Apple's iPhone 3G will take a huge chunk out of the enterprise, UK carrier O2 said today. 

The network has revealed its business tariffs for the iPhone, but more interesting to most Apple-watchers is the company's positive observations on the impact of the device on corporate users during beta testing of the product.

O2 UK's head of business sales, Ben Dowd, told Silicon.com that O2 beta-tested the iPhone 3G with 15 corporate customers, including Citigroup, Logica and McDonald's. Describing the feedback as "very positive," he explained the testers found it usable, liked it, and wanted to find out more about the device

Neil Young has slammed iTunes, hates MP3's and wants better quality musical products - and has a plan to make it happen.

Speaking to the Financial Times, the singer said: "It's like all new digital media technologies," he said: "great for convenience, but the sound quality sucks - putting on a headphone and listening to an MP3 is like hell."

Young is developing an alternative, higher-quality digital distribution platform that could provide an alternative to the download world and perhaps even a new business model for music, the artist claims.

Windows usage could fall beneath 90 per cent by the end of 2008, while Apple's Mac OS X claims double-digit market share, Net Application's latest internet figures suggest.

Aggregating data collected from approximately 160 million website visitors every month, the company charts things like browser usage online, as well as operating system statistics.

June's figures reveal Mac OS X use to have climbed 0.11 points last month, ending with 7.94 per cent share - a new high for the platform. (And you can add the 0.16 per cent share currently enjoyed by the also OS X-driven iPhone to that, giving Apple a share of 8.1 per cent).

 Up-and-coming gadget site, Electric Pig, claims the UK is the unlock capital of the iPhone world, saying Apple will limit supplies of the next-generation iPhone 3G as a result.

Citing insider sources, the report explains that fewer than 15 per cent of all the iPhones sold by O2 when it slashed prices on the 8GB model actually ended up in use on the carrier's network. The rest of them were unlocked for use on other UK networks, or were sold abroad.

That move likely reflects habit and custom among mobile users in the UK, who are now well-versed in switching networks to get the best deal. iPhone critics here have frequently slammed Apple's decision to offer the device through just one carrier.

 Sure, it's another re-run but even three month's later it is still quite a funny parody of the MacBook Air ad, this time featuring the world's largest envelope and some Dell desktop system...enjoy..

Google has introduced Google Talk for the iPhone, a web-based version of the service that's compatible with existing iPhones, and will also work with the iPhone 3G, and, naturally, the iPod touch. 

The new service has been released in the US, and is available to users who visit the www.google.com/talk page using their Apple device. Users must sign into their Google account, and that's it - the service runs within the browser.

The Google team explains there are a few differences between the way Google Talk works on an iPhone and a Mac, principally due to the iPhone's lack of support for background processes: "In order to receive instant messages with Google Talk on your iPhone, the application needs to be open in your Safari browser. When you navigate away to another browser window or application, your status will be changed to "unavailable" and your Google Talk session will be restarted when you return."

 Take a look at these - pictures take both inside and outside of the still under construction Apple Store in Beijing, China.

The store is situated in a mall just near other western brands including Nike, Adidas and Zara.

These images were taken on behalf of French language Mac news website, MacPlus, by one Thibault Metzinger, who notes (according to Google Translate) that Apple is 'Pingo' in Chinese....

Apple Expo Paris has a 25 year history as Apple's number one expo outside of the US.  It is actually older than the Macintosh and started in 1983.  September 17-20th 2008 will be the 25th year in a row that it has been a meeting place for Apple technologies and the people who love them. 

Unfortunately, this year, Apple won't be attending.

That doesn't mean they are closing up shop.  Apple Expo this year has a huge list of attendees including Adobe, Microsoft, etc. and quite an interesting programme.

We hope to be on the floor again this year scouting out the new kit available.

 Ubisoft and TransGaming have confirmed plans to release multiple Ubisoft titles for the Mac, using the Cider engine.

Games Industry reports Catz, Dogz, and CSI: Hard Evidence will be the first titles released under the partnership. TransGaming has signed a multi-title agreement with Ubisoft that will bring titles immediately to the Mac community via gametreeonline.com, TransGaming's digital distribution portal. 

"Ubisoft is extremely excited about the partnership with TransGaming to bring our titles to the Mac," said Jay Cohen, senior vice president of publishing at Ubisoft. 

"To expand our business position and serve the growing Mac gaming community, additional key titles will follow later this year, including several day-and-date releases this Fall," he added.