Software giant Microsoft, joined by rivals Google and Yahoo, has launched a local mapping service for India, which offers users access to detailed listings and street maps for 9 Cities, business listings across 29 cities, and access to highway networks to 20,000 cities and towns.

Microsoft's India Development Centre (MSIDC) in Hyderabad has developed the first version of the service, on the PC and mobile at http://maps.live.co.in and http://m.live.co.in.

It seems that Moller International is determined to turn dreams into reality; that's why the company has announced that within the next two years, it would come out with Autovolantor, a flying car. Autovolantor is supposed to be based upon Ferrari 599 GTB model since the shape and layout is apt to remodel it into the flying machine, and would carry a rice tag of 50,000 pounds.

The car has been equipped with vents that would tilt in order to keep the car in the air. The car will have a speed of 100 mph on ground and in air it will have a speed of 150 mph.

Recently, Panasonic announced its latest Toughbook H1 that has been specially developed for health environments. Basically the low power Intel Atom processor is incorporated by this rugged mobile clinical assistant (MCA). The latest Panasonic Toughbok H1 aims at redefining performance and functionality for the MCA category via offering six long hours of battery life, dual hot swappable batteries, screen that can be viewed in daylight and integrated Gobi technology.

Dell Inspiron Mini 12 was launched on Sunday. According to Dell, Inspiron 12 will be available in the U.S. by mid- November.

Inspiron Mini 12 is the first notebook that has a 12 – inch screen. The newest model from Dell with competer with 10 inches notebooks by Lenovo, IdeaPAd S10 and MSI Wind. The resolution of the screen would be 1,280 by 800. It is shaped like a wedge, 9 by 11.8 by 0.92 inches.

Recently, the upgrades for Photoshop Lightroom and the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in were released by Adobe. As of now, both of these upgrades are available as free upgrades for Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4 users. 

These releases offer added raw file support for 15 digital cameras that include names like the Nikon D90, Nikon D700, Canon EOS 50D and Canon EOS 1000D. 

In the latest move to grab more market share during the festive season, Canon India released its latest PowerShot A 1000 IS camera, that is 20% smaller in size than the older cameras by Canon. The stylish and compact camera would provide users with more functions and mobility. 

A lens with 4x zoom, 2.5-inch wide LCD and a special high-end photographic control for point-and-shoot capability are supported by the Canon A 1000 IS camera.