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Apple posts QuickTime security fix

Apple has released an update to its QuickTime media player, fixing a number of critical security bugs in the software.

Google offers up 'Android' as its new open mobile platform

Google and several other technology companies plan to unveil a new mobile platform called Android on Monday, according to a statement from the company. The system is expected to yield an actual phone in the second half of 2008.

Taiwanese group sees 3D LCD TVs out within two-years

A Taiwanese research group has developed 3D (three-dimensional) television picture technology that can be used on LCD (liquid crystal display) TVs as big as 42 inches, and believes such TVs will be on sale within two years.

Telstra launches Next G phone tough enough for the bush

Telstra has launched a Next G phone designed to be tough enough for the Australian outback.

Google mobile OS unlikely, analysts say

While it isn't yet clear what type of mobile announcement Google plans to make, it is clear what Google should do and why the company is interested in mobile services, experts say.

Open source project aims to overhaul music search

Software that listens to and analyzes music is driving a Sun open source project, which aims to build a music recommendation system that surpasses the systems used today by iTunes and Amazon.

LG.Philips LCD exec sees LCD market maturing

After rapid growth in the last few years the LCD (liquid crystal display) market will see more steady expansion now as panel-makers work harder to differentiate their products with new technical features, according to an executive at South Korea's LG...

Toshiba unveils latest HD DVD recorder

As the holiday shopping season approaches, Toshiba is turning up the heat on the Blu-ray Disc camp with the launch of an HD DVD recorder that can record high-definition video to regular DVDs.

AOL takes Truveo video search worldwide

AOL, which is trying to grow its online advertising business worldwide, has localised its video search site for eight countries and added two languages for its India portal, the company said this week.

Discovery to spawn massive USB drives

The humble USB drive could soon be using a new type of memory thanks to research from the Arizona State University.

News Corp., NBC launch beta of Hulu video venture

News Corp. and NBC Universal debuted their joint-venture online video service Hulu.com with a private beta, adding a new rival to Apple's iTunes and Google's YouTube services.

iPhone, iPod touch 'jailbreak' app patches critical TIFF bug

Hackers have released a tool that "jailbreaks" up-to-date iPhones and iPod touches, but unlike previous such software, doesn't require a Mac or PC as a middleman.

Real reveals six new bugs in RealPlayer

For the second time in eight days, new critical vulnerabilities that could be used to hijack machines have been fingered in the RealPlayer media player. The patched editions released last week for Windows, however, are not vulnerable to the half-doze...

D-Link and Beceem to push mobile WiMAX to the shelves

The WiMAX market has had another boost this week with network equipment provider D-Link announcing it will base a range of products on Beceem's mobile WiMAX chipset.

FPD - Samsung, Epson show prototype OLED TV screens

With just over a month to go until Sony puts the world's first OLED (organic light emitting diode) television on sale, two rival display makers took the wraps off their latest OLED TV panel prototypes at an exhibition in Japan this week.