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Drink to stave of dementia

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 02 June 2011 07:26

" Scientists found pensioners aged 75 or over who like a daily pint or glass of wine are helping to stave off senility.

Those who drink alcohol are 30 per cent less likely to develop dementia and 40 per cent less likely to suffer Alzheimer's than those who were teetotal, according to the research.

A study of more than 3,200 German people aged 75 or over attending GPs, who were free of dementia, were studied and checked 18 months and three years later."

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8529097/Moderate-drinking-in-old-protects-against-dementia.html

"How I made it: Ajit Balakrishnan - Rediff.com"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 02 June 2011 07:09

"Ajit Balakrishnan does not resemble the typical media version of a dotcom entrepreneur. He does not wear jeans to work, or live in Silicon Valley, and he set up his first business in 1973 – almost a decade before the personal computer was invented.

Yet now the 62-year-old is best known as the founder of Rediff.com, an Indian social media website. Roughly a third of India’s internet users come to Rediff every day, mainly for its e-mail service. That and India’s emerging-market growth profile explain the lossmaking company’s appeal to US investors, who currently value it at roughly $220m on New York’s Nasdaq. Rediff has long been seen as a takeover target for Google or Yahoo, which both have significant operations in India."

Read more: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6b2202a2-86e2-11e0-9d41-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1O7UNChvi

"High tech cheating"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 02 June 2011 06:54

"Two B.C. men are facing criminal charges for allegedly attempting a high-tech scam to cheat on a medical school entrance exam using secret cameras, wireless transmitters and three tutors, who at first did not realize they were being duped.

According to documents filed in provincial court in Richmond, B.C., Josiah Miguel Ruben and Houman Rezazadeh-Azar are each facing six charges including theft, unauthorized use of a computer, using a device to obtain unauthorized service and theft of data."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/05/31/bc-high-tech-mcat-scam.html

"Ontario government to examine warning of cellphone link to cancer"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 02 June 2011 06:46

"TORONTO — The Ontario government will examine a World Health Organization warning about a possible link between cellphones and cancer, but won't take any immediate action to warn consumers, Health Promotion Minister Margarett Best said Wednesday.

The United Nations agency reported Tuesday that the type of electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices could possibly cause cancer.

The New Democrats want warning labels slapped on cellphones and smart phones to caution users about the possible increased risk of cancer, but Best said for now she'll consult more experts."

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gUVKXqVyeKmVzcU0sXYbKXvApyIQ?docId=7021028

"The angry chatroom"

By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 01 June 2011 15:56

"If the intention of the French in setting-up the e-G8 forum was to replicate some of the frisson of its big brother, the G8 summit, then they succeeded.

The factions and fissures of the technology world are well known - as they are in grown-up politics - but rarely do they face off in the real world.

What is going on in Paris right now is like the physical manifestation of an angry internet chat room.

Imagine if the Pirate Bay came face-to-face with Sony BMG, or a teenage downloader was confronted by a major movie distributer."

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13539814

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