London, Apr 9 : More than 97 percent of all emails sent in the world are unwanted spam, says a Microsoft security report.

According to the report, e-mails are dominated by spam adverts for drugs, and general product pitches.

The global ratio of infected machines was 8.6 for every 1,000 uninfected machines, the study found.

It also found that Office document attachments and PDF files were increasingly being targeted by hackers.

It’s tough to get to the number one slot, but it’s even tougher to retain the number one position; well that’s what the Vice-President and Managing Director of Nokia India, Mr D. Shivakumar feels. According to Mr. Shivakumar, when you are at number one slot in business, it becomes your responsibility to keep striving to hold your position; not only to hold, but to hold it for longer.

The world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones – Nokia is now preparing to enter into the developing rural market in India, seeing that the urban market is getting increasingly concentrated with mobile technology. Anticipating a strong business potential in rural market, Nokia is teaming up with some micro finance institutions to get into the rural arenas.

The inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors - Intel, observing the first anniversary of its Atom processor, announced two new versions of its Atom processor, confirmed to launch Nehalem-based mobile processors later this year, and introduced new chip codenamed "Jasper Forest". The Santa Clara, California based chipmaker disclosed about the launch of its upcoming Moorestown chip platform at its Developer Forum in Beijing, on Wednesday.

The third largest computer manufacturer in the world - Acer has unveiled its Aspire Revo ion nettop, which is basically a mini-PC including an Atom CPU with an NV 9400 chipset. According to Taipei, Taiwan based Acer, AspireRevo is the first small form factor computer equipped with Nvidia's Ion platform, combined with Intel's Atom chip and the Ion graphics processor.

It is important to note that the Acer's AspireRevo ion nettop is not a netbook; it is a 'desktop' computer featuring Nvidia Ion turbocharging Intel Atom. Acer intends to boost its presence in the category of nettops, with its AspireRevo.

The branch of United Nations responsible for protecting and supporting refugees - UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) on Tuesday joined a charity program triggered by the popular social networking site Facebook. The UNHCR is using the Facebook to raise funds for the uprooted, displaced people in Afghanistan, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan.