Yep, in a couple of months time we can all have our own personal KITT navigating for us as we drive around the city… anyone who is a fan of the old (and soon to be reborn) Knight Rider series will find it hard to resist the electronic sounds of Knight Rider’s KITT guiding you towards the location of your next poker tournament.

Complete with a range of voice overs by William Daniels, you’ll be greeted each time you turn the unit on with phrases such as “Michael, where would you like to go today”… you can even customize it, with one of 200 other names besides Michael, so if you have a fairly common name, there’s a good chance it can address you directly, MIO are currently adding even more.

A picture doesn’t quite do it justice, here’s a little video of it in action, watch it, love it… add it to your shopping list! Head over to Knight Rider Online for more info.

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I’ve been using the beta version for months and I can assure you that FireFox 3 is a good upgrade with heaps of handy new features. If you’re still using Internet Explorer then now really is the time to download FireFox and experience surfing the net as it should be (if you are still using IE – especially IE8, I’d love to hear why in the comments?)

Here’s a quick run down of some of the cool new features in FF3 (with over 15,000 improvements on FF2, I won’t be listing them all!):

Smart Location Bar

Now this is very cool – it might throw you a little the first few times you use it, but I can assure you it is so handy you’ll wonder how you ever managed to find anything with the old-school address bar. You can start typing anything and the smart location bar will start giving you suggestions on where it thinks you want to go – it bases its info on domain names, page titles, your bookmarks (which you can setup with smart tags) and just about any other info it can get its hands on… makes finding those webpages you visited a week ago but have no idea what the site was called a breeze – I use this one a lot!

Improved Performance

Faster javascript loading, improved memory management, faster page loading, better graphic rendering… faster, faster, faster!

Improved Bookmarks

Not that I use bookmarks as much as before since I rely on the smart location bar most of the time, but bookmarking has been completely overhauled with one-click bookmarks, smart folders, tagging and of course, integration with the smart location bar.

Dynamic folders can be placed in your bookmarks menu or on the toolbar and give you easy access to your favorite sites. One of the cool default folders they’ve already setup for you are your ‘most visited sites’, this will dynamically update and show the websites you visit most frequently… how cool is that?

Customization

There are thousands of ways to customise FF3… really. FF2 users will be familiar with add-ons, well the add-ons manager has been improved, you’ve got look and feel  controls and a huge array of variables that you can tweak. Even if you think you’ve tweaked it all, you’ve probably only scratched the surface. Check out Lifehacker’s FF3 Power User Guide for a few hints.

Over 12 million people have downloaded FireFox 3 in the two days since it was released… are you one of them? Let me know what you think of FireFox 3 in the comments – it’s a big thumbs up from me, what say you?

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It’s due to hit stores in 25 countries on July 11th (including countries where the previous iPhone hadn’t been released), and is listed as ‘coming soon’ to another 48 locations. Here is the roll out schedule for the 3g iPhone.

With Online Casinos and Poker Rooms starting to make a move towards mobile gaming, the 3G iPhone could become an essential bit of kit for the keen mobile gamer.

3G technology is a lot faster than EDGE (which the current iPhone operates on), about 2.4x faster – giving you more flexibility and speed with your mobile apps. Importantly, the new iPhone offers a heap of ways for you to connect with both voice and data. Anytime you’re outside a 3G zone, it will default back to GSM for voice and EDGE for data, and it also comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, UMTS, HSDPA and has a built in GPS device.

With prices starting from $199 (in the US) for an 8GB version on a 2 year contract ($30/m) and $299 on a 2 year contract for a 16GB 3G iPhone, it’s sure to be a hit with consumers.

Unfortunately I still have about 12 months left to go on my current phone contract, so it’ll be some time yet before I can justify carrying one of these around in my pocket… still, if anyone wants to buy me one, I wouldn’t say no!

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