Apple has unveiled a second-generation iPhone that offers access to faster 3G networks, more features and a lower price, reports IT World. The new phone, the iPhone 3G, is similar in design to the first iPhone, but features built-in GPS, a black back and a revamped headphone jack.
The new iPhone 3G, which is also .7mm thicker than the old one, will be priced at $199 for the 8GB model, and $299 for a 16GB model. It will be on sale from 11 July.
Analysts and those who keep close tabs on Apple's plans have predicted the new iPhone for weeks. Apple fans also kept the rumour-mill humming in the days leading up to Monday's announcement.
Thomas Cook tracks Web users
Thomas Cook is monitoring the behaviour of visitors to its Web site in an effort to understand the customer sales cycle, says Computing.co.uk.
The firm is using supplier Site Intelligence to provide tracking of all Web activity, bookings and enquiries.
"By using software, we have been able to dramatically improve our understanding and management of paid-for searches," said Russell Gould, Thomas Cook UK and Ireland e-commerce director.
US debuts fastest supercomputer
The US Department of Energy's new supercomputer, Roadrunner, has successfully performed 1 000 trillion calculations per second, the fastest in the world, says Xinhuanet.
Roadrunner will be used by the department's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to perform calculations that vastly improve the ability to certify the US nuclear weapons stockpile is reliable without conducting underground nuclear tests.
The computer will be housed at NNSA's Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico. The laboratory worked with manufacturer IBM for six years to develop the super machine, which can meet "the nation's evolving national security needs".
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