Eating Fruits and Vegetables May Help You Quit Smoking

Eating Fruits and Vegetables May Help You Quit Smoking


Eating Fruits and Vegetables May Help You Quit Smoking

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:37 PM PDT

The next time you have the urge to smoke, can eating fruits and vegetables actually help cut your nicotine craving? ? Well, according to new research, smokers who increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables may have a greater chance of successfully quitting smoking.?? According to results of a new??study, cigarette smokers who ate fruits ...


Unsexy Seagate Adds A Dash Of Israeli Flash

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Easing further into the market for solid-state disk drives, Seagate said Monday it will acquire a stake in Haifa, Israel-based DensBits Technologies for an undisclosed sum. The announcement marks yet another move into the fast-growing market for flash memory. But while spinning disk drives won?t vanish anytime soon, the growth prospects for so-called solid state ...


Preserving human capital by increasing social value of work

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:52 PM PDT

Ashley Munday is the Leader of Collaborative Strategies at Barrett Value Centre, where she assists companies in measuring the intangibles of their corporate culture and practice. Ashley has a very colored story; her passion for understanding what motivates people has led her through careers in advertising, travels to India, and even into creating her own ...


PC Units Could Drop 5%-10% In Q3 From Yr Ago, Analyst Says

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:23 PM PDT

PC unit sales could be down 5%-10% in the third quarter from a year ago, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek asserts in a research note published late Monday. That would follow what he estimates was a low single digit drop in shipments in the second quarter. Misek writes that his checks point to PC demand softening ...


NATO set to debate downing of Turkish plane

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:05 PM PDT

Ankara to demand backing from NATO allies at special meeting in Brussels, called after Syria shot down a Turkish jet.


Soon There Will Be No More Shelves of Books & CDs

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:19 PM PDT

I was sitting at home looking at the shelves that store our books, CDs, videotapes and DVDs, and realized how much of a story they tell. If you look at our books, you can get a pretty good idea of what we studied in school, our hobbies, interests and even our political beliefs. If you ...


A Newspaper-like Publication For A Blogging Community? Tumblr's Storyboard Editors Explain

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:02 PM PDT

This weekend, while riding the train south down the bay from , I sat in front of a group of young women who talked incessantly about Tumblr. They shared stories about the things they saw, the people they talked with, rumors and what cool new blogs they had heard of. It was like a group ...


China forcing refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: report

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:40 PM PDT

Ethnic Kachin people sit in the doorways of shelters at a temporary camp for people displaced by fighting between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, or KIA, outside the city of MyitkyinaBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are forcing back into Myanmar some of the ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled into China trying to escape civil war, and Beijing is denying basic care to many who remain, a human rights group said on Tuesday. Myanmar's government is in talks with Kachin rebels, and more than a dozen armed or political groups, to try to end all its decades-old conflicts. The Kachin conflict, which flared up in the middle of 2011 after a 17-year truce, has pushed up to 10,000 people to seek refuge across the border in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan. ...



Bye Bye Blackberry

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:58 PM PDT

I guess at some point this was inevitable but the day I always feared has finally arrived (excluding as President of course). Tomorrow my doorbell will ring and will start to consume my life. For a PC guy like me this event is a pinnacle moment in life where one truly has to learn how ...


New measures approved to stem intelligence leaks

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:15 PM PDT

The director of national intelligence on Monday instituted a series of new policies aimed at deterring leaks and detecting those who provide classified information to the news media without proper authorization.

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Senate panel briefed on nuclear treaty

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:01 PM PDT

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, notification from the Russian government comes into the U.S. Nuclear Risk Reduction Center located at the State Department. Word arrives of any change for each of Moscow's nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, each land- and sub-based launcher, or each strategic bomber.

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Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks ??? June 26

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:30 PM PDT

Investors in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the start of trade today:?? China stocks may be heading for more lows amid continuing international worries about the impact of Europe's debt crisis on global growth. Given the wave of recent government efforts to support the stock market, the Securities Times in ...


China forcing refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: report

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:40 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are forcing back into Myanmar some of the ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled into China trying to escape civil war, and Beijing is denying basic care to many who remain, a human rights group said on Tuesday.


Three dead in Mexico airport gunfight between police

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:58 PM PDT

Federal police officers arrive where federal policemen were killed in a shooting at the airport in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Three policemen died in a shootout with two other officers suspected of drug trafficking at Mexico City's airport on Monday, as panicked travelers scrambled for cover in the busy facility. The shootout occurred when three federal officers approached the two suspects in the airport's Terminal 2, which handles international and domestic flights. Two agents were killed at the terminal and another later died of his injuries in hospital. More than a dozen shots were heard, Milenio Television reported. ...



African extremist groups linking up: U.S. general

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:53 PM PDT

General Carter F. Ham, commander of the U.S. military's Africa Command, attends a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in AlgiersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three of Africa's largest extremist groups are sharing funds and swapping explosives in what could signal a dangerous escalation of security threats on the continent, the commander of the U.S. military's Africa Command said on Monday. General Carter Ham said there are indications that Boko Haram, al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - groups that he labeled as the continent's most violent - are sharing money and explosive materials while training fighters together. ...



Asia stocks down after Spain asks for bank bailout

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:11 PM PDT

A woman speaks on a mobile phone in front of a securities firm's electronic stock board in Tokyo Monday, June 25, 2012. Asian stocks mostly drifted lower Monday as investors grew cautious ahead of a critical European Union summit later this week where Greek leaders will attempt to renegotiate some terms of the country's international bailout. Japan's Nikkei 225 index was 0.4 percent lower at 8,765.54. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)Asian stock markets fell Tuesday, a day after Spain formally requested help to rescue its ailing banks and investors lost hope that an upcoming summit of European leaders would yield meaningful results.



UK hackers admit plotting attacks on CIA, firms

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:04 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Two British hackers pleaded guilty in a London court on Monday to plotting attacks against computers of international firms, law enforcement bodies and government agencies including the CIA, in a cyber crime spree that gained global attention.


Three dead in Mexico airport gunfight between police

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:23 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Three policemen died in a shootout with two other officers suspected of drug trafficking at Mexico City's airport on Monday, as panicked travelers scrambled for cover in the busy facility.


African extremist groups linking up: U.S. general

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:53 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three of Africa's largest extremist groups are sharing funds and swapping explosives in what could signal a dangerous escalation of security threats on the continent, the commander of the U.S. military's Africa Command said on Monday.


Sudan says no retreat on cuts despite protests

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:40 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's finance minister said on Monday the government would stick to its decision to cut fuel subsidies despite more than a week of anti-austerity protests in Khartoum and other cities.