It has been reported that Apple plans to implement the same pricing model for its Movies downloads as it does for its music downloads. But as iTWire points, these are two very different consumers. It reports that “there is only one problem. Movies are not music tracks and movie consumers are not music consumers. People buy music and rent movies. Yes some people will buy a DVD of a movie classic or of a movie they particularly like. However, it is the exception rather than the rule. Very few consumers, other than fanatical movie buffs keep vast collections of DVDs loaded with their favourite movies. Perhaps Jobs thinks he can turn movie renters into movie buyers simply by offering downloads on iTunes but it’s a pipe dream. There’s only so many times you can watch Spiderman and, if it’s not on cable this month, you can rent it from Blockbuster.”
Read the rest of the report here

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(Ireland) Vodafone Ireland has launched Mobile Tv, which means you can watch your favorite shows and news coverage as well as sports on your mobile phone!

Watch Sky Mobile TV on your mobile - Vodafone are pleased to announce that from June 15th, we are the first Irish mobile network to bring you Sky Mobile TV. This exciting new service lets you watch a wide variety of popular channels on your 3G Vodafone mobile. Subscribe now and avail of Sky Mobile TV for FREE until 1st of September.

With Sky Mobile TV, you can catch fantastic channels and programmes on your phone, including MTV, Discovery, Sky One and Living TV, thanks to our exclusive deal with Sky. Watching Mobile TV couldn’t be simpler, just select Mobile TV from the Vodafone live! menu, and choose the pack and channel you want to watch. Programmes are streamed to your mobile and there’s no downloading involved, so your phone memory isn’t clogged up. If you receive a call, the programme will be interrupted automatically, so you won’t miss a call while enjoying Mobile TV.

Full Clannel list: Sky News (live), Sky Sports News (live), CNN (live), At The Races (daytime only), National Geographic, Discovery Factual & The Biography Channel.
Sky One, Sky Movies Mobile, MTV Snax, MTV Trax, Nickelodeon, Paramount Comedy Channel, Cartoon Network, Living, Bravo & Discovery Lifestyle.
Kiss (live); The Box (live); Kerrang (live); The Hits (live); MTV snax & MTV trax
UEFA Champions League & Eurosport. With more great channels coming soon.

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USB capability for your car stereo, is one of the latest features of the CLARION’s latest in car stereo. What this means in a nut shell to those of a non technical head, we can now listed to our music files, by placing the on a portable flash key and then plug into the car stereo and listen in on you favorite music hot from your PC. The system will handle MP3 and WMA and comes in at nice 139 GBP price!Source including image

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As per the MacBook pro you can now get your Mac Book in color from ColorWare. There are about 20 colors for you to choose from and it will be shipped to you in 2-3 weeks, Its a good idea for those who are sick of the simple back and white options. Prices abut $1,749. Visit the website here

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Netscape is planning on re-launching its website, using a new format. The design currently on display at http://beta.netscape.com is more text based and offers Hot stories based on Votes. It seems that visitors to the website can vote on an article, which will bump it up to a higher position. Categories include Celebrities, News, Popular Videos Technology and man others.

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In most parts of china google.com has been blocked! The block apparently is also spreading to google news and mail services. The Daily Times reports :

A Beijing-based Google spokeswoman said Wednesday the company was looking into the apparent effort to block its most widely used search engine, but declined any other comment. “We launched an investigation last week,” spokeswoman Cui Jin said. “As long as we don’t have more certain information, it would be irresponsible for us to comment more.”

Reporters Without Borders also said the Chinese authorities had largely managed to neutralize software designed to sidestep censorship since late May.

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We all love to browse the net, but what happens when the PC crashes, ‘we throw it out the window in a fit of rage’ (if you are a windows user - you know what I mean). This is now a thing of the past with Google Browser Sync you can synchronize your settings, history, passwords and all that stuff on Google!

“Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions.”

This extension works with Firefox version 1.5 and later. Currently, it doesn’t work in the Mozilla Suite, Internet Explorer, or Opera. Google Browser Sync is compatible with all operating systems supported by Firefox 1.5.

Get it here