Accused Colorado shooter said on his application for graduate studies that he wanted to study “the primary source of all things, our own minds,” according to a personal. The application included the statement, professional references and test scores. It offered new details into the background of James Holmes, 24, the man charged with killing 12 […]
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Fingernails Grow From Tennessee Woman’s Hair Follicles
An extremely rare medical condition is causing one 28-year-old woman hair to grow human nails instead of hair. Criminal justice student Shanya A. Isom first saw signs of the condition in 2009, when she had an asthma attack that doctors treated with steroids. When Isom had an allergic reaction to the medicine, she developed […]
If you don’t have a Facebook you may be considered as a “psychopath”
Millions of users worldwide Facebook is the fastest growing social network site ever. What started as a platform to connect college students tuned into something huge. For some people Facebook is a way of life , especially for teenagers. Back in the day what used to be important was who you were friends with now the quantity […]
Teen Collapses After 4-day Xbox Marathon
Playing video games can be addicting and in this case dangerous. A 15-year-old Ohio boy collapsed after playing Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox for 4 days. Columbus teen collapsed and was hospitalized Tuesday after becoming severely dehydrated. His mother says he emerged from his bedroom during the four days only to pick up snacks or take […]
World’s First Website is Still Up and Running
On August 6th,1991 — 21 years ago –Tim Berners-Lee published the world’s first website from a lab in the Swiss Alps. The world’s first website is still up and running more than two decades after its creation. Berners-Lee first proposed his idea for a worldwide network of computers sharing information in 1989, while he was working at the […]
Facebook Gambling: Gamesys To Offer Real Money In Social Games For Users In Britain
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc will allow users in Britain to wager real money on its service, opening its doors to gambling for the first time as revenue growth slows at the world’s No. 1 social network. On Tuesday, Gamesys, an independent gaming company, launched a version of online Bingo for Facebook users in Britain […]
The social network is considering increasing users’ ability to edit their posts.
Facebook users may soon be able to edit their status updates , the social networking site’s product manager has revealed. Speaking at a journalism conference, Vadim Lavrusik hinted that editing status messages would be the next step in the social network’s evolution. Lavrusik made the comment at a social media session at a journalism […]
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Samsung to launch new Galaxy Note
The battle is on between Samsung and Apple. South Korean electronics company Samsung is set to take the wraps off a sequel to its popular Galaxy Note smartphone just two weeks before the possible debut of Apple’s new iPhone “‘iPhone5” The two companies are set to go head-to-head in a marketing battle. “We plan to […]