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According to a new study, cities and urban centers can be of great help in soaking up carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the main greenhouse gas resulting in global warming.

The study says that even as the urban centers, which account for about four percent of the world's land surface and is rising due to increasing population of the world, are believed to lack "sinks" where vegetation soaks up CO2 naturally, they can make a significant contribution.

The head of Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer has said that the games in the Halo franchise as the players did not play Master Chief in Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach.

Spencer said that the software giant "lost its way" with the Halo franchise while speaking in relation to the future of the series. "We kind of lost our way a little bit, I'll say," he admitted.

According to online retailer, Play Research In Motion (RIM) might launch its Blackberry Touch 9900 smartphone in the UK in august.

Play said that the smartphone will be launched on the 12th of August at £519.99 as the retail price. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 will feature a physical keypad and a touch-screen display.

The smartphone runs on BlackBerry 7 operating system and is powered by a 1.2GHz processor. Meanwhile, Amazon has already placed the device up for pre-order with a launch date of the 15th of September.

In a surprising development, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has said that only a fifth of the private firms in the country have agreed to a free data protection audit by the authority.

The ICO revealed that just 19 per cent of the firms agreed to the audit in spite of the fact that there were 603 data breaches reported in 2010-2011, including 186 by private business. On the other hand, 71 percent of the public sector firms agreed to the free data protection audit by the ICO.

According to a new study, about 32% of the Apple iPhone 4 smartphones in the US are running on the network of Verizon telecom, allowing rival AT&T to remain as the main operator for the Apple’s popular smartphone in the country.

Research firm Localytics said in a blog post, "Despite AT&Ts nearly eight-month head start, Verizon has managed to capture nearly a third of the U. S. iPhone 4 market"

The crew on NASA’s Atlantis space shuttle, which was launched recently for its final mission to the International Space Station (ISS), has taken two of Apple’s iPhone to space to help with experiments.

The iPhone are equipped with custom made software from Odyssey Space Research and will help astronauts track their scientific data. The device is designed with the phones unique attributes including e gyro, accelerometer, cameras and chip. The iPhone’s app called SpaceLab is also available to other users.