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Twitter Rolls Out Activity Tab to Everyone then Shuts It Down

Last summer, Twitter unveiled a couple of interesting new features, a @username tab and a Activity tab, both of which promised to keep users in touch with what people were doing on Twitter, related to them and their followers.Of course, while the announcement was in August, most people didn't get the new feature...

15 November 2011
06:50 GMT

Two Months After the Announcement, Twitter May Finally Be Rolling Out Activity Tab

You have to love Twitter's notion of a roll out. Two months after announcing the new feature, users are finally, maybe starting to see it in action. In early August, Twitter announced the new Activity and @username tabs on the homepage.These new tabs would keep users up to date on activity on the site, either th...

9 November 2011
11:46 GMT

Mariposa Is Making a Comeback

Security researchers from Trend Micro warn that Mariposa, once one of the largest botnets in the world, is slowly, but steadily, growing back to its former self.Mariposa (Butterfly) was the name given to a particular botnet, which at its peak, was made up of as many as 12 million infected computers spread across 190 ...

25 May 2011
13:54 GMT

Americans Keep Themselves Busier Than Others

Generally speaking, citizens in the United States are more fond of doing something than others around the world. Regardless of whether they have a fixed, important goal, or they are engaged in trivial activities, they are more likely to keep themselves busy than other people. In an recent study, experts demonstrated ...

2 May 2011
09:41 GMT

Keep Memories Close to You

Chronories is an app enabling users to keep their memories at hand, allowing them to jot down notes in a journal and also add additional info using the system’s logs.Sometimes, you need to write down your activities to get a quick overview of what you’ve been up to during each day. The best course o...

26 March 2011
08:31 GMT

Scientists Still Don't Know Why We Need to Sleep

In spite of the fact that we spend more than one third of our life sleeping, science has not been able to explain yet why we need to close our eyes at night (or during the day, depending on jobs and preferences). While some may argue that sleeping is essential for relaxing the organism and recharging one's batte...

25 August 2009
10:42 GMT

Social Activities Can Prevent Dementia

According to a new medical study, seniors that are self-satisfied and are not easily stressed are 50 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who have a negative vision on life and take everything to heart. The researchers also showed that each person's social network played a crucial role in this stat...

20 January 2009
04:43 GMT

Internet Linked to Brain Function Speed

A recent test on brain activity during reading and Internet surfing has indicated that the latter is superior to the old reading hobby, in that it stimulates more highly the areas related to memory, decision making and visual images, situated in the frontal, temporal and the cingulate regions of the brain. Still, whe...

27 October 2008
02:36 GMT

Bladder Problems Affect Brain Activity

If you have a bladder disorder, you're also likely to have unusual brain activity, say the results of an experiment involving rats with overactive bladders. And if this is true for rats, then humans with this disorder could also suffer significant changes in the activity of the brain, which could help explain so...

24 July 2008
03:26 GMT

Children and Physical Activity

Obesity kills over 160,000 US citizens annually. In just 25 years, the number of obese people in the US boomed from 15 % to 33 %. Oppositely, in 1980, 8% of the British women and 6% of men were entered in the obese category. By 2004, this percentage had increased to 24% for both sexes. Obesity is accompanied by two o...

12 May 2008
10:25 GMT

Sleeping Babies' Brains Flare with Activity

A toddler may seem a little more than a vegetable. Even more when he/she is sleeping. But while the little baby is slightly snoring, in his/her brain there is a lot of activity, as found by a new research. Other recent investigations had discovered in adult brains the existence of 10 so-called resting-state networks,...

21 September 2007
03:01 GMT

US Recorded the Highest Amount of Hack Activity

The security of our computers is more and more threatened by a lot of dangerous technologies including viruses, malware files, hack attacks and other numerous malicious files. Although the security companies are struggling to develop a powerful solution able to block the dangerous attempts over our computers, it seem...

19 March 2007
11:21 GMT


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