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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Internode suspends regional broadband services   Firefox 3 public beta due in Autumn   Hitachi-LG first with Blu-Ray/HD DVD combo PC drive   Sony PlayStation Web traffic down; Nintendo Wii soars   OpenXML heads for ISO vote   Australian Vonage users get lower global calling charges    Global storage market hits 1,030 petabytes   Microsoft calls acquisition reports 'Speculation'   SanDisk launches PC Solid-State Drive   Charles Darwin's wife's diaries head online   IBM shrinks Cell gaming chip   Intel to build US$2.5bn plant in China   IT managers distrust distributed backups   US daylight saving errors pile up
Wednesday, 14th March 2007
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This afternoon, Hitachi-LG Data Storage unveiled plans to release the first PC drive that can read Blu-ray and HD DVD discs costing about US$1200.


Also making news, ISP Internode has suspended its rollout of broadband services in regional Australia due to the premature cancellation of the Federal Government’s Broadband Connect Incentive Program.

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Telco/ISP
Internode suspends regional broadband services
Collapse of government program hits ISP.
By Staff Writers


Operating Systems
Firefox 3 public beta due in Autumn
New features will include standardised support for running Web apps like mail and office suites while disconnected from the Internet, and support for Places, a redesigned bookmarks and history manager..
By Staff writers


Hardware
Hitachi-LG first with Blu-Ray/HD DVD combo PC drive
The drive can record up to 50 Gbytes of data and will cost about US$1,200..
By Staff writers


Convergence
Sony PlayStation Web traffic down; Nintendo Wii soars
Nielsen/NetRatings suggest price and a focus on average customers is helping Nintendo's numbers..
By Staff writers


Applications
OpenXML heads for ISO vote
Document format advances despite objections.
By Tom Sanders


Government/Law
Australian Vonage users get lower global calling charges
The penny-a-minute rates are available for new and existing Vonage US customers who call only a handful of overseas places..
By Staff writers


Storage
Global storage market hits 1,030 petabytes
Networked attached storage drives hike in capacity.
By Robert Jaques


Telco/ISP
Microsoft calls acquisition reports 'Speculation'
According to published reports, Microsoft is in talks to acquire the voice recognition software provider.
By Staff writers


Hardware
SanDisk launches PC Solid-State Drive
The hard drive maker's expansion of its product line, as well as Intel's first SSD launch, is an indication that the market is sure to heat up..
By Staff writers


Internet
Charles Darwin's wife's diaries head online
Emma Wedgwood's writing shows evolution of Darwin's mystery illness.
By Matt Chapman


Hardware
IBM shrinks Cell gaming chip
Big Blue begins mass production of 65nm version of Cell processor.
By Shaun Nichols


Hardware
Intel to build US$2.5bn plant in China
52,000 12-inch wafers a month.
By Matt Chapman


Storage
IT managers distrust distributed backups
Proliferation of data representing a major challenge.
By Robert Jaques


IT Services
US daylight saving errors pile up
Time change causes problems for vendors.
By Shaun Nichols


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