http://www.itwire.com – Citing Google statistics that show Australians make 40 million online grocery searches and 140 million clothing searches each month, online catalogue specialist Lasoo.com.au has announced a free iPad application which will let people browse retail catalogues and in some cases click through to purchase. (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – Less than two years after exiting the enterprise telephony market by selling its business to Aastra, Ericsson has got back in again by buying Nortel's half of LG-Nortel, Nortel's joint venture with Korean manufacturer LG. (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – The Australian domain name administration, auDA, is now publishing on its web site a list of existing .au domain names for which registration is about to expire, enabling anyone interested to try an secure a sought-after domain as soon as it becomes available: but the list includes names that auDA has already banned! (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – Panasonic has revealed its line-up in what is brewing as the next technology showdown, the home HD 3D television war.  iTWire had a chance to try out some funky eye-ware (not allowed to call them 3D glasses apparently) and check out the latest Neo Plasma and full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc players from Panasonic. (IT news)

http://apcmag.com – Microsoft releases local pricing for its forthcoming Office 2010 suite, with new ‘no disc’ versions starting from $169. (IT news)

http://apcmag.com – The self-healing power of Windows 7 is now available for those with older Microsoft operating systems (IT news)