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Hold off on that iPhone purchase! Word is that a true 3G version is just a few months off. And this is coming from multiple sources.

Google Gears is now a mobile platform.

So is Microsoft's competitive Silverlight platform. But it doesn't work when it's offline - which can be trouble if your cell company drops the occasional call.

Yahoo's also getting in on the action, announcing (but not yet launching) a mobile app called OnePlace. It's been described as MyYahoo for Mobile - but it sounds more like an RSS-reading bookmarking thingie.

And now the greatest mobile app of all - an emissions-free Morgan car (no relation).

Google loses a senior exec to Facebook. Bad news - it sounds like she was in charge of tthe "online" side of the business.

Steven Spielberg is rumored to be launching a social network for fellow compadres of ghosts and aliens.

Apparently it's hard to tell the difference between monster cables and coat hangers. Until you reach for your wallet, that is.