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Article | 11/07/2008 Weekly Tech News update - July 11th, 2008
In this week's show: iPhone 3G launches, Galileo moves forward, Imagine Cup finals held, IBM helps make Web sites accessible and more!
Article | 11/07/2008 Optus offers limited prepaid iPhone stock
Optus has offered only limited numbers of prepaid iPhone 3Gs for sale today, with some customers eager to get an iPhone having to sign up to cap-based...
Article | 11/07/2008 Fallout 3 banned in Australia
Fallout 3, the long-awaited third instalment in the gritty, post-apocalyptic Fallout series, has been banned from sale within Australia.
Article | 11/07/2008 Gadget addict Woz will line up for iPhone 3G
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak will be in line all Thursday night to buy an iPhone 3G, but he said most of his friends with the original device aren't ...
Article | 11/07/2008 Fibre-optics guard against natural disaster
The cable is part of an advanced monitoring and alert system that could provide warning should a destructive earthquake occur close to Japan.
Article | 11/07/2008 Intel set to launch Centrino 2 next week
Intel on Monday is expected to launch its latest mobile platform, Centrino 2, which will deliver speedier performance and faster wireless connectivity...
Article | 11/07/2008 Steve Jobs: Apple iPhone 3G will launch with 160 App Store Games
Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed Wednesday that the iPhone will feature more than 160 games when the company launches its App Store service this week.
Article | 11/07/2008 The iPhone 3G has arrived
After much anticipation, the iPhone 3G was released internationally this morning.
Article | 11/07/2008 MIT researchers turn everyday windows into solar panels
Researchers at MIT have created a new way to harness the sun's energy -- by turning windows in big buildings into solar panels.
Article | 11/07/2008 Apple's iPhone App Store opens for business
Apple opened its App Store Thursday with more than 550 applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, about a fourth of them free.
Article | 11/07/2008 iPhone rivals look to cash in on iPhone 3G launch
If the orginal iPhone really was the Jesus Phone, and Friday's launch of iPhone 3G is the Second Coming, what does that make the iPhone look-alikes re...
Article | 11/07/2008 Analysts: Think twice before choosing iPhone contract
As the iPhone 3G goes on sale customers all over the world will have to navigate the treacherous waters of operator pricing, and all users have to be ...
Article | 11/07/2008 Seagate unveils world's first 1.5TB desktop HDD
Seagate Technology Thursday announced the industry's first 1.5TB desktop hard drive, as well as half-terabyte notebook hard drives based on PMR (perpe...
Article | 11/07/2008 Alcatel-Lucent adds laptop disk-encryption support
Alcatel-Lucent has released an updated version of its wireless-security appliance for laptop PCs.
Article | 8/07/2008 Bungie teases new game announcement for E3
In an official Bungie podcast published on Monday, co-hosts Brian Jarrard and Luke Smith all but confirmed a "new game announcement" for July 14, the ...
Article | 10/07/2008 Vodafone announces iPhone 3G pricing for Australia
Vodafone Australia today announced their range of plans for the iPhone 3G, which will be launched on 11 July.
Article | 10/07/2008 Google adds third dimension to online social relationships
Google has entered yet another space with the launch of Lively, a tool for creating 3D social spaces on Web sites, which is now available in a public ...
Article | 10/07/2008 Obama outpacing McCain in Web-site traffic, online 'buzz'
During May, the last full month of the U.S. presidential primary season, traffic going to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign Web site outpaced visits to Sen...
Article | 10/07/2008 Study says reducing piracy enriches Microsoft's partners
Microsoft may have a massive army of channel partners selling and supporting its software, but not all are equally loyal. Some knowingly install count...
Article | 10/07/2008 MIT uses nanotech to shrink chips to 25nm
MIT researchers have discovered how to use nanotechnology to significantly shrink computer chips, making them cheaper and more powerful.

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