New Delhi, Sept 19 : Indian Railways is planning to provide satellite-based internet facility in premier trains to enable passengers to use laptops.

In Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express a trial run is already underway and our aim is to provide internet facility in certain premium trains including Rajdhani and Shatabdi, said a senior Railways ministry official.

Besides, there are plans to introduce onboard audio and video entertainment system for passengers during the train journey.

Seoul  - North Korea said Friday that it had begun work to restart its Yongbyon nuclear reactor because the United States had failed to keep promises it made in nuclear talks.

The reactor, which North Korea shut down last year as part of those talks, can supply plutonium that can be used to make nuclear bombs.

Sydney, Sept 19: Internet search engine “Google” has jumped ten spots to reach at number 10 in the list of the “Best Global Brands 2008”.

Google, which has built on its dominance in internet searches to expand into software, video, mapping and web browsing, was “the undisputed king of the internet world”, and its brand value had shot up by 43 per cent, from 21.9 billion dollars to 31.5 billion dollars, said a report in news. com. au.

According to the report, the annual study on the hottest brands in the world showed that tech companies put on the strongest showing, financial companies were the weakest, in.

The leading computer equipment producer Inte,l launched six-core Xeon processors on Monday. The new range of processors would provide high end server services. The 7400 series would contain seven CPUs with up to six cores and16MB of L3 cache. The new product range operates at 65W TDP while the old one operated at 50 W. Thus new range is developed for low power consumption. The new product range is expected to give stiff competition to its competitor AMD. The new Xenon series is developed by the Bangalore based team of the company. 

Berlin - Few cities in the world still have atmospheric gas lamps illuminating residential districts. One notable exception is Berlin with 44,000 gas-lit streets.

Many of the German capital's western districts are studded with gas lanterns, though less than 1,700 are found in the eastern half of the city, due to a refusal by post-war communist officials to renew war-wrecked lamps.

The Berliners are fond of their gas lanterns, claiming their gold-and-yellow pools of light create an atmosphere of night-time calmness and a pleasing, nostalgic ambience, much admired by tourists.