's picture, which looked familiar, the young man recalled having spoken to his brother before. "Adam and I actually met in a web forum," he explains. "Neither of us can remember exactly how we came to meet, but we kept in touch off and on over the past year on MSN and Skype."
"I have a routine of checking my e-mail, Twitter and Facebook before bed each night, just in case something happened during the evening that I didn't catch, " Keys told us. Well, at nearly midnight, Keys saw a message that would lead to a pretty big piece of news that he didn't previously "catch" -- a message from a man named Adam Smith reading: "Hey is your mom's name Jackie?"
Obviously, Keys was a bit freaked out. Still, after seeing Smith's picture, which looked familiar, the young man recalled having spoken to his brother before. "Adam and I actually met in a web forum," he explains. "Neither of us can remember exactly how we came to meet, but we kept in touch off and on over the past year on MSN and Skype."
Eat your way to a better tan.
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Fruits such as cantaloupe melon and apricots, and vegetables like peppers, carrots and spinach all enhance skin tone and make people look more attractive, academics have found.
Switching to a healthier diet can have visible effect on the complexion in as little as a month, they discovered.
The findings, which have yet to be officially published, could be used as part of a more positive campaign to convince people to eat more fruit and vegetables.
Switching to a healthier diet can have visible effect on the complexion in as little as a month, they discovered.
The findings, which have yet to be officially published, could be used as part of a more positive campaign to convince people to eat more fruit and vegetables.
BlackBerry or Apple, which is best for business users ?
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The BlackBerry's full Qwerty keyboard and push email has made it a firm favourite with businessmen and bankers worldwide. But the dominance of Research in Motion's devices could be under threat from Apple's iPhone.
British bank Standard Chartered has just announced that it is migrating its workforce from BlackBerrys to iPhones. Workers will now be offered a choice between either handset, or will be allowed to switch if they currently use a Blackberry. Given the scale of the company, which has some 75,000 employees, it could signal the beginning of a major shift in handsets for businessmen worldwide.
British bank Standard Chartered has just announced that it is migrating its workforce from BlackBerrys to iPhones. Workers will now be offered a choice between either handset, or will be allowed to switch if they currently use a Blackberry. Given the scale of the company, which has some 75,000 employees, it could signal the beginning of a major shift in handsets for businessmen worldwide.
New Quantum way to send messages.
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In what could eliminate the risk of sensitive information falling into the wrong hands, scientists have discovered a new way to send secure messages which can only be read by someone at an agreed location.
An international team has developed a new "quantum communication" process that delivers unprecedented security — in fact, it ensures that even if an encryption password falls into the wrong hands, a secure message can only be seen by a recipient at the right location.
Team leader Prof. Robert Malaney at the University of New South Wales said: "This takes communications security to a level that hasn't previously been available. With this process you can send data to a person at a particular location. "If they are not at that location the process would detect that and you can stop the communication.
An international team has developed a new "quantum communication" process that delivers unprecedented security — in fact, it ensures that even if an encryption password falls into the wrong hands, a secure message can only be seen by a recipient at the right location.
Team leader Prof. Robert Malaney at the University of New South Wales said: "This takes communications security to a level that hasn't previously been available. With this process you can send data to a person at a particular location. "If they are not at that location the process would detect that and you can stop the communication.
India's combat chopper unveiled, induction by 2014.
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India's first indigenous combat helicopter capable of participating in anti-Naxal and counter terrorism operations on Sunday took to the skies, marking its first official flight at the HAL airport here.
The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), designed and developed indigenously by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in four years since the project began in 2006, is likely to be ready for induction by the Army and Air Force before 2014.
Witnessed by IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal, P.K. Barbora and the defense production secretary, Mr R.K. Singh, the 10-minute flight display caught the attention of those present at the venue, with the 5.8-tonne chopper showcasing its maneuverability and stability, including one of the most difficult moves — reverse slide.
Beware of sneaky Typhoid adware in cyber cafes.
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Typhoid adware, a virus, is a potential threat lurking in cyber cafés, according to computer science researchers.
Adware is a software that sneaks onto computers often when users download things, for example, fancy tool bars or free screen savers, and it typically pops up lots and lots of ads.
The menace Typhoid adware, as it is called now, works in a way similar to Typhoid Mary, the first identified human carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York area in the early 1900s.
Adware is a software that sneaks onto computers often when users download things, for example, fancy tool bars or free screen savers, and it typically pops up lots and lots of ads.
The menace Typhoid adware, as it is called now, works in a way similar to Typhoid Mary, the first identified human carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York area in the early 1900s.
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