London, August 11 : With the help of an autonomously controlled, robot submarine, scientists are all set to explore the world’s deepest undersea volcanoes, which lie
6 km down in the Caribbean.

According to a report by BBC News, the submarine, known as Autosub6000, will delve into uncharted waters to hunt for volcanic vents.

Once found, the life, gas and sediment around the vents - the world’s hottest - will be sampled and catalogued.

Verizon has announced to release BlackBerry Curve 8330 and the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smart phones.

Both phones will support Wireless’ VZ Navigator service. The user can access maps with capability of almost 14 million points. The phones have pink look and company is expected to attract the college youths, other youngster and women.

The other features of the new products include 2MP camera, Blutooth, and SD card slot for memory expansion. The phone is provided with QWERTY keyboard and users can easily access mails. Curve 8330 includes 2.5-inch display with bright LED backlight. It also supports high Mega pixel Camera with Flash and Video Capture facility. It can integrate up to 10 personal email accounts.

Washington, Aug 10 : Water strider’s perfectly proportioned legs allows the insect to efficiently scoot and jump on ponds and lakes, says scientists in France and the United Kingdom.

In a new study, Dominic Vella said that an insight into the insect''s many adaptations to life on water surfaces might have future implications in designing water-walking robots that can support the maximum possible payload.

Kingston Technology has launched a new family of USB data traveler. It has introduced Mini Slim USB Flash drive and DataTraveler 400 (DT400) in the market. DataTraveler Mini Slim USB Flash drive is very slim and considerably small in size. Its dimensions are 1.529? x 0.645? x 0.253?. The drive is available in many coloures such as black, blue or pink with gray bottom casings. It is available in 2GB and 4GB capacities with price range of $11and $19 respectively.

The flash memory product manager of Kingston, Jean Wong said that the new drives will be very useful for the users. They can travel with large amount of data. The data can be safely stored in the drive and recovered immediately.

Nikon Coolpix has launched Coolpix P6000 digital camera. It has in-built global positioning system (GPS) and equipped with 13.5 mega pixels capacity. It will rove best photographic tool for photography lovers.

The general manager of COOLPIX for Nikon Inc, Mr. Bill Giordano said that the new capabilities of the camera will be helpful for the customers. It will provide GPS functionality and my Picture town connectivity. The newly launched camera can be easily connected through LAN and a dedicated Ethernet port. It provides the facilities of intuitive controls and offers programmed auto, shutter-priority auto, aperture-priority auto and manual modes.

Technology giant Motorola has rolled out three GSM handsets in the ‘ROKR’ category, named ROKR EM 30, ROKR EM 28 and ROKR EM 25, to offer music loving consumers an easy access to their desired music on the move, anywhere.

Of the 3 newly launched models, the ROKR EM30 is the most high-end model of the trio, which comes equipped with innovative ModeShift technology, where blue keys highlight phone functions and red keys show music player features.