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iPad looks fantastic.

This week Apple announced the pending release of the iPad, a tablet device. In a similar concept to the Kindle, Apple is aiming the full colour device at the mobile user market. The device itself looks a lot like a large iTouch. Which is not a bad starting point as the popularity of it and [...]

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Google Editions and Ebooks

This week Google announced that it will be launching a new online service called Google Editions. This service will provide ebooks to any device that has a web browser. Google’s aim is to provide books for any device.
This move from Google will potentially shake up the ebook market, providing a larger range and an open [...]

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Google wants your comments on Sidewiki

Google has announced the latest innovation for its search product called Google Sidewiki. The general concept is to allow web surfers to value add to a website by providing their opinions and comments about its usefulness and its content.
This follows along a similar line of Microsoft BING which is adding more levels of information that [...]

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Google Maps adds local Traffic

Google maps now has Australian Traffic data incorporated.
The data currently only covers the major cities and traffic routes and is updated every few minutes. So now you can really see how bad traffic really is before you get started.
It only took 2 years to reach Australia.  Not really good enough.
If you have a Google Maps [...]

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