Author Archives: Guanqun
Bicycling everyday may help women control weight: study
BEIJING, June 30 — Bicycling for as little as five minutes a day can help women control their weight in their 30s and 40s, a new study suggests Wednesday. The study, published in the June 28 issue of Archives of … Continue reading
Google Chrome supplants Safari as third most popular Internet browser in U.S.
BEIJING, June 30 — Google Chrome has replaced Apple Safari for the first time as the third most used Internet browser in the United States, behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) and Mozilla’s Firefox, according to media reports Wednesday. Chrome had … Continue reading
Two millionaire businesswomen win California Republican primaries
BEIJING, June 9 — Millionaire businesswomen Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman both handily won Republican primaries for the Senate and governor’s races in California, the U.S., according to media reports Wednesday. Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO, easily defeated state Insurance … Continue reading
Facebook doing “reasonable job” for user privacy
BEIJING, June 4 — Online social networking service Facebook said it is doing a “reasonable job” of giving users control over their account privacy, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. At the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital conference Thursday, … Continue reading
Police probe deadliest shooting in UK since 1996
BEIJING, June 3 — Police are investigating why a gunman went on a shooting spree in northwest England Wednesday, leaving 12 dead in the worst incident of its kind in the UK for 14 years, Bloomberg News said Thursday. The … Continue reading
Police probe motivations behind UK gunman
BEIJING, June 3 — UK police said they were still investigating the motives behind the gunman who shot dead his twin brother and 11 other people in northwest England Wednesday, the Guardian reported Thursday. “We are still at a very … Continue reading
Google to unveil Chrome operating system in fall
BEIJING, June 3 — Internet giant Google said it is planning to release its own operating system, Chrome OS, for free this fall, media reported Thursday. The Chrome OS, seen as a rival to Microsoft’s Windows, will be designed initially … Continue reading
Google phases out Windows use: report
BEIJING, June 2 — Internet search giant Google is phasing out internal use of Microsoft’s Windows operating system out of security concerns, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. Citing several Google employees, the FT said the internal directive to move to … Continue reading
Cancer deaths to double by 2030: study
BEIJING, June 2 — About 13.3 million people will die of cancer worldwide a year by 2030, almost double the number in 2008, a World Health Organization cancer research agency said Tuesday. The research, conducted by the International Agency for … Continue reading