Washington, August 26 : Radiocarbon dating of two Jewish ritual instruments, which are horn-shaped, found in London a century and a half ago, has dashed hopes that they date from the period before the Jewish community was expelled in 1290.

According to a report in the Times, the instruments are post-medieval and one of them may never have been finished or used in the synagogue.

The instrument, know as ‘shofar’, has been mentioned 69 times in the Bible, with its first occurrence in the book of Exodus.

Shofarot are used in the synagogue during the month of Elul, which commemorates Moses’s time on Mount Sinai and they are played on the holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Top Indian-handset maker Spice Mobile has made announcement about the launching of its new music phone, named Spice S-820 in the Indian market.

Targeting music lovers, the newly launched ‘S-820’ is a slim, highly functional phone, which comes packed with an integrated Yamaha audio amplifier, which delivers loud and clear 3-D surround sound.

With a memory of 1GB, the phone also has a built-in FM player letting users to record on the move.

Top mobile manufacturers such as Nokia and Samsung are planning to launch cheap touch phones in the Indian market. Their announcement came after the launch of Apple’s iPhone. The companies have shown commitment to provide cheaper touch phone than iPhone for the customers. They have also planned a strategy to compete the popular ‘iTunes’ online music service of iPhone.

Iphone is planning to expand its market for touch-screen phones in India. There is a good prospectus of touch phones in India. The data shows that 40% of phones will incorporate touch-screen technology in the near future.

Software giant Microsoft Corporation has decided to introduce a "privacy mode" for the next release in the proposed version of web browser ‘Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0’. Its first version ‘beta1’ has already launched and next version ‘beta2’ is expected to come in the market at end of the year.
    

Washington  - Struggling computer chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is to sell its digital television business to Broadcom Corp for 192.8 million dollars, the company announced Monday at its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

AMD is working to "transform the company, becoming leaner and more focused," Dirk Meyer, AMD's new president and chief executive, said in a statement. "The sale is a key step in helping to strengthen our balance sheet, lower our break-even point, and hone our focus."

Mumbai, Aug 25 : The Communist Party of India today accused the US of being responsible for the failure of the recent Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna to give India a waiver for global nuclear commerce.

CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan told media persons here today, "Small countries raised objections and it was not without the knowledge of the US."

Bardhan said that most of the objections at Vienna were raised on the clauses of the Hyde Act, like continuous fuel supply to India.