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Apple Preparing iPod Touch With Camera, Microphone

Ohhhhhhhh! http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/JbZ2s0JFhps/ A source with inside knowledge of the situation claims Apple will release an iPod Touch with microphone and camera in two to three months. The implications for voice-over-IP could be staggering (especially for telephony providers).

CBC

AM is still alive in some places! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/15/whse-cbc-tower.html?ref=rss The CBC’s top official in the North says the Yukon government’s move to extend the CBC’s lease for its AM transmitter in Whitehorse does not necessarily mean the broadcaster will scrap plans to switch from AM to FM.

iPhone 3.0 improve podcast listening

You can now rewind by 30sec increment and speed playback up. Cool for talk only podcast, you could go trough a 60min in 30 min! And it’s very listenable, it’s time compression so voices don’t end all like Mickey mouse. More later! As i discover new features.

AvantGo Going Away

Sad. I was using this for so long. Was still synching my T3 with it every day, just in case the iPod touch would fail. Will miss it. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=04fde89097a0dd086b9ab5c3e6610601 AvantGo , a popular offline browser for PDAs and smartphones, will cease to exist as of the end of June. Sybase, AvantGo’s parent company, has announced…

ISP spying begins in UK, as Universal, Virgin ink a deal

http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4963 In a first-of-its-kind deal, Universal and Virgin Media have agreed on a U.K. plan that makes Universal’s entire catalogue available – DRM-free – for a monthly subscription price, while Virgin will take a more active role in identifying unauthorized downloading of the label’s music, The New York Times reports. …

One of the best apps for Palm now avaiable for the iPhone

And cheap too http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/kkY-TNjWGyc/at-last-microsoft-word-editing-in-the-iphone Rejoice, Microsoft Office and iPhone users, because now you can edit, create, and view Microsoft Word files. Dataviz Documents To Go doesn’t bring Excel editing as promised , but at least is here now for $5. The Excel creation and editing will be a free upgrade if you buy now. Like…

Net neutrality again before the House

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/technology-blog/2009/05/net_neutrality_again_before_th.html By Paul Jay, CBC News.ca. New Democrat digital affairs critic Charlie Angus has tabled another bill designed to enshrine the principle of net neutrality, his second attempt to bring the issue to the House of Commons through a private member’s bill. Bill C-398 will