Eating berries linked to lower heart-disease risk among women

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http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/15/berries-linked-to-lower-heart-disease-among-women/?iid=hl-main-belt / benefits heart eating strawberries blueberries can  lifetime latest research bright-colored bright coloured colored color colour berry berries healthy diet anthocyanins vibrant color antioxidants fight damage cell study published  journal Circulation confirms quantifies benefit women ate three more servings blueberries strawberries per week reduced their risk of heart attack by up to one third researchers Harvard School of Public Health University of East Anglia U.K. United Kingdom Great Britain England analyzed data 93,600 women ages 25 to 42 Nurses’ Health Study 18 years women filled out surveys detailing their diets four-year intervals during study women experienced 405 heart attacks consumed the most blueberries and strawberries 32% reduced risk of heart attack compared with the women who ate berries once a month or less eat healthier overall, consuming more vegetables and fruits than those who didn’t eat as many berries; but when the scientists broke down the women’s diets, they found that the highest consumers of berries even had a lower risk of heart attack compared with women who still ate plenty of fruits and vegetables but fewer berries. The effect remained even after the researchers adjusted for other things that can influence heart-disease risk, such as obesity, high blood pressure, smoking, low levels of physical activity and a family history of heart disease /

The QuiqLiteX is more versatile than the standard pocket light

Removeable clip can be rotated 360°, or removed altogether.  Attach it to a shirt pocket, between the buttons, your cap, or almost anywhere else.  All models have two levels of output.  Total light output across the range is 20 to 150 lumens.


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http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/02/02/the-quiqlitex-has-more-versatility-than-the-standard-pocket-light/ / rechargeable USB /

Before you resort to MSPaint, have a look at the 5 best free downloadable photo-editing tools

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-photo-editing-software/ / graphic designer free downloadable photo-editing apps Web-based alternatives Adobe Photoshop software formally trained computer application most difficult to learn frustrating use expensive buy basic semi-advanced tasks resizing cropping exposure correction photo editing tools Microsoft Paint free powerful editing tools organize upload photos social networking profiles GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program open source open-source community of volunteer developers maintain improve product Mac and PC professional-level editing retouching tools Adobe PhotoScape create slideshows animated GIFs capture screenshots combine split images customize toolbar Open Candy network runs ads advertisement supported converts RAW images JPEG DSLRs cameras Paint.NET intuitive user interface supports layers undo special effects tools photo editing maintained maintenance development Picasa Serif Photo Plus online alternatives Web-based programs Pixlr.com site offers mobile suite smartphone tablet iOS Android versions available red eye reduction iPiccy auto automatic Photoshop.com 2GB cloud space upload share photos Fotor /

Amazon Q4 profits fall 45 percent. Still the most amazing company in the world

"Amazon, as best I can tell, is a charitable organization being run by elements of the investment community for the benefit of consumers. The shareholders put up the equity, and instead of owning a claim on a steady stream of fat profits, they get a claim on a mighty engine of consumer surplus."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/01/29/amazon_q4_profits_fall_45_percent.html / Amazon awesome this afternoon by announcing a 45% percent year-on-year decline in profits measuring Q4 2012 against Q4 2011 sales up Revenue company's razor-thin profit margins even thinner lost $39 million in 2012 shares down a bit today prices that seem impossible because it actually is impossible to make money that way competition compete competitive pressure cuts profit margins other companies benefiting people who don't even buy anything from Amazon truly remarkable American success story competing firm, you should be terrified scary competition against juggernaut permission from shareholders not turn any profits is really frightening. /

Google Glass will speak to you by vibrating the bones in your head

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/02/google-glass-will-speak-to-you-by-vibrating-the-bones-in-your-head/ / sound by bone conduction Google Glass papers FCC filings headset Explorer edition developers Google I/O 802.11 b/g 2.4 GHz WLAN low-energy Bluetooth 4.0 radio vibrating element transmitting sound head via bone conduction filed patent headset bone conduction audio granted audio would vibration transducer vibrates bones head cochlea fluid-filled cavity inside the ear vibrations sound technology is headphones clearer tiny speakers earbuds video stored within headset plays transmits audio via vibration video test conducted testing Bluetooth Low Energy mode user input headsets number pads projected onto surfaces gesture interpretation headset camera developer conference New York /

Is Apple losing its cool factor?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/is-apple-losing-its-cool_b_2591008.html?utm_hp_ref=technology / tech-related technology related commercials Samsung ad that shows a young person waiting in line for the iPhone, only to reveal that he’s actually saving a spot for his parents other youth are far more excited about their Samsung bigger screen multi-tasking 4G capability Apple the next big thing is already here commercial script thinking teens Buzz Marketing research firm specializes in figuring out what youth want that Apple has lost its cool factor among youth Gen X and older connecting with Millennial kids Surface tablets laptops Galaxy breakdowns age some evidence big impact on Apple’s smartphone market share. globally Samsung pulling ahead Apple smartphone race devices reported shipping ship shipped market share Kantar Worldwide Comtech leading in Europe Asia and other markets different strengths and weaknesses  merits products commercial cult cultlike cult-like followers willing stand in line and pay top dollar  device isn’t way ahead of its competition new products pipeline rumors low cost lower-cost larger screens 5-inch screen iPhone 5 tablet market Google Android shipments Windows Microsoft  Surface Windows RT Surface Pro desktop version software market developers PC makers  tablet PCs incremental improvement iPhone 5 is a thinner and longer iPhone 4s and the iPad mini is a smaller iPad, while the fourth generation full-sized iPad is faster but not fundamentally different from its predecessor /

Twitter hacked. Expect more companies to follow

http://allthingsd.com/20130202/twitter-got-hacked-expect-more-companies-to-follow/ / week tech headlines cybersecurity end-of-days scenario New York Times hacked hack hacker hacking The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post  Twitter world’s world largest Internet communication services Who’s next you may be thinking admit it next stops just short of directly naming other companies not the work of amateurs do not believe it was an isolated incident Director of Information Security Bob Lord company blog post attackers were extremely sophisticated believe companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked shouldn’t be surprising to anyone members of the security community Companies large and small all over the world face cyberattacks all the time potentially connected  Journal News Corp All Things Digital and Post.  many attacks occur in isolation or at random, from groups or collectives, different nations Iran, Syria Russia solo hackers high value targets such prominent Web companies hold massive troves  interesting data making them obvious and constant targets outsider attackthe public rarely hear about it week-long week long spree of hacking disclosures kicked off by the Times herd mentality disclosure independent security researcher Ashkan Soltani other companies disclose their breaches makes it easier press and public eye announcements last week disclosure ongoing investigation law monitor hackers infiltrated their systems in the past tipping the hackers off by coming out may jeopardize existing surveillance even scarier Perhaps these companies aren’t aware they’ve been hacked in the first place It’s not a matter of whether or not you’ve been compromised. It’s whether you have the expertise to tell /

Intel SSD 525 Review (240GB)

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/6710/intel-ssd-525-review-240gb / solid state drive flash mSATA NUC performance capacity read write 6Gps NAND form factor die packagenUltrabooks small form factor devices M.2 NGFF standardized physical limitations 128Gbit NAND die 480 512 GB capacity limitations performance 2.5” SSD stack of 10K RPM hard drives /

Radical planes take shape

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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121106-radical-planes-take-shape  / NASA skies aeroplane airplane airliners two wings cigar-shaped cigar shaped cylindrical fuselage trio of vertical and horizontal stabilizers tail elevator your design travel through air several hundred miles an hour packed with people conservative view change rising fuel prices increasingly stringent pollution limits surge in demand for air travel plane designers going back to the drawing boards radical new shapes engine technologies are beginning to emerge promising the biggest air travel since de Haviland first commercial jet airliner 1952 Rich Wahls aerodynamicist at Nasa’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia  New model airliners evolving under the skin much more technology in there now earlier improvements went mostly unnoticed focused building better quieter turbine engines higher performance improved fuel consumption computer controls fly-by-wire systems difference pilot passengers recent years biggest development strong lightweight plastics composite materials rather than metals reducing reduction weight fuel burn allowed development radical new planes giant Airbus A380 Boeing 787 Dreamliner advances aviation engineers fuel prices soared in recent years. modern planes 60% to 70% more efficient aviation fuel expenditures account quarter airline operating expenses par with labor costs global airline travel grow to 3.3 billion annually engineers boost performance shock test rethink airplane Nasa’s Subsonic Fixed-Wing program collaboration US aerospace agency industrial partners Boeing GE general electric Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Pratt & Whitney academic institutions MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology develop technologies 60 to 70% improvement fuel efficiency project  new designs 71-decibel decrease noise emissions reduction reduce four-fifths nitrogen oxide pollutants current standards goals technology enter service industry commercial aircraft life spans /

iOS 6.1 on iPhone 5 review (video)

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-review-2/ / iOS 6.1 update iPhone iPad iPod touch  major Apple OS operating system software launched downloaded installed iDevices Beta 1 mobile devices release major update most current software issues 6.0.1 iOS 6.0.2 tool I have shunned since getting an iPhone 5 new music controls lock screen weak Wi-Fi signals networks strong random reboot issues seeded to developers Gold Master build public release rolled out owners 107MB update used extensively new features bug fixes software check sports score movie theater Apple Maps and Google Maps Report a Problem button battery life swiping scrolling glitch jailbreaking evad3rs development team evasi0n tool release untethered jailbreak iOS 7 WWDC 2013 June /