Esophageal cancer risk related to common bone drugs
A British study found this week that people who consume a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be increasing their chances of developing cancer of the gullet or esophagus by two times.
Health insurance is becoming more taxing
Employees have to pay a bigger share of their health insurance as the companies pass on more costs to their employees to survive recession.
As per a national study released this week, workers paid an average of 14 percent more in premiums this year while employers held their own cost increases to ‘a modest 3 percent’.
Botox maker agrees to pay $600m to settle charges
The maker of Botox, Allergan, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges which it illegally promoted and sold through the year 2005 for unapproved uses like treating headaches.
The settlement, the latest in a continuing justice department crackdown on off-label drug promotion carried out by pharmaceutical companies, comes with an unusual postscript.
Breakthrough in handling breast cancer patients
Scientists hope that a significant breakthrough in knowing how a typical form of breast cancer starts to develop can now lead to the creation of new drugs which would stop tumors from forming.
British researchers have made a ‘major advance’ in understanding the breast cancer, following which the first targeted treatment for ‘triple negative’ breast cancer, which tends to affect younger women, can be developed.
ITU urges governments to help broadband development
According to Hamadoun Touré, the secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), for the development of broadband networks worldwide, a clear and stable regulatory framework should be provided by the governments.
Multiplayer features of “Call of Duty: Black Ops” showcased via a 7-minute video post
In an attempt to showcase the new multiplayer features in “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” Activision and studio Treyarch have recently posted a 7-minute video, “Inside Xbox”, on the official YouTube channel for the ‘Call of Duty’ franchise.
Twitter for Android does not feature on Twitter’s list of top 10 apps
Putting up an interesting post about Twitter mobile usage, the microblogging site’s chief executive Evan Williams disclosed on Tuesday that his service currently has 145 million registered accounts and nearly 300,000 apps using its open API.
Court Takes Away Swann’s Assets
Michael Swann, the former Information Technology Manager of the Otago District Health Board, was ordered by Justice Graham Panckhurst to pay $6 million to the Crown and to forfeit $4.4 million of properties, in lieu of the money he had stolen from the Board.
Dell Out of the Race for 3PAR
After the previous head-to-head bidding war, 3PAR Incorporation, the data storage manufacturer, announced, in a statement, that Dell, the American manufacturer and retailer of personal computer software and hardware products and one of the leading Companies around the world, is currently out of the race for the famous transaction whereas Hewlett-Packard Corporation (HP) is still taking the lead.
New Zealand Director’s Slight Mistake Led to Arms Trafficking
Yesterday, Lu Zhang, the 28-year old Chinese immigrant and Director of the New Zealand Company, which was held responsible for 75 cases of arms dealing in North Korea, appeared in court saying that she might have made one single mistake. She pleaded guilty for 20 of the 75 charges pressed against her.
Pew survey: Texting on the rise among adults; teens text five times more than adults
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s Thursday report, while texting is on the rise among adults, texting among teenagers is far more rampant – with teenagers apparently sending as many as five times the text messages sent by their adult counterparts.
Facebook to boost users’ security with a new remote logout feature
In an attempt to further boost users’ security on its site, the popular social network Facebook is introducing a new remote logout feature, which will enable users the advantage of logging out of any Facebook session that they may have left active on some other computer or device.
Sony to launch video and music streaming service called Qriocity
In what apparently would be Sony’s direct challenge to the Apple iTunes Store, the company Wednesday announced its plans to launch a video and music streaming service called Qriocity.
The Qriocity announcement, which Sony made at the IFA consumer electronics conference in Berlin, also included the disclosure that the service will initially be launched in five European countries this fall.
Virgin Media: 90% people think broadband advertising is “misleading”
According to a new research commissioned by bigwig cable operator Virgin Media UK, nearly 90 percent of the people think that broadband advertising is “misleading.”
Samsung to release its second Bada handset – the Samsung Wave 723
After having already released the Wave handset on its proprietary Bada operating system earlier this year, Samsung has now announced its second Bada smartphone – the Samsung Wave 723.
The Wave 723, which marks Samsung’s efforts to stick with its own open-source OS, will probably be released by the end of September.
Panasonic to unveil its electrifying range of 2D and 3D products at IFA
At the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show to be held in Berlin from September 3 to September 8, Panasonic Corporation will take a go at ultimate entertainment, with the unveiling of its electrifying range of industry-leading 2D and 3D products.
Signs of havoc caused by Hurricane Katrina live on even after 5 years
Even though it has been five years since the Hurricane Katrina wrought devastation for the Gulf Coast residents on August 29, 2005, the signs of the disaster continue to linger on – with abandoned homes still bearing spray-painted circles that indicate they had been searched for bodies inside.
Virginia officials restoring networks affected by crash of data storage unit
With the last-week failure of a data storage unit in a warehouse outside of Richmond causing havoc in the computer networks of several Virginia agencies, the officials of the state said in a September 1 statement that the efforts are on to restore data and applications for the affected agencies.
Historic mercury launch pad reimagined as classroom
With retired scientists serving in functioning space shuttles taking up the role of educators, the takeoff pad that was used by the cosmonauts from the U. S. to move into the trajectory surrounding the earth is being contemplated as a classroom for the engineering students of the next generation who aspire to become creators of rockets and other space shuttles in the future.
“Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions” trailer released; the game launches September 7
In an attempt to give the gamers a peak at the forthcoming title “Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions” - which is scheduled for a September 7 launch on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS -, Activision has released a trailer of the game.
The new Spider-Man game, which has been developed by Beenox, was unveiled, in action, at this year’s E3 show.