A latest survey which was conducted in Britain has suggested that Karaoke is by far the most irritating invention, in which inexperienced amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system.

Furthermore, it was found by the poll of more than 2,500 adults that most Britons wish that the karaoke machine, which rose from Japanese curiosity to living room fixtures worldwide should never had been invented.

It might be disheartening to know that the IT Examiner sources have revealed that IBM might be dismissing 16,000 workers in 2009 and those belonging to the hardware area would suffer the most.

“We came to know about the 16,000 job cuts. The reports are true though nothing has been made official yet from the management’s side. It will definitely have huge impact on IBM jobs mainly in parts like China, Europe and US,” reported the IT Examiner, quoting a source.

LG has come out with it two latest inventions, which includes KP500 or Cookie, a full touch screen GSM handset Cookie and a HT953TV high power (1,000W) output home theatre system, which can prove to be perfect gift for your love this Valentine season.

Engineering and Construction Company, Punj Lloyd's UK based subsidiary - Simon Carves (SCL) has filed a case against SABIC Petrochemicals UK Ltd on the issue of advance payment bond and a performance bond. The company demanded costs and damages associated with cost overruns in the project. The UK based court is likely to give its verdict within few weeks as per reports of The Financial Times.
 
It may be noted that Simon Carves (SCL) had signed a contract with SABIC for the construction of a LDPE plant in UK. However, it was terminated alleging SCL's failure to complete the project in time.

Satyam Computers is likely to terminate services of about 10,000 employees by next month. The IT giant has strong workforce of 53,000 employees and future of many of them is hanging in dark following revelation of largest ever corporate accounting fraud by its controversial head, Mr. R. Raju.

Saina Nehwal's splendid run at the Malaysian Open Super Series badminton came to an end as she went down fighting in the quarterfinals against fourth seed PI Hongyan of France here on Friday.

The World number 10, Saina saved four match points but finally went down 17-21, 26-24, 16-21 against the World number seven Hongyan.

Hongyan went up 4-0 in the first game before Saina levelled at 4-4.

However, Hongyan improved the tempo to claim the opening game.