PayPal credits $92 quadrillion to man by accident

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/07/paypal-credits-92-quadrillion-to-man-by-accident/ / Carlos Slim, Bill Gates Warren Buffet scratched their heads Delaware County resident Chris Reynolds, temporarily richest man on the earth $92 quadrillion PayPal account balance $92,233,720,368,547,800 56-year old 56 year old million bucks debit credit owned owed quadrillions big surprise PayPal customer purchase sell items eBay vintage car parts spend donated $30 Democratic slate Delaware County Council email from PayPal depicted that amount account volunteered pay national debt down purchasing Phillies PayPal account 17 digits $92 quadrillion richer 15 minutes of fame /

This watch is made of wood

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Maple, actually, though the timekeeping movement is constructed from stainless steel & other conventional watch making materials. Only the case & band are maple.

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/07/16/wear-a-wooden-watch-on-your-wrist-say-that-3-times-fast/ / wooden watches WeWOOD Tokyoflash wood wooden watch SpringBreak Watches affordability SpringBreak donation donate donates portion each sale help fight childhood hunger America donation provides up to 10 meals child in need watches are made Maple wood feature 46mm case size adjustable hypo-allergenic band Miyota movement white dial silver accents day of the week month dedicated dials watch doesn’t offer stopwatch capability other advanced features SpringBreak White Party Wood Watch /

Have a problem? Write about it for better health, both mental & physical

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01blrcp / ground breaking ground-breaking experiment American social psychologist James Pennebaker, published showed simply writing about emotions significantly improve health work expressive writing revolutionised revolutionized revolutionise revolutionize how emotions viewed within psychology Claudia Hammond travelled American Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual gathering New Orleans speak James Pennebaker receive Distinguished Scholar Award work expressive writing forward various directions Annette Stanton professor psychology psychiatry UCLA Laura King professor psychology University of Missouri Columbia Kent Harber associate professor psychology Rutgers University Sam Gosling professor psychology University Texas, Austin Adriel Boals University North Texas John Weinman professor psychology applied medicine at King's College James Pennebaker Department of Psychology University of Texas secret trauma /

How elite security ninjas choose & safeguard their passwords

Security on the Internet: boring, often ignored, but too important to leave like that. This article includes links to other important Internet security related articles.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/how-elite-security-ninjas-choose-and-safeguard-their-passwords/ / feature hack hacker hacking hacked password crackers ransack long passwords numbers symbols punctuation upper-case lower-case upper lower case letters crack brea users password manager random randomly generate store long complex passcodes unique each site primer required reading Internet password security competing strategies contradictory imperatives encrypted password file cloud browser frequently used log-in credentials manage passwords variety computer operating systems different smartphone platforms checked five security experts learn approach choosing storing crack-resistant crack resistant passwords renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier security futurologist BT Electronic Frontier Foundation board directors Adriel T. Desautels CEO Netragard firm gets paid hack large companies Jeremiah Grossman founder CTO WhiteHat Security;Jeffrey Goldberg defender against the dark arts AgileBits company develops developer develop developed 1Password password manager Jeremi Gosney password security expert Stricture Consulting experts password manager long complex unique password accounts variation store stores passwords plain text file stored encrypted virtual disk image physically encrypted USB key flash drive memory stick capable secure secured securing physical digita use plug copy and space paste copy-paste device LastPass KeePass dedicated managers home-made solution automatically generate random passwords meet specific site criteria maximum length passcodes do not don't contain special characters generate passwords banging on the keyboard random length letters number symbol cap very strong password storage strategy recall remember generate store most important passwords different products synchronizes passwords across major platforms he uses only exception FreeBSD systems Web browsing copy/pasting copy pasting paste SSH window PasswordSafe application develop LastPass memory recall remembering remember proximity tokens token one time one-time passwords log-in log in computer services offer password management built technology vulnerable at some level trust technology sensitive credentials choice use different passwords for each account passwords long as possible keeping easy for me to remember longest password 63 characters long benefits of a password manager in favor of passcodes that are easier to remember pick picking long memorable sentence blog post password cracking feature crackers word lists write passwords wallet other safe location diceware spaces specific password policy prevents prevent prevention strong strength something random process roll dice electronic equivalent word list external random process random number generator rolling dice misspell words long random randomness randomly generated passwords twenty three 23 characters character small smaller maximum truly randomly length guesses 128 bit 128-bit encryption key stronger several different common basewords various transformations applied sufficiently unique challenge synchronizing passcodes pass code codes across multiple devices run different platforms stated earlier tackles response challenge Windows Macintosh Mac OS X iOS Android operating systems system OS LastPass Linux iOS Android Windows Phone Blackberry advanced sync synchronisation synchronise synchronization synchronize settings in the Google Chrome browser encrypt encrypts saved passwords local database sync passwords Google account configured Chrome encrypt synced data separate sync password instead /

AllPuter.com’s 3-in-1 Shutter Grip is a handy photography gadget for your iPhone

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It's a grip for your iPhone when taking photographs, it's a shutter release & it's an external battery that will recharge your phone. All for $US36.95.

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/07/12/allputer-coms-3-in-1-shutter-grip-is-a-handy-photography-gadget-for-your-iphone/ / 3-in-1 Shutter Grip Allputer.com perfect accessory picture snapping iPhone owners designed iOS Apple iPhone 4 4S 5 Shutter Grip 3 functions grip more secure hold capturing video shooting pictures photograph photography 3 buttons placed easy thumb reach toggle between video photo mode shutter release gallery launch handy tripod mount standard threaded socket bottom Shutter Grip 2500mAh external battery charge iPhone inserted grip /

Nerve growth stimulates prostate cancer

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http://www.nature.com/news/nerve-growth-stimulates-prostate-cancer-1.13373

http://www.nature.com/news/nerve-growth-stimulates-prostate-cancer-1.13373 / dense arrangement nerves linked aggressive disease prostate cancer cells colored coloured scanning electron micrograph inhibiting growth nerve fibres fibers shown slow down spread type cancer mice growth new nerve nerves around prostate cancers spurs tumour tumours tumor tumors grow invade other tissues studies mice shown results published today Sciencre searchers towards novel approaches approach treating cancer mechanism occurs humans cancers affecting other organs analysis samples 43 patients prostate cancer nerve density high patients fared poorly clinic paper John Isaacs cancer researcher Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore Maryland study focus on trying unanswered questions previous work cancer cells migrate along nerves process associated poor responses therapy Claire Magnon Paul Frenette Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York colleagues studied tumour development mice injected human prostate cancer cells resulting tumours infiltrated certain types nerve fibres fibers fiber fibre chemical chemically destroying nerves prevented development tumours prostate team found class nerves associated tumour spread blocking certain receptors nerves prevented prevent cancer from invading nearby lymph nodes tumour growth blockade results suggest blocking nerve receptors including two types called β2- β3-adrenergic receptors treat cancer Magnon idea backed epidemiological studies people being treated cancer tend fare better taking beta-blocker drugs treat heart conditions anxiety disorders block β-adrenergic receptors new nerves make cancers more aggressive David Rowley cancer researcher Baylor College Medicine Houston Texas new nerve growth crucial step repairing wounds body perceives cancer associated tissue damage inflammation wound never heals nerves play role wound repair Rowley stands to reason nerves play role tumour’s environment designing drugs target process Isaacs β-receptors involved important processes solid tumours /

People in their 90s are getting smarter

Today's 90 year olds are smarter than their counterparts 10 years ago.

In the light of all the bad news about increasing incidence of Alzheimer's, this is good to see.

At first sight it is tempting to assume that this is just the outcome of a general improvement in health resulting from improvements in nutrition & health care. However, the study showed no difference in physical health between the two groups studied.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23864-people-in-their-90s-are-getting-smarter.html#.UeCnsP0aySN / Ninety-somethings ninety somethings oldest people surviving longer appear sharper minds Kaare Christensen head Danish Aging Research Center University of Southern Denmark Odense colleagues research 5000 nonagenarians mini-mental state examination cognitive tests designed age related age-related changes mental exam study Marcel Olde Rikkert Alzheimer's centre Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Netherlands scientifically rigorous participate getting better all the time outcome underlines ageing malleable Olde Rikkert cognitive function very high age motivating people lifestyles, lifestyle environments age dementia experience cognitive decline improved education played part changes Christensen study disentangle individual effects responsible for the improvements 1915 cohort factors experienced better living working conditions radio TV newspapers earlier lives those born 10 years before no difference in the physical test results two groups authors intellectual environment physical basis improvement /