Microsoft made first public beta of MED-V available for download by anyone interested in trying it on January 15.

The basic aim behind the premier release of MED-V is to allow Windows XP and Windows 2000 apps to run on Vista machines and this is done by the product by running the older Windows versions virtually (using Virtual PC) on a Vista machine.

A new application, which allows the users sacrifice a friend in exchange for a Burger King Whopper, has been reined by Facebook Inc.

Reports which came on Thursday claim that in the time the fast-food promotion was in operation, about 234,000 friends were sacrificed.

The major problem was that the deleted friends were identified by the app, along with their friends, that they were sacrificed for a Whopper.

No notification to the friends is sent by Facebook, when they are removed normally.

On Thursday, Kevin Martin, a Republican who chaired the U. S. Federal Communications Commission for four years informed that when the new administration would take over, he would leave the agency.

Following this, Martin will become a fellow at the Aspen Institute in Washington, a conservative think tank. Tuesday, the day when U. S. President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn in is when Martin will bid adieu to the agency.

A new study has rejected the earlier view that that methane is transmitted directly into the air by the plants.

In order to find whether it's true or not, an examination of several possible sources of methane production was done, and it was discovered that plants are not capable of synthesizing methane under normal growth conditions.

In the midst of lower sales and increasing competition in the world's fastest-growing telecom market, Motorola, which is facing lower sales now, has decided to shut down its distribution division in India. It has been learnt that now the distribution work will be done out of Singapore.

As of now150 people have already been informed regarding the loss of their jobs, though it is not known how many people worked in the division and will have to quit.

Keeping in mind the regular complaints of the Indian users regarding the slow speed of dial-up and broadband connections, Telecom regulator TRAI has decided that regulation should be kept in place in order to make sure that connections are provided by the internet service providers (ISPs) only on the capacity of traffic they can carry.