London - The British team that already holds the world land speed record said Thursday it plans to build a 1,000-miles-an-hour (1,600 kilometres) car in the next three years.

The Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) will be 13 metres long, six metres wide and be powered by a jet engine normally used on the Eurofighter, plus a rocket, said project leader Richard Noble.

"We have to defend our record," said Noble, whose team in 1997 produced the current record-holder which reached a speed of 1,228 kilometres (785 miles) an hour, breaking the sound barrier.

Noble said the new car would be faster than a bullet, covering the distance of four football fields in a second.

Finnish giant Nokia has made announcement about the launching of its latest sleek looking, compact dual slider N series phone, named ‘N85’ in the Indian market.

With an aim to provide ultimate gaming experience together with feature-rich experience, the newly launched handset comes with 15try-and-buy mobile N-Gage games plus a voucher for one full game license.

London, Oct 23 : Images in LCD televisions, laptop computers, and other digital devices will soon be much sharper, courtesy the new three-dimensional nanoimaging technique developed by a physics professor at Case Western Reserve University.

The 3D imaging technique, developed by Charles Rosenblatt, professor of physics and macromolecular science at Case Western Reserve University, can give a detailed account of the physical properties of liquid crystals.

The method of 3D optical imaging of anisotropic fluids such as liquid crystals, can provide volumetric resolution one thousand times smaller than existing techniques.

A device has been invented by a German car-maker that will let the motorists to avoid red lights. The name of this gadget is Travolution and it informs the drivers to drive at a specific speed so that when they arrive at the traffic lights, it is green.

The formula behind this gadget is that once installed inside the car, it plots the position of the vehicle and the distance from the next set of traffic signals. Following this, the optimum speed is displayed by it on a screen.

Citing the ongoing financial crisis as the main reason, Samsung Electronics has withdrawn its $5.9 billion takeover bid to acquire US flash memory card maker SanDisk.

San Francisco - The so-called Google-phone went on sale for the first time in cities across the US Wednesday, offering the strongest competition yet to the dominance of Apple's iPhone.

German-owned carrier T-Mobile began offering the G1, made by Taiwan's High-Tech Computer (HTC), in cities where T-Mobile's 3G service is available, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and Seattle. The company made its first retail sale of the G1 Tuesday evening in San Francisco.

Along with 3G support, the G1 features a touch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, and GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity.