A warning related to the fake imported Nintendo DS and DS Lite consoles that pose fire and safety risk, has been issued by a UK government agency.

The warning issued by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) came after seizing hundreds of fake Nintendo DS and DS Lite consoles with dangerous power adapters.

After being attracted by the price, around $60 rather than the normal $150, many people had ordered the products. However, it is being said by Nintendo that it did not produce the adapters.

London, December 10 : Facebook has emerged as the clear winner when it comes to Google UK's most searched term of 2008.

The social networking site beat BBC to the top spot followed by the popular video sharing You Tube.

eBay, the online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide, grabbed the fourth place.

Wrapping up the top five terms surfed on the world's most popular search engine was the ever-increasing hunt for games, reports the Sun.

Interestingly, Matt Brittin, Google UK director, revealed that the economic slump and companies' employee lay-offs had led millions of surfers searching for "jobs" in the top 10 list.

Washington, December 10 : Computer monitors and televisions embedded inside glass or transparent plastic may soon hit the market, thanks to the creation of a working computer chip that is almost completely clear.

The new technology, called transparent resistive random access memory (TRRAM), has been developed by scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

A research article in the journal Applied Physics Letters says that the new chip is similar in type to an existing technology known as complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) memory, a common commercial chips that provide the data storage for USB flash drives and other devices.

A public-interest litigation (PIL), seeking a ban on Google Earth has been initiated in the Bombay High Court, following the unfortunate episode that hit Mumbai less than a fortnight ago.

Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd, a maker of memory modules, motherboards and graphics cards, has forayed into the Netbook arena with the launching of its first ‘Netbook’, which will hit the Indian market this year.

The new Simmtronics Netbook, which is based on the power-savvy Intel Atom N970 (1.6 GHz, 2.5 Watts) mobile processor, comes with a 10.2 inch screen and guarantees low power usage through superior Intel SpeeStep Technology.

A new freeware application for the iPod Touch has been invented by the UK-based company, Truphone, in order to let the owners make phone calls through voice over internet protocol (VoIP) systems such as Skype and MSN.

As of now, the application can be used only to make calls to other iPods or iPhones, however, developers assure that calls to landlines will be in place in the near future.