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Free MS Points Offered to Xbox 360 Owners by Microsoft’s Triple Play Promotion

Microsoft has just unveiled a brand new reward scheme for its Xbox 360 owners all around the world. They are offering free MS Points for different types of activity on their consoles, ranging from actually playing games to enjoying entertainment apps or social services. The Xbox 360 has transcended its gaming role a...

4 April 2012
04:25 GMT

Rapping for the Planet Could Get You $1,000 (€790)

Green For All is announcing a new competition, seeking to make young people more interested in promoting eco-friendly values through unconventional methods. Music is a great way of expressing our feelings and the organization is fully aware of this. Through 'The Dream Reborn: Who's Next?' competition...

16 January 2012
09:48 GMT

PETA Offers £2,000 ($3,129/€2,327) for Info Regarding the Cat Serial Killer

The cat killer strikes again. After feeding a ferocious piton with a cute, defenseless baby cat, the sadist has spared no efforts in making a name for himself. This time he decided to drown an adorable kitten. After the job was done he posted the morbid footage on the Internet, where everybody can now see the result ...

5 December 2011
10:34 GMT

Sony Considers Offering Bounty for Info about Hackers

Sony is considering offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for hacking into its online systems and compromising the personal and financial information of over 75 million customers.According to All Things Digital, the option is still being discussed inside the company, but if a de...

9 May 2011
11:44 GMT

Stolen Laptop Contains Irreplaceable Cancer Cure Research Data

A researcher is devastated after a thief stole her laptop containing years-worth of prostate cancer cure data that was never backed up and can't be replicated.The missing 13-inch white Macbook belongs to Sook Shin, who together with her husband Ralf Jankecht, are leading cancer researchers at Oklahoma University...

15 January 2011
04:59 GMT

Fake Coca-Cola Survey Emails Lead to Phishing Page

Security researchers from email security vendor AppRiver warn of a new phishing campaign which produces emails offering a reward taking part in a Coca-Cola opinion poll.The fake emails began hitting people's inboxes yesterday and bear a subject of "Happy New Year." Their header has been spoofed to appear as if t...

11 January 2011
10:42 GMT

Dopamine – a Cure for Schizophrenia and Drug Addiction

A new research carried out by the University of Copenhagen, analyzes the effects of dopamine imbalances on addictions and mental illnesses like schizophrenia.Dopamine activates the reward centers inside the brain, so it basically controls the way we behave.The more dopamine release, the more likely we are to repeat w...

21 October 2010
04:30 GMT

Electronic Arts Gets into the Credit Card Business

Electronic Arts has announced that it has entered into an agreement with VISA in order to offer a new debit card co-branded with the EA Sports logo that will allow those who use it to get bonus points that can then be employed to purchase some of the videogames released by the publisher.The official name of the produ...

9 December 2009
02:29 GMT

iPhone 3G S Goes Live, Activation Issues Surface

The newest iteration of Apple's iPhone, the iPhone 3G S, was released on AT&T's airwaves on Friday, and it seems that a lot of users have already lined up to get their own unit, which also resulted in the appearance of the first issues. According to some customers, the main problem they faced was related to...

22 June 2009
03:44 GMT

Apple Store Reward Program Shrouded in Mystery

ifoAppleStore, the only source dealing exclusively with Apple retail topics, reports that Apple store employees are rewarded with a Mac laptop if they manage to meet their daily goals. While the practice isn’t new, additional details about this internal program have surfaced, giving birth to a flurry of questio...

17 June 2009
06:12 GMT

Express Scripts Turns the Tables on Extortionists

Express Scripts, a leading pharmacy benefit management company in the U.S. and Canada, announced that the extortionist(s) who sent them a threat letter in October moved down the foodchain and are now targeting their smaller business partners through similar tactics. As a result, the company decided to fight back and ...

13 November 2008
09:23 GMT

Apple Offers Corporate Gifting and Rewards Program

The Corporate Gifting and Rewards Program, announced by Apple today, is aimed at companies that want to award their staff, but also to attract customers, with iPods, iTunes Gift Cards or iPod accessories. Companies are also encouraged to offer iPods pre-loaded with special content to their employees."Show your star p...

21 May 2008
08:45 GMT

The Brain of the Anorexic Women Functions Differently

They may look worse than a spider, but women suffering of anorexia see themselves as fat as a hippo. And there is more to this disease than just extreme weight loss: hair loss, dry skin and osteoporosis; nails stop growing and a feeling of being overwhelmed settles in. In women, menstruation turns irregular and can e...

3 December 2007
05:13 GMT

Scientists Have Found the Placebo Effect's Brain Center

The brain has a very curious way of "acting" sometimes. That's why we can even perceive as being "the real thing" what's in fact just a placebo, with positive or negative consequences. Researchers have been puzzled by the strong placebo effect in many persons. Now they have linked this to a brain nucleus al...

19 July 2007
06:52 GMT

WSLabi Launches an Auction Site to Sell Security Exploits

This site does not only intend to give a higher level of protection and a bigger financial reward to the researchers for their work, but it also should increase the amount of disclosed vulnerabilities. A smaller gap between the known bugs and the thought-to-be ones is also an objective of this project.Some last-year ...

7 July 2007
09:04 GMT

Unconscious Money Rewards Make You Work Harder

Money rules the world. And this happens even if you are conscious of it or not. A new research at the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging at the University College London has revealed that subliminal rewards can push us to work harder, even if we are unaware of the stake. "As far as we know, this is the first stud...

13 April 2007
05:39 GMT


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