Browster is a nifty new browsing tool that allows you to preview links before you actually click on them. 

Thinking of buying an iPod Video so you can carry your videos around with you? Or maybe you’re waiting for the next iPod Video with its rumoured larger screen…

The original Star Wars Trilogy is coming out soon on DVD - and these original versions feature none of the so-called ‘enhancements’ that found their way into the slightly updated versions of Eps 4, 5 and 6 around the time Ep 1 was coming out.

According to Apple’s website at   

https://depot.info.apple.com/batteryexchange/index…

“Apple is voluntarily recalling certain lithium ion rechargeable batteries that were sold worldwide from October 2004 through May 2005 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4″.

Yesterday was the start of the main Tech Ed sessions, but it actually started on Monday with events for students, deep sessions and a host of other activities before ‘the main event’ with yesterday morning’s keynote.

Weekly podcast - tune into my weekly podcast on technology, gadgets and more, called Fuzzy Logic, at the address below. You’ll find some other great podcasts to listen to there as well, including digital photography, audio engineering and more. Each podcast is co-hosted (or hosted) by Bruce Williams. Join Bruce and I each week for our unique take on the latest in the world of technology! Updated every Sunday.

Last night I contributed to a story on Channel 9’s ‘A Current Affair’. It was about how your privacy can be violated on the Internet, and I gave some information on how and why you should protect your privacy online, just as you (should) guard it in the real world. Unfortunately ACA does not post a transcript or a video link of every story they run, but there is a video link of a story I contributed to on ACA a few weeks ago on ‘Email Addiction’. View it at:

Ricky Gervais from ‘The Office’ has created a couple of parody videos for Microsoft UK, as reported at the Sydney Morning Herald. See the video below.

Boeing has decided to stop offering their inflight broadband Internet service called ‘Connexion’. Delivered via satellite to airlines that signed up to the service, it apparently cost over US $1b to create, was costing millions to run each year, but was not attracting enough customers. Other companies are planning to offer inflight broadband Internet, but aren’t ready to start yet. Apparently the decision had nothing to do with the recent terrorist scare in the UK which caused laptop computers (other gadgets, liquids and virtually everything else) to be banned from the cabin of certain aircraft travelling on routes to the US around the world.

Reports online indicate that Microsoft is again talking about giving consumers free upgrades or heavily discounted vouchers for the upgrade version of Windows Vista over the Christmas holiday period. It’s said that it’s being done to keep PC manufacturers happy, as it will help those all important holiday sales. The vouchers are a smart idea, although predictable, but the easiest way to buy Vista will be pre-loaded onto a new machine.

Pioneer last week launched the world’s first 50 inch plasma TV capable of displaying 1080p video, while this week Hitachi launched the world’s first 42 inch plasma with 1080p resolution. More info on these two screens soon.