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CNET.com.au

Unwired trouble, heavyweights wade in NEWS.com.au - 18 Aug 2008 VODAFONE and Optus yesterday simultaneously unveiled new mobile broadband offerings that could sound the death knell of wireless internet service provider Unwired, owned by the Seven Group. Optus' pre-paid wireless Sydney Morning Herald Optus making up lost ground on the 3G battlefield The Age Australian Personal Computer - Gizmodo Australia - CNET.com.au - Lifehacker Australia all 22 news articles

ABC News

Aboriginal kids can count without numbers United Press International - 2 hours ago LONDON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- British and Australian scientists studying aboriginal children say they've discovered knowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count. Language for numbers not necessary for numeracy skills The Tech Herald Language no barrier to counting ABC Science Online The Australian - AFP - BBC News - The Associated Press all 193 news articles

80GB PS3 on sale from August 28 PALGN - 18 Aug 2008 Following on from an announcement at last month's E3 2008 press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia have confirmed the launch of a new 80GB PlayStation 3 model for PAL territories, on sale next week from August 28th. New 80GB PS3 Same Price As 40GB Version Smart House Sony announce 80GB PS3 date iTWire Gizmodo Australia - Atomic all 7 news articles

Windows 7 to be Previewed in October? IDM.net.au - 18 Aug 2008 By Greg McNevin August 19, 2008: With Vista still languishing in the wild, many are looking forward to Microsoft’s next major operating system, Windows 7, in the hope that it will deliver the leap forward Vista was supposed to. Windows 7: Vista-like hell or an OS heaven? iTWire Windows 7 nearly ready for public debut Australian Personal Computer CRN Australia - Builder AU all 5 news articles

Qantas taps into iPhone popularity with tailored website iTWire - 18 Aug 2008 by Stephen Withers Qantas has launched a version of its web site that has been tailored to suit iPhone 3G, even though Apple's mobile phone features a full browser. Qantas mobile keeps travellers in touch NEWS.com.au Qantas introduces iPhone access e-Travel Blackboard (press release) all 6 news articles

Northern Rivers Echo

Native seeds sent into space ABC Online - 17 hours ago The Australian Botanic Gardens Trust have sent seeds of wattle, waratah, flannel flowers and the wollemi pine to see if space travel affects the seeds. Seeds in the bank for future growth Northern Rivers Echo Lismore part of world seed hunt Lismore Northern Star all 3 news articles

TopNews

Wild dolphins take to tailwalking Daily Telegraph - 4 hours ago A WILD dolphin has been teaching others to "tailwalk", a behaviour that is almost unheard of in the wild, a conservation group claims. Wild dolphins tail-walk on water BBC News Wild dolphins can amazingly also ‘tail-walk’ on water! Fresh News Scotsman - Daily Mail - NewsLite all 20 news articles

Gizmodo Australia

New Ricoh R10 camera puts users on the level Current.com.au - 12 hours ago By Martin Vedris SYDNEY: Tasco Sales, sole Australian distributors of Ricoh digital cameras, has just announced the RICOH R10 digital still camera (DSC) with 7.1x optical wide-angle zoom lens (28-200 mm in 35 mm film equivalent focal length), ... Ricoh announces the Ricoh R10 TECH.BLORGE.com Ricoh R10 Digital Compact Cam is Updated R8, Bigger Screen Gizmodo Australia all 3 news articles

Gizmodo Australia

Muxtape Getting Eaten By RIAA? Gizmodo Australia - 22 hours ago We all know about Pandora's troubles paying their ever-increasing rent to the RIAA Copyright Royalty Board, but now another one of our favourite internet music spots could be succumbing to corporate pressure as well. Grooveshark gets groovier with AutoPlay, puts Pandora to shame TECH.BLORGE.com Is the Music Industry Digging Its Own Online Grave? The Inquisitr all 3 news articles

PALGN

XBLA port of Duke Nukem 3D almost here PALGN - 19 Aug 2008 3D Realms' George Broussard has confirmed that an Xbox Live Arcade port of Duke Nukem 3D has been completed and has today passed Microsoft's certification process, meaning that a release for the title is now imminent. Duke 3D Port Officially Got Some From Microsoft Gameworld Network Pre-Order Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, Get Banjo-Kazooie early ... MyGen all 4 news articles

Palm unveils Treo Pro to battle BlackBerry Reuters - 44 minutes ago By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry. Palm's New Treo Pro Smartphone Wall Street Journal Palm, Once a Leader, Seeks Path in Smartphone Jungle New York Times Bizjournals.com - Bloomberg - Siliconrepublic.com - CNET News all 213 news articles

TweakTown

Dell Studio 15, Studio 17 get personal with paint TweakTown - 23 hours ago Dell is inspiring artistry with its Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops, having called upon artist Mike Ming, to express his talent in the form of some 'Special Art Edition' designs. Dell Unveils New Mike Ming Masterpieces on Studio Laptops Business Wire (press release) Back-to-school laptops: Dell Studio 1535 is tops for under $1000 CNET News Pocket-lint.co.uk - Product Reviews - Media Newswire (press release) all 23 news articles

Apple: iPhone update improves 3G; users disagree Computerworld - 55 minutes ago By Gregg Keizer August 20, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. maintained today that its latest iPhone software update improves connections to 3G networks, but users continued to say otherwise. Video: A fix for iPhone ReutersVideo Apple: iPhone Update Improves Network Issues Wired News InfoWorld - Reuters - CNET News - InformationWeek all 384 news articles

HSBC sticking with BlackBerry Pocket-lint.co.uk - 8 hours ago Naysayers said that rumours that HSBC going iPhone over RIM was fanboys getting too excited about the mobile phone, and now it seems they were right. Wednesday, 20 August 2008 HSBC says no to 200000 iPhone purchase plan Macworld UK HSBC Denies Report of Major iPhone Purchase Cellular-News Mobile News all 4 news articles

Hydrogen harvested using nature's recipe ABC Science Online - 17 Aug 2008 Researchers have split water into hydrogen and oxygen by replicating how plants use photosynthesis to make carbohydrates. The team of Australian and US researchers says their findings, published in the latest Angewandte Chemie International Edition ... Scientists use sunlight to split water United Press International Breakthrough to make cheap hydrogen fuel possible Economic Times Greenbang - Bloomberg all 12 news articles

KLEW

American Airlines Launches Aircell's Mobile Broadband Service 'Gogo' FOXBusiness - 2 hours ago FORT WORTH, Texas and ITASCA, Ill., Aug 20, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ ----Marking the beginning of the next wireless revolution, American Airlines made history today with the launch of the mobile broadband service, Gogo(TM) provided by ... Wi-Fi in-flight comes to some American routes Computerworld American Airlines launches in-flight Wi-Fi CNET News Salon - Bizjournals.com - USA Today - Reuters all 315 news articles

Canada.com

Bigfoot Hoaxers Still On the Lam FOXNews - 1 hour ago By Paul Wagenseil AP Have you seen these men? Rick Dyer, left, and Matthew Whitton at the Bigfoot press conference in Palo Alto, Calif. Bigfoot hoax exposed when ice melted Telegraph.co.uk Bigfoot 'discovery' confirmed as fake guardian.co.uk Times Online - Scientific American - National Geographic - BBC News all 771 news articles

Google Solves Long Gmail Outage, but Questions Remain PC World - 18 Aug 2008 Late Friday night Google solved the third Gmail outage of the past two weeks, but questions remain about the stability of the Webmail service, which is affecting the Google Apps hosted software suite. Google Apps admins jittery about Gmail, hopeful about future Macworld all 36 news articles

BBC News

Intel Shifts Future Core(R) Processors into Turbo Mode FOXBusiness - 2 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----In his Intel Developer Forum keynote today, Pat Gelsinger detailed the roadmap for Intel's continued march toward pervasive, higher performance and power efficient computing. Intel IDF 2008: Day 1 Wrap Up PC Magazine AMD's Spin Room Forbes ZDNet - TG Daily - BBC News - DailyTech all 376 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

iTunes blocked in China after protest stunt Sydney Morning Herald - 6 hours ago Access to Apple's online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes have been downloading and possibly listening to a pro-Tibetan music album in a subtle act of protest against China's rule over the province. Report: China Cuts Off Access To iTunes Store Idolator Apple's Bipolar China Disorder Seeking Alpha Wall Street Journal Blogs all 8 news articles