Like most people his age he spends most of the day in front of a computer screen. But Mark Zuckerberg is no ordinary 23-year-old – he's officially the world's youngest US billionaire. You might not recognise his name but there is a good chance he has revolutionised how you keep in touch with friends – old and new. Mr Zuckerberg created social networking site Facebook because he wanted to stay in touch with mates he made at Harvard – but it has made him $1.5billion (£755million).He is so rich he has been named Forbes magazine's 785th wealthiest person in the world. But his vast pile of cash is dwarfed by the riches at the top end of the table – and there has been a change in pole position. After 13 years as the world's richest man, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has slipped to third place with a fortune of £29billion – despite a £1billion increase in his fortune in the past year. US investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett now sits proudly at the top of the league with £31billion – up from £26billion. The 77-year-old, from Nebraska, is chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway – a holding company which specialises in insurance.
Patrick Swayze 'optimistic' over cancer fight
Patrick Swayze is remaining optimisitic, despite being diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of cancer, according to his doctor. The actor's physician dismissed intense media speculation that he just had five weeks to live. 'Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far,' Dr George Fisher said. 'All of the reports stating the time frame of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.' He added that Swayze is still busy working: 'Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects.'
The Dirty Dancing star was reported by US magazine National Enquirer as being on the brink of death after being confirmed with pancreatic cancer at the end of January. It reported that the disease had spread to other organs but in a bid to fight on the 55-year-old has been flying himself for 'radical' chemotherapy at a cancer unit in Palo Alto, California.
In other news…
· Video-sharing site YouTube has beaten Wikipedia, Facebook and MySpace to become Britain's favourite social media site. The Google-owned user-generated content site had 10.4 million people from the UK visit it in January, according to new figures from online analysts Nielsen Online. Wikipedia, which had previously been rated number one, had 9.6 million unique UK visitors, while Facebook had 8.5 million people visit it.
· More than one in seven people think they will become millionaires during the coming decade, a survey shows today. Around 15% of people expect to have made at least seven figures by 2018, while 1% of consumers claim they have already hit this milestone, according to mobile phone group Orange.
· A machine which could take pictures of your dreams and read your mind is being developed. Scientists have taken the first steps towards building a device which puts images from the brain on to a screen.
· Dina Lohan turned daughter Lindsay into a star and now viewers can watch as she tries to do the same for Li-Lo's younger sister. A new US show, Living Lohan, will be filmed inside the family's New York home. It will show Dina working as mother and manager to transform 14-year-old Ali, makers E! said.
The Dirty Dancing star was reported by US magazine National Enquirer as being on the brink of death after being confirmed with pancreatic cancer at the end of January. It reported that the disease had spread to other organs but in a bid to fight on the 55-year-old has been flying himself for 'radical' chemotherapy at a cancer unit in Palo Alto, California.
In other news…
· Video-sharing site YouTube has beaten Wikipedia, Facebook and MySpace to become Britain's favourite social media site. The Google-owned user-generated content site had 10.4 million people from the UK visit it in January, according to new figures from online analysts Nielsen Online. Wikipedia, which had previously been rated number one, had 9.6 million unique UK visitors, while Facebook had 8.5 million people visit it.
· More than one in seven people think they will become millionaires during the coming decade, a survey shows today. Around 15% of people expect to have made at least seven figures by 2018, while 1% of consumers claim they have already hit this milestone, according to mobile phone group Orange.
· A machine which could take pictures of your dreams and read your mind is being developed. Scientists have taken the first steps towards building a device which puts images from the brain on to a screen.
· Dina Lohan turned daughter Lindsay into a star and now viewers can watch as she tries to do the same for Li-Lo's younger sister. A new US show, Living Lohan, will be filmed inside the family's New York home. It will show Dina working as mother and manager to transform 14-year-old Ali, makers E! said.
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