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Apple makes 9 September iPod event official

Apple has sent out invitations for a music-related event next week, and the smart money is on new iPods.

Google plans 'Chrome' browser

Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new Web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project.

Optus prepaid broadband data robbery

Optus launched an innovative prepaid wireless broadband service but soiled the deal by counting data used in enormous 10MB increments.

3G iPhone gets Gartner approval

Apple's iPhone 3G smartphone is fit for business use, according to analyst house Gartner.

iPhone faithful still queuing

One week after the Australian launch of Apple's much-anticipated iPhone 3G handset, locals keen to buy the device are still queuing outside the company's only Sydney retail store.

Unlocked iPhone works with 3

While 3 Mobile begs for the iPhone 3G, tech-savvy Aussies are unlocking their iPhones and taking them to the iPhone-less telco.

Whereis Everyone tracks kids, cheating partners

Telstra mobile customers can now keep tabs on loved ones and agreeable enemies with the newly launched Whereis Everyone service which tracks mobile phones via mobile towers, displaying users' locations on Whereis Maps.

ISPs: Govt porn filters 'could cripple internet'

Broadband providers Internode and iiNet have hit out against the Federal government's ISP-level content filtering initiative — a scheme that could cripple Australia's high-speed internet access, according to one exec.

Upside-down CMOS sensor may spark digital revolution

OmniVision engineers a new camera sensor, promising better image quality and lower cost.

ISP filtering to get Fed govt subsidy: Budget 08

ISPs will be granted a one-off government subsidy towards the cost of installing filtering technology as part of the Rudd government's AU$125.8 million cybersafety plan.

New way to save energy: Disappearing ink

Xerox has paper you can use again and again, which could cut down on energy and the cost of recycling.

Flickr purists gripe about video expansion

Hundreds of Flickr users protest arrival of video clips. So why haven't photography buffs launched a No Dumb Snaphots group?

Bowers & Wilkins makes Diamonds from marble

Bowers & Wilkins has come up with a design for their Signature Diamond speakers that encases the tweeter in a marble housing.

Apple iPhone vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Two business-friendly handsets of the future go head-to-head. Let the virtual arm wrestle begin!

LimeWire launches legit music store

Those crazy guys behind the LimeWire file-sharing application have set up a DRM-free music store.

'Lighter' Norton 360 V2.0 takes aim at the Web

"Lighter" is the key word Symantec hopes customers will feel when installing Norton 360 version 2.0, which is the company's security and backup system for small business and home users that was launched today.

AFL teams a danger on the Web: Google

Google has flagged the Web sites of 10 AFL clubs as potentially dangerous, preventing visitors from accessing the teams' sites via the search engine.

Google: AFL Saints have a devilish site

Google reckons you'd be a fool to want to visit the Web site of the St. Kilda Saints' AFL team.

T-Visionarium: Behind the 360 degree 3D cinema

What do you get when you put two artists and a team of clever techies together in a dark room with a AU$1 million equipment budget? ZDNet.com.au visited the University of New South Wales iCinema centre to find out.

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