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Microsoft has issued an advisory to solve problems which cropped up in Internet Explorer after the installation of a new security patch.Complaints had come in from many users that Internet Explorer was crashing after the installation of the patch. Others were unable to access the Internet with the browser closing down automatically. The problem is only present in certain custom installations of Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. Several users found that the problem disappeared after the patch was uninstalled.However the patch named MS07-069 is a significant update since it fixed four other flaws in Internet Explorer.Microsoft has now said that the user can solve the problem by making changes in the Windows Registry.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L & T), a Engineering and Construction company has announced that it will be investing Rs 1,800 Crore in the oil, gas and port sectors.The company would invest around Rs 650 crore for building an installation vessel for the upstream sector. K Venkataramanan, L & T President(operations), said that L & T is keen to acquire technological strength in deep water exploration for which it is entering into collabaration with foreign companies. And the company is also upgrading its facility at Hazira.

As more foreign companies bid under the new exploration licensing policy, L & T would have an enormous oppurtunity for providing onshore and offshore rigs for drilling.Apart from this, L & T is also setting up a project management institute at Baroda. L & T would also invest Rs 1000 crore for constructing a shipyard and was also building a port at Sohar near Oman at an investment of around Rs 118 crore. Beside the energy sector, L & T is also engaged in the construction of Greenfield Airports at Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Wikipedia’s search application, ‘’Wiki Search'’ will be launched on January 7,2008. Like the popular Encyclopaedia,Wikipedia’s search will also be an opensource and community enterprise.Wikipedia’s search founders believe this will make the search more transparent and human. Popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo work solely on algorithms which sometimes throw up irrevalant search results.Apart from the usual search algorithm and Web crawler, Wikipedia’s search will also use the help of technology enthusiasts of its wide spread community to rank and filter sites.