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Vodafone cuts price of wireless plans

Just a day after Optus said that it was reducing the quotas of its prepaid wireless plans, Vodafone has announced it is rolling back prices on its post-paid mobile broadband plans.

Hacker talks fooling e-passport systems

The researcher who claims to have created code that can emulate and clone e-passports has given details of the purported hack.

Report: Norway says 'nei' to iTunes DRM, again

Two years after initially making a stink about the extensive copy protection in Apple's media marketplace, Norwegian authorities re-raise threats of legal action against the company.

Digital 3D photography made easy by Fujifilm

Ever since digital imaging became popular, Fujifilm has been the pioneer of several new technologies. At the recent Photokina imaging trade show, the Japanese company has unveiled another ground-breaking idea — a 3D digital camera.

Silent Hill: Homecoming banned in Australia

Latest Silent Hill horror game refused classification down under; local distributor will wait until early 2009 for a possible resubmission.

Skyfire mobile browser bulks up for open beta

California start-up Skyfire has announced its Web browser for Windows Mobile devices has gone into public beta, making the latest version available for download.

Don't buy stand-alone antivirus: Trend Micro

Stand-alone antivirus applications were dangerous because they could not adequately protect users and so created a false sense of security, according to the top malware expert at Trend Micro. However, the company continues to sell its stand-alone antivirus app because of 'customer demand'.

Robotic Prius drives itself around San Francisco

An unusual motorcade made its way across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge early one morning the other week: a silver Toyota Prius, complete with police escort and camera crew, but with no driver at the wheel.

Digital downloads and Blu-ray 'will co-exist'

Rather than kill Blu-ray, industry experts say that digital downloads will complement the movie format, as content makers find new ways to accommodate consumers' needs.

Foxtel enables all four iQ2 tuners

Foxtel finally enables the last tuner on its iQ2 recorder which means you can now record two programs at once while watching a third, but it may take till December.

Improved Google MyLocation: You are here

This week, Google's mobile team let loose with an updated version of MyLocation, a feature of Google Maps that geolocates your position based on mobile-tower triangulation. It fixes a minor, but distinct drawback: an overly generous target.

Spec sheet smackdown: Canon EOS 5D Mark II vs. its rivals

Yesterday Canon took the wraps off the long awaited second iteration of its entry-level full-frame dSLR, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. How does it stack up against its competition? Well, until we get one in for a full review, this specifications prize fight will have to do.

Don't shoot Microsoft's new Messenger

The latest release of Windows Live Messenger beta adds some cool new features, but only if all your friends are using it too.

Google offers cutting-edge Chrome, first update

Those who want to try the latest features arriving in Google's Chrome browser can sign up for developer releases or beta versions. The first update is out of the gate.

HDTV makers turn to budget stores, larger screens

TV makers' next best opportunity to increase their business is to go big, according to industry leaders at the HDTV conference in Los Angeles.

Unwired loses favour with Exetel

Local internet service provider Exetel today said it might stop reselling Unwired's pre-WiMax wireless broadband service as it inked a deal to provide 3G mobile broadband services through Optus.

RIM announces 'lifestyle' apps for BlackBerry

In what looks like an attempt to compete toe-to-toe with Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion announced a slew of new integrated application deals on Thursday to make its email-optimised smartphone more appealing to consumers.

Flickr revamp spotlights photos, social features

Yahoo is trying to improve how people can use its Flickr photo-sharing site with a home page revamp. Next up: better photo pages, too.

New Opera beta sports email, feed changes

For right now, the future of Opera — the browsing alternative to the browsing alternative — doesn't look a whole lot different from the present. Keeping in mind that this isn't a stable release, Opera 9.60 beta 1 for Windows and Mac looks to add a few feature tweaks and claims to be faster.

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