Telstra Corporation Ltd has confirmed it has reached agreement with the federal government to progressively disconnect its copper network and participate in the roll out of the national broadband network (NBN).
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Future iPhone users could temporarily lose their iSight if they're caught filming at concerts or taking photos of museum exhibits. On June 2 the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that detailed a sophisticated infra-red camera capable of receiving instructions as to when and where the iPhone can snap pictures and record videos. Other features include applying watermarks automatically to images and an "Auto Tour Guide". Since the announcement was made, there has been speculation that the technology could be used by the police to prevent people from filming sensitive situations.
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After three years of online racing, players of Codemaster's 2008 title Race Driver: GRID have found themselves ...

Microsoft just earned itself a boatload of geek-cred and made Apple and Sony look pretty bad in the process. We knew the Windows Phone team was playing nice with the jailbreakers from ChevronWP7, but we didn't realize just how cozy the two were going to get. Today the devs announced that ChevronWP7 Labs would open up soon, with the approval of Redmond, allowing users to load homebrew apps on their handsets. ...

Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console will likely be shown at E3 2012, according to reports.
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Microsoft has promised it will release a major edition of Windows Phone every year.

The promise was revealed in a Microsoft job posting on Monday. Engadget notes that the timeline shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that iOS and Android both push out major releases months apart. ...