Soon the fans and admirers of Palm’s Treo brand of smartphones could avail the new and exciting model-the Treo Pro. Wednesday saw the company making the announcement that it would start selling a sleeker and even more elegant version of Treo, which was once really popular. The price of this latest version would be $549 in US.

The customers can relax as they will not have to sign any contract that means that users could choose between AT&T or T-Mobile’s G.S.M networks and switch whenever they feel like.

Washington - No time to read? No problem. If you have access to some type of audio player - whether it's a CD player in your car, an iPod, or even a cell phone with a built-in MP3 player - you can let the bookworm in you surface once again.

And that's exactly what a growing number of readers are doing. While sales of most categories of traditional books are flat or even declining, audio books are seeing sales increases of over 20 per cent

per year, according to the Association of American Publishers latest statistics, from 2007. As a result, audio books are now more widespread - and more readily available - than ever before. That's good news for anyone who wishes there were more time to fit in a good book.

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Vienna, August 22 : The second round of crucial two-day meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries to grant India access to nuclear fuel and technology ended here today inconclusively.

The NSG is expected to meet again on September 4 to take a final decision.

After intense deliberations over the move that will end India''s 34-year-old isolation in the civil nuclear commerce, diplomats said no final decision could be arrived at. The leader of the US delegation at the NSG meet told reporters that the meeting was positive.

Vienna - Nuclear-exporting countries gathered for a second day of talks on allowing trade with India on Friday, with several members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) wanting to put conditions on the United States' proposal for a trade exemption.

As diplomats do not expect the 45 NSG members to come to an agreement by the end of their Vienna meeting later on Friday, pressure is building on the United States to see the trade exemption through in a further session in September.

Washington, August 22 : A Virginia Tech researcher has discovered a way to grow omega-3 fatty acids, known for their potential human health benefits, by using a byproduct of the emerging biodiesel industry.

Zhiyou Wen, assistant professor of biological systems engineering in Virginia Tech''s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, presented his findings at the 236th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Philadelphia on Thursday.

London, Aug 22 : You can now stop worrying about the way you look while sitting, for iPosture – a small gadget which can be stuck on the skin and buzzes to remind the wearer to sit up straight, helping improve posture – has come to your rescue.

The revolutionary device vibrates discretely when the wearer slouches by more than three degrees for one minute.

Once the posture is corrected the buzzing stops and users have been found to adopt better habits after wearing the device for four hours a day for up to a month.

It comes after researchers proved that the Alexander Technique - a method of teaching better bodily alignment, posture and balance - helps reduce back ache.