Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for pancreatic cancer, but doctors reportedly caught the small tumor early, which may improve her odds of surviving the usually deadly disease. Pancreatic cancer is relatively rare, but in the past few years, it has gotten more attention because it has afflicted actor Patrick Swayze and Apple CEO Steven Jobs. Here are some facts you need to know:
 
 
1. Pancreatic cancer is not a particularly common form of cancer. Despite the high-profile cases, fewer than 38,000 people were diagnosed with the disease last year, compared …

Google’s Latitude application brings the future of location-based services one step closer, but does Latitude pose a threat to social networking sites like Facebook or MySapce? One analyst says no, but that’s not really the point.
 

 
Imagine a world where you mobile phone not only connects you to social networks and recognizes your location, but also is able to provide you with suggestions for contextual, location-based commercial interests. While Google’s Latitude application, announced on Wednesday, is just a baby step in that direction, one Forrester Research analyst says that will …

Dr. Margaret Gatz, a professor of psychology, gerontology and preventative medicine at the University of Southern California, conducts research on interventions that may reduce the risk ofAlzheimer’s disease. In a recent study, published in the January 2009 issue of the journal Diabetes, Dr. Gatz and her team tracked rates ofdementia and diabetes in Swedish twins and discovered that developing diabetes before the age of 65 was associated with a 125 percent increased risk of subsequently developing Alzheimer’s disease.
1. How did you become interested in the relationship between diabetes and dementia?
Our research began with the question why some …

A year ago, GPS device-maker Garmin announced with some fanfare that it was developing a touch-screen phone that doubles as a location-based personal navigation device.
It was beginning to smell of vaporware until today. The company announced it is teaming up with Taiwan-based pc maker Asustek to roll out not one, but several “nuviphone” models this year.
One might still take this with a grain of salt, since the companies would say only that the first model is due in the first half. They also offered few specifics in a press release …

 
Facebook, the online social networking site, has reached its fifth birthday. Founded in 2004 by a Harvard University student, the site now has 150 million active users.
BBC News published on thier website how 3 readers explain how social networking has impacted upon their lives.
LYNNE ACKERS, 54, MERSEYSIDE, UK 

I run a carers forum because three of my children have autism.
Many of the members on my forum were also on Facebook so I thought I’d give it a try.
I am so glad that I did as it has changed mine and my …

Now keep in touch with your friends within your area through the new Latitude feature of Google Maps

The Google Maps team has rolled out the all new Latitude feature for sharing user location with friends and family. Apart for sharing location, users can keep in touch with their friends and family through SMS, Google Talk, Gmail, or updating status messages. One can go to www.google.com/latitude on the desktop or cell phone to download the application and start sharing his/her location.

 
Google Latitude is available on Symbian 60 based phones, iPhone-iPod Touch, colored Blackberry …

 
Following the long line of award-winning F-series models, FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. today announced its latest and greatest, the FinePix F200EXR digital camera, introducing the world to Super CCD EXR technology. Combining the 12-MegaPixel, Super CCD EXR with a powerful Fujinon 5.0x wide angle optical zoom lens and a larger 3.0″ high-resolution LCD, the FinePix F200EXR is Fujifilm’s most advanced compact digital camera yet.
In addition to the FinePix F200EXR, Fujifilm is also announcing the launch of the 10-MegaPixel A150 digital camera. Designed specifically for the …