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Apple iPhone Approved By Feds

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved Apple's iPhone for sale in the U.S., according to documents posted on the FCC's Web site Thursday.

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and that Apple still plans to begin selling the phone sometime in late
June.

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Mozilla’s Firefox Wants To Get Social With The Coop.

Last week, Mozilla research group announced that is
currently developing a new set tools, called The Cop. According to Mozilla Labs,
The Coop is a Firefox addon in development that will let users keep track of
what their friends are doing online, and share new and interesting content with
one or more of those friends. It will integrate with popular web services,
using their existing data feeds as a transport mechanism.

Mozilla decided that it’s time for new tools. According
to The Coop project page, at
the beginning this product should minimally provide support for the following
use cases, making them intuitive, pleasant and delightful experiences.

1. Share a link with a friend.

 1. Share a
photo / set of photos with a friend.

 2. Share a
blog post with a friend.

 3. Share a
favourite video with a friend.

2. Keep up to date with a friend's web activity.

 1. Read
latest blog posts / LiveJournal updates / MySpace updates.

 2. See
recently uploaded photos.

 3. Show
recently tagged websites.

 4. Show recently
marked favourite videos.

The project is now at a “proof of concept” phase

More info: http://www.playfuls.com/news_06880_Mozillas_Firefox_Wants_To_Get_Social_With_The_Coop.html

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PlayStation 3 went on sale at midnight last night.

As PlayStation 3 went on sale at midnight last night, Sony said Australian pre-orders for the machine were "well-over" 20,000.

Given PS3's unprecedented price and a string of public relations
disasters that have tarnished the Japanese electronic giant's name,
Sony would be extremely happy with the figure. Nintendo's Wii and
Microsoft's Xbox 360 sold around 30,000 units in their first few days
on sale in Australia.

Strong crowds turned out last night at Myer stores in Sydney and
Melbourne to celebrate the launch, and over 500 other retailers across
Australia opened their doors at midnight to cater for early adopters.



More info: http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives/005424.html

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PlayStation 3 launches at record price.

AUSTRALIAN gamers who have suffered a five-month delay in the delivery
of Sony’s PlayStation 3 will be forced to settle for a scaled-back
version of the console when it finally goes on sale at midnight.

Launch parties for Sony’s priciest-ever game console will begin
across the country tonight but there is anger over the difference
between the Australian and US versions.

PS3 systems available in Europe and Australia will not have the same
capabilities of the US and Japanese models, despite costing around $300
more.

The 60GB PS3 was launched in the US last November with a price tag
of $US599 ($770) and costs ¥60,000 ($640) in Japan. The model on sale
in Australia will cost $999.95.

More info: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21426496-2,00.html

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Aussie mobile phone technology turns 20

It's been 20 years since the first call was made from a mobile
phone in Australia and the gadget has long since shaken its old
reputation as a yuppie toy.

With mobile phone subscriptions in Australia numbering about 20
million, handsets are now a lot smaller, cheaper and more portable
than their earlier incarnations.

Telstra celebrated the 20th anniversary of mobile telephone
technology in Australia.

On February 23, 1987, Mel Ward, then managing director of
Telecom Australia, made the nation's first mobile call on a
Mitsubishi Electric handset from the Sydney Opera House to then
federal communications minister Michael Duffy.

More info: http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Aussie-mobile-phone-technology-turns-20/2007/02/24/1171734062238.html

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Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6 OS

Redmond (WA) - Amid Microsoft's avalanche of new product and service
launches on January 30, the platform that took a back seat was the
software company's mobile operating system. The new Windows Mobile OS
will get its own debut later this year, and today some light was shed
on what the new version will offer.

Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 6 today, and headlining the new
feature list are enhanced Internet functionality, more sophisticated
viewing and editing of Microsoft Office files, and a visual update that
makes it look similar to Windows Vista.



More info: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/08/windows_mobile_6/

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Firefox claws away at Explorer

MORE than a fifth of Australians now use
the Mozilla Firefox web browser, even though site compatibility issues
mean it sometimes must be used in conjunction with Microsoft's Internet
Explorer, researcher Nielsen Net Ratings says.







In a report detailing Australian internet use in 2006, Nielsen reported
that Microsoft's Internet Explorer was still dominant in the market,
with 81 per cent. Firefox accounted for 22 per cent of the market,
while Apple's Safari was the third most popular at 5 per cent.



More info: http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21176120%5E15306,00.html

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Stars play havoc with the Aussie flag.

A star hundreds of light years away has reminded Australians of something they
will loath: they have been saluting an erroneous national flag for more than
a century.

Astronomers have discovered that the Southern Cross — the centrepiece of
Australia’s flag and celestial beacon to navigators down the centuries — has
more stars than the five commonly depicted.

They have spotted a previously unknown star that appears to be orbiting Beta
Crucis, the left-hand star on the Southern Cross, as viewed on the flag.

More info: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article1350307.ece

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Angelina Jolie's mother dies.

Angelina Jolie's mother Marcheline Bertrand has died.

Marcheline, who had been battling ovarian cancer for more than seven
years, was with her son James Haven, Angelina and her partner Brad Pitt
when she passed away aged 56 on Saturday (27.01.07).

More info : http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1252998.php/Angelina_Jolies_mother_dies

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Microsoft catches up with Vista... but will it sell?

It took five years, $6 billion 8,000 workers for Microsoft to
develop their new 'Vista' operating system, but if you're smart you
won't buy it -- right away that is.

That's because, as most security experts will confirm, the giant
that is Microsoft has become a favourite target of hackers. And,
despite the emphasis placed on making Vista secure,
troublemakers be working furiously to find holes.

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What You Need To Know About Windows Vista

Microsoft is launching the product in its biggest marketing
blitz ever. To help celebrate the launch of these flagship products, Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off a series of local retail events around the
country by visiting a New York City Best Buy store. Ballmer will share his own
“wow” moments with Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, the most
thoroughly tested software releases in Microsoft’s history.



More info: http://www.playfuls.com/news_05980_What_You_Need_To_Know_About_Windows_Vista.html

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Underground monsters found

Teeth like steak knives ... the skull of Australia's fierce marsupial lion that lived during the Ice Age.

Photo: Clay Bryce

Today we know it as a vast, treeless expanse of arid land, but
half a million years ago the Nullarbor Plain was a very different
place.

The red soil was covered in trees where colourful parrots nested
in hollows and tree kangaroos climbed the branches to feast on
leaves. Lumbering below were giant wombats, providing easy prey for
fierce marsupial lions roaming the area.

More info: http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/underground-monsters-found/2007/01/25/1169594402921.html

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Five versions of Vista.

With up to five flavours of Microsoft's new operating system to choose from, which should you go for? It's not straightforward.
Major new versions of Microsoft Windows only come along every five years or so, and the next one - Vista - gets its consumer launch next week. There's no doubt that it's going to become ubiquitous: the cumulative sales of more than 10,000 PC manufacturers will see to that. But will the changeover go's smoothly as before?

More info: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200701250340.htm

Sony: Europe PS3 still set for March.

Spokesperson confirms the console's still good to go in Europe as planned, despite Stringer's claims of a push back to April.
European gamers have had to wait a long time for the PlayStation 3. Whereas the next-gen console launched last year in Japan on November 11 and in the US on November 17, it was announced that the European launch would be delayed until March 2007.

More info: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6164264.html?sid=6164264

Bright comet set to enter Aussie skies.

The brightest comet in Australia's skies for more than 40 years will appear from Monday, astronomers say.

Dr James Biggs, director of the Perth Observatory, said the McNaught Comet is currently at its closest approach around the Sun and will become visible to West Australians from Monday for about a week.

More info: http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Bright-comet-set-to-enter-Aussie-skies/2007/01/14/1168709608451.html

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Monday

Ah, Vegas in January: the destination of choice for many in the electronics industry. No, the lure isn't just the glitz and the gambling. It's also the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Tech giants such as Hewlett-Packard threw lavish parties. In his traditional keynote, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates promoted the software mega-behemoth's vision of the digital living room. (Stop us if you've heard that one before.)

Tuesday

Have you ever longed for a device that lets you make phone calls, read the Mercury News and other papers online, listen to your favorite music and watch video clips? And would you want it to be small enough to take with you on the light rail? (Or can you tell the writer of In Hindsight has?)

More info: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16459264.htm

The New Touchscreen iPhone
The iPhone has a single button and a 3.5ins (9cm) touch screen that combines a phone, an iPod and instant messaging.

More info: http://www.itn.co.uk/news/world_4cd417a7184d2d0d54576ec88a5986ce.html

20 Things We Don't Know About the iPhone.

Unanswered questions about the year's most hyped device leave doubts about its real-world applications.

Steve Jobs unveiled his breathtaking iPhone vision Tuesday, calling it a "magical" device that would "change the world" when it ships in June.

Jobs's use of the word "magical" hit the nail on the head. His keynotes are more than just speeches. They're magic shows.

More info: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128511-c,cellphones/article.html

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India on course for manned space trip.

INDIA launched four satellites on a single rocket for the first time yesterday, including one that will be brought back to Earth to set the stage for the country to send an astronaut into space.

The successful launch was also the first after the state-run space agency's plan to put one of its heaviest satellites into space failed last July as the rocket went into a tailspin and disintegrated soon after lift-off.

More info: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/india-on-course-for-manned-space-trip/2007/01/10/1168105057426.html

Gates confident Xbox 360 will topple Sony.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today called the early success of its Xbox 360 game console a role-reversing change of fortune for the software giant looking to overtake market leader Sony.

Gates also announced Microsoft would offer an Xbox 360 that doubles as a set-top box for its fledgling internet television (IPTV) service, or a "living room device that does it all."

More info: http://www.smh.com.au/news/games/gates-confident-xbox-360-will-topple-sony/2007/01/08/1168104912867.html

Apple introduces multimedia iPhone (pix in link)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday unveiled an iPod mobile phone featuring a large, smooth color screen, sending its shares up 8 percent as the company attempts to parlay its dominance in digital music players into new areas of growth.

Shaped like a thin deck of cards without the normal buttons or flip top on a mobile phone, Apple's device features a 3.5 inch touch screen for navigating phone calls and playing songs and videos.

More info: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=917FAC06D4DAAE681DABFE964CA8C74E

Apple's iPhone arrives at last.

APPLE is hoping to bring its mystique to the mobile phone market with the confirmation that it will start selling a touchscreen-based mobile communication device under the iPhone moniker.
Details of the device, which combines a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod and a desktop-class internet browser, all accessible through touchscreen controls, were announced by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs today at Macworld in San Francisco.

More info: http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21037451%5E15339%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15321,00.html

Jobs may have computerlike Apple phone up his sleeve.

Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs is expected Tuesday to unveil an Apple phone representing his company's new mobile communications strategy -- highlighted by a device that may include Jobsian refinements such as a sleek ceramic case and a transparent touch screen.

More info: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/298830_apple08.html?source=mypi

Macworld Expo Begins; Apple Cell Phone Rumors Grow.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tech heads, Mac lovers and even the competition are awaiting big news from Apple Computers this week as the Macworld Conference & Expo 2007 begins Monday.

The event, held in San Francisco, showcases products and services for media professionals and prosumers.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver a keynote address on Tuesday. Historically, the presentation is a chance for Jobs to unveil new products on deck for Apple.

More info: http://www.nbc11.com/technology/10695550/detail.html

Terabyte hard drives are ready.

Last year, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies predicted hard-drive companies would announce 1 terabyte drives by the end of 2006. Hitachi was only off by a few days.

The company said on Thursday that it will come out with a 3.5-inch-diameter 1 terabyte (1TB) drive for desktops in the first quarter, then follow up in the second quarter with 3.5-inch terabyte drives for digital video recorders, bundled with software called Audio-Visual Storage Manager for easier retrieval of data, and corporate storage systems.

More info: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39285343,00.htm

1st-gen HD DVD burner from Toshiba arrives.

Toshiba’s first HD DVD burner, the SD-H903A, is for desktops, servers and home entertainment PCs has arrived in the same week that LG has launched a Blu-ray burner and HD DVD reader for the same market segment. Are we moving from high-def hell to high-def heaven?

More info:http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8402/1103/

Britney Spears Hot Career Comeback.

After trashing her image a little too much, Britney Spears talked back at recent reports and claimed she is aware of her image making it look like it’s all part of her secret plan.

The once known as princess of pop is now struggling to undo the harm she caused to her own image and promised she would come back "bigger and better than ever" with a new album and all that.

More info: http://www.playfuls.com/news_00002067_Britney_Spears_Threatens_Fans_With_Hot_Career_Comeback_.html

Doctors find novel use for YouTube.

Doctors in rural Wales have started using the YouTube website as a novel way of giving health advice to patients.

Whilst the video-sharing website has come under fire recently for its occasionally shocking content, one GPs' surgery is using it for altogether more wholesome purposes.

More info: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/05/utube105.xml

PS3 pricey but impressive

Like the XBox360, the PS3 is available in two versions. Both feature the brand new Cell processor, a built-in Blu-ray player, and HDMI video output. The baseline 20GB version retails for $us500, while the step-up deluxe model--reviewed here--boasts a 60GB hard drive, built-in Wi-Fi, a multiformat memory card reader, and silver trim for $100 more. Even though its original specs included even more features--dual HDMI output, for example--what's left is still a lot to throw into a new system, and the final product, expensive though it is, is quite impressive.

More info: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/fun.games/01/04/ps3.review/

Awaiting Apple's iPod Phone, One Week to Go

Jan. 4, 2007 — You probably don't realize it, but next week might just be the beginning of something new for your pocket or purse.
Rumors are flying in cyberspace that Apple Computer is set to introduce a new iPod that won't just deliver music and videos, but will take phone calls as well.

More info: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2770868&page=1

Steve Irwin death film handed back to widow.

Australian police have handed Steve Irwin's widow the only copy of the film of his fatal encounter with a stingray to prevent the grisly footage leaking onto the internet.
The 44-year-old 'Crocodile Hunter' died in September after being stabbed in the chest by a stingray's poisonous barb while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef, setting off an unprecedented outpouring of grief among his fans worldwide.

More info: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2530911,00.html

14-year-old sails Atlantic alone

A 14-YEAR-old British schoolboy has become the youngest person to sail solo across the North Atlantic Ocean after a voyage of more than six weeks.

Michael Perham battled shark-infested waters and huge waves since taking three weeks off school and setting out from the tiny British dependent territory of Gibraltar, off southern Spain, on November 18.

"It feels absolutely fantastic being back on dry land, absolutely brilliant,'' he told BBC television from the Caribbean island of Antigua, where his arrival today was greeted by a steel band and a welcoming party of boats.

More info: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21009546-1702,00.html

Britney collapses at New Year Party.

Britney Spears has been rushed from a New Years Eve party after collapsing on the floor of a Las Vegas nightclub.

Eye-witnesses reported seeing the pop star downing glasses of Dom Perignon champagne before she fainted.

On-lookers claimed a hoard of bouncers covered the star in a blanket before carrying her out of Pure nightclub, where she had been hosting a party to bring in 2007.

More info: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=174736

Happy New Year.

SYDNEY knows how to turn on a shindig. And the city did not disappoint last night's New Year's Eve revellers, providing a fireworks display with an accent all its own - filled with splashes of magenta, lime and gold, and an excess of sound and light.

As many as 1 million Sydneysiders braved wind and (predicted) rain to welcome 2007. And, as usual, the Harbour Bridge was the hub of the extravaganza.

More info: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sydney-welcomes-2007/2006/12/31/1167500014821.html