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The power of social networking sites is once again being demonstrated in the aftermath of the Oct. 15 earthquake that hit the Visayas.

Two accounts on Facebook namely Oplan Bangon Bohol and #Bangon SugBohol are instrumental in channeling relief to survivors in Bohol province.

Individual netizens have also been posting and re-posting information to hasten the delivery of aid.

They are also circulating digital posters with messages like Our churches may have have fallen but our faith is stronger.

Positive statements like this lift peoples spirits even as the ground continues to reel with aftershocks.

Sharing advisories when the earth shakes and right after a tremor is also a laudable act, but so is shooting down false information.

Case in point: The rumor circulating by text and social networks warning of an impending magnitude 8.0 earthquake caused pockets of panic.

What made it scary was the misleading attribution that the report came from TV 5 and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. (Phivolcs).

Cebu Daily News was barraged Sunday evening with passed-on text messages, and a re-post on CDNs Facebook page about it, along with the plea: Is this true?

Definitely not.

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Posted: Monday, October 21, 2013, 4:00 PM

MONDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Experts have long suspected that breast milk may have the power to prevent babies from getting infected with HIV, and new research gives insight into why that might be so.

Researchers say they've discovered a component of breast milk that appears to kill the virus that causes AIDS, potentially preventing some babies from becoming infected by their mothers.

"Even though we have anti-retroviral drugs that can work to prevent mother-to-child transmission, not every pregnant woman is being tested for HIV, and less than 60 percent are receiving the prevention drugs -- particularly in countries with few resources," study senior author Dr. Sallie Permar, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Duke University, said in a university statement. "There is still a need for alternative strategies to prevent mother-to-child transmission, which is why this work is important."

The protein the researchers pinpointed, known as Tenascin-C or TNC, wasn't previously suspected to have germ-fighting abilities. The researchers reached their conclusions after testing samples of breast milk from uninfected women to see if it could combat HIV strains.

"TNC is a component of the 'extracellular matrix' that is integral to how tissues hold themselves together," Permar said. "This is a protein involved during wound healing, playing a role in tissue repair. It is also known to be important in fetal development, but its reason for being a component of breast milk or its antiviral properties had never been described."

Future research should examine whether the protein works with other components of breast milk to fight HIV, she said.

Dr. Barton Haynes, director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute, added: "The discovery of the HIV-inhibiting effect of this common protein in breast milk provides a potential explanation for why nursing infants born to HIV-infected mothers do not become infected more often than they do."

"It also provides support for inducing inhibitory factors in breast milk that might be even more protective, such as antibodies, that would completely protect babies from HIV infection in this setting," Haynes said.

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Last updated on: October 23, 201311:15 IST

Apple Inc on Tuesday offered free upgrades for life on its operating system and business software, and unveiled thinner iPads and faster Mac computers ahead of a competitive holiday shopping season.

The debut of the one-pound iPad Air and MacBook Pro with sharper 'retina' display repeats a pattern of recent launches with improvements in existing lines rather than totally new products, and Apple shares fell 0.3 percent for the day.

Apple said upgrades to its Mac operating system and iWork software suite, which compete with Microsoft Corp's Excel, Word and other applications, will now be offered for all MacBooks and Mac computers.

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That brings Apple's model of free system software upgrades on phones and tablets to the computer market, where Apple is still the underdog to Microsoft's Windows.

Apple may be trying to safeguard its grip on mobile software as Microsoft revs up its Windows-powered Surface Pro, which runs applications, such as Word or Excel, that are the standard for business customers, analysts said.

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"We are turning the industry on its ear, but this is not why we're doing it," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook told media and technology executives at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center.

"We want our customers to have our latest software."

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