On Friday, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first touch-screen BlackBerry device in the U.S. market. The launch saw long queues of customers standing in lines to grab their very own touch screen BalckBerry Storm. However, the question still remains that how will the new touch screen BlackBerry Storm compete against its biggest rival Apple-iPhone. 

The latest report prepared for the Broadband Forum by research firm Point Topic, reveals that the total number of broadband subscribers globally has reached a whopping 400 million. The report also specifies that the tremendous growth in subscribers is due to technological developments and increased geographical spread. 

If compared, back in the year 1998, there were only 57,200 broadband subscribers globally, in the following 12 months; they increased nearly six fold reaching up to 280,890 in 1999. The customers prefer fast speed broadband connection the most, and reportedly there has been 600,000% increase in the number of subscribers in the past ten years, with a 300% increase in the last five years alone, to now reach 400mn. 

The users of Apple iPhone can now download iPhone 2.2, which helps would help them a lot in navigation as it offers easy way to find directions to a particular place. All the users need to do is click on Google Maps once they have downloaded iPhone 2.2. 

Moreover, Apple has even added novel podcast availability and e-mail functions in iPhone 2.2. One good thing is that users don’t need to learn a lot and won’t have to sit for long period of time in order to download and install it. It works just right away. 

The American and Ugandan scientists have recently spotted a new species of the deadly Ebola virus. 

Back in 2007, wide region in western Uganda was badly affected from the new virus, named Bundibugyo ebolavirus. The scientists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Columbia University, the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and the Uganda Ministry of Health, informed that the new virus is different from all other known Ebola virus species, differing by more than 30 percent at the genetic level.

According to a senior Democratic official, familiar with President-elect Obama's transition process, New York Federal Reserve Bank President, Timothy F. Geithner, will be nominated to serve as Obama's next Treasury Secretary, to lead his government's efforts to fight the financial crisis. Geithner, 47, was always being considered as a top contender for the post.

The Live Earth India concert, to be held at the Andheri Sports center in Mumbai on December 7, will be a show to watch - major artistes from across the globe, including Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, and Amitabh Bachchans and a host of others will be seen in action!