Since the recent economic meltdown growth of WiMAX deployment has really slowed, however experts are said to think that by the end of the year WiMax should take of again.

WiMax is said to be growing mostly in developing nations such as Africa, the Middle East, India, Europe and Asia, and following the recent 16% drop in revenue this growth is needed.

Some of the growth breakdown is also said to be caused by the initial success of WiMax, therefore some people see this pause of growth as a chance to re-organize. Hopefully with the upcoming prospects of WiMax the company’s involved will be able to deal with quick growth a lot better.

Check out InformationWeek for more details.

Following lots of complaints an online ad for Internet Explorer 8 has been removed, the ad is said to have shown a woman projectile vomiting. Shortly after the complaints Microsoft removed the ad.

The ad apparently showed a woman looking through her husband’s history which results in her vomiting. Apparently the a video can still be seen on YouTube. The ad was meant to promote Internet Explorer 8’s InPrivate browsing feature, instead of promoting Internet Explorer 8’s functionality it ended up causing controversy.

A lot of viewers were said to be so disgusted with the ad that they thought that it was a fake, presumably made by Apple users.
Microsoft stated “We make a point of listening to our customers”, and the intention of the a was meant to be tongue in cheek.

Check out the full statement on ComputerWorld.

Did you see the ad? What was your thought?

LG have revealed that they are planning to release a series of new luxury phones, including a new PRADA phone and another model which they hope will rival the Apple iPhone.

As reported from Slashgear, LG’s mobile business president, Ahn Seung-kwon hopes that the release of new models this year will see the company overtake Samsung and claim the number two cellphone maker in the world position.

No further details have been revealed on the iPhone rival handset, except that LG aim to push it out before the end of the year. We’ll keep you updated on that, as well as the new PRADA handset.

Let us know your thoughts on the news.

According to InformationWeek the recent release of the iPhone 3GS is a big factor in AT&T setting a new single-day sales record. The iPhone 3GS was released on AT&T on June 19th and set many different records for the company.

Not only was the iPhone 3GS a big factor in the reason that AT&T had their best ever sales day, but it was also a big contribution to the second largest traffic day that AT&T had ever seen. Another AT&T record that the iPhone was a big factor in was “the most transactions processed by its IT systems in a single day”.

The fact that AT&T had exclusivity for the iPhone 3GS is said to have brought the company thousands of new customers. Apple reported that more than a million iPhone 3GS handsets were sold within the first three days.

Check InformationWorld for full details.

If you have been keeping a close eye on the upcoming release of the 3G femtocell, you’ll want to know that it looks as if Sprint are winning the race ahead of AT&T to release the device first.

As reported from SlashGear, Sprint’s VP of device and technology development Mathew Oommen has gone on record and stated that they will be first to launch a 3G femtocell before the end of the year.

If the news is true, it means that Sprint customers will benefit from enhanced voice-call reception and EVDO Rev.A coverage.

We’ll let you know once pricing and release dates are revealed. Full story through the link.

If you’re a fan of Packard Bell’s iMedia desktop range, you’ll be interested to know that the company have decided to ‘refresh’ the models with new features and designs.

As reported from Pocket-Lint, Packard Bell hopes that the move will encourage customers who are looking to buy a feature packed and cost effective system.

Some of the specs included in the iMedia desktop range offer processors such as the Intel Core 2 Quad processor or an AMD Phenom II X4 and RAM up to a whopping 8GB.

Customers will also be able to decide if they want extras such as an Blu-ray drive or DVB-T TV tuner with remote control and Wi-Fi.

If you’re interested in hearing more about the new iMedia range, head to the link above.

There are rumors emerging that state that Microsoft will offer a multi-license ‘family pack’ version of their Windows 7 Operating System. Apparently if you read the EULA (End User License Agreement) there are references mentioning the previously unannounced family pack.

There is a section in the EULA which is titled ‘Installation And Use Rights’, within this section a sentence reads ‘If you are a Qualified Family Pack User’, this seems to suggest that a Family Pack will be released, reading more into the EULA it seems to suggest that the Family Pack will allow Windows 7 to be installed on up to three computers in one household.

Apparently the Family Pack is available for Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Home Premium E (European). It is doubtful that this will be available for other versions of Windows 7 as Home Premium is the most suited for a household environment.

As more details emerge we will keep you informed, check out ComputerWorld for the original report.

It seems that Apple are having trouble containing explicit content on their App store, after recent reports that they have banned a second App in the same week for featuring explicit material.

As reported from Information Week, the latest App to be banned by Apple is called ‘BeautyMeter’. The App allows users to view user-submitted images of males and females and then rate them based on the image.

Apple has removed the App after it contained topless pictures of a 15 year old female, along with a similar app called ‘Hottest Girl’.

It seems like the problem could get out of hand in future if Apple don’t carefully moderate the Apps that they originally approve.

What are your thoughts on this?

Are you a regular Twitter user? You might want to pay particular interest to this story as it has been revealed that Microsoft are planning to index Twitter updates in ‘real-time’ for their new search engine Bing.

As reported from PCWorld, it means that users of Bing will be able to see recent status updates from the popular social networking site, when they conduct a search using Bing.

At the moment though, it is thought Microsoft are only planning to include ‘Tweets’ from some of the most significant sources, according to this story here.

What are your thoughts on Microsoft’s plans? Let us know your opinions on the story. Theres more info over at PCWorld.

According to the UK Newspaper the Guardian, the first network in the UK to offer the Palm Pre will be O2. Palm have stated that they will announce more details on July 7th. If this does turn out to be true it will be huge for O2 as they already have exclusivity for the Apple iPhone 3G S.

O2 have been rumoured to be the first UK supplier of the Palm Pre since back in May, apparently the UK network Vodafone were competing for the exclusive but seem to have missed out.

With O2 seemingly having exclusives to two of the most popular handsets available today this is sure to attract more customers, we will keep you updated as more news emerges.

Check out the full article on SlashGear.

Following the Tuesday release of Mozilla Firefox 3.5 it is being reported that a patch is on its way to stamp out several bugs. This patch is said to be released within the next few weeks. The release will be called Firefox 3.5.1 and is said to fix at least three bugs and also sort sort out some ‘topcrashes’.

Mozilla received over 6.5million downloads within the first 36 hours of the release, and on the whole it has been a success. There is a common crash with Firefox 3.5’s new JavaScript Engine TraceMonkey, this problem has been fixed and is just waiting for the rest of the patch to be finsihed before its released.

If you receive any crashes be sure to report them to help Mozilla smooth out common problems, if you do come across a problem Mozilla usually prompts you with Mozilla Crash Reporter.

If you haven’t yet downloaded Mozilla Firefox go here, or click on help, check for updates.

Head over to ComputerWorld for further details.

Has you version of Firefox 3.5 been running stably?

The highly anticipated Samsung Omnia II (i8000) is said to be launching with Verizon later this month, now a video review has emerged on SlashGear, this video introduces you to most of the aspects of the handset, the video is 10 minutes long however if your thinking of getting the handset it is well worth watching. The video can be seen below.

The Omnia II comes with a 3.7 inch touchscreen along with a 5 megapixel camera. The screen is said to be better quality then the iPhone 3G S. The handsets runs Windows Mobile however the skin that has been used on the software has covered up.

Check out SlashGear for a more detailed look into the handset, which also includes photos and a video.

Since the release of Apple OS 3.0 on the whole reviews have been pretty good, however recently a vulnerability has been found that may allow an attacker to run unauthorized code with full access to the device. The vulnerability is said to be with SMS message handling, and Apple are said to be working on a fix.

Apple are doing their best to have a fix ready before 25th-30th of July, this is due to the Black Hat USA conference which takes place on these dates.

A security researcher named Charlie Miller is said to have found the security vulnerability and is said to present his findings during the Black Hat USA conference. This is not the first time Miller has found vulnerabilities with Apple software, last year he won awards for exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities in their Safari Web browser.

Check out InformationWeek for a more detailed look into the vulnerability.

We are always seeing technology from Formula 1 making its way to our road cars and McLaren could about to be doing it again with rumors of a McLaren hybrid supercar, which could use the controversial KERS system.

On the McLaren website they have recently put up a job posting, they are looking for a Senior Engineer for Powertrain Hybrid Technology. This certainly offers us a few ideas as to where the company is heading with its future road cars.

Autocar asked McLaren for more details on the job listing, but a spokesman would not confirm if this form of hybrid technology would be used on one of its road cars. We know that the KERS system has not been popular in F1, but it is agreed that McLaren’s system is the best in the field and having it in a road car would certainly be a great idea. BMW and Ferrari are also thought to be bringing its KERS system to its road cars, not that they have had a great track record with their systems.

Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 is now live, but it seems that a number of users might find it hard to make the switch from Google Maps. IntoMobile explains how he would like to say how great they think Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 is, but they do not find any reason to move away from Google Maps.

IntoMobile goes on to say that if you live in a nation that have expensive data plans and want turn-by-turn instructions, then the new Nokia Maps is for you as you can preload maps. If you do not fall into one of those categories, then you should just stick with Google Maps.

The problem with the new Nokia Maps is certain to annoy a number of users and the reason for this is simple, you will have to download the file on to your computer first so that you can install the application on to your phone. That file will only work on a PC, but if you have a Mac, chances are you have an iPhone anyway.

Nokia Ovi Store launched in May, and is the latest Application store to try and take on the might that is the Apple App Store.

Following yesterdays first look review of Microsoft Office 2010 InfoWorld have now posted a slide-show showing the new look. The thing that I fee grabs your attention more then anything is the way it fits in with Windows 7.

There are 14 slides in all and they show a couple of different views of Word, Excel, Access and Outlook. Quite a lot of emphasis is put on the new ribbon bar, the ribbon bar seems to be very useful when it comes to Outlook. The slides also show us how much the re-design of the applications has take place.

Don’t forget to check the SlideShow on InfoWorld.

What your thoughts on the new Office 2010? Will you buy it?

During the Portable Media Player and Tablet Roadshow today in the UK, Archos revealed some details of their new range of PMPS. There is now a pricing for the Archos 2 Vision and the Archos 3 Vision. And a release date for the Android MID.

The Archos 2 Vision has a 2 inch touchscreen and has a built in FM radio, there is also a microSD memory card slot. The Archos 2 Vision is available in two sizes 8GB and 16GB.

The Archos 3 Vision has a 3 inch touchscreen and has a built in FM radio, there is also a microSD slot and supports video playback. The Archos 3 Vision is also available in two sizes 8GB and 16GB.

The prices for the Archos 2 Vision and the Archos 3 Vision, are said to be £49.99 ($82) and £89.99 ($147), however it is unclear what sizes these prices are based on.

Archos also commented on its new Android MID which is based on the Google open source platform, not a lot of details were mentioned but it is said to be released on September 15th. As more details emerge for the Android we will keep you posted.

Check out SlashGear for the full article along with some impressive photos.

With our recent look into the Snow Leopard Beta release it is becoming obvious that Apple are literally given every aspect of the Operating System a once over. With all these changes and how much redesign Apple are undertaking a lot of experts believe that this will be the update for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Beta testers are extremely impressed with the release and from what we can gather all in all there are only just over 50 fixes which have been made during the complete Beta stage of this release.

The main issues that have been fixed relate to USB audio distortion, power management with firewire and problems with Bluetooth printers. Apparently there is only one current unfixed known issue, this is an issue which occurs when saving email to your hard drive, this issue is expected to be fixed soon.

Check AppleInsider for more details.

With the recent release of Nvidias Ion graphics chipsets becoming more and more popular in modern notebooks, Nvidia have now started working on its replacement. Nvidia are said to be developing an Ion 2 which is expected to be released in the latter part of the year.

Nvidia are keeping quiet on the new chipset however some details have been leaked, whether they are correct or not is yet to be seen.

The Ion 2 is said have almost twice the processing performance of the original Ion, with this improvement graphics should be cleared and faster. The Ion 2 is currently in its early stages of development so these are not hard figures at present, either way it is a good thing for the notebook industry.

As more becomes clear on the Ion 2 we will keep you posted, be sure to check out Engadget and SlashGear for more information.

Since a recent promotion and re-pricing of Apple’s MacBook Pro series, Apple have seen a boost in their personal computer shipments. This growth wasn’t greatly expected due to the current economic climate. Apparently Apple have sold 2.5million Mac’s in the second quarter of this year.

The three month growth equalled approximately 4% for the quarter, if figures continue to stay this way Apple will have an annual growth of around 12%, this figure is slightly shy of their 14 % average yearly growth over the last three years, however given the current economic climate Apple shouldn’t be too disappointed with it.

For more information be sure to check out AppleInsider.