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Report: MP3 players threaten users' hearing

People who listen to personal music players for only five hours a week at a high volume may be doing permanent damage to their hearing.

Nokia unveils 'Tubular' 5800 touch phone

Nokia today announced its latest XpressMusic mobile handset, the long-awaited 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone, known originally as the Nokia Tube.

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.

Intuit reveals QuickBooks 2009

Intuit shared details of bookkeeping app QuickBooks 2009 on Monday in the US.

Hold the phone: Nokia's Tube is the Nokia 5800

We last discussed Nokia's "Tube" back in June, after details first surfaced a few months earlier. Now, we know a heap of extra details.

Lowepro Luxe camera bags for the ladies

There's something reassuringly boring about camera cases, with their black weatherproof fabric and chunky zips. Seeing a gap in the market for something a little more stylish, Lowepro's Luxe range attempts to redress the balance.

Adobe defends Aussie CS4 price hike

Global software giant Adobe has defended recommending local prices for its new Creative Suite 4 software packages that could see Australians paying hundreds of dollars more in real terms than US residents for the same products.

MySpace Music takes on iTunes

MySpace is today expected to launch MySpace Music, the service formed by the world's second largest social network and all four of the largest recording companies.

BMW confirms development of electric micro-car

Autocar magazine in the UK reports that BMW has confirmed — in a statement by CEO Norbert Reithofer — that it is developing a tiny city car in response to increasing demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition announced

With the next World Cup just around the corner, get set for Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition, which willl be available for the PlayStation 2 in November.

Paranoid Android: Did they forget Oz?

Dozens of phone calls and emails today made one thing clear: none of Australia's telcos or handset manufacturers has briefed their staff on when mobile phones running Google's Android system will be made available locally, if they are at all.

Aussie telcos can't talk Android

Australia's top four mobile carriers were unable today to say whether they had plans to locally sell phone handsets based on Google's Android operating system.

HTC Touch 3G and Touch Viva unveiled

Alongside its announcement of the crush-worthy Touch HD, Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has announced two touchscreen baby brothers: the Touch 3G and the Touch Viva.

RIM's first clamshell BlackBerry

Research in Motion has unveiled its first, long-awaited BlackBerry smartphone in a clamshell format.

Google quietly updates Chrome

Search giant Google has quietly begun releasing a hastily prepared update to its Chrome browser to fix some security problems.

Freshtel plans Aussie mobile VoIP

Australian start-up Freshtel today said it expected to launch a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service for mobile phone users locally within weeks, after a successful trial of its dual-mode technology with UK mega-retailer Tesco.

Nokia takes 'Lonely Planet' mobile

Tired of lugging a big travel book on vacation? Some Nokia phone users won't have to. They'll be able to download Lonely Planet travel guides directly onto their mobile handsets.

LG Prada II comes with a keyboard?

Remember the LG Prada? Yeah, that fashion touchscreen phone that preceded the original iPhone by a few months. We have an exclusive photo of the Prada II, but this time with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Automatic travel journal created by tracking mobile phone

Online travel communications retailer Telestial recently launched its Travel Journal feature, an online service that automatically creates an online trip journal based on the location of the user's phone.

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