Yes, that’s right, just 5 hours in to the new World of Warcraft expansion, someone has already reached the new level cap. A player by the name of Fourscience has reached the cap in just 5 hours. The newest expansion is called Cataclysm and raises the level cap to 85 (it used to be 80). This somewhat unbelievable feat was done on the European server of Neptulon, and it is also said that he was [...]

Website Aussie app sale has returned for the 2010 Christmas period, offering locally developed iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps on special. What better way to kick start the Christmas season than by grabbing some bargain iOS applications and supporting local Austalian developers? The aussieappsale.com site — which launched earlier this week — only displays apps from Australian developers and will be updated throughout December with quality new iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications. And [...]

By now you’ve probably heard the news that as of this morning Google have opened their Web Store for Google Chrome applications and that a special, limited Chrome OS device will be sent out to lucky testers in the next few weeks in the US. But what about Australia? A Google Australia spokesperson has since confirmed the Web Store won’t be available in Australia (at a .com.au domain) until next year, but suggested those eager [...]

Google has debuted their first Chrome OS netbook to get the OS into the hands of developers and consumers as soon as possible. Samsung and Acer will begin selling Chrome OS netbooks mid 2011, with other OEMs to follow. Google however, will ship a few devices under it’s new “Chrome OS pilot program for early adopters” to use the netbook and give feedback on it. The device, dubbed CR 48, is unbranded, has a 12.1″ [...]

Google says its upcoming Chrome OS is “nothing but the web” and will be available in Q1 2011. In typical Google fashion — a company obsessed by speed — it’s very fast to get going with a brand new Chrome OS netbook. Users first setting up their Chrome OS notebook will be met with a login screen, accept terms and conditions, login with an account, take a picture for the user with the camera and [...]

Google has confirmed it’s Web Store for applications will be available later today with 500 launch apps. Submissions for applications from developers opened earlier this year, with applications available from companies including New York Times, NPR, Sports Illustrated and Amazon, with the search giant citing issues between developers and getting their apps known as the reason behind the store. “From a developers standpoint… it’s very hard to monetize applications”, Sundar Pichai, Google Vice President of [...]

Google has just revealed at its Chrome event in San Francisco that the browser is now used by more than 120 million users, up from 70 million earlier in the year with a number of new features demonstrated. And Sundar Pichai, Google Vice President of Product, also announced that in some countries more than 1 in 3 computer users are now using Chrome. Building on Google’s new instant search, Google also demonstrated a new instant browse [...]