A frozen ocean may be the best chance of finding life on Mars if it exists, according to a team of British scientists. This ocean was detected by the European Space Agency's Mars Express probe in a Martian region believed to be the site of violent volcanoes.

This area is just about the size of the North Sea, according to the researchers at the University College London. They suggest that water may have seeped through the fissures and could have carried microbes with it when it froze over 5 million years ago.

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Apple Inc, maker of the highly successful portable music player iPod, has unveiled the new iPod shuffle, which comes in five bright colors including Blue, Pink, Green, Orange, and Original Silver.

iPod Shuffle, the cheapest and smallest of all iPod designs, will be marketed as a must-have fashion accessory. Launched just three months ago, iPod shuffle has quickly become a hit with customers due to its low price and small size. The player weighs just half an ounce and has a stunning aluminum design which makes it the most wearable iPod ever.

iPod shuffle has a memory capacity of 1 gigabyte and can store over 240 songs. The player has a battery life of 12 hours. Announcing the new designs, Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing, said, "iPod shuffle is the world's most wearable digital music player. Music fans can now choose iPod shuffle in one of five brilliant colors, or they can buy one of each."

iPod shuffle will be available worldwide in Apple Store, Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a cost of $79. Minimum requirements include Mac with a USB 2.0 port and Mac OS(R) X version 10.3.9 or later and iTunes 7.0.2 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4), Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) and iTunes 7.0.2 or later apart from an internet connection.

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Google Inc. announced the upgraded version of its Mini search device with additional security features which will allow companies to search for both public and private data on their networks.

Unveiling Mini 2.2 version on Tuesday, Roberto Solimene, Google's European enterprise director, said that companies can now either index public-facing Web sites or index internal intranets and documents.

"For the Google Mini 2.2, we are removing that limitation. Small companies can have the full power of a GSA (the full-size Google Search Appliance) in a Mini. You can now have a secure index, including LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and Active Directory data, so that even small companies can index information that other users are not supposed to find", he added.

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