In yet another step towards advancing technology, Intel Corp. in co-operation with internet major Yahoo, announced their plans to start a new Widget Channel, which will bring internet to television screens. The announcement was made on Wednesday and it was also informed that this new channel actually is a television application framework created for TV and related consumer electronics devices. In past too, such attempts to unite TV and internet were made, nut no success was availed. However, these two California-based companies want to create a new trend.

London, August 26 : Parts of a giant, exquisitely carved marble sculpture, depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey.
Marcus Aurelius reigned Rome from 161 AD until his death in 180 AD.
In addition to his deeds as emperor, he is remembered for his writings, and is considered one of the foremost Stoic philosophers.
According to a report by BBC News, fragments of his statue were unearthed at the ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey.
So far, the statue’s head, right arm and lower legs have been discovered, high in the mountains of southern Turkey.
The partial statue was unearthed in the largest room at Sagalassos’ Roman baths.

Washington, August 26 : Radiocarbon dating of two Jewish ritual instruments, which are horn-shaped, found in London a century and a half ago, has dashed hopes that they date from the period before the Jewish community was expelled in 1290.

According to a report in the Times, the instruments are post-medieval and one of them may never have been finished or used in the synagogue.

The instrument, know as ‘shofar’, has been mentioned 69 times in the Bible, with its first occurrence in the book of Exodus.

Shofarot are used in the synagogue during the month of Elul, which commemorates Moses’s time on Mount Sinai and they are played on the holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Top Indian-handset maker Spice Mobile has made announcement about the launching of its new music phone, named Spice S-820 in the Indian market.

Targeting music lovers, the newly launched ‘S-820’ is a slim, highly functional phone, which comes packed with an integrated Yamaha audio amplifier, which delivers loud and clear 3-D surround sound.

With a memory of 1GB, the phone also has a built-in FM player letting users to record on the move.

Top mobile manufacturers such as Nokia and Samsung are planning to launch cheap touch phones in the Indian market. Their announcement came after the launch of Apple’s iPhone. The companies have shown commitment to provide cheaper touch phone than iPhone for the customers. They have also planned a strategy to compete the popular ‘iTunes’ online music service of iPhone.

Iphone is planning to expand its market for touch-screen phones in India. There is a good prospectus of touch phones in India. The data shows that 40% of phones will incorporate touch-screen technology in the near future.

Software giant Microsoft Corporation has decided to introduce a "privacy mode" for the next release in the proposed version of web browser ‘Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0’. Its first version ‘beta1’ has already launched and next version ‘beta2’ is expected to come in the market at end of the year.