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iTunes royalty rate stays the same

Apple seems to have gotten what it wanted as a key licensing board freezes rates charged to iTunes and other digital music venues.

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.

Microsoft to launch 'Windows Cloud' this month

Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday.

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.

Intuit reveals QuickBooks 2009

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

Moko wants you!

Australian mobile social networking site Moko is in the process of electing its first President and wants you to get involved.

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.

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.

iPhoners are online junkies, sleep early

Australian owners of Apple's iPhone 3G download significantly more than users of other mobile phones, and for some reason they log off earlier too.

Stealthy new 4GB iPod Nanos spotted on shelves

They weren't mentioned at the iPod launch and you won't see them on Apple's website, but 4GB fourth-generation iPod Nanos are turning up on retail shelves across Australia.

Sony launches Life with PlayStation

This generation of gaming consoles has seen a wealth of innovations become standard features for systems, from downloadable demos to wireless controllers. One such addition that was perhaps not as fervently called for by gamers is that of live global news and weather updates, but Nintendo updated the Wii shortly after launch with the News Channel and Weather Channel, and now Sony is adding similar features to the PlayStation 3.

Mamma Mia! Sony announces SingStar ABBA

Sony's karaoke franchise has signed up the 1970's superstars for PlayStation collaboration.

National Geographic to launch mobile website

The National Geographic Society plans to launch a mobile website offering photos, ringtones and articles from its magazine.

Trend Micro rolls out 2009 suite

Late last week Trend Micro released its Internet Security 2009 and Internet Security Pro 2009 products, touting enhanced performance, features and better end-user education.

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.

Digital radio gets a new name, plus...

In the lead-up to the official launch of digital radio in May next year, a new website and advertising campaign promoting it was unveiled in Sydney today.

Nokia unlocks Ovi, invites us inside

Nokia has unlocked its online door to Ovi, and opened the site to the public for beta testing as well as launching new services.

Google adds Android app for Flickr photos

Google's Photostream will let phones running its Android phone operating system view photos stored at Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing site.

Revamped Google Picasa site identifies photo faces

A new face recognition feature on Google's Picasa Web Albums will help users label their photos with the names of subjects. That and other changes to the photo-sharing site are joined by a new beta version of the accompanying Picasa 3.0 photo-editing software.

Photoshop.com on Windows Mobile devices

With the recent renaming of Adobe's online gallery and image-editing service from Photoshop Express to Photoshop.com, the company has also announced the beta version of Photoshop.com Mobile, an application designed to run on Windows Mobile handsets.

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