Genetic Discovery (TOMM40) May Determine Alzheimer's Disease Risk and Age of Disease Onset

100 million Americans have been touched by Alzheimer's. This Duke study could lead to a cheap, $20, test for that predicts Alzheimer's onset.

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com A newly identified gene appears to be highly predictive of not only the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but also the approximate age at which the disease will begin to manifest itself, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room

Microsoft expands Intune beta to 10,000 more users

When it comes to thinking about Microsoft's cloud strategy, Azure usually springs to mind. But Intune, which is more modest in scope, may provide the company with an earlier success story, if the popularity of its first beta is any indication.

clipped from www.computerworld.com Microsoft's hosted desktop management service Intune moves to the second beta stage

Tea Consumption Slows Cognitive Decline in the Cardiovascular Health Study

Bottoms up.

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com The researchers found that people who consumed tea at a variety of levels had significantly less cognitive decline (17-37 percent) than non-tea drinkers. More specifically, study participants who drank tea 5-10 times/year, 1-3 times/month, 1-4 times/week, and 5+ times/week had average annual rates of decline 17 percent, 32 percent, 37 percent, and 26 percent lower, respectively, than non-tea drinkers.

Google Launches App to Help You Find Open Parking

Better than nothing.

clipped from mashable.com Google Labs has just released a new Android app that aims to help users find and share parking. The app, called Open Spot, gives users the ability to update a map when they are leaving their parking spots with others who are looking for parking.

FDA clears first implantable telescope for vision

You must be 75 years or older. Share if you know someone that needs it.

clipped from www.forbes.com U.S. health officials have approved a first-of-its-kind technology - a tiny telescope implanted into the eye - to counter a leading cause of old-age blindness. By magnifying the images they see, the Implantable Miniature Telescope aims to help people in the end stages of an incurable, creeping disease called age-related macular degeneration - a loss of central vision that blocks reading, watching TV, eventually even recognizing faces. It is implanted into one eye to ease that blind spot, while patients learn to use the other eye for peripheral vision.

Cops: Man holds his mom hostage for not ironing

clipped from hosted.ap.org Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with aggravated assault and false imprisonment after they allege he held his mother hostage for failing to iron his clothes. Carroll County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Marc Griffith said the man remained in jail Wednesday without bond. The unidentified woman was not harmed in the June 30 incident. Griffith said the man, who lives with his parents, wanted his mother to do some ironing because it was "woman's work." When she refused, authorities allege he pulled out a gun, and took his 51-year-old mother's keys and cellphones and refused to let her leave for at least six hours. She eventually escaped and went to a police station. Authorities were able to get the man out without incident.

Not Tonight, Dear. I’m Too Stressed Out.

clipped from blogs.wsj.com While many people see romance as a stress reliever, too much workaday strain may hurt your love life, a new study suggests. People who report higher levels of day-to-day stress also report less sexual activity, says a study in the latest issue of Journal of Family Psychology.  Stressed-out subjects also reported less overall satisfaction with their relationships with romantic partners, says the study. The study is unusual in looking at the impact of ordinary day-to-day hassles on people’s sex lives over an extended period; previous research has tended to focus on the impact of bigger stressors, such as combat trauma. Researchers at the University of Zurich and the University of Washington tracked 103 female students in committed romantic relationships over three months, during a period before a major exam that would determine their academic fate.

Apple: 400 iTunes Accounts Hacked

clipped from www.pcworld.com Artwork: Chip TaylorApple now admits 400 iTunes accounts were hacked and used by a Vietnamese developer, Thuat Nguyen, to push his iPhone apps to best seller status over the weekend. But here is the zinger; Apple is saying it was no big deal. Four hundred accounts equals 0.0003 percent of the over 150 million iTunes account holders, Apple points out.

Ilene Woods dies at 81; voice of Disney's Cinderella

clipped from www.latimes.com Woods was an 18-year-old radio singer when Walt Disney asked her to give voice to the sweet stepdaughter who finds her Prince Charming. Woods gave the character warmth and made her likeable. Ilene Woods recorded songs from “Cinderella.” Walt Disney heard them and offered her the title role.

S and P 500 in Downside Range Expansion

Look out below.

clipped from allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com The S and P 500 is in a pronounced downside range expansion. The market continues to trade down below the area bounded by -2 standard deviations under the line. The line is now dropping about ten points a day, and currently picking up momentum. Until the range expansion is "rubbed off" this pattern will continue. Traders should avoid selling the market when it is at or below the -2 band (currently 1012.00). In fact, fast traders should cover shorts or go long for trades on sharps spikes below the line. A sharply lower opening on Tuesday would probably be a good short term trading opportunity -- buy. Prices under 992.50. Subscribe to All American Investor Original content Bob DeMarco, All American Investor

Turn a rubber wristband into an iPhone 4 bumper

clipped from reviews.cnet.com There's one surefire way to solve the iPhone 4 antenna problem: don't let your hand or fingers come in contact with its metal band. iPhone Guru blogger Oliver Nelson crafted a clever DIY iPhone 4 bumper solution out of one of those rubber wristbands you probably have sitting in a junk drawer. It's a pretty straightforward project: stretch a wristband around the edge of your iPhone and presto, you're done. If you're handy with an X-Acto knife, you can cut holes for the headphone jack, mute switch, dock connector, and so on.