Berlin  - World of Warcraft (WOW) is not the only online game available and game developers have finally realized that they have to offer special treats and niches to lure players away from it.

Ever since WOWarcraft hit the markets in 2004, it has been the unrivalled champion of online fantasy worlds. Fantasy fans used to have to content themselves with reading about Middle Earth in the Lord of the Rings saga. WOW allowed them to experience those battles themselves - or at least virtually - in the realm of Azeroth.

Although WOW is becoming increasingly popular and now has 11 million subscribers, the developer, Blizzard, said in a statement, its recent expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King, has also caused a stir.

With the aim to create a set top box that will let the TV viewers to view programs on demand, the BBC is all set to join forces with ITV.

The users have been allowed to watch programs on their computers till now via the BBC's successful iPlayer. However, under the new scheme, one can see films, shows and interactive content from a range of other providers.  

An Indian court has asked the government to impose ban on 'Google Earth' due to the security reasons.

Google Earth is an online satellite imaging tool which is being used by the terrorist to target important places in the world. It has also been established that militants used maps from this web tool to target various places in Mumbai, killing 170 innocent people, including security personals.

London, Dec 13: Apple's iPod is the best Christmas present ever, according to a poll.

With the sale of more than 150 million units across the world since first launched in 2001, the iPod has been named as the ''Best Christmas Present Ever'' in the poll conducted by www. cashback. co. uk.

The iPod has even beaten the classic diamond earrings, which followed at second spot.

The third greatest Christmas gift this year was the Nintendo Wii.

The gaming console became an instant hit when it first appeared in shops in December 2006.

A Tiffany necklace came fourth, while a simple box of Ferrero Rocher was at number five.

Washington  - Most of us have a box or book of old photographs somewhere - precious memories of times and people we hold dear.

Thanks to the paper on which those photos are printed - and the ease with which paper can be handed down - those memories are intact.

But what about future generations? If we copy our digital photographs, video, or sound clips onto CDs or DVDs, will our heirs even have the equipment necessary to read them?

It's a question that deserves careful consideration, especially since many of us today are spending countless hours amassing irreplaceable memories and, for the first time, entrusting those memories to various forms of media that are not only fragile but can also quickly become obsolete.

San Francisco  - Google officially took its Chrome browser out of its beta testing phase Friday, signaling its ambitions to take on Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Firefox's Mozilla browsers.

The internet software giant is already believed to be negotiating with computer makers to have Chrome pre-installed on their machines, giving the Google browser a powerful leg-up in its bid to achieve parity with its more established competitors.

Google only released the beta version of Chrome in September, marking an unusually fast development to official release in a move that marks the strategic value of the browser to the company.