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Tech Scoop - January 2007

PlayStation 3 Near its Targets

January 17th 2007 08:01

The West Australian reports that shipments in Japan of the new PlayStation 3 video game machines reached a million yesterday, Sony said, hitting the company’s target about two weeks behind schedule.

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Does Anyone Make Money Out of Spam?

January 16th 2007 09:24

The Age reports that there has been a few court cases won against spammers and they reveal that their annoying crime does pay.

In the US, Ryan Pitylak settled two civil lawsuits brought against him by the Texas attorney-general and Microsoft for more than $1.3 million last year after admitting he sent 25 million spam emails a day in 2004. Pitylak reportedly earned $4 to $9 each time he obtained the personal details of someone who responded to his emails, which were then sold to other companies

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Use Your Mobile Phone Like a Credit Card?

January 11th 2007 08:58

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Visa and Nokia have teamed up to provide a mobile phone payment system that will turn phones into wallets and allow consumers to buy items from stores without money or cards.

We should see mobile payment trials in Australia within the next 12 to 18 months. Paying for goods or services would be as easy as swiping your phone over a sensor

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Say Hello to the iPhone

January 10th 2007 08:30

As reported by CNN Apple are releasing their new iPhone - a mobile phone that plays iTunes and surfs the web. The device will retail for between US $499 and $599 for the 4GB and 8GB versions.

The touchscreen device will also include functionality found in the iPod series of media players and run the OS X operating system (presumably streamlined for mobile devices with multi-touch screen implementation). It will come equipped with Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, as well as a 2.0-megapixel camera. It will be symmetrical both horizontally and vertically, for user 'tilting' to view screen in either position

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