The system abroad the IBEX, which was launched yesterday to study and click images of the edge of the solar system, is being remotely tested by the NASA engineers. It is indeed good news for everyone at NASA, that the computer onboard the spacecraft that was released from a Pegasus rocket on Sunday, is already up and functioning efficiently with its batteries fully charged.

Japanese drug major, Daiichi Sankyo has completely acquired 52.5 per cent equity stake in India's Ranbaxy Laboratories. The process is carried out through off-market and stock exchange transactions. Ranbaxy Laboratories is the largest pharmaceutical company of the country. It has become the subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo after acquisition of majority shares. The deal worth Rs 19,850 crore was initiated in June this year. It would enable Daiichi to use the generic expertise of Raanbaxy.

According to a new survey, 60% of British kids have seen disturbing images on the internet, which has actually raised concerns over the exposure of kids to the unsuitable material on net.

Keeping this thing in mind; the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) advices that new computers should be equipped with carry high-security “blocking” software; which could stop them from surfing through aggressive or vulgar material available over the vast world of Internet.

National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) said that global slowdown would affect Indian IT world in indirect manner. Indian information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are vulnerable to a short term impact of world financial crisis. The IT companies have started to slowdown their decision making activities. They are investing and spending very carefully. But Indian companies are still hiring the employees and confident to restore the normalcy very soon.

A very astonishing piece of information has been put forward by the latest report of WWF that climate change is taking place at a much faster speed than thought by the scientific organizations. It is quite likely that if in case this is not treated on a global scale, then it will definitely have adverse effects on mankind.

Spice Mobiles has launched its latest slim and stylish musical handset, named Spice S-580 in the Indian market.

The unique feature of this candy bar phone is the Dazzle Ring-tone, which lets users to listen a fresh ring tone every time they receive a call. Using this feature, the handset shuffles and selects a ring tone from the list of 10 user-selected ring tones for every new call.