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Dec. 31: Health officials encouraged people to get the swine flu vaccine, despite a dramatic drop in the number of cases nationwide.

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iPhoneWorld.ca writes:

iPhone World wants to wish you a happy new year 2010 from all our staff to all our readers.

Next year, the year of the Tiger, according to Chinese calendar, should bring prosperity and success to all those that own an Apple iPhone (or iPod Touch) — or, at least, that’s what we think:)

iPhoneWorld.ca has recently posted some predictions about iPhone happenings in the year 2010 (link).

Don’t forget to check out the free iPhone holidays apps giveaways / promotions - link!

iPhone World Canada wishes you and your loved ones a happy and successful new year.

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Yet another game has ditched the once-standard $0.99 price to switch to a model of a free app with paid in-app purchases for revenue. This time it's Cyber Circuit [App Store, Free] from Complex Games, a shooter claiming to be inspired by the multi-level concept of Dante's Inferno. Instead of paying $0.99 for the entire app, you can now get the first six levels of the game for free, with the option to pay another $1.99 later on to get the other 24 levels. Video after the break.

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Govt to import swine flu vaccines Daily Times LAHORE: The government will import 2 million vaccines of the swine flu virus, expected to reach Pakistan in January, Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Iqbal said ... CDC: Fewer States Seeing Widespread Swine Flu ABC News Welsh swine flu cases declining BBC News Drop in swine flu cases Times of India The News International  - Sify  - Ireland Online all 350 news articles »

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Swine Flu Hits American Dogs, LA Cats WeHo News Up to this point, China was the only country to have reported canine infection with “Swine Flu” (see Swine Flu infects dogs in China). ... L.A. County officials confirm first H1N1 case in a local pet Los Angeles Times (blog) all 4 news articles »

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After the iPhone 3.0 firmware update, we wondered whether the the next gen iPhone would bring a new chip with support for 802.11n. Now a job posting on Apple's website is feeding that theory.

We've already seen that the newest iPod Touch has a Broadcom BCM4329 chip with support for 802.11n and FM transmission—something missing in our most recent iPhone generation—but we've also learned that the hardware is dormant, perhaps to be brought to life by later additions in software support.

A recent Apple job posting teases that such software support might come soon along with some kind of upgrade allowing for 802.11n capabilities in the next gen iPhone, because it's asking for a Wi-Fi software engineer to join the iPhone team and bring experience in:

• Implementation of 802.11 a/b/g/n & related specifications.
• 802.11i/802.1x Security protocols
• Good understanding of wireless RF technologies & co-existence issues of 802.11 PHYs with other Wireless interfaces like Bluetooth.

Ooh la la. Yes, it's just a job posting and pure speculation regarding what we'll see in the next generation of iPhones, but addition of Wireless N capabilities and support are a logical addition and seem rather likely.[Apple—Thanks, A!]

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Coming this CES (which is actually next week): a complete credit card transaction accessory and service for your iPhone. If this thing works as expected, you might actually see it in more than a few places (think: street vendors that will take credit card payments). A company called Mophie is planning to show off an add-on that works with an app to deliver credit card payments through Square, a payment service recently started up by Jack Dorsey, a Twitter alumni. This is one of a couple such systems that will be vying to fulfill the function (and probably take a few cents from each transaction for their troubles), but so far all we've really got is demos, no actual releases planned.

But maybe we'll hear more at CES. There's all kinds of applications here -- a solid, working implementation of a service like this could end up being extremely popular for anybody that regularly needs to conduct transactions out in the field.

TUAWiPhone credit card reader to be demoed at CES originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone - Jack Dorsey - Credit card - Apple - Twitter

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KNSS	Kansas records 25th death related to swine flu NTV (AP) - A 40-year-old man from the Wichita area is the 25th person to die in Kansas after contracting swine flu. The Kansas Department of Health and ... Swine flu claims 25th victim in Kansas Lawrence Journal World all 11 news articles »

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iPhoneWorld.ca writes:

Now that 2009, a rather complex and unpredictable year is leaving us, at least we can take some comfort in knowing a few quite possible iPhone related events for 2010.

So what will be the newsmaking events in iPhone (and Apple) news for the year 2010 (year of the Tiger)?

iPhone World scoured the web for you, and here are the most likely events to happen next year in the iPhone universe.

#1 Our #1 prediction is that despite all the competition next year Apple will sell the largest amount of iPhones yet.

#2 Apple will launch the iPhone 4G (that will apparently feature a 5 megapixel camera - link) in the summer of 2010.
#3 Due to be announced in a few months is the 8GB iPhone 3GS — that will probably replace the lower-end iPhone 3G line of products - link.
#4 Apple will be announcing an “iTablet” - a touchscreen based iPhone-like computer/netbook/phone hybrid (depending on who you ask) as early as next month, according to industry insiders.
#5 iPhone apps and iPhone AppStore will become a major internet security threat this year, according to McAfee Labs - link.

What do you think will be the other major events of 2010 when it comes to Apple and the iPhone? Leave us a comment!

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Are fireworks green? Photo by Kev Gibbo via Flickr A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other, as the saying goes. So start by staying home tonight and watch Earthcam to see New Year's Eve celebrations in 35 locations around the world. Earthcam will webcast the LED ball drop in Times Square from various viewpoints among the crowd of one million gathered for the world's largest party. So save fuel...Read the full story on TreeHugger


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