London, Jan 18 - While logging into Facebook account many times a day in office or at home may have turned an irresistible habit for a lot of people, particularly the young, a study has said being glued to it could actually be making people sadder.

According to the study by Utah Valley University, the more the people use the hugely popular social networking website, the more they will believe that others are much happier, the Daily Mail reported.

San Francisco / London, Jan 19 - Yahoo's co-founder Jerry Yang stepped down from its board along with all other positions he held in the company, it was announced Tuesday.

The 43-year-old Yang also resigned from the Boards of Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group Holding limited, Xinhua quoted the company as stating in a press release.

Having founded the online company in 1995 with David Filo, Yang served as Yahoo's chief executive from June 2007 until January 2009.

According to the data released by the Labour, there has been a significant increase in cost of council services for elderly and disabled people.

The data from 93 out of 153 councils in England has shown that the cost of meals on wheels has increased 13% over the last two years while that for transport rose by 33%.

The survey showed that there were huge differences across the region.

David Rogers, chairman of the Local Government Association’s community wellbeing board sad that the budget cuts by the government has left them with very difficult choices about the services they can provide.

London, Oct 21 : A nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe is on sale for £5,000.

Christie’s will hold a specialist sale in November to sell the 1962 photograph of Monroe, taken shortly before she died.

The provocative shot is part of a series called The Last Sitting, which catapulted American photographer Bert Stern to fame, the Sun reported.

Bert Stern clicked 2,500 photographs of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 for Vogue magazine, six weeks before the iconic beauty died of a drug overdose.

London, Oct 15 : Hollywood actress Hilary Swank is donating her personal acting fees to various charitable organisations after she attended a controversial event in Chechnya.

The two-time Oscar winner has “deeply regretted” her taking part in a birthday celebration for Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechnyan President, who is accused of orchestrating human rights violations.

Human Rights Watch urged Swank and other celebrities who attended the event to return any money or gifts they received from the event.

London, Oct 12 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari asked US President Barack Obama to stop Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from staging a coup to oust the weak civilian government, days after Osama bin Laden’s killing in Abbottabad, according to an exchange of secret messages revealed by a British newspaper.

London, Oct 12 : A scheme funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation may have helped India slow the spread of HIV by about 100,000 cases in the past five years, a new study has suggested.

The Avahan project was launched in 2003 in six states, which had the highest rate of HIV in India at the time.

The aim was to invest in HIV prevention by targeting high-risk groups such as sex workers and truck drivers.

The Lancet study said it showed such an investment can reduce HIV prevalence.

London, Oct 11 : Pre-orders of recently launched Apple’s iPhone 4S has topped the previous record of 600000 set by the iPhone 4 last year.

Apple has confirmed that the device, which according to critics came as a disappointment for fans waiting for the widely rumoured iPhone 5, has whipped up a sales frenzy beyond even its predecessor, selling
1,000,000 units in just 24 hours.

“We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.

London, Oct 11 : Earth has been warned of another possible satellite collision as an orbiting telescope weighing nearly three tons has spun out of control and is plummeting homewards at high speed.

ROSAT, a German X-ray telescope built with British and American technology, has been orbiting the Earth since 1990 and has provided invaluable data on stars. But they lost contact with it in 1999.

It is now predicted to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere at the end of this month, the Daily Mail reported.

London, Oct 10 : Google and Samsung have delayed the launch of their new product out of respect for Apple’s visionary founder Steve Jobs, who recently died after a long battle with cancer.

“Steve Jobs introduced numerous revolutionary changes to the information technology industry and was a great entrepreneur,” the Herald Sun quoted Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung, as saying.

London, Oct 10 - Rihanna's mother thinks she is way too mature for someone who is just 23.

The "We Found Love" singer says her tough upbringing has made her wise and her mother can't believe how grown up she is at such a young age, reports contactnews. com.

"I saw too much. I was way too mature for my age. I guess that's why I became rebellious. That's what my mother thinks anyway," said Rihanna. (IANS)

London, Oct 10 - Actor Ewan McGregor says he was left embarrassed after his father took his friends to watch his saucy movie "The Pillow Book".

The Scottish actor plays the lover of a Japanese model in the 1996 hit, and was initially worried about his family viewing the adult scenes, reports express. co. uk.

"I was worried about him seeing that film. I come from such a small, conservative wee (tiny) town in Scotland. My dad is a gym teacher," McGregor told Esquire magazine.

London, Oct 8 - Reality TV star Sharon Osbourne has admitted she took a break from "The Talk" to get her breast implants removed.

The 58-year-old star had taken the hiatus to go under the surgeon's knife after suffering a problem with her assets, reports femalefirst. co. uk.

"One morning I woke up and one of my breast was kind of much longer than the other. So I thought, this isn't right," she said.

London, Oct 6 : A senior Palestinian official has called for the removal of Tony Blair from his position as Middle East peace envoy, saying the former British leader is ‘biased towards Israel’ and is ‘of no use at all.’

Mohammed Ishtayeh, a member of the Central Committee of the dominant Fatah movement and a confidant of President Mahmoud Abbas, said Blair was no longer trusted as an impartial mediator.

London, Oct 6 : London Mayor Boris Johnson has told International Olympic Committee inspectors that the city is ready to stage the 2012 Games.

Concerns were raised whether or not London''s narrow congested streets, and old transport network would be able to cope with the huge demand during the Games, but Johnson assured that the venue is ready.

"Our venues are ready, our park is ready, our transport system is being transformed,” Mirror. co. uk quoted him, as saying.

London, Oct 6 : The death of Apple’s visionary leader Steve Jobs has provoked the biggest online reaction of any event in recent history, as the official twitter figures reached 10,000 tweets per second.

According to social media monitoring firm SR7, the huge reaction eclipses the previous biggest event, Beyonce''s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she revealed she was pregnant, which generated a record 8868 tweets per second.

London, Oct 6 : Apple co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer.

Tributes started pouring in from around the world after the company confirmed the death of the mastermind behind the iPhone, iPad and the iPod, the Daily Mail reports.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” read a statement by Apple''s board of directors.

London, Oct 5 - Actor Robert Pattinson has been named the world's sexiest man.

Pattinson has topped Glamour magazine's 50 Sexiest Men poll for the third year running, beating actor Taylor Lautner who came second.

Actor Johnny Depp came third while soccer star David Beckham and "High School Musical" actor Zac Efron took fourth and fifth position respectively.

The rating was compiled from over 40,000 votes by readers of the magazine. (IANS)

London, Oct 4 - David Beckham says his home has turned into a pink palace ever since the birth of his first daughter Harper Seven with wife Victoria.

The soccer star and his wife recently welcomed their fourth child, after having three sons Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, nine, and six-year-old Cruz, reports femalefirst. co. uk.

Despite being only 12-weeks-old, David admits Harper has already made a huge impact on the family.

"It's getting to be a pink palace already - I think pink and lilac are the colours of the year," he said.

London, Oct 4 - Music mogul Simon Cowell is backing a lottery game called The Health Lottery which will raise funds for health projects across the country.

The game offers a top prize of $160,000 to entrants, while $80 million will go towards helping people across the Britain.

"I thought it was one of those great ideas that can make a real difference and to show my support I've bought 5,000 Health Lottery tickets.