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Romantic relationships establish special bonds between partners. Oftentimes, passionate rapport leads to permanent partnerships, and ultimately, the start of families.

Sometimes, however, one or both partners place too much emotional weight on their relationship. As a result, men or women may tend to evaluate their self-worth solely based on the outcomes of their romantic interactions. This is what psychologists term as relationship-contingent self-esteem (RCSE), and, according to University of Houston researcher Chip Knee, it’s an unhealthy factor in romantic relationships.

Read full article: Too much commitment may be unhealthy for relationships, UH psychology professor says

When you uninstall a Windows application, the uninstaller doesn’t
remove all the files and registry entries created by the application.
Sometimes the developers were too lazy or they thought those files
might be needed if you reinstall the application. The end result is
that your computer loads slower because your registry contains more
entries and the hard drive stores unnecessary files.

Revo Uninstaller is a software that lets you completely uninstall programs and it’s easier to use than the built-in “Add or remove programs”. You can search for a program or locate it in a more intuitive way: enter in the Hunter Mode, open the program you want to uninstall and drag the target to your program’s window.

Read the article: Completely Uninstalling Windows Applications

Ever wanted the quick launch bar to be wider so that you could fit more apps into it and yet have space for the application tabs? Simply detach the quick launch bar and make it as a dock on the desktop attached to any screen side. The method described below will work on Windows XP and Vista alike.

Go to

C:\Users\{YourAccount}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

and drag the “QuickLaunch” folder to the desired screen-border. For best results, right click on the newly formed quick launch bar and select choose the options to remove the title, have small icons, uncheck auto hide and make it appear always on top.

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“Scientists have shown what many have always suspected – that entrepreneurs’ brains are different to those of managers.  A study at Cambridge university, published on Thursday in the journal Nature, found that entrepreneurs’ brains were more active in the region responsible for taking “risky or hot” decisions.

The researchers suggested that the type of risk-taking essential to the entrepreneurial process could be taught, or enhanced by drugs.” - FT

Read the article : Entrepreneurship is all in the mind  or, registration free link

“The global economy is entering a slowdown of epic proportions, comparable to the Great Depression, John Thain, chairman and chief executive of Merrill Lynch, warned on Tuesday.” - FT.com

Read the article: Merrill chief sees severe global slowdown

Ars Technica explains a first hand experience of the mcuh anticipated (if I may say so) Windows 7 with pictures of the interface.

It is somewhat a mixture of Vista and Mac.

Read the article: First look at Windows 7’s User Interface

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‘The search giant unveiled a US$4.4 trillion plan Wednesday to reduce the U.S.’s dependency on fossil fuels and embrace alternative energy. The proposal would yield a net saving of $1 trillion by 2030 and slash U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 48 percent, according to Google, which said it had been busy “crunching the numbers.”‘ - CIO

Read the article: Google Proposes $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

Fundamental advise on what needs to be done to build a successful online business but something that is often forgotten, neglected or misinterpreted.

Read the article: Recipe for a billion-dollar website

Students from University of Washington have devised technichques using which videos containing atrifacts can be enhanced and improved using one or more static images of the same scene.

“Triumph of the nerds” - A documentary by Robert Cringley tells the story of the personal computer and how the industry evolved. Unsurprisingly it mentions Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve jobs and Steve Wozniak (Apple) and IBM, but there are some not-so-well-known figures that contributed significantly to the fledgling industry of the 1970s and 80s.

See the whole documentary here

Here is a huge repository of articles relating to online marketing. These include how to use blogs, social media sites like Facebook, Digg, delicious, etc. to your benefit and other general marketing tactics.

Best internet marketing blog posts of 2007

Former Vice President of USA and an environmental activist, Al Gore, issued a challenge yesterday to all fellow Americans to achieve 100% energy from indigenously produced renewable sources within 10 years. This is not only a challenge for Americans, but a mission for all residents of the planet who ought to play their own part in their own region. Visit weCanSolveIt.org to sign up and join the revolution.

“Information technology giants are teaming up in defense against potential patent-infringement lawsuits, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday” - Reuters

Companies Include Verizon, Google, CIsco, HP and Ericsson and the group is called Allied Security Trust. (via slashdot)

Tech majors to join hands against patent suits

Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide ‘renewable petroleum’. Genetic alteration of very, very small bugs makes it possible for them to feed on agricultural waste such as woodchips or wheat straw and excrete crude oil.

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol

Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level, US researchers said.

Good lifestyle can transform genes

Fiona Bruce of BBC presents the definitive profile of Bill Gates as he prepares to step down next week from full-time involvement with Microsoft. (Available to view online for 6 more days and dowloadable to view for 30 days).

Note: BBC iPlayer downloads only works in the UK.

Bill Gates: How a geek changed the world

“Indian inflation has risen to a new 13-year high, hitting shares and weakening the rupee. The wholesale price index rose to 11% in the 12 months to 7 June, up from the previous week’s 8.75%. The inflation rate is now at its highest since 1995.”  - BBC

India inflation rate rises to 11%

“Internet would be a much better place if sharing of any kind would be stopped altogether - at least that’s what some people seem to think. Lord Triesman, the parliamentary Under Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills in the UK government, called on ISPs to voluntarily stop illegal file sharing in their networks, threatening to legislate if they don’t comply.” - Mashable

UK might force ISPs to block file sharing

The latest version of the Firefox Browser exceeded 1 Million downloads in the first 4 hours according to Ars.

Mozilla foundation, the creators of Firefox browser, aim to make a world record of maximum number of software downloads in a 24-hour period with their latest release.

At the time of posting this blog entry, the count was 1.69 million, see the download map to check out the latest tally.

Update: Firefox’s official announcement says “more than 8 million Firefox 3 downloads in the first 24 hours”.

“The song ‘The Sound of Silence’ might hold more truth than ever imagined, suggests a new study that determined people can hear silent objects based on reflected and ambient sound.” - Discovery

Like Bats, People ‘Hear’ Silent Objects

GINA is a concept car by BMW where the car is made out of flexible material and can change shape according to the requirements. Fascinating and creative design.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia said Monday it will soon call for a meeting between oil producers and consumers to discuss what it called the unjustified rise in prices.

Saudis seek meeting on oil prices

“When fully commissioned later this year, the £250m farm set on abandoned state-owned land will be twice the size of any other similar project in the world, covering an area nearly twice the size of London’s Hyde park. It is expected to supply 45MW of electricity each year, enough to power 30,000 homes.” - Guardian

EU renewable energy league

Top

• Sweden 2005 39.8%, target by 2020 49%
• Latvia 34.9%, target 42%
• Finland 28.5%, target 38%
• Austria 23.3%, target 34%
• Portugal 20.5%, target 31%

Bottom

• Cyprus 2.9%, target by 2020 13%
• Netherlands 2.4%, target 14%
• Ireland 3.1%, target 16%
• Netherlands 2.4%, target 14%
• Belgium 2.2%, target 13%
• UK 1.3%, target 15%

World’s biggest solar farm at centre of Portugal’s ambitious energy plan

Large UK-owned companies are outstripping their European rivals when it comes to creating wealth, a study has concluded.

UK firms ‘top Europe wealth list’