Just to let you know, Google News is now available in Tamil (from yesterday, I understand): http://news. google.co. in/news?ned= ta_in
And also Google Tamil search now automatically transliterates queries entered in roman (english) script and provides tamil suggestions: http://www.google. co.in/intl/ ta/
Also,for those whomay not be aware, here is another useful link to use for typing in tamil. ( no need to install ANY software )