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Up next for Apple: the iPad Mini?view story

http://apcmag.com – The iPad is barely one week old and already rumours are swirling about a next-gen Apple touchscreen tablet with a 5-7 inch display. (IT news)

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Solar Impulse HB-SIA takes to the Sunview story

http://www.itwire.com – The maiden voyage of the solar-powered Solar Impulse HB-SIA airplane occurred on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, from its home base in Switzerland. The craft uses only sunlight for its power, and stores it in batteries so it can fly at night.   (IT news)

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Ubuntu 10.04 Restores Google Searchview story

http://www.ubuntu-user.com – The final version of Ubuntu Linux will restore Google as the default search engine in Firefox. (IT news)

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How it works: Linux audio explainedview story

http://www.tuxradar.com – There's a problem with the state of Linux audio, and it's not that it doesn't always work. The issue is that it's overcomplicated. This soon becomes evident if you sit down with a piece of paper and try to draw the relationships between the technologies involved with taking audio from a music file to your speakers: the diagram soon turns into a plate of knotted spaghetti. (IT news)

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It's here: the Android-based TV!view story

http://www.itwire.com – A small Swedish company, 'People of Lava' has launched the world's first TV based on Google's Android mobile phone operating platform. (IT news)

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Tasmanian's fibre backbone gets pre NBN upgradeview story

http://www.itwire.com – Nokia Siemens Networks has announced completion of a capacity upgrade to the TasGovNet optical fibre backbone network, provided by Government-owned power utility, Aurora Energy. (IT news)

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Personal hands on with Aussie iPad thanks to Ch 9’s A Current Affair – tonight!!view story

http://www.itwire.com – Channel 9’s A Current Affair has managed to get an Apple iPad into Australia and took the bold move of showing hundreds of Sydneysiders right in front of Apple’s CDB store yesterday, causing huge excitement over Apple’s latest and greatest which will be on air from 6.30pm tonight, with ACA inviting me to give some raw and ready iFeedback! (IT news)

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Adobe considers security changes to PDF appsview story

http://www.itwire.com – Following several months of worrisome news about security holes in its Acrobat and Reader software, Adobe is looking at ways to make exploits more difficult. (IT news)

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Mobile WiMAX to get an early speed boostview story

http://www.itwire.com – The WiMAX Forum has announced plans to bring forward feature upgrades to the mobile WiMAX standard that will improve throughput, particularly at the fringes of cell sites. (IT news)

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Sony Ericsson Android-powered Xperia X10 to launch this month on all networksview story

http://apcmag.com – The first Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson hits Australia later this month on Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and Three, on contract and outright sale. (IT news)

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iPhone OS API controversy reignited by iPad developerview story

http://www.itwire.com – A fresh round of controversy has exploded concerning the way Apple forbids third-party developers from using private APIs in iPhone OS. (IT news)

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Songbird Project drops Linux supportview story

http://www.ubuntu-user.com – Songbird considers itself an iTunes alternative and while the project has had some success in that regard, not so much under Linux. (IT news)