As the article states "a compact and low cost solution to send and receive SMS messages using a commercial SIM card." - so you just put an existing SIM in there - and the costs will be governed by whatever tariff/contract you are on. (Many carriers now offer SIM only contracts these days, particularly MVNOs)

I'm not aware of any operators limiting what devices you put a SIM in - but of course you should always check your contract.

Was very interesting until I spotted this fatal flaw on the product specification page:
Input AC Power 110V AC, 60Hz
Which rather limits for the true road warrior - heck even the mac mini has a universal power adapter.

A similar story/figures came out in the UK during the summer. What the story failed to mention was that the UK physical CD market was worth (approx) £120m a year. Which workes out 2-3 CDs a year per person. And with an 'average' CD having 10 tracks... well that's 20-30 tracks are year are purchase on CD. So for a newer medium iPods could be said to be holding their own. And I'm guessing many of those who bought from iTunes bought physical CDs as well.
So perhaps the 'real' story is that iPod users buy double the music!
(This of course is all back-of-a-fag-packet calculations - so feel free to drive trucks through the holes in my argument:-)

I (personally) wouldn't get too worked up about this one. Queued to see the sneak preview at E3 on the PS3. Nice graphics, but the game play didn't see that different from Gauntlet on the N64.
The underwater sections had the paths bounded seaweed - very comical to see a superhero being blocked by a bit of foliage.

You've missed out 'The Wire'! Surely some mistake.

Heh, or even Sprite! I'd been a long day...

From what I saw (and played) at E3, the sensor bar was very much in use. In the mini room set-ups, where you played from a sofa, every time a new player started the helpers had to get then to aim low at the TV otherwise the sensor bar didn't pick up the remote.

NB this was only for point games (like the sprint in Mario Galaxy). Non-pointing games (excite and wario) only went my the movement of the remote.

Its been possible to block stolen phones if stolen, if you have a GSM phone. It was built in the original standards, and many companies produced the network element to block those stolen phones. But the vast majority of carriers either never purchased these components, or never turned them on.

Regarding the stealing iPods - perhaps they could looking at why people steal etc. Rather than what they steal?

Not wishing to create a rumour... but a number of UK stores (including Amazon) have the 30GB iPod Video for £175. Apple clearing stock?

A comment I heard more than once was, 'who needs hi-def'* after seeing Mario Galaxy. Yes the PS3 and 360 graphics are are sharper, it isn't as big as leap from the Wii to PS3 as you might think. And the one time I saw the 360 on a non hi-def screen, the graphics were very murky indeed.
(* in the queue to play Mario at E3 - oh yes I was there for days 1 & 2 :-)

Special_K - the control was on a long lead to stop it getting lost (and possibly to cope with 10s of controllers being in close proximity). There were a few mini-living rooms were you could sit on a sofa and play (hour+ queues), otherwise you stood about 5 feet from the screen, and if you were playing a sports game everyone else kept back :-)

And, yes, when I went past N-Gage was a ghost town again - despite having a sign on the front of the hall.

The biggest surprise was the hugh posters for Turok, and a mini-cinema which showed a 2 minute cinematic for the next Turok - which looked ... er ... rather uninspired - but you did get a nice free t-shirt.