How Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter

As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be.  We suddenly can't remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love.  As the brain fades, we euphemistically refer to these occurrences as "senior moments."

US mum sues over breast-feeding video-turned-porn

Ms Maryann Sahoury poses for a photo at her home in Wood Ridge, NJ on Thursday, Aug 9, 2012. Ms Sahoury is suing a production company after an instructional breast-feeding video she appeared in was taken by a third party and used to create pornography. -- PHOTO: AP

FAIR LAWN, New Jersey (AP) - A United States (US) woman is suing after the breast-feeding instructional video she made with her month-old daughter was combined with pornographic footage and posted online.

China aims to land probe on moon next year

The Long March II-F rocket loaded with a Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft carrying Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang lifts off from the launch pad in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province June 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

BEIJING (REUTERS) - China aims to land its first probe on the moon in the second half of next year, state media reported on Monday, the next step in an ambitious space progamme which includes building a space station.

A man-made, floating 'island' - yours for $8.3 million

A handout computer generated image released on June 25, 2012 by OrsosIsland shows a a man-made, floating 'island' developed by an Austrian firm. -- PHOTO: AFP/CSIKOSDESIGN.HU/ORSOSISLAND

VIENNA (AFP) - An Austrian firm has come up what it hopes is the next big thing for the mega-rich: a man-made, floating 'island' with a list price of 5.2 million euros (S$8.3 million), the company's founder told AFP on Monday.

US teen's beauty secret video becomes online sensation

A United States teenager posted a video on YouTube showing her acne-ridden face and shared her beauty techniques to conceal blemished skin with makeup in 10 minutes.

Ms Cassandra Bankson, 19, hesitated for a month before making the decision to expose her face online to help people suffering with the same condition.

Lady Gaga hits 25 million follower mark on Twitter

Lady Gaga performing in The Born This Way
Ball concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pop diva Lady Gaga set a social media record on Thursday when she became the first person on Twitter to amass more than 25 million followers, more than anyone else on the microblogging website.

'Super Cool Bra' cool the breasts

Triumph International Japan campaign models Ayana Kaneda (left) and Misaki Tanabe display the 'Super Cool Bra' at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP

TOKYO (AFP) - A bra with built-in ice packs, a wind chime and a sprig of mint that was unveiled in Japan on Wednesday is promising to keep women cool this summer.

Rare earth plant in Malaysia nearly ready to go

A worker operates heavy machinery at the site of the under construction Lynas rare earths plant in Gebeng, eastern Malaysia, on Thursday, April 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP

GEBENG, Malaysia (AP) - Australian miner Lynas said on Thursday its customers and suppliers will suffer losses if the opening of its Malaysian refinery for minerals that are crucial to high-tech manufacturing is delayed by a new government review.

India tests new long-range missile

India test launched a new nuclear-capable missile on Thursday that would give it, for the first time, the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai, according to television news channels. 

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - India successfully test-fired a new long-range missile on Thursday capable of delivering a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in regional rival China and countries outside Asia.

China faces increasing overseas cyber attacks

Cyber attacks on China launched from bases overseas surged in 2011, rising to 8.9 million computers affected from 5 million the previous year, according to a network security report.

Japan was the source of most attacks at 22.8 per cent, followed closely by the United States at 20.4 per cent and the Republic of Korea at 7.1 per cent.

Overnight queues for Apple's new iPad

About 300 people had gathered by the time the EpiCentre store at Ion Orchard opened at 10am on Friday. By midday, more than 1,000 iPad units had been snapped up from the company's eight stores. There were also queues at Nubox, another Apple premium reseller. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

Singapore: The hordes of Apple fans here once again proved their loyalty, with queues forming hours before the new iPad went on sale on Friday.

63% penduduk India miliki telefon berbanding 47% punya tandas

NEW DELHI: Satu bancian di India menunjukkan kebanyakan penduduk negara ini memiliki telefon berbanding sebuah tandas di rumah masing-masing.

Lady Gaga tops 20 million followers on Twitter

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Pop diva Lady Gaga has become the first person with more than 20 million followers on Twitter.

A 20 millionth 'Little Monster,' as Lady Gaga calls her fans, signed up to follow her Twitter feed over the weekend.

Facebook adding banks for initial public offering

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - Facebook will add banks in coming weeks to help underwrite its initial public offering (IPO), two sources familiar with its plans said on Friday.

Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Citigroup are among the banks that will likely be added, said the sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.

Last September, Facebook increased its credit line to US$2.5 billion (S$3.1 billion).

One of the sources said that the credit line may be increased to about US$5 billion in the future.

Yahoo threatens Facebook as social media patent war looms

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - Yahoo has demanded licensing fees from Facebook for use of its technology, the companies said on Monday, potentially engulfing social media in the patent battles and lawsuits raging across much of the tech sector.

Plenty find love online

(REUTERS) - Half of American adults know someone who found love online, and while the Internet plays a more important role than before in starting relationships it is also a forum for cheating and lies that ends them, according to a survey released on Monday.

Number of Internet dating scams triple in 2011

Singapore: Last October, Janet (not her real name) went to the airport, all eager to welcome an American she had befriended on a dating website.

While she was waiting at the arrival hall, the 34-year-old's cellphone rang. An 'immigration officer' said that her friend had been detained for bringing in a large sum of money.

New UK data 'shows higher risk of breast implant ruptures'

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery chain has revealed that rupture rates on allegedly faulty French-made breast implants are seven times higher than previously thought, a report said on Sunday.

The new data from Transform, reported in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper, has prompted Health Secretary Andrew Lansley to order an urgent review into the data used to assess the risks to 42,000 British women given the implants.

Apple rumoured to unveil iPad 3 on Feb 24

 

Apple Inc may unveil its third-generation iPad on Feb 24, in honour of the birthday of its late founder Steve Jobs, according to a Taiwan-based newspaper. -- PHOTO: AFP

Apple Inc may unveil its third-generation iPad on Feb 24, in honour of the birthday of its late founder Steve Jobs, according to a Taiwan-based newspaper.

The Economic Daily News, citing multiple inside sources, speculate the big date has been set and the first shipment amount of the tablet will be four million units.

Ready for the supercomputer that can predict the future (even the next recession) as EU prepares £900m funding

Plan: The man behind the supercomputer, Professor Dirk Helbing, billed the machine as 'the nervous system for the entire planet'

A £900million scheme to produce a computer system which could predict the next financial crisis has been backed by leading scientists.

The Living Earth Simulator Project (LES) aims to 'simulate everything' on the planet, using anything from tweets to government statistics to map out social trends and predict the next economic crisis.