According to iSuppli, the world's largest mobile handset brand Nokia is stepping out of the third-party manufacturing arena, and will thereby spend $5 billion on the manufacturing of handsets.

Citing weak global demand for mobile devices as the reason for stopping the use of outside contract manufacturers for the assembly of its phones, Nokia said it will pull back outsourced production to Electronics Manufacturing Service (EMS) providers and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs).

Washington, Mar 31 : Brit comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new film `Bruno' is said to be facing an adults-only certification in the U. S., after it was judged to be too sexually explicit for young viewers.

As per TheWrap. com, when the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) panel reviewed the film, it listed it under the restricted NC-17 cinema rating, which prevents anyone under the age of 17 from viewing it.

With the dual aim of diminishing Blue Coat product waste intended for landfills by nearly 90 percent and generating cost savings, Blue Coat Systems, the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, has initiated a product recycling service.

Blue Coat, which is investing $1 million in a global channel rewards program, is expecting the proceeds from the recycling and reuse program to cover not only the costs of the service, but also to yield nearly $750,000 per year in additional operational savings.

Washington, Mar 31 : A new generation of natural antibiotics-called nisin variants-can now kill food bacteria and other pathogens that cause food-related diseases.

Bio-engineered by researchers at University College Cork, nisin can kill harmful micro-organisms such as MRSA and the food-borne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes.

Nisin is an antimicrobial protein produced naturally by a bacterium called Lactococcus lactis.

Washington, Mar 31 : Scientists at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute have developed a new tool to combat hospital-acquired infections- antibacterial coating that is activated by light.

The research team, led by Zoie Aiken, have tested the new coating with antibacterial properties, and found that it could kill 99.9 percent of Escherichia coli bacteria when a white hospital light was shone on its surface to activate it.