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A new action plan for dealing with cases of hepatitis C has been launched by the South Australian Government, to coincide with World Hepatitis Day.

The do-it-all browser/social network app gets new capabilities, but keeps the Mozilla Gecko engine.

International News: Rodnyansky aims to create 'new business model' -- Alexander Rodnyansky, who is president of CTC Media, Russia's leading commercial television broadcaster and co-owner of the Kinotavr national film festival, hopes AR Films will help create 'a new business model.'

If inanimate objects had personalities, the Hubble space telescope would be described as having the hide of a rhinoceros. The launch was delayed for several years by the Challenger disaster, and by the time it went up into the upper atmosphere it had cost over six times its original estimate. Within weeks of its launch, it was found to have a flaw in its super-finely ground mirror. This was only 2.3 micrometres out at the edges, but enough for the ambitious project to be listed alongside the Titanic, the Hindenburg and other spectacular technological failures. The mirror could not be replaced in space, but nor could the telescope be brought back. So it needed the telescopic equivalent of specs - two mirrors placed in the light path - to correct the original fault. When it is released back into orbit on Thursday it will have been repaired five times in the 19 years of its operation. Almost everything that can be replaced or repaired has been, with the result that Hubble is expected to r

Business News: EA exec Vrabeck to run unit -- Legendary Pictures is launching a digital arm and has tapped former Electronic Arts exec Kathy Vrabeck to run the unit.

A senior adviser to Dmitry Medvedev the Russian president has launched a thinlyveiled attack on Vladimir Putin saying Russia will remain a secondclass power until it stops concentrating power in the hands of a hardline elite.

Nokia introduces three new Internet-ready phones for emerging markets May 18. The 2730, Nokia's least-expensive 3G phone to date, will begin shipping in the third quarter with a price equivalent to approximately $108, before taxes and subsidies. The clamshell-style 2720 will also ship in the third quarter, for the equivalent of approximately $75. And a second fold phone, the colorful 7020, will ship in the fourth quarter for approximately $124. All three phones feature Nokia Life Tools, Ovi Mail for personal e-mail and strong battery life. - ...

One of the most ambitious search projects has just launched. WolframAlpha is the product of British physicist Stephen Wolfram. We've been investigating what it does, how it does it, and if it's any good.

Lance Armstrong was apologetic and avoided launching into a verbal war with race organizers following the protest that marred the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter plans to introduce tools and services by year-end to help businesses serve their customers, and may charge fees for such services, co-founder Biz Stone said on Monday.