Munich  - Chip maker AMD is preparing a new line of microprocessors that feature the introduction of triple-core chips. The five new processors, aimed at consumers, will be released as part of the Phenom line of microprocessors and will be dubbed Phenom II, says AMD.

Munich  - German insurance g

Munich  - German goalkeeping legend Sepp Maier will always be remembered for the dives he took trying to catch a stray duck during a Bundesliga match between Bayern Munich and VfL Bochum.

With Bayern about to take a penalty, Maier decided to concentrate on a duck that had strayed into the stadium and crawled towards it before theatrically dived trying to catch it.

Munich/Kathmandu  - Eighteen people including 14 European tourists aboard a small aircraft were killed last October when it crashed at Nepal's Lukla airport.

The incident sparked concerns about air travel in the kingdom, but figures show that Nepal still managed to attract more tourists in 2008 than at any time in the previous three decades.

Along with its unspoilt countryside, most people come to Nepal to catch a glimpse of Mount Everest - the world's highest mountain.

Travelling to Everest requires a measure of physical fitness, but also some knowledge of the country which is one of the world's poorest.

Munich  - Bayern Munich Juergen Klinsmann, attempting to lift his side after two successive defeats, said Monday criticism made him work even harder.

"Criticism makes me even more ambitious. I am the sort of person who works even harder when things aren't going so well," he said.

Klinsmann has to pick his team up after a 2-1 home defeat to Cologne ahead of Wednesday's Champions League tie at Sporting Lisbon.

Three defeats in four matches have put Klinsmann back under pressure at Bayern where a number of players have called for a more defensive approach.

Munich  - Western Digital has beaten its rivals to the punch with the first hard drive capable of holding two terabytes (TB) of data.

The 3.5-inch SATA hard drive of the WD20EADS classification expands the WD Caviar Green line. The device houses four memory chips, each with a capacity of 500 gigabytes. Packed with a 32- megabyte memory cache, it is available for 300 euros (385.50 dollars), the company reported in Munich.

By utilizing variable revolution speeds and intelligent intermediate storage, the company says the new drive offers energy savings of four to five watts over drives that don't belong to its Green line.