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Australia to miss out on 160GB PS3

Sony Australia rep says new "limited edition" PS3 version won't be made available down under; confirms PSP-3000 price locally, LittleBigPlanet and PlayTV release date.

Electric cars at the 2008 London Motor Show

It's early days in the electric car revival but, as Brian Cooley discovers, there are already a few production vehicles on sale in Europe.

Suna's traffic messaging service now in Sydney and Brisbane

Suna, today, launched its traffic messaging service for Sydney and Brisbane motorists, which has been available to Melbournians since late 2007.

GTAIV hijacking PCs in November

Rockstar North's crime epic will be available for Windows machines on 18 Nov in the US and 21 Nov in the UK; conversion will feature "expanded" multiplayer modes.

Ford Fiesta Econetic limbos under 4L/100km

Working hard to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions, Ford showed off its third Econetic model at the London Motor Show this week.

Evora: Lotus finally does comfortable again

Lotus launches its family car, with 2+2 seating, a V6 engine, and an Alpine touchscreen navigation-cum-stereo unit. Lotus purists will be horrified.

80GB PS3 coming to Australia on 27 August

A larger hard-drive PS3 and Platinum titles confirmed for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe countries.

McLaren designer, Gordon Murray, creating an eco city car

Designer Gordon Murray, best known for his work on Formula One racing cars, as well as the McLaren F1, detailed on Monday a new city car design called the T25 that is aimed at reducing congestion and lowering pollution.

Sydney and Brisbane to get traffic messaging Suna rather than later

GPS navigators routing around traffic is common in Europe and North America and, finally, it's going to hit the big time in Australia too.

New TomTom One, XL and Go 930 are sharing and caring

TomTom has whipped the covers off three new portable GPS devices — the One, XL and Go 930 — as well as announcing the availability of traffic messaging by the end of July.

Blizzard teaser augurs new game?

World of Warcraft developer's official website is gated by an image of shattered ice in advance of Worldwide Invitational this weekend.

Conroy calls for probe into mobile roaming rorts

Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy has ordered an inquiry into international mobile roaming charges, following attempts by the EU to regulate prices for cross-country calls.

Aussies beat out in Navteq Global LBS Challenge

Mapping mogul Navteq announced the winners of this year's third Global LBS Challenge at CommunicAsia 2008, with two Australian companies in the pool of semi-finalists missing out on the top honours.

iPhone killer: Samsung Omnia offers 'everything'

Omnia is Latin for everything, and Samsung is intent on keeping that promise by piling everything into the Omnia minus the kitchen sink or a keyboard.

Toyota to make plug-in hybrid by 2010

Toyota plans to produce lithium-ion batteries next year for a plug-in hybrid vehicle available in 2010.

EA erecting SimCity creator on Wii, DS

New instalment in venerable franchise will offer 13 different kinds of metropolises to build — including American, European and Asian — this September.

Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone 3G

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the second generation iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference and details some of the improvements over the original iPhone.

Fisker Auto's second electric sedan will be half the price of the Karma

Fisker Automotive is raising a large round of funding to build its US$80,000 electric sedan, the Karma, but it will bring to market a second model at half the price within a few years.

Google Street View cars collect 3D data

Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, but says data currently remains "experimental".

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