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Palm's official webOS app store has come a long way. With only 30 apps available> at the App Catalog's launch last June, there wasn't much for early Palm Pre owners to get excited about. Today, however, the App Catalog sports well over a thousand titles. That's a far cry from the iPhone's 150,000 applications, but there are plenty of apps for users of the Palm Pre and Pixi and the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to choose from, and many of the best ones are free.

Microsoft plans to start a small-scale pilot of a microblogging service aimed at business users that it has been experimenting with in Office Labs.

The Federal Government has introduced legislation to ban the installation of fixed-line copper from every new house built in greenfield estates in an effort to push fibre connectivity.

ARN has announced the prestigious fourth annual IT Industry Awards celebration for 2010.

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has dismissed iiNet’s notice of contention to the Federal Court.

Mwave’s recent drama with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has done it some good, according to the online retailer.

Consumer electronics (CE) spending might be down in Australia but it has garnered a better result than other countries.

Telstra has updated shareholders on negotiations with NBN Co, pointing out a major difference between what it considers to be acceptable and the Government’s offer.

IT integrator, Oriel, has set up a virtualised IT infrastructure for non-profit environment conservation group, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia.

Virgin Mobile has been fined $22,000 and forced to extensively retrain staff after allegedly spamming customers who had opted out of getting marketing messages.

Sponsors old and new were invited to help launch the ARN IT Industry Awards which take place this year on September 16. About 40 people attended the banquet lunch at Imperial Peking Harbourside restaurant in Sydney. To find out more about the big night and the awards which are up for grabs, check out the ARN Awards page.

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Google and Viacom exchanged corporate unpleasantries on Thursday after the release of previously sealed documents in Viacom's three-year-old lawsuit against Google alleging copyright infringement on YouTube.