Now, love psychologist Susan Quilliam has revealed the marriage commandments that keep them together, reports the News of the World.

Give each other space - Absence makes the heart grow fonder, especially when living on different continents. While David is playing football in Italy, Victoria keeps herself busy juggling family life and her fashion career in the States. “Separate interests keep their love fresh and alive. They make the most of, and live for, the time they spend together,” says Quilliam.

Forgive and forget - David’s downfall came in 2004 in the form of Rebecca Loos, 32. “The Beckhams were obviously able to talk through their problems, learnt to understand one another, and then put it behind them,” says Quilliam.

Family comes first - The Beckhams have produced a hat-trick of gorgeous sons: Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, six, and break-dancing Cruz, four. “When you’re in a loving marriage and know you can weather any storm, having a child can bring you even closer, provide a focus for your love and give you a shared job to do,” says Quilliam.

Be each other’s cheerleader – The couple idolises each other. “Victoria’s made many sacrifices, but both have genuinely admired and supported the other. Be proud of what your partner does – and tell them so,” says Quilliam.

Dress for marriage success – The Beckhams ensure their glamour dial is always cranked up to 11 on nights out. “It’s a sign of disrespect to your partner to let yourself go. By taking care of themselves, David and Victoria help keep the lust alive,” says Quilliam.

When two become one – Their penchant for copycat behaviour is a sure-fire sign of a successful relationship. “While individuality is important, their ‘matching’ styles, and the overlap between them, shows the world they have a rock-solid partnership – they think, feel and act the same,” says Quilliam.

All you need is love – Victoria and David travel thousands of miles to spend one night together. “They’re constantly declaring their love. Just saying: ‘I love you’ every day goes a long way in keeping romance alive,” says Quilliam.

The in-laws are not the enemy – The secret of a happy relationship is a happy family. With their hectic schedules, David and Victoria would be lost without Sandra and Jackie, their respective mothers-in-law, who regularly travel with the family, acting as babysitters and allowing the couple to spend precious time alone. “The Beckhams know the importance of making their mums feel involved and valued. They give the family stability and are a vital source of support,” says Quilliam.

Never air your dirty laundry in public – Behind the scenes, Posh and Becks have had their fair share of humdinger rows. But unlike other celebrity couples, they’re careful never to argue or criticise each other in public. “David and Victoria have such a public profile that even the slightest hint of tension would quickly come back to haunt them. They never criticise or bad-mouth each other, and if anything negative happens, they close ranks,” says Quilliam.

Spice up (Sex) life - Posh is regularly seen scouring LA’s sex shops and stocking up on red-hot goodies. And David often buys sexy underwear for his missus. “Love thrives on physical passion. Shared pleasure and sex binds them together and helps them get through stressful times,” says Quilliam.

Ever wondered where were the foundation stones of today’s technology giants laid? What were the places where the seeds of some of the biggest technology innovations first germinated?

No they were not plush offices, but small garages, apartments or hostel rooms where these companies were set up. These buildings today mirror the journey of a dream.

Network World recently carried a list of 12 holy sites of IT which it termed Tech Meccas because of their significance in the technology world today. Some of these are birth places of today’s IT giants while others are centres which exemplify technology prowess that world has attained over the years. Here’s over to the technology’s holy shrines.

367 Addison Ave, Palo Alto, California

The tree-lined residential street near Stanford University leads to a 12×18-foot garage where in 1939 college friends Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard laid the foundation of today’s largest personal computer manufacturer, Hewlett-Packard.

The garage served as research lab, development workshop and manufacturing facility for the company’s early products including Model 200A audio oscillator. In 1940, HP moved into larger quarters on Page Mill Road.

The garage was dedicated as the Birthplace of Silicon Valley in 1989, and the property was acquired by HP in 2000. The company paid $1.7 million for the 3.6×5.4 metre garage which William Hewlett had originally rented for $45 per month.

In 2007, the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

2066 Crist Dr, Los Altos, California

Apple Computer Inc was born in the company’s CEO Steve Jobs’ parents spare bedroom. The room was basically a garage attached to his home at 2066 Crist Dr, Los Altos, California.

It was here that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, along with Ronald G Wayne joined together to build Apple Computer in 1976. The day was incidentally Fool’s day.

The garage room served as Apple’s first manufacturing base, with the first 50 Apple 1s built here. The consignment was sold to Paul Jay Terrell’s Byte Shop for $500 each.

Talking about his initial days at Apple, Jobs reportedly said in an interview “It was just the two of us, Woz and me. We were the manufacturing department, the shipping department and everything.”

232 Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo Park, California

This is the address where in the year 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin joined hands to build what eventually became the world’s no. 1 search engine and Internet company, Google.

The company’s co-founders rented the garage from Susan Wojcicki, who later also became a Google employee. The duo took the 2,000 square feet, a four-bedroom home, for $1,700 a month. It was than Google hosted its first data center here.

In a news report they said, “The office offered several big advantages, including a washer and dryer and a hot tub. It also provided a parking space for the first employee hired by the new company.”

When Page and Brin first moved into the garage, Google had just been incorporated with a bankroll of $1 million raised from a handful of investors. By 1999, Google began serving 500,000 queries a day and the company moved from the four walls garage to a mega Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California.

In 2006, Google paid an undisclosed fee for the 177-square-metre property in Menlo Park, California. Reports say that it would have cost them US$1.3 million. There are plans that they may utilize the property as a guest house. Though the garage has not turned a historic site yet, but the place has been attracting quite a number of eyeballs.

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

This is the one of the hottest hub of scientific research located astride the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. Called European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, it is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works.

At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.

Founded in 1954, the organisation has twenty European member states. The place also holds significance as the birthplace of the World Wide Web. In 1990, physicist Tim Berners-Lee and systems engineer Robert Cailliau devised the concept of an information system based on hypertext links.

This is where father of Internet Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal for information management showing how information could be transferred easily over the Internet by using hypertext.

Bletchley Park, England

Best known as the Winston Churchill’s secret intelligence and computers headquarters during World War II, Bletchley Park is also the home town of Milton Keynes. Situated in Buckinghamshire, UK, it is regarded as the site of secret British codebreaking activities during World War II and also the birthplace of the modern computer.

In 1939 during the World War II, cryptologists based at Bletchley Park successfully broke major codes used by German military and high command and those of other Axis countries. The most famous break-ins were the ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines. Today, Bletchley Park houses permanent collection of Enigma and other vintage cypher machines and equipment.

It was in Huts 3,6,4 and 8 that the highly effective Enigma decrypt teams worked. The huts operated in pairs and, for security reasons, were known only by their numbers. Their raw material came from the ‘Y’ Stations: a web of wireless intercept stations dotted around Britain and in a number of countries overseas. These stations listened in to the enemy’s radio messages and sent them to Bletchley Park to be decoded and analyzed.

Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, California

Another technology Mecca is PARC (Palo Alto Research Center, Inc), popularly known as Xerox PARC, is a research and development company in Palo Alto, California.

Founded in 1970 as a division of Xerox Corporation, PARC is where the first graphical user interface was invented (for the Xerox Alto) and the first Ethernet cables were connected. This is also the place where first laser printer was invented and the first WYSIWYG text editors were rolled out. Ubiquitous computing also started here.

PARC currently conducts research on biomedical technologies, “clean technology”, user interface design, sensemaking, ubiquitous computing, large area electronics and embedded and intelligent systems. PARC was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002.

These days the organisation conducts a regular Thursday lecture series open to general public.

Ames Lab, Iowa State University, Iowa

What makes Ames Lab part of the tech’s holy sites is that this is the place where John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the world’s first electronic digital computer between the years 1937 and 1942.

The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the world’s first electronic digital computer that gave the world several major innovations including the use of binary arithmetic, regenerative memory, parallel processing, and separation of memory and computing functions.

In the year 1997, researchers at Ames Lab built a working replica of the ABC, which is now on display in the lobby of Iowa State’s Durham Center for Computation and Communication.

In 1973, US Federal Judge declared Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer following a trial which declared the ENIAC patent of Mauchly and Eckert invalid.

Moore School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Regarded as the birthplace of the computer industry, the Moore School is where the first general-purpose digital electronic computer, the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), was built between 1943 and 1946.

ENIAC was capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems. ENIAC was designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the US Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory, but its first use was in calculations for the hydrogen bomb.

Not only this, the place holds special importance as the first computer course was given at the Moore School in Summer 1946.

Also, Moore School faculty John Mauchly and J Presper Eckert founded the first computer company, ENIAC, which produced the UNIVAC computer. The 3-story Moore School has now been integrated into Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.

IBM’s Main Plant, Poughkeepsie, New York

Located on the Hudson River Valley, midway between New York City and Albany, this was the first building of IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY called ‘Main Plant.’ Constructed in 1948, many of IBM’s computers over the years were assembled and rolled out from this facility.

In April 1953, the most advanced, most flexible high-speed computer in the world called the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine was unveiled at Main Plant. For next 56 years, many other IBM mainframes were made and rolled out from this centre.

In 1964, the centre also rolled out IBM’s first general-purpose mainframe, the System/360 family. What made the site more special was that IBM System/360 Model 75 helped NASA get Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon and back 40 years ago.

Room 2713, Dobie Hall, University of Texas, Austin

Dobie Center, a privately-owned twenty-seven story residence hall located adjacent to the University of Texas at Austin campus is the birthplace of today’s second largest PC maker, Dell.

CEO Michael Dell founded the company at this centre in the room No 2713 of Dobie Center. From here Michael began selling computers via mail in 1984.

Kirkland House, Havard University

Ever wondered where is the birthplace of the world’s most popular social networking site Facebook that today boasts of 250 million users.

At third floor of Kirkland House room, Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with fellow computer science major students and his room mates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while he was a student at Harvard University in the year 2004.

Kirkland House is one of the 12 undergraduate houses at Harvard University, located near the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lyman Residence Hall, Stanford University, California

Even before Google brothers rented a garage at 232 Santa Margarita Avenue, California, to set out the task of building what is today’s most powerful internet company, it is said that the duo began working from Larry Page’s room in Stanford’s Lyman Residence Hall in 1997.

It is widely believed that the room also housed Google’s first server farm. However, unlike the Menlo Park property, Google has not so far bought the property.

A well known American psychic, Edgar Cayce claimed that through dreaming, people gain access to their spirit and all possible questions are answered by our inner conscious. Some dream interpretations are strange, while others are pretty understandable. We bring you ten most commonly experienced dreams to help you interpret their meaning within the context of your own life.

Car troubles

Description: This is a common nightmare among all ages, even for people who usually don’t drive. In this dream, you are usually in or near a car or some other type of vehicle which goes out of control. The circumstances can vary, for example, you may find that you have no brakes, or that the steering wheel doesn’t work, or that you have run out of fuel. You may also dream that you are going off the road, off a cliff, going through a red light, or crashing into an object or person. Mr. X, a sales manager with a leading telecom company, recalls “I don’t remember my dreams. But a few years ago, when I was getting over a troubled relationship and going through an emotional turbulence, I used to have a recurring dream that I am driving a car and suddenly the brakes failed. It was an intense feeling.”

Interpretation: A vehicle is the symbol of our life’s path. This dream arises when things are not going well for you and you are unable to control the unpleasant events happening in your life. If the car in your dream has poor control or missing parts, it suggests that your sense of control over current conditions is being compromised. “A troubled car dream always means that you are going through a change – be it changing jobs or experiencing your first pregnancy”.

Failing a test

Description: This dream is often seen by those who have been out of school for a long time. In this dream you are prevented from passing a test in diverse circumstances. In one scenario, you find that you are unprepared to undergo the test either because you have not prepared for it or because you are missing the necessary equipments needed to sit for the exam. In another scenario you may find that you can’t answer any of the questions or that the test is in some unknown language. You can also not complete the exam within the stipulated time or find that you are late in arriving at the exam hall. All these factors contribute to you failing this test. Ms. M, a content writer with a MNC, says, “I get this dream periodically. It’s usually college and I’ve blown a class off for almost the entire semester and once the finals come I have to find a map and locate the room like it’s my first day there.”

Interpretation: Such dreams highlight your frustration and depression. It usually means that you are feeling tested in life and may experience the fear of not being accepted. It could even imply not being prepared to face challenges or not being good enough. You are worried that you are not making the grade and measuring up to other people’s expectations. “To dream that you are taking an exam indicates that you are being put to the test or being scrutinised in some way. These dreams also suggest that you are feeling unprepared for a challenge. These dreams are not about the content of the test, but rather how you are feeling while taking the exam”.

Illness or dying

Description: A dream death is a moderately common nightmare and it involves deaths of famous people, your parents or children, a lover or even yourself. Occasionally, it occurs during the onset of an illness. According to American psychic, Edgar Cayce, when you dream about the accidental death of any person, that person’s death symbolizes something in you that is no longer functioning. Mr. K, a senior engineer says, “I usually dream of goons breaking into my house and shooting at my father. I’m the only one who witnesses this in the dream”
Interpretation: This dream is related to your life and it means that you are emotionally hurt or are afraid of being hurt. “This dream may work as a warning for you to make you aware of an upcoming physical risk to yourself or a loved one. When it is someone else in the dream who dies, it can mean that you feel that part of yourself (that you see represented by that person) is also dead. It may also mean that you wish the person would go away or that you fear losing them”.

Being chased

Description: Dreaming about being chased is also a commonly experienced nightmare. Most often the chaser in the dream is a monster or some person who is frightening; occasionally it may be an animal. Such dreams are not only horrifying and shocking, but often leave the dreamer with a lasting image of the dream. It is also worth noting that sometimes this dream is a replay of an actual event in your life. Mr.A, a student, says, “When I was young I used to have nightmares about being chased. Usually I was chased by two lions and I would be running away from them towards my house, but I could never reach the door no matter how hard I’d try.”

Interpretation: This type of dream often results from stress. In this type of dream you feel frightened, attacked and in danger. If you dream of being chased by someone you know, this person is somehow contributing to your anxiety. If you dream of being chased by a stranger, it’s possible that the stranger represents some aspect of yourself. “Running is an instinctive response to physical threats in our environment, therefore ‘chase dreams’ represent your way of coping with fear or stress. Instead of confronting the situation, you are running away and avoiding it”.

Bad or missing teeth

Description: Teeth dreams usually involve the discovery of extremely decayed or missing teeth in your own mouth. Common dream scenarios include having your teeth crumbling in your hands or your teeth falling out one by one with just a light tap. Ms. S, a call center executive, recalls, “Five years back, I would constantly dream about my teeth falling out. And not just falling: they actually crumble into much smaller pieces, and I end up spitting the pieces throughout my dream. I was seeing that dream so often that I actually went and talked to someone about it, and they told me it could mean that I wasn’t feeling nurtured or loved by those around me.”

Interpretation: What does it mean when we dream about missing teeth? At the most basic level it means that we are afraid of being looked upon as unattractive. At a deeper level, it can signify a fear of embarrassment or loss of power in real life. “Sadly, we live in a world where good looks are valued highly and our teeth play an important role in conveying that image. The dreams about your teeth reflect your anxiety about your appearance and how others perceive you. Another rationalization for falling teeth dream may be rooted in your fear of being embarrassed or making a fool of yourself in some specific situation”.

Falling or sinking

Description: We have all had falling dreams. This is the most common dream, and is sometimes accompanied by muscle jerks, which may jolt you awake. In such dreams we are usually falling through the air and are extremely frightened. Occasionally we may be sinking in water and in danger of drowning. Ms. S, customer care executive, says” I often dream that am floating or have the ability to levitate, sometimes with a great sense of power other times with powerlessness.”

Interpretation: Dreams of falling often arise from the fear of losing control. A person who is having this dream is either insecure or lacks support in real life. If you have this dream you should evaluate your current situation and try to identify the problem. “Falling is an indication of insecurities, instabilities, and anxieties. Sometimes when we have these dreams, your whole body jerks or twitches and we wake up. This happens because falling or sinking dreams typically occur during the first stage of sleep and the dreams in this stage are often accompanied by muscle spasms of the arms, legs, and the whole body. This jerking action is part of an arousal mechanism that allows the sleeper to awaken and become alert and responsive to possible threats in the environment”.

Missed a train, bus, boat or plane

Description: In this type of dream you are rushing to catch a bus, train, plane or other type of public transport, but you miss it generally by a fraction of second. You feel frustrated rather than afraid in these dreams. In a variation of this theme, you arrive very late for a performance in which you are supposed to participate and find that the event has already begun.

Interpretation: “Travel images often signify an emotional journey of discovery and this dream usually means that you have missed out on an important opportunity in your real life. This dream often occurs when you are struggling over an important decision”.

Faulty machinery

Description: In the faulty machinery dream you dream of trying to operate some mechanical equipment while it malfunctions. Many such dreams involve telephones, with the dreamer having trouble dialing, getting disconnected or making a faulty connection. It can involve a lost Internet connection or a jammed or broken machine. Aaron, a web developer, says “I dream about the faulty connection most often. I can never dial the right number or get hold of the person I am trying to reach”

Interpretation: “This dream means that you are losing touch with reality or that a part of your body or mind is not functioning properly. You can also have such dream when you are feeling anxious about making a connection with another person in real life”.

Lost or trapped

Description: In this dream you try to find your way out of an unknown territory such as a forest, city streets, a large building or any other maze-like structure. Another way this dream plays out involves you being trapped, buried alive, caught in a web or unable to move for some other reason. Mr. A, a bank employee says, “One recurring dream is of being on my way somewhere and taking a shortcut through a building. This turns into an endless series of stairs and doors that lead nowhere.”

Interpretation: Dreaming about getting lost is very common and will usually occur when you are not able to decide on how to react to a certain situation in real life. “This type of dream will usually carry an element of fear or of frustration and it usually means that you are trapped in real life and you are unable to make the right choice”.

Dreaming nudity

Description: In this type of dream you are in a state of undress, partial undress or inappropriate dress. For example you have gone to work wearing pyjamas. Occasionally you are the witness of another person who is naked while you are clothed. This is often accompanied by feelings of embarrassment and shame, but occasionally with the feeling of pride or freedom. Keith, a software engineer, recalls “When I was young the most recurring dream was that I went to school wearing only pajamas and I am surprised that I still remember it”

Interpretation: As with all the dreams, the emotional tone of this one is important to the meaning. The meaning of this dream is that you are feeling exposed, awkward or you are afraid that you have revealed too much of yourself to someone who is not trustworthy. An interesting fact about this type of dream is that it occurs much more frequently in people who are involved in a wedding ceremony or event management in their real life. “Getting humiliated at the realisation that you are walking around naked in public, is often a reflection of your vulnerability or shamefulness. Finding yourself naked at work or in a classroom suggests that you are unprepared for a project at work or school. But if you are proud of your nakedness and not embarrassed or ashamed then it symbolises your unrestricted freedom”.