Friday, September 30, 2011

Your Desk Job Is Destroying Your Body


Office workers now have the perfect excuse to give up their desk job – sitting down for long periods of time increases your risk of dying.

New Australian research shows that no matter how physically active you are, your chances of dying before your time are increased by sitting for long periods.

And the more you sit, the greater the risk.

Those reporting the highest amount of daily sitting had a 48 per cent increased risk of premature death compared with those who sat for less than four hours a day, the research found.

A study of more than 200,000 men and women in NSW has found the longer people.............

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

According to scientists: Easily embarrassed people are generous and trustworthy


Do you get embarrassed easily? Fret not. A study says that people who are easily embarrassed are also more trustworthy and more generous.

“Embarrassment is one emotional signature of a person to whom you can entrust valuable resources. It’s part of the social glue that fosters trust and cooperation in everyday life,” said UC Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a coauthor of the study published in this month’s online issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Blushing and embarrassment go hand in hand. Feeling flushed is such a natural...................

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Slide Phone For Businessmen: New BlackBerry Torch 9810


The Canadian phone manufacturer RIM has long been in the business of providing businessmen handsets that will allow them to get ahead with their careers and business. One of the unique handsets that catered to this demand is the 9800. This past model came with a 3.2 inch touch screen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. This phone was one of the career-oriented individual’s preferred smartphones. This 2011, the Canada-based firm has created a phone bearing a similar design with a number of upgrades. This is the Blackberry Torch 9810.

If you would like to use the phone’s touch interface, the phone sports a 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touch screen. This will give you enough real-estate for swiping, tapping, and.............

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HTC Corporation has added HTC Explorer


HTC Corporation has added HTC Explorer to its smartphone portfolio in the country. Android-powered HTC Explorer comes with a 3.2-inch HVGA (480 x 320) capacitive display, 600MHz processor, 3MP camera and 512MB of expandable memory.

The smartphone comes with the company’s HTC Sense technology. HTC Explorer also includes a customizable lock screen that functions as a real-time window to the customer’s most important information and content, such as social updates, photos, weather or stock updates that are viewed by simply waking up the display.

This little soldier carries the big responsibility of extending HTC’s dominance to the budget end of the Android spectrum, and it must achieve this mission with only a bare.........

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