In order to give a stiff competition to Apple’s iPhone, Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA has decided to come up with a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software.

The mobile phone will be made by HTC, which is one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world.

Technology is advancing at a fast pace with SuperComputers having processing speed of billions of instructions per second. It won’t be wrong to say that our lives today are really dependent on it. Computers have come as a boon for the mankind and have made communication, data sharing and collective working much easier. Starting from really basic configuration, the computers today have reached to unbelievable advanced levels.

Berlin - Tuition and fees usually take a heavy toll on every student's budget. Rent and cell phone demand another chunk, and then there are still costs associated with computers, especially the software.

The standard tool for the job, Microsoft's Office suite, costs around 460 dollars. Graphics students may also require expensive applications like Adobe's Creative Suite for a cool 2,400 dollars. Yet there is some relief in sight: Many manufacturers are now offering rebates.

It's possible to save up to 85 per cent in this way, a test by the Munich-based Chip magazine recently showed. Creative Suite 3 Design Premium was made available for 

Bonn - Several security holes have been discovered in Firefox and other software from Mozilla. The Thunderbird e-mail program and the Seamonkey program suite have also been affected. Users should update their software as soon as possible once patches become available, recommends the German Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI) in Bonn.

Hamburg - Software for uninstalling programs does not work completely reliably, a new test has shown.

For that reason computer users are advised to stick with the uninstallation function included in Windows and to reach for special software only if problems arise, according to Hamburg-based magazine Computer Bild. The magazine tested five programs and compared the results with Windows' Add/Remove programs function.

Only one piece of software, priced at 19 dollars, even received the grade of "satisfactory."

Hamburg - A new Google service lets users track internet trends.

The "Insights for Search" feature lets users see what searches were popular in a particular country during a specific time span, according to Google's offices in Hamburg. Searches can also show the rate at which certain searches became more popular among users. For those who want even more detail, data for individual or several countries is available.