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There seems to be no end to the number of pink slips that are being handed over by Microsoft Corporation. The IT behemoth, say news reports, is going to go ahead with another round of lay offs.

The information which was made public by a source who is close to the whole matter and did not wished to be named. The source said that this time the number of lay offs is going to be very less as compared to the last times.

Reports coming from BBC-led Project Canvas states that the launch of this event has been scheduled for 2011.

The event organised at Intel's Shaping the Future of TV conference in London, made the chief technology officer of Project Canvas, Anthony Rose claim that the IPTV service is scheduled for release in the early 2011.

Considered to be one of the 'best of breeds' of TV platform Rose stated: "Getting the parties together is a remarkable feat in the first place. My team has a good deal of technical work to do. I can't talk about the timescales given before."

World's biggest retailer, Wal Mart is testing waters in the online loan business segment. This is being done with the help of its Sam's Club unit. The program is being undertaken along with Superior Financial Group LLC and the target audience is going to be the small businesses which are looking for capital.

Members of Sam's Club can borrow capital from Superior Financial up to $5,000-$25,000 and the demographics of the target audience include the minorities, women and military veterans.

Western Digital's WD Elements Desktop USB 2.0 external hard drive is claimed to be an answer to the storage solutions.

Supposedly this USB device comes with full utility making use of the WD quality and thus aiding in saving of photos, music, video, and files.

Inviting the need for an easy, modern solution to data storage needs it comes with easy plug-and-play feature where one needs to connect the power and plug it into a USB port in order to store or transfer the files.

Whatever we had churned the thoughts regarding the Public sector pensions, it cost double the amount of what it is expected out and thus we do need some urgent reforms, as per the recent report. Now the workers employed in the public sector shall be required to save 40% from their annual salary to support their salary pension benefits.

Today, after such a long wait the European Commission's has unconfined the Green Paper on auxiliary pensions in the single market.

The Green Paper depicts that how the limitations on making choice for the investments by pension funds like requirements to endow into a particular state, or in government bonds which might seriously worsen the performance.