Report says Sprint to get iPhone in October

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp., the country's third-largest cellphone company, will start selling the iPhone in mid-October, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday.Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the newspaper said the wireless company will get to sell both the new iPhone 5

Aug. 24, 2011

Busan to host international AIDS forum

4,000 experts from 70 countries to attend 10th Asia-Pacific AIDS CongressA major international conference on AIDS kicks off its five-day run on Friday at BEXCO in the southern port city of Busan, the local organizing committee said Tuesday. The 10th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the P

Aug. 23, 2011

Most students drink to get drunk: study

The majority of people, particularly college students, drink alcohol not because of its taste, but to get drunk, a study found. “They intend to get intoxicated,” Scott Geller, a psychologist and professor from the University of Virginia, was quoted as saying by USA Today. (MCT)Although the indi

Aug. 23, 2011

Epson Korea says 35 million customers' data hacked

Epson Korea Co., the South Korean unit of Japan's Seiko Epson Corp., said Saturday that its Web site has been hacked, causing the private information of 35 million users to be leaked."We have discovered through an internal investigation that the customers' data were leaked. We apologize for causing

Aug. 20, 2011

Dutch scientists aim to create bullet-proof ’skin’

Researchers in the Netherlands have discovered a way that might create artificial skin that is bullet-proof, according to the Daily Mail.Scientists produced genetically modified goats whose milk has a similar protein as that used in spiders’ silk. They extracted the protein and used it to create the

Aug. 19, 2011

Alien civilizations more likely to be hostile

American researchers predict that if there really are alien civilizations, they are likely to be hostile to the Earth, the Daily Mail reported.Viewed from a third party, Earth may be seen as being hazardous as it shows an abnormal increase in temperature and therefore aliens may conduct a preemptive

Aug. 19, 2011

IBM pursues chips that behave like brains

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it's only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable.The challenge in training a computer to be

Aug. 19, 2011

15 minutes of daily exercise can help lengthen life: study

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Don’t despair if you can’t fit in the recommended 30 minutes of daily exercise. Growing evidence suggests that even half that much can help.It’s still no excuse to slack off. Regular exercise strengthens muscles, reduces the risk of some diseases and promotes mental well-being. Th

Aug. 18, 2011

Do you know about male menopause?

Men are sometimes thought to be stronger and healthier than women. However, this perception can be easily disproved by taking a look at a simple statistical review.   Lee Sung-wonThe mortality rate of men in their 40s is more than three times the rate of women. Women are likely to outlive

Aug. 18, 2011

‘Amazing’ therapy fights leukemia

NEW YORK (AP) ― Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia ― turning the patients’ own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells.They’ve only done it in three patients so far, but the results were striking: Two appear cancer-f

Aug. 18, 2011

What's the age of the moon? It could be waning

WASHINGTON (AP) _ That old moon might not be as antique as once thought, some scientist think. They say it is possible that it is not a day over 4.4 billion years old.  The full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Posseidon, in Sounio about 73 kilometers southeast of Athens. (AP-Yonhap News

Aug. 18, 2011

Chocolate wards off hunger, and maybe sunburn too

 MONTREAL (AFP) -- Scientists in Canada said Monday that they plan to study whether eating dark chocolate not only satisfies sweet tooth cravings, but protects against sunburn as well.(MCT)The study by researchers at Laval University in Quebec will monitor the effects of chocolate consumption o

Aug. 17, 2011

Scam fears for SNS dating

Some abuse dating websites as more singles flock online to find loveA 34-year-old company secretary recently kicked up a ruckus when she posted a question on a website where women chat about their love lives. The woman, who used an alias to tell of her predicament, said she had met a guy a few month

Aug. 16, 2011