Washington, March 18: German scientists have come up with a technology that can enable windows and doors to sensitise any suspicious movements, and sound an alarm.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam-Golm and for Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST in Berlin say that the heart of their technology is a motion sensor and a special coating.

They say that their innovation may one day provide even more security by enabling window panes and glass doors to detect whether and how quickly something is moving.

According to them, if anything changes in front of the pane, or someone sneaks up to it, an alarm signal is sent to the security guard.

Melbourne, Mar 17: With virtual assaults going on the rise, a software firm has introduced anew software programme to block out Cyber bullies.

London, Mar 16: A thief stole 100,000 pounds worth of lead from the roofs of buildings – using Google Earth.

By using the popular Internet tool, which shows aerial photographs of towns across the world, Tom Berge was able to identify museums, churches and schools across south London with lead roof tiles.

After the 27-year-old builder found a potential target on his home computer he would scale its roof, take the valuable roof materials and abseil down the side of the building, before selling the lead to scrap metal dealers.

London, March 16: An International team of scientists have developed an organic material that may one day enable the Internet to work at “superfast” speeds.

Ivan Biaggio, an associate professor of physics at Lehigh University and member of the research team, says that the novel material has been developed with an unprecedented combination of high optical quality and strong ability to mediate light-light interaction.

London, March 16: Electric cars and laptops may soon benefit from a prototype capacitor that can store power as densely as a supercapacitor, and release it rapidly.

The novel capacitor has been developed by a team of scientists from the University of Maryland and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Gary Rubloff, a chemist at the University of Maryland, says that the secret to the prototype''s performance is that it has
10 billion tiny capacitors crammed into every square centimetre.

London, March 14: Apple has landed in legal trouble after a mother alleged her son endured second-degree burns when the company’s iPod touch music players exploded in his pocket.

Lynette Antrobus, from Cincinnati, is claiming 75,000 dollars plus punitive damage after accusing the multinational corporation of “gross negligence and recklessness” and of behaving “maliciously and fraudulently”.