New York  - US software giant Microsoft could become the default internet search provider on Verizon Wireless mobile phones as both companies move closer to an agreement, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

The deal involves a revenue-sharing model between Microsoft and Verizon from advertisements shown in response to internet searches made on cellphones. This would guarantee Verizon payments of approximately 550 million dollars to 650 million dollars over five years, the report said.

Damascus - Syria's foreign minister said uranium traces found at an alleged nulcear facility by the United Nations nuclear watchdog may have been left by Israeli warplanes that attacked the site.

"No one has ever asked himself what kind of Israeli bombs had hit the site, and what they contained," the Syrian minister said, stating that Israel had bombs containing depleted uranium, such as used by the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Walid al-Moallem described as politically motivated the news leaks about the traces found at the site which was bombed by Israel in September 2007.

Dubai, Nov. 12th, 2008 --President of Dubai University Dr Mohammed Omar Hefni, discussed today in Dubai with IBM Executive Director in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Larry Hurst, ways of boosting cooperation between the two sides.

Hefni welcomed the visit, which he described as important in regard to the technological relations between the university and company. The visit came in the wake of the agreement signed between Dubai University and IBM Company. As per this agreement, the staff received hi tech training.

Balasore (Orissa), Nov.

Melbourne, Nov 12 : An Australian technology firm has come up with a unique battery power super card, which they believe can fight online fraud.

The company reckons that it can stop up to 1 billion dollars a year in credit card fraud with its new revolutionary invention.

The card, which includes an alpha-numeric display, built-in microprocessor, a keypad and three years of battery power, will display a one-time number with which to authenticate each online credit card transaction, whenever the user will enter the pin number.

The technology was developed over two and a half years by a small Deloitte-backed technology firm based in Adelaide and Melbourne called EMUE Technologies.