(Updated 11/6/09): iPhone makers Apple have introduced the new iPhone 3G S (the S stands for "Speed") - described as the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. As predicted, they've also dropped the price of the current model to $99 in the US - expect similar reductions elsewhere - but it will cost an arm and a leg for exisiting iPhone users to upgrade in both the US and the UK.

A new ipadio application for the iPhone that enables people to broadcast live to the internet from any phone, anywhere, went into the Apple iphone apps store this bank holiday weekend.

SF author Charles Stross has just given a keynote adress at the annual LOGIN (Leaders of the Online Game Industry) Conference in Seattle, Washington and offered some interesting and entertaining observations on the future of gaming - and come up with a gret new description for the 'silver surfer' gamers of the near future... CodgerGamers.

Streaming media data service provider Vtuner has launched its Vtuner Radio App enabling iPhone and iTouch users to receive more than 7,000 radio stations from all over the world on their device.

 

X-rays, CAT scans, fluoroscopy and nuclear medicine exams all cause ionizing radiation to be delivered to the body, which can cause cancer. Now you can use your iPhone to estimate just how much danger you're in from all that invisible bombardment.

Weird? Yes. Beard? Possibly. That's what we're thinking after our regular delve in to Interweb, throwing up the following news items including new magazines, ratings-busting SF TV, dying bees and more handy food tips. What makes you think it's lunch time here?

 

Rev up your iPhone for 2XL Supercross, which makers 2XL describe as "the most realistic and intense off-road racing game to hit a mobile device."

iphone developments, new Firefox plug-ins, the death of Facebook and a way Twitter may finally be useful are all things that caught our attention today at WeirdandBeard...

Here's today's April Fool's Day round up of some news stories that caught our eye. Is one of them an April Fool? We're sure we can't pull the wool over our readrs eyes...

Here's today's quick news bytes which caught the eye of the dog in the corner of the weridandbeard.com office, including upcoming tours, upcoming games and out now new mobiles from ZTE...