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TV industry strike ends

TV industry strike endsAfter days of watching the repeat telecast of favourite

Endeavour astronaut loses tools in space

Astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-PiperNASA recently reported that astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, who took part in the first of the mission's four planned spacewalks from the space shuttle, let slip her tool bag during a spacewalk on Tuesday and watched helplessly as it floated off into space.

She had just begun to work on a jammed joint on a solar panel of the International Space Station (ISS) when the accident occurred.

Samsung Eternity, a TouchWiz phone comes out via AT&T

Samsung EternityWith the aim to strengthen the bond among them, AT&T and Samsung have taken a step ahead together and brought out a new phone, Samsung Eternity aka the Samsung SGH-a867. The new Samsung Eternity is supported by TouchWiz technology and lots of other unique features that will definitely attract a lot of attention.

With 3.2 inch touch screen and haptic support, Eternity also features a black and chrome exterior.

New price set by Microsoft for $99 security suite: free

MicrosoftRecently, Microsoft announced that from June 2009, it will stop making its antivirus and security product, OneCare, and instead replace the same with a free download program called "Morro".

The good thing for users is that they will get all the services of Morro, free of cost, while, earlier for OneCare they had to pay $99, plus $US10 a year to subscribe to a virus update service.

"Morro will provide comprehensive protection from malware, including viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojans," said Microsoft in a statement.

Convert iPhone into Wii-like Controller

Convert iPhone into Wii-like ControllerApple has been taking initiatives to popularize iPhone and iPod touch as mobile gaming platforms with many big game publishers like EA, Sega and others, already rolling out iPhone OS version games. But now, Social Gaming Network has come up with MMO concept of gaming over iPhone and iPod Touch.

The gaming applications were showcased by the game developers on Facebook, Hi5, Bebo and MySpace, who also showcased their four sports games - iGolf, iBaseball, iBasketball and iBowl - on Apple App Store.

Toyota Postpones Launch of Prius in India

Toyota PriusToyota, major Japanese Automobile Manufacturer, has put the launch of Prius, the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle on hold, owing to a steep duty structure and inability to fix a competitive price.

Toyota was working on bringing Prius at a price tag of Rs 20-22 lakh. But Honda is already offering the Civic Hybrid at Rs 13.36 lakhs, a price which makes Prius a bad deal for the end customer. Honda recently reduced price of Civic Hybrid by Rs 8 lakh due to low demand.

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