Hewlett-Packard has made announcement about the launching of its new range of Compaq notebooks in the Indian market.

Targeting modern youth, the new range comprises nine notebook computers, which come packed with astounding multimedia features including finger print reader, backlit keyboard and HDMI 1.3 together with an integrated TV tuner card, an infra red remote control and Blue ray drive.

The new range of HP Compaq notebooks, which sport stylish and modish designs, integrate quality with cost effectiveness.

Vienna  - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei warned Monday in Vienna that the agency's ability to carry out its core work was at risk unless funding was increased.

The Director General spoke at the IAEA's annual general conference, where member states also focused on the Iranian nuclear issue.

As member states of the Vienna-based agency have hardly raised its budget since the early 1980s, some areas of work, such as the prevention of nuclear terrorism, are being funded through special contributions by individual countries.

Prague  - The Czech military intelligence said Monday that foreign spies have shown "specific interest in information" about a missile defence radar base the United States plans to build in the ex-Soviet satellite.

The agency did not give any details in a public version of its 2007 annual report released Monday.

On Thursday, Czech civil counter-intelligence BIS said in its annual report that Russian spies have been stirring up public opinion against the US base. But the report did not give specifics.

The reports were released three weeks before regional and Senate elections.

Marseilles (France), Sept. 29 : The Horizontal Civil Aviation Agreement signed between India and the European Union on Sunday evening, finally ends nearly six years of legal uncertainty on bilateral deals on civil aviation services between EU member states and third countries discriminated against airlines from other EU states.

It may be recalled that in November 2002, a European Court had decided that such deals could not be encouraged.

With the passing of the latest deal, 26 separate deals that India had held with individual EU member states have been

India’s Ambassador to the European Union, J Bhagwati, French government and EU officials inked the deal.

Melbourne, Sept 29 : A new survey has revealed that four in five travellers believe that if mobile phones were allowed to function on planes, it would drive them ‘crazy’.

Surveyors from the website totaltravel. com asked 1490 people over four weeks whether mobile phone usage should be allowed on aircraft.

They said that over 80 percent of the respondents answered negatively, reports news. com. au.

According to them, the respondents said that if they had to listen to fellow passengers talk on their mobile phone for hours, it would irritate them to no ends.

Melbourne, September 29 : Aussie researchers behind a website offering free online treatment for fear of spiders, scientifically know as arachnophobia, are afraid that a huge response from people may crash their site.

However, the group behind the website, Feardrop, still want people to test out their treatment.

University of Tasmania psychiatry researcher Philippa Cannan, one of the persons behind the online treatment website, points out that about five per cent of the adult population experience some form of phobia, with higher rates found among females than males.

She says that many people suffer arachnophobia, some with seriously dangerous panic reactions and intrusive checking behaviour, but still few of them seek treatment.