Facebook Announces Deal With Skype for Video

 Facebook announced "something awesome" Wednesday: video-calling, powered by Internet telephony giant Skype. Prior to the launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the adjective to describe the feature, which brings Skype's popular video-chat capabilities to Facebook, allowing multiple friends to talk and see each other at the same time.Browse to a friend’s profile starting immediately and you’ll see a new button that says Call. Click it, and assuming the other user accepts your call, you’ll be immediately connected thanks to a new video chat plugin."Video chat has been around for years now, but it's still not an everyday activity for most people," acknowledged Philips Su, a Facebook engineer on the video calling team, in a blog post announcing the feature. "Sometimes it's too difficult...

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Osama bin Laden Has Been Killed

On May 1, 2011 President Obama made the stunning announcement within hours of informing congressional leaders. He announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a covert operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  A DNA sample from bin Laden's body was taken and compared with DNA samples on record from his dead sister, which confirmed bin Laden's identity. It was also reported that the body was recovered by the US military and is currently in their custody. Osama bin Laden was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family and founder of infamousjihadist organization al-Qaeda, who is most known for the September 11th attacks on the...

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Why too much stress makes your memory worse as you age

Forgot your keys? High levels of stress worsen memoryScientists claim to have solved the mystery of how stress contributes to memory loss in old age.Researchers at Edinburgh University have shown how two receptors in older brains react to the stress hormone cortisol, which has been linked to memory loss in the elderly.The study found that one receptor was activated by low levels of cortisol, which helped memory.However, once levels of the hormone were too high they spilled over on to a second receptor, activating brain processes which contribute to memory impairment.When the receptor linked to poor memory was blocked, the memory recall problem was reversed.The experiment based on older mice navigating a maze, was published in the Journal of Neuroscience.The research helps explain why too much...

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9 Best High-Protein SnackS

Busy men are always looking for nutritious snacks to eat when they are on the go. Unfortunately, many of you end up grabbing high-carb, high-fat and low-protein convenience store snacks, which are terrible nutritional choices.Although the opinions of experts vary greatly as to how much protein men should consume on a daily basis, the generally accepted figure is one gram of protein per 2.2 pounds of body weight. Therefore, a 180-pound man should get about 82 grams of protein in his diet each day.If you're one of the many men who doesn't manage to meet this minimum requirement, or if you're simply looking for some alternative nutritious snack...

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