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Rare corals cross-breed in order to survive

Rare corals cross-breed in order to survive It is a known fact that corals are near extinction. But nature has its own way to keep life moving. In a last earnest effort of the staghorn corals to survive, it has been learnt that they have started cross-breeding with other related species of corals.  

Zoe Richards of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies informed, "This breaks all the traditional rules about what a species is."

Peenya to take over Chandryaan-1 after its launch

Peenya to take over Chandryaan-1 after its launchChandrayaan-1 will be taken over by Peenya in Bangalore, for keeping an eye on its operations, after the launch at Sriharikota. 

For the next two years, the main centre to tracking and controlling Chandrayaan, would be the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (Istrac) at Peenya, where hectic activities have already begun. 

Microsoft releases emergency patch for Windows computers

Microsoft releases emergency patch for Windows computers San Francisco - Microsoft issued a rare emergency patch on Thursday to fix a critical bug in its Windows operating system, which could be exploited by online criminals to take over individual and corporate computers.

It was the first time since April 2007 that the software giant has issued a patch outside its schedule of monthly updates.

Microsoft said the critical flaw affected computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, with less danger posed to computers running Windows Vista and Server 2008.

JetBlue, US Airways, fly in the red

JetBlue, US Airways, fly in the redNew York - The airlines' losing streak continued Thursday, as high fuel costs and sagging economy put a drag on operations.

The country's sixth largest passenger carrier US Airways flew deep into the red in the third quarter, like most of its rivals.

JetBlue, partially owned by Lufthansa, on the other hand narrowly missed the profit zone.

But in both cases, the losses were less than analysts expected.

Sudan, Chad to exchange ambassadors in two weeks

Sudan, Chad to exchange ambassadors in two weeks Tripoli - Sudan and Chad are to exchange ambassadors in two weeks, a committee assigned to restore peace between the countries announced Thursday.

The committee, which comprises representatives from Libya, Sudan and Chad, said in a statement that both countries are now committed to promote confidence and trust.

At the meeting in Tripoli, the committee also recommended accelerating the work of observation teams on the border between the two countries.

Virtualization Management Tool released by Microsoft

Virtualization Management Tool released by MicrosoftOn Tuesday, a System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 was launched by Microsoft. Through the launch of this Virtual Machine Manager, Microsoft added another key component to its virtualization arsenal. 

All important virtualization management pieces of Microsoft's strategy can be handled by Virtual Machine Manager 2008, and it has been learnt that Microsoft has spent much of 2008 deciding as to how the software could manage both Hyper-V and VMware's ESX hypervisor, as well as physical servers, through a single interface. 

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