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Hamburg,

The Apple iPhone had been eagerly awaited to be launched and when finally it was launched, the customers took a back due to its heavy price tag.

The same iPhone is much cheaper in US, where it was launched in June 2007, and it won the hearts of the customers immediately. However, the same Apple iPhone 3G, which was launched on the midnight of Thursday by Vodafone and Bharti Airtel, received a Luke warm response.

Washington - Lots of folks are familiar with the history of the internet over the past few years. But if you'd like a more comprehensive view, log on to Hobbes' Internet Timeline (http:// www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline). This website takes you year-by-year through the development of the internet, from the 1956 Russian launch of Sputnik onto the World Wide Web (1992). Links to important documents are provided along the way.

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Hamburg - The iPod may be the industry leader among MP3 players, but that does not mean it's right for you.

Before any major purchase, customers should consider what they want to do with their MP3 player. Christine Tantschinez of the Stuttgart-based magazine audio says a lot depends on an individual's needs. They determine the size of the device, the pre-packaged components and the price.

"If you just want music for jogging, then go for a very simple model," she says. A display might not even be necessary and you could get away with relatively little memory - just two to four gigabytes.

Berlin - Violent computer games are sparking controversy all over the world. Legislation recently passed in Germany in July, for example, makes it easier to put such games on the banned list following the introduction of a rating index. Yet what does it all really mean? Who sets the age recommendations for "normal" games? In Germany, at least, these roles have been in flux of late.