Microsoft fixes Duqu virus

According to a security advisory issued by Microsoft yesterday, the Duqu virus that has been creating havoc, has been finally brought to book by Microsoft, albeit temporarily. The virus, which was deemed critical managed to install a highly sophisticated malware, which attempted to victimize manufacturers of industrial systems. Microsft adds that the vulnerability was found in the Win32k TrueType font parsing engine. The malware was such, that it could enable the attacker to run a code in the kernel mode.

Steve Jobs : 1955-2011

Steve Jobs was born in 1955, into an era of rotary phones and room-size computers. He died on Oct. 5, 2011, having put a computer inside a phone and that phone into 120 million pockets.
Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, and while he went to characteristic lengths to control public knowledge about the details of his condition, he could not hide his physical deterioration. First he underwent surgery and took a leave of absence. When he returned as chief executive

Effects of Caffeine

Caffeine is defined by Merriam-Webster as a bitter alkaloid C8H10N4O2 found especially in coffee, tea, cacao, and kola nuts and used medicinally as a stimulant and diuretic. Although caffeine is technically considered a drug, obviously it is not illegal.
The drug shares many of the same characteristics as other central nervous system stimulants such as heroin, amphetamines, and cocaine. However, do not be alarmed. the effect on the body is typically not negative as long as the amount of caffeine does not exceed 250 mg in a single dose. that number seems quite low considering the amount of caffeine in coffee in a typical 5 oz cup contains approximately 110 to 150 mg.

Google search now indexes Facebook comments

Google has begun indexing Ajax/Java script content, which means comments made inside websites from engines such as Facebook will now show up in Google search results.

The development was first spotted by Digital Inspiration, and later confirmed by Google's Matt Cutts on Twitter. Cutts said the following on Twitter:

Amazon Can Afford to Give Away Books, Free

Amazon's new "Kindle Owner's Library" allows any Kindle owner who is a member of Amazon Prime to check out one book a month and keep it as long as they want. It joins Amazon's video streaming service as one of the perks of Prime membership, which, at $80 a year, also grants members free 2-day shipping on anything to come out of Amazon's warehouses.
But how can Amazon afford to give away all this free (albeit digital) media? As Slate Technology columnist Farhad Manjoo pointed out, Amazon customers who join Prime increase their spending on the site on average $500 a year, presumably because of the free shipping.

Virtual Nurse to take care of you

Researchers at Northeastern University have developed a virtual nurse and exercise coach that are surprisingly likable and effective—even if they're not quite as affable as the medical hologram on Star Trek. In fact, patients who interacted with a virtual nurse named Elizabeth said they preferred the computer simulation to an actual doctor or nurse because they didn't feel rushed or talked down to.
A recent clinical trial of the technology found that Elizabeth also appears to have a beneficial effect on care. A month after discharge, people who interacted with the virtual nurse were more likely to know their diagnosis and to make a follow-up appointment with their primary-care doctor. The results of the study are currently under review for publication.