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    The Pope will send his first SMS today to thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims who have signed up to receive divine direction via technology.

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    At midnight 11 July Optus became Australia's first mobile carrier to sell the iPhone 3G. We were on hand to witness the festivities and to finally play with Apple's much hyped handset.

  • Pope text service to offer a unique religious experience

    While it's not a direct line to God, plans for the Pope to send text messages to young people during World Youth Day promise a religious experience of sorts.

  • Facebook founder on apps, flak and cold hard cash

    At this week's South By Southwest Interactive Festival, Facebook founder and world's youngest rich list entrant, Mark Zuckerberg, sat down with Caroline McCarthy of ZDNet.com.au's sister site CNET News.com to talk about PayPal, pestering applications and press hysteria.

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    As Britney Spears can testify, some things can be brought down all too easily by their own popularity -- as Vodafone's not-so-merry Christmas shows.

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    The world's most adored tech company faced an unexpected string of criticism at its keynote in CeBIT last week.

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    At midnight 11 July Optus became Australia's first mobile carrier to sell the iPhone 3G. We were on hand to witness the festivities and to finally play with Apple's much hyped handset.

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    A raft of security features in Microsoft Vista will help many consumers become "secure enough" but for businesses they aren't going to be the improvements which drive sales -- and nor do they deserve to be, according to some experts.

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  • Ulead DVD Movie Factory 3 Disc Creator

    Movie Factory is an excellent product for novice DVD creators, or anyone needing a quick and simple DVD authoring application. Read our Australian review.

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