Soon, the Asus Eee PC 1000H model of netbooks would be replaced by the company with the 1002HA. Though almost similar design is featured by the new netbook, it has a thinner profile.

A brushed metal external shell and front mounted speakers and the same system specifications as the older model with a 1.6 GHz Intel N270 Atom Processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard disk would also be featured by 1002HA. The new model will be powered by Windows XP.

Today, Union Textile Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela, denied reducing Minimum Support Price (MSP) of cotton, in a direct reply to the agitating ginners across the country. With the aim to pitch for rationalization of cotton MSP, nearly 4,000 ginners in India have launched a two-day strike.

At a press conference held in Ahmedabad, Vaghela said, “Ginners reaped the rich benefits of higher cotton prices last year. Now let the farmers earn higher returns this year.”

On Monday, Union Defence Minister A K Antony informed that within a few years, the Indian Navy will be equipped with the most modern technology and thus would become capable of meeting challenges in the Indian ocean and other far-flung areas better than so called advanced nations.

While dedicating to the nation 'Abhinavam', the new technology complex of the Naval Physical Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Antony said, “The Indian Navy can face challenges better than the so called advanced nations.”

A unique way of saving electricity when charging an iPod has been discovered by Owen Louis, 21, by using an onion soaked in energy drink.

Louis, who is also a great music fan, evidently was worried since his Mp3 player was using quite a lot of electricity; so the Portsmouth resident decided to utilize vegetables in order to power up his device.  

The technique Louis used consisted of boring two holes in an onion, soaking it in an energy drink and sticking a USB cable into it. The method enabled him to charge his iPod for an hour.

A new research that used robotic lizards has claimed that in order to gain attention in noisy environments, lizards actually do “Push-ups.”

The scientists were immensely helped by the robots, designed to mimic the appearance and body language of live anole lizards, to confirm a long held theory that animals take the help of grand gestures like lizard push-ups and loud noises in order to attract the attention of other members of their species in noisy environments.

Raheel Sheikh, a prime suspect in the case of July 11, 2006, Mumbai serial blasts was detained by the British Interpol on Tuesday.

Raheel Sheikh, who is supposed to have strong links with the Pakistan-based jihadi outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), is alleged to be one of the masterminds of the conspiracy and is also alleged to be involved in the funding of the bombings that killed 200 and wounded another 700.