Steve Jobs just had a liver transplant surgery!

steve-jobs-iphoneFrom April to this date, Steve Jobs' health has been of a prime concern for the entire tech-world. While we got rumors that Steve was working for Apple Table Pc or that he is active inside Apple, we also had a common sense to ignore some news that weren't just acceptable enough. Proving our assumptions true, WSJ today reports a surprising piece of revelation that Steve Jobs had gone through a liver transplant surgery in Tennessee about two months ago. In 2004, it was disclosed that Jobs had suffered from pancreatic cancer, which was cured. But, a side effect of that cancer is likely the thing that lead to this liver transplant, many doctors familiar with such things have stated. The other details of the surgery is still not known but it actually poses some very interesting contexts into picture, now that we are sure (?) of how Steve is. Let's highlight upon that.

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Microsoft to acquire Rosetta and explore healthcare industry

amalga-close-upMicrosoft now prepares to explore new avenues in health care industry with its announcement to acquire Rosetta Biosoftware, a unit of Merck & Co. The company develops software for analyzing genomes and conducting clinical studies. Microsoft plans to administer Rosetta's assets into its health industry research management software platform - Amalga Life Sciences. Amalga was established in April, 2009 with the intentions of a new software system designed to transform healthcare and life science research data into the critical knowledge needed for the discovery of new personalized treatments. With the acquisition Microsoft will be able to incorporate genetic, genomic, metabolomic and proteomics data sets into the Amalga software.
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Tweet this! Tweeting too frequently can cause you health problems

bad effect on twitterWith any exciting updates comes a note of precaution. Take Twitter for an example. Kevin Fleisch, chairman of the London Repetitive Strain Injury Support Group, said anything that encouraged high use of keyboards should be carefully policed. And we know that twitter, besides being so addictive and informative, has that real time interactive system that asks you for a lot of activities compared to Facebook and MySpace. The sufferers from Physiotherapists and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) have also posted a red flag about Twitter and one shouldn't count it too lightly. It may just be yet another ignorable medical advice that doesn't hold significance for now coz its just started. But you know, when there are so many researchers agreeing on this adversity, you should better be safe than to be …

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Amazingly Useful Audio Player for the Blind

audio player for blindThe only problem with advanced gizmos are that they are becoming more featureful at the cost of simplicity. Look at an Nokia N97 or HP Pavilion TX 2500z, they are absolutely amazing but only if you have a guidebook with you. With such geeky things at sight did we ever think of the physically challenged people? How will a blind person navigate through a complex shaped and buttoned device to listen to music? The HumanWare VictorReader Stream digital-audio player certainly did and here is how they can be a wonderful pet to a blind man's ears.

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Top 5 Gadgets for Diabetes Patients

imageWhat can not be cured must be endured. And diabetes perfectly fits in to this category. Any disease is bad but diabetes is perhaps the most annoying and widely spread disease in the world. You can not come out with it, you don't know when you will fall prey or how to prevent it in particular. So gadgetophilia today brings in 5 such gadgets that will help any diabetic to make life easier as far as monitoring and well-being is concerned. So, here is your top 5 gadgets for diabetics.

Internet Searching Increases Brain Activity - Aren’t You Overjoyed

First study of its own kind done by the UCLA scientists reveals that Internet searching triggers some factors that increases the brain functioning of the middle- aged and older adults. This breakthrough issue will be soon published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

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The Pain of Watching Someone Helplessly Die in Live Coverage…

I am shocked beyond words. Yesterday night we happened to watch NE TV, a channel covering North-Eastean India. In it was a live coverage of a 20 year old dying from an accident caused by two racing bikers.

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Tamiflu Anyone?

Believe it or not, I am looking to stock some tamiflu just in case. I have asked our medicine supplier (yes, we have one) to get me 2-3 strips. There is a strong possibility that the H5N1 (Avian Flu) outbreak may not be controlled in time before it does significant damage to West Bengal & India.

Serious H5N1 - Avian Flu Outbreak in West Bengal, India (Where I Live)

Avian Flu has affected over half of West Bengal, India. It has even been detected 40 km (kilometers) away from where I live (Kolkata). It appears the state government has responded too little too late to contain the Avian Flu. An estimated 1,00,000+ chickens have died due to H5N1 virus. Human infection too has been suspected. The bottom line is:
1. If you are planning to travel to West Bengal, India, think about postponing / cancelling your trip
2. If you are living in West Bengal:
a. don't even dream of eating chicken or eggs or even stay close to one
b. don't panic; we are beyond panicking. Have you considered how good the climate in Haridwar looks these days?
c. don't travel in West Bengal

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IIT Picnic Photos

Angsuman's side viewLast Sunday I went to IIT Alumni picnic in Ibiza resort in Kolkata. Check the slideshow (thanks to Siddharth Roy Chowdhury @ SAIL). Can you spot me?

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