At the inauguration of 'Ezhuthuvilakku' - the three-day state-level workshop for young and upcoming writers - Kerela Chief Minister, V. S. Achuthanandan, expressed his concern over Malayalam not being conferred the classical language status by the Centre, despite the fact that Malayalam had a rich literary tradition.

Urging the Union government to provide its support for research into various aspects of literature in all languages in the country, Achuthanandan said Malayalam should receive the same consideration as Kannada and Telugu got in this respect.

Berlin  - Multi-functional devices are the Swiss army knives of the peripherals world. They can print, copy and scan all in one package. There are downsides, though. If one function breaks, the whole device has to be brought in for repairs. The devices won't win prizes based on their prowess in the individual disciplines, either -their value is as a package.

Potential buyers should decide beforehand how they intend using the device.

Mainz, Germany  - Spam is losing none of its annoyance and is becoming even more dangerous, according to analysts at Sophos - a German security software firm.

During the third quarter, one out of every 416 e-mails contained a potentially dangerous attachment compared with one in every 3,333 e-mails in the second quarter, Sophos said.

The increase can be linked to a large series of malware-spam attacks over the summer. Fake mails were doctored to appear as if they were coming from delivery company UPS and designed to steal money or online identities. All the bigger attacks targeted computers running Windows.

The astounding success of 'Golmaal Returns' has brought the much-needed respite to the film industry after a practically 'dry spell' of luck, following poor box office response to big budgeted films.

'Golmaal Returns'- produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and directed by Rohit Shetty - is a sequel to one of the biggest grossers of 2006, 'Golmaal.'

Madrid  - Samuel Eto'o kept Barcelona on top of the Spanish Liga on Saturday by scoring four goals in the 6-0 destruction of lowly Valladolid.

Eto'o scored all of his goals in another sparkling first-half display from Barca. He now leads the scorers' chart with 13 goals in 10 games.

Barca - the form team of Planet Football right now - have won their last eight league matches and are top with 25 points, two more than Real Madrid, who beat Malaga 4-3 earlier on Saturday in a dramatic clash.

Villarreal, who are at home to Almeria on Sunday, are third on 21 points.

Eto'o began the slaughter of Valladolid by scoring with his left foot in the 12th minute, after being set up by Daniel Alves.

According to the New York Daily News, Comedian Katt Williams was arrested in midtown Manhattan early Thursday morning, on weapons charges.

The police found 35-year-old performer's Mercedes bus and red Cadillac Escalade parked on Broadway. They noticed that the SUV was missing a license plate, and three guns were in plain sight inside the vehicles. When Williams emerged from a nearby building, and told the cops that the vehicles were his, they handcuffed him.