Microsoft is risking an $18 billion empire on Windows 8

 Windows has been Microsoft's most reliable cash cow for nearly three decades. The software giant is gambling all of that success on what it deems to be the company's future: a radically redesigned Windows 8.

Windows is the linchpin of Microsoft's empire. Without a significant design overhaul since 1995, the operating system has been essentially printing money for Microsoft. Last year, Windows brought in more than $18 billion in sales and $11.5 billion in profit. On its own, Windows would be big enough to place among the largest 150 U.S. companies by revenue, and its 62% profit margin would rank among the highest in the world.

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    AOL unveils Alto, an email service that

syncs 5 accounts                        

Alto is a new web-based email service that syncs up to five email accounts and you don't even need an AOL address to use it. It's is made to not have your inbox get so full. No more of those seemingly endless email threads, daily deal notifications and newsletter subscriptions most of us have had for a long time.

Investigators find cracks in second Dreamliner engine

Just two months after an engine cracked and failed during test aboard a Boeing 787, federal plane inspectors have found a second engine problem on a different Dreamliner, the National Transportation Safety Board announced that he NTSB should find out the problem as a cracked fan midshaft on a Dreamliner General Electric GEnx-1B turbofan engine, the group posted on its website Thursday. The 787 had not yet flown when investigators identified the engine problem.

Inspectors uncovered the cracked second engine during an inspection of all in-service engines of that type, the NTSB said. The statement included no further details of the discovery. The NTSB, which investigates all U.S. civil aviation accidents, said its investigation of the engine troubles is continuing.

       BlackBerry's wipeout creates major                     

                    mobile security gaps

For years, BlackBerrys were the only mobile devices involved with IT departments allowed past their gates. Now those heavily guarded doors are swinging wide open to all kinds of personal gizmos, including iPhones, iPads, Android gadgets and more. The trend has advantages like businesses getting to cut expenses by having their employees use their own phones and tablets, and employees get to carry around high-powered devices of their own. It also comes with a cost: The "bring your own device" phenomenon introduced a whole slew of vulnerabilities to corporate networks. "Every app you install on your mobile device could lead to compromise, every text message you receive. Every website you browse using your own device's mobile browser is possibly suspect."

My Summer

Over the summer I had alot of fun, me and my family went to florida for 2 weeks, one week we stayed in weston and the next week we stayed in disney. I also just hung out by my pool and tanned. I hung out with my friends every night and we had so much fun. I also went to the beach and down the shore on and off.

This is where I went over the summer.

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Kids don’t want to eat their broccoli? Try

 adding a cool superhero moniker to the 

mix, says study 

Kids are less likely to not eat their veggies if they come with cool names, like “X-ray Vision 

Carrots” and “Power Punch Broccoli". When grammar school cafeterias introduced the fun

monikers, the students ate twice as many vegetables as they did when veggies were simply

labeled, “Food of the Day,” according to research published in the journal Preventive 

Medicine. “It makes it more accessible,” study researcher David Just, of Cornell University,

told the Daily News. “It’s as simple as finding

names that are attractive to them.”