A novel website dubbed Microsoft Elevate America was unveiled by Microsoft on Sunday, which basically is a portal developed to help consumers, students, and other interested parties with some basic computer skills.

The state governments, including Florida, Oregon, and Washington would be able to avail a complementary version of the site with discounted certifications.

It was confirmed by Adobe on Thursday that major security vulnerability is present in its Acrobat and Reader software.

In its security advisory, Adobe informed, "This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this issue is being exploited."

MSD India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US drug maker Merck & Co, has revealed its plans to hire 300 people by December end this year.

The new hiring will be spread across all areas of its operations.

Presently, the company has staff strength of about 700 employees, which it wants to raise to 1000 by end of this year.

Apart from latest revealed move, the company is also looking to expand its presence in the Indian market, where it intends to introduce more vaccines.

Country's largest power generation and other heavy equipment maker, Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has informed that it has secured an order worth Rs 3,150-crore contract from the Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company for installing main plant package (steam turbines and generators).

It should be noted that this is the first order secured by BHEL for the new-rating units of 600 MW.

Apparel and accessories player Cantabil International is preparing to set up 280 outlets of its 'Cantabil' and 'Lafanso' brands across the country by March 2010.

The newly planned stores would be spread across metros, tier-I and tier-II cities and each store would be of 500-6,000 square ft in area. Out of total proposed stores, 80 would be Cantabil (premium segment) and 130 would be Lafanso (discount segment).