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Brit bosses ‘more likely to ban Facebook’ than European counterparts

London, Sep 9 : With the demand of social networking sites growing worldwide, a new research has found that British bosses are more likely to curb the use Facebook and MySpace than their European counterparts.

According to a report by Ofcom, Britons spend more time on social networking sites than any of their European neighbours.

The report revealed that almost 40 per cent of British adults with internet access were found to use social networking sites compared with 22 per cent in Italy, 17 per cent in France and 12 per cent in Germany, reports Telegraph.

Palin ''hid her pregnancy from aides''

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah PalinLondon, Sept. 9 : Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is said to have kept the birth of her youngest child, Trig, a secret even from her closest aides.

According to The Independent, they did not know Palin was pregnant until a few weeks before Trig''s birth in April, and that was because she hid her pregnancy.

French whisky firm in trouble over Scotch claim

London, Sept. 9 : The maker of France''s first single malt whisky could face legal action for labelling its dram Scottish.

Airline bomb trial: Five potential suicide bombers ''still at large''

London, Sept. 9: Up to five potential suicide bombers may still be at large in Britain.

The Telegraph quoted security services as admitting to this alarming development after the convictions of three British Muslims accused of plotting the world's biggest terrorist atrocity.

Police admit that up to five would-be bombers may still be on the loose, as a bugged conversation between the plotters in their east London bomb factory revealed they had recruited up to 18 people. To date, only 13 people have been arrested in connection with the plot.

Senior officers believe the "key players" have been rounded up, but admit they would be "unwise" to suggest there were no more terrorists connected with the gang.

Google to bring 250yrs newspaper archives online

Google to bring 250yrs newspaper archives onlineLondon, September 9 : Google Inc. has undertaken a new project to make archives of the world-famous newspapers available on the Internet.

Making an announcement in this regard, the company said that its newspaper-scanning project would begin with a handful of North American newspapers, including the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, considered to be the continent’s oldest newspaper.

It’s official: Men and women’s brains are wired differently

London, Sept 9 : They say men are from Mars and women from Venus. Now, a group of researchers has backed this adage by providing scientific proof that the brains of the two sexes are distinct.

According to the research team, the variations in the density of the synapses that connect neurons may help to explain differences in how men and women think.

Even though the intelligence levels are equal, women and men excel at different cognitive tasks.

But although brain size and neuron density differ between the sexes, these don''t seem to correlate with cognitive differences. Therefore, Javier DeFelipe at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, and colleagues counted the number of synapses instead, reports New Scientist.

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