According to the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) director B N Suresh, the successful space missions carried out by the country would enable India to share the resources in other planets in the outer space, apart from getting elevated to the prestigious group of countries that have successfully conducted space exploration missions.

Sarah Palin may have been on the losing end of the Republican ticket, yet she topped the web search chart, confirms Google’s list of the most popular searches in 2008, which the internet search giant released on Wednesday.

At the number two positions of ‘fastest-rising’ searches around the globe was Beijing Olympics 2008. Facebook login and Tuenti, a Spanish social networking website followed the Beijing Olympics 2008.

34 complaints have been received by the railway officials that say that many ATVMs- 20 machines in the Western Railway (WR) and 14 in the Central Railway (CR) - were damaged by angry commuters and miscreants. Another complaint was also received by the officials two weeks ago, which informed that a commuter damaged an ATVM screen with a sharp weapon at Mumbra station. Railway officials said that the damaged machine was in such a bad condition that it could not be repaired.

Five ATVM machines at Nalasopara station too were vandalized a few months ago by the commuters.

Sony has launched its long-anticipated 3-D social network PlayStation Home; week after Horizons discussed the potential death of Second Life. Today, its digital doors will open for a public beta, which could be availed via a free software update on PlayStation 3.

Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd, a leading maker of memory modules, motherboards and graphics cards, has announced that it has entered into the netbook segment with the introduction of its first Netbook.

Based on Intel Atom mobile CPU, the Netbook will hit Indian market this year.

This newly launched compact and lightweight offering is powered by the incredibly small Intel Atom processor, which supplies the performance needed to enjoy popular activities like streaming videos or music, emailing, web surfing or instant messaging.

The company that provided the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, used by the 26/11 terrorists to keep in touch with their bosses has been traced by the Crime Branch of the Mumbai police. Apparently, it has been confirmed by the US-based company, Call Phoenix that the terrorists interacted to someone located in Pakistan.

The Crime Branch has also informed that approximately 60 hours of the conversation that occurred between the terrorists and someone in Pakistan during the terror attacks has been taped by the investigators.