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Firefox 3 releases on June 17th

The much awaited release of the next version of Firefox browser has been announced - June 17th. Firefox 3 will be officially released on June 17th and an attempt will be made, on the same day, to set a Guinness world record for software downloads. Currently Firefox 3.0 RC3 is available for download and Mozilla [...]

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Yamaha Announces High-Quality Audio Codec IC for Mobile Devices

Yamaha Corporation plans to start sample shipments of its YMU809 audio codec IC that brings high-quality audio processing and hands-free functions to personal navigation devices (PNDs), mobile phones, and other devices.
The YMU809 is an input/output device for a broad range of audio and voice sources handled by mobile devices, including phone voice, navigation voice, music, [...]

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Vodafone to sell iPhone in India

In a recent news, Vodafone is to sell Apple iPhones in India this year. Not only in India, it has won a contract from Apple to sell iPhones in 10 other countries that include Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey, the Newbury and Italy.
It’s not certain as to when the [...]

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Associated Press now on your iPhone and iPod Touch

The Associated Press have launched their Mobile News Network, for the newer generation of mobile phones such as iPhone and iPod Touch, but looks more like as if it’s specifically launched for the iPhone users.
The new mobile news service from AP will bring in news to your mobile phones from more than its 100 member newspaper [...]

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Apple Cuts Price of iPod shuffle in India

Apple recently announced that it has reduced the price of 1GB iPod shuffle to INR 2,300 (exclusive of taxes). At the same time, Apple has launched a 2GB model of iPod shuffle in India. The latter model is to cost INR 3,200 (again, exclusive of taxes).
iPod shuffle comes in four colors. Silver, blue, green and [...]

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HP develops memristor - the fourth fundamental circuit element

HP labs has finally built the fourth passive circuit element - the memristor - stands for memory resistor. If you are familiar with electronics, there are three other fundamental circuit elements - resistor, capacitor and inductor. Memristor is the fourth missing passive circuit element that has long been debated to exist but no one could [...]

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Apple to sell movies on release date

In a recent news, Apple has announced that it will start selling movies from various movie studios and independant film companies on the same day as their DVD releases in the market. Apple is to sell the movies via their iTunes store for $14.99.
This is perhaps an exciting news for people from outside the Unites States, where the [...]

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