Bill Gates sells 5m shares in Microsoft

Software giant's founder has sold 90m shares in 12 months, but still has 500m; cash goes to help his foundation's charitable work Bill Gates sells 5 million shares to fund the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Bill Gates has sold another 5 million of his Microsoft shares, according to a regulatory filing. Microsoft's multi-billionaire founder has been selling shares in recent months. He is the company's non-executive chairman, having stepped back from...

NASA probe poised for launch to Jupiter

(Reuters) - A NASA satellite was hoisted aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday in preparation for launch next week on an unprecedented mission to the heart of Jupiter. The robotic probe called Juno is scheduled to spend one year cycling inside Jupiter's deadly radiation belts, far closer than any previous orbiting spacecraft, to learn how much water the giant planet holds, what triggers its vast magnetic fields and whether a solid core lies beneath its...

Manchester United have post-Sir Alex Ferguson plan, says David Gill

Manchester United chief executive David Gill (right) with Seattle Sounders owner Joe Roth pose before the pre-season friendly between their clubs. Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images David Gill, the Manchester United chief executive, has acknowledged he will always be unpopular with some supporters – the "anti-people", as he describes them – but he has spoken of his belief that the Glazer family have now won over the majority of the club's fans. Gill, describing the Glazers as "genuinely...

Animal experiments increase 1%

Scientists are breeding more GM mice. Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP More than 3.7m scientific procedures were carried out using animals in 2010, an increase of around 100,000 on the previous year, according to data released by the Home Office. The rise is largely due to the production of more genetically modified mice and greater use of fish in basic biological and medical research. Excluding the 1.6m procedures involving the breeding of GM animals – mostly mice – the 2010 total was up by 1%...

Beaches in the World of Colorful sand

Almost everyone would be swayed when enjoying the symphony of sighs a breeze and the roar of the waves that frame the expanse of white sand and smooth. Sand and beautiful sheen exposed to the sun's rays in the morning, afternoon, evening, even when the full moon to say hello. Try if it is done when both of us.... certainly a very romantic view of Blue Ocean off without borders, pamper our eyes after all this time staring at the bustle of the life of the world. Beautiful is not it? But did you...

Exotic Night Light Fireflies

Firefly beetle is included in the family of the order Coleoptera. There are over 2000 species of fireflies are dispersed in the tropics worldwide. They can be found in damp places, such as swamps and areas filled with trees. In humid areas that fireflies find many sources of food for the larvae. We know that the fireflies come out at night, but there are also fireflies are active in the daytime. Those who come out during the day is not generally give off light. Only a few fireflies are able to...

Goat Twins Without Legs!

Parjiyo 45 Years old, villagers Srihardono, Pundong District, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, do not expect the maintenance of goats gave birth to twins without legs. Both kid-sexes male and female was born on Friday (7/15/2011) ago. At that time, Parjiyo just returned from the field and was about to feed the goats in the barn beside his house. Arriving in the goat pen, he was surprised that the kid is born no legs. "I raise goats since five years ago and had twice the oddity of this happening....

A White Two-headed Snake New Stars Ukraine

A two-headed snake that can eat from both his mouth and even fighting over food, anew star at the zoo Ukraine. California King snake this albino, as reported by the Straits Times, is a new occupant resort on the Black Sea, Yalta. Zoo keeper like him because of self-and second head does not always agree with each other and often steal food. "Sometimes they want to go a different direction. When hungry, they were stealing food, "said zoo owner, Oleg Zubkov. However, a guard out in the end they...

Google's Android Not Owned?

Android was originally or formerly owned by Google is not really. Google's acquisition of Android. The range of 2005, Google bought Android, Inc., a small company that just had to grow based in Palo Alto, California. Some people go there once worked at Google, such as Rich Miner, co-founder Wilfire Communications, then there is Andy Rubin, founder of Danger [enterprise software services], Chris White, an engineer on the Web TV and Nick Sears, a former VP at T-Mobile. Rubin and his colleagues...

Make your memory stronger

Check out the top 10 ways to keep your brain waves active and your memory strong. 1. Brain food Don’t let yourself run on empty. A balanced diet will help keep your mind running strong all day long. Make sure to include plenty of fruits and leafy green vegetables. They are loaded with essential antioxidants and nutrients to boost your brain power. Some of the best foods for thought include: blueberries, blackberries, fish and fish oils, eggs, spinach, strawberries and almonds. 2. Exercise Get your body moving and your memory will soon follow....

IBM Software Executive Briefing Center

IBM Software Executive Briefing Center in Rome has been completely renovated and has significantly expanded its territory. The entire project, designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini and his studio, outlines the "strip" the famous IBM logo with an innovative and exciting ways. Advanced Audiovisual Technologies who have been carefully chosen to give guests an experience with who added value and high comfort. IBM Software Executive Briefing Center in Rome is located within the same structure that hosts...

Inside Ins USA Air Force One

Actually, Air Force One is not a brand or type of aircraft. But Air Force One is a code name for the plane owned by U.S. Air Force (U.S. Air Force), which climbed by the President of the United States. So all that such US-owned aircraft in an emergency ride to the president, then his name to "Air Force One". Code name serves to distinguish between aircraft that are being ridden with the American President who did not. Likewise, when the American president to travel by land, known by the code name...

The world's most expensive nail polish

Nail into the lifestyle of modern women. Its function is no longer simply beautify the fingers and toes, but also indicates the wearer's social class. Proved by the appearance of nail polish products 'the Models Own Gold Rush' for U.S.$ 132 thousand. Nail polish with a price 'exorbitant' aims to emphasize the economic power of the wearer. What makes it expensive nail polish? Certainly not the raw material, because even though showing a shiny gold color, nail polish does not contain gold. What...

Apparently Google Brain Blunt. Why?

The results of recent studies have revealed a surprising fact. The more often a person using Google, the more 'blunt' brain person. Why? The study results are published in research journal Science stated, Google is making people more stupid. This conclusion is based on the results of the study 'Google’s Effects on Memory: Cognitive consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips’ Betsy Sparrow carried from the Columbian University that examines when and how transitive memory access. As is...

Almost in the Arctic Ozone hole

Ozone continues to thin out, almost hollow in the Arctic. Stratospheric temperature decline is a cause. The cause of the formation of the ozone hole is three, according to Professor Ross Salawitch, chemist and biochemist from the University of Maryland, who studied the chemical substances in the atmosphere. All three are sunlight, halogen, and low temperatures. When the temperature drops exceeding the threshold, the clouds formed in the stratosphere. Halogen, in particular pollutants, such as...

Low Latent Inhibition (LLI) Illnesses That Makes People Become More Genius

Low Latent Inhibition (LLI) When your body grows and develops, the mind learns to recognize and filter out various objects and information, a process known as Latent Inhibition or shortened by LI. In some cases, people have excessive sensitivity to various environmental conditions, such as sounds, serial number mobile phone on your desk, or the brand and production date of the lights in your room. This disorder is called Low Latent Inhibition or LLI. Signs of people who suffer from LLI: 1....

Scientific Facts Why We Must Bathing Every Day

Apparently not just makes a fresh bath body, but there are other benefits behind it. Recently there are studies about the bathroom where the body was in addition to cleaning the bathrooms also have a role performance boost the immune system, preventing skin diseases, even to heal a serious medical problem. Several studies showed that the bath was efficacious among others: 1. Diabetes For diabetics, with a half-hour soak in a tub of warm water can lower blood sugar levels around 13%. 2. Heart...

Google Plus Competitor Facebook

Google launched a social media service called Google+ (Google Plus) that supposedly would bulldoze the popularity of Facebook. then what makes a great impression of this service? There are at least four features of Google Plus service. 1. Circles. Services that serves to put the names of friends into groups and users can share content with different formats in this circle of friends. 2. Hangouts. If Facebook is still relying on the conventional style chat with messenger-style, then make...

Blackberry / RIM is In Danger of Collapse?

Many conditions that cause RIM's arguably in a state of dying. So there are three companies that are dying NOKIA, YAHOO, Blackberry / RIM this is the seventh sign of the bankruptcy or the RIM BlackBerry familiar with it: 1. the lack of new innovations there are only two series of new BlackBerry that will be issued in the near future, the bold series Touch 9900 and 9930. Indeed there are some feature enhancements such as the BlackBerry OS 7.0, touch screen and 1.2 GHz processor. Improved...

Avoid Heart Disease with 4 Effective Ways

Heart disease is the most sadistic murderer. Every year, tens of millions of people worldwide die from this disease and there are millions of people who are convicted as a new sufferers. Unfortunately, most people do not know that heart disease could be prevented through natural means and dietary adjustments. Experts from Europe joined in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) in recent years to study the pattern and nutrient intake in 10 European countries. The...

Insects Killer Instincts With the Strongest

We knows the insect as one type of living creature with the most population on this earth. Of the many insects, there are harmless, but some are dangerous. Well, insects below may indeed designed as a perfect killing machine, even they may be far more efficient and better than other creatures. These insects seem below is designed as the perfect killing machine. Indeed, most are harmless to humans, but some insects can cause serious injury to humans. Robber flies: We all must be familiar with...