Google, which earlier in June had invented a Map Maker for a small group of island nations that are deprived of sophisticated cartography data, has now adopted wiki approach to fill out the white spaces on its map. This approach, particularly being made for developing nation will help one find better and thus make good mapping data available.

India, which has been added on Google Maps by the company along with other countries, could be modified in the same. Google, which has taken a step ahead with this recent technology, is also considering adding more countries in sometime.

Google is looking forward to add this new technology in all the regions of the world, even when it has started in regions which are deprived of good map data.

Washington - If you decide to move to Windows Vista, be sure to visit the Windows Update site soon after completing installation. Just open the Vista start menu, and type Windows Update. Windows Update will scan your computer and offer to deliver important patches and updates to the software - including Vista's first service pack, which improves the overall performance of the operating system. Schedule Windows Update to run automatically to get incremental security fixes.

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Munich - Programs like Outlook and Thunderbird are useful for sending and receiving e-mail messages. Another option is to sign up for an e-mail account with one of the many services on the internet. All correspondence can then be handled fully online. The same services often offer a pay-version alongside the cost-free ones, promising extra functionality in the process. Are the extra services worth the cost?

Leipzig, Germany - Sony has announced plans to begin offering the Playstation 3 in a version with more memory for storage. The gaming console will be available with 160 Gigabytes (GB) of capacity starting on October 31. That represents a doubling of the console's storage space. The internet-ready units will cost 449 dollars, the manufacturer indicated at the recent Games Convention trade fair in Leipzig.

Munich - It may have sounded like science fiction 20 years ago, but it's now reality: computers listen to what you say.

Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 is the latest incarnation of Nuance's speech recognition software for PCs. And rival company Linguatec has announced the release date of the successor to Voice Pro 11 this autumn. That means that updated versions of the two key programs in voice recognition industry will be available in stores at the same time. But what are these programs really capable of, and who can benefit the most from them?

Berlin - Duplicated data is often little more than dead weight on your hard drive.

To solve that problem, specialized programs are available to track them down and remove them. Nevertheless, experts advise using caution and security when using them, otherwise you might accidentally send some of your cherished family photos into digital limbo.

Digital photos are notorious for accumulating duplicates on a hard drive.

"It's easy to build up extra data if you make copies and then forget to delete the original," said Peter Knaak, a technology expert at Stiftung Warentest, a consumer reports organization.

"It's worth cleaning up the hard drive occasionally to free up memory space."