Galaxy S4’s price and specs will impact S3 users’ decision to upgrade

With Samsung's new Galaxy handset - the Galaxy S4 - scheduled to hit the markets later this month, the decision of the Galaxy S3 owners to upgrade to the Galaxy S4 will largely be impacted by the handset's price as well as its specifications; more so since the appearance of the slimmer and lighter S4 is quite similar to the S3, though the new smartphone has a bigger screen.

Fat content can be reduced with chocolate and agar recipe

Any liquid, even alcohol, if used in combination with chocolate can halve the fat content, chemists have determined.

The real thing is not felt due to the textures of chocolate preparations despite low-fat preparations of chocolate being well known.

A method was described by an American Chemical Society that made little sponges to displace fat by using the popular gelling agent agar.

Stefan Bon stated that when alcohol was used with the chocolates, they were like `tiny vodka jellies'.

Natural hormones to help Simon sleep

Due to the jet-setting lifestyle that causes unwanted stress, Simon Cowell has been taking a natural hormone to help him get off the stress.

Melatonin is the sleep-aiding hormone and is found in the body.

People who are over 55 are often prescribed the manmade hormone by doctors in order to tackle insomnia.

The NHS suggests that people who are less than 55 years of age should either be given the hormone with great care or should not be given the hormone at all.

People who fly often take the hormone in order to fight jet lag and this hormone cannot be bought over the counter.

Ireland Baldwin Poses for First Modeling Shoot

Ireland Baldwin has lately signed her modeling contract with IMG. A report has revealed that today, she made her modeling debut in the NY Post.

The daughter of Kim Basinger and Kim Basinger posed in different bikinis and cruised down the Hudson River on a yacht of 80-foot.

However, it is not for the first time that she has posted her several pictures in bikini, but her modeling shoot was undoubtedly her first. The 17-year-old new model said that she believed that she would be starring in movies at the end.

Fisker Automotive fires nearly 75% of its workforce

After grapping with financial problems for months, high-end electric car maker Fisker Automotive revealed in a Friday statement that it plans to lay off 75 percent of its workforce; a move which results from the company's failure to strike an agreement with an automotive partner to fund operations.

About its decision to slash nearly 75 percent of jobs at the company, Fisker said in an emailed statement on Friday that it had informed a "core group of employees in Southern California" about the job-cut move; and added that it expects only around 25 percent of workers to stay.

Best Buy to house ‘Samsung Experience’ shops inside its superstores

In a move which will apparently make the struggling consumer-electronics chain Best Buy one of the winners - other than Samsung itself - in the forthcoming release of the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S4 handset, Samsung has revealed in a recent announcement that it will open 1,400 `Samsung Experience' shops inside Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores across the US.

The opening of Samsung Experience shops inside the Best Buy superstores country-wide will give the South Korean electronics biggie a notably extensive platform for displaying its newest handsets, laptops, tablets, and cameras.

Australian Citizen Ready to Plead Guilty for Jill Meagher Murder

Recent reports have revealed that the man who allegedly raped and murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher in Melbourne last September will plead guilty.

The accused, Adrian Bayley (41) earlier was not asking for a plea of guilt but the recent reports have clearly said that he will ask for the plea. Last month, Adrian was determined to not stand for trial on the charges.

Google wins FTC Technology Achievement Award for robocall prevention technology

Internet search giant Google has won the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s Technology Achievement Award for the entry which it submitted for the agency's `Robocall Challenge' contest which sought `solutions and proofs of concept' for fighting the so-called robocalls on mobile as well as landline phones.

Some non-existent health and safety laws reported

Non-existent safety laws are being fought against by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after over 150 cases and this was reported to a panel set up in 2011.

The new-myth busting panel has revealed some safety excuses and a ban on bubbles at a child's party and toothpicks from the table of a restaurant are some of them.

Legitimate activities are being banned by some people for which they are using safety laws as a trick and efforts to point this put has been made by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). These cases have been called the crackpot cases.

Europe continues privacy brawl with Google over its 2012 privacy policy changes

With Europe's privacy brawl with Internet search giant Google - over the company's March 2012-released privacy policy change - still continuing, the European regulators are of the opinion that the in-question privacy policy change by Google marked a violation of the laws in Europe.

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