It was recently informed by the graphics maker Nvidia Corp. that due to weakness in end-user demand, Q4 revenue will decline by up to 50 percent sequentially.

Nvidia reported, “Specifically, the massive shortfall was a result of further weakness in end-user demand and inventory reductions by Nvidia's channel partners in the global PC supply chain.”

Nvidia reported $897.7 million for the Q3 of fiscal 2009 compared to $1.12 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, a decrease of 20 percent.

Microsoft made first public beta of MED-V available for download by anyone interested in trying it on January 15.

The basic aim behind the premier release of MED-V is to allow Windows XP and Windows 2000 apps to run on Vista machines and this is done by the product by running the older Windows versions virtually (using Virtual PC) on a Vista machine.

A new application, which allows the users sacrifice a friend in exchange for a Burger King Whopper, has been reined by Facebook Inc.

Reports which came on Thursday claim that in the time the fast-food promotion was in operation, about 234,000 friends were sacrificed.

The major problem was that the deleted friends were identified by the app, along with their friends, that they were sacrificed for a Whopper.

No notification to the friends is sent by Facebook, when they are removed normally.

On Thursday, Kevin Martin, a Republican who chaired the U. S. Federal Communications Commission for four years informed that when the new administration would take over, he would leave the agency.

Following this, Martin will become a fellow at the Aspen Institute in Washington, a conservative think tank. Tuesday, the day when U. S. President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn in is when Martin will bid adieu to the agency.

A new study has rejected the earlier view that that methane is transmitted directly into the air by the plants.

In order to find whether it's true or not, an examination of several possible sources of methane production was done, and it was discovered that plants are not capable of synthesizing methane under normal growth conditions.

In the midst of lower sales and increasing competition in the world's fastest-growing telecom market, Motorola, which is facing lower sales now, has decided to shut down its distribution division in India. It has been learnt that now the distribution work will be done out of Singapore.

As of now150 people have already been informed regarding the loss of their jobs, though it is not known how many people worked in the division and will have to quit.