Apple and the broadcaster CBS have been sued by a company claiming trademark infringement over the word “Mighty Mouse”.

The company, Man & Machines, have said that it produces a waterproof and chemical-resistant mouse called the “Mighty Mouse” before Apple released its “Mighty Mouse”, which was an improvement to the original Mac Mouse.

As well, they have sued CBS as they did not have the rights to license them to Apple, even though they owned a mouse character, also called “Mighty Mouse” - a 1940s character. They claim that they could not license it to Apple because its trademark does not extend to goods.

NEWS IN BRIEF: According to the Wall Street Journal, Dell will be phasing out its XPS desktop gaming machines. This will leave Alienware as the only high-end PC offering at the company, after acquired it in 2006.

Apparently, the Dell’s XPS PC Line "ate into" the sales of Alienware; where it competes with other brands like HP’s Voodoo and Falcon Northwest.

The report also says that Alienware will bring out new, redesigned systems based on new materials.

Another source has confirmed to CNET.com.au that Telstra will be the third provider of the so-called ‘god machine’ at the end of June.

The news comes after that Optus and Vodafone will be selling the iPhone, with Vodafone confirming that it is selling it, and in New Zealand.

While there is no confirmation from Apple, Telstra and Optus on the deal; the iPhone was speculated not to be on the Telstra network as it was thought the iPhone would be only on the 850MHz 3G frequency, which Telstra does not have on the Next G network.

But with this latest news, it could see a multi-frequency (850/2100MHz) 3G capable iPhone to work on both Next G and Optus/Vodafone’s network. Vodafone and Optus supports both the 850MHz and 2100MHz.

Telstra declined to comment on the matter, but CNET.com.au understands that the deal will be announced at the end of the month.

Vodafone Australia has announced that it would be selling the iPhone later this year in Australia, as part of a global deal with Apple.

The global deal would see Vodafone selling the product in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.

Vodafone has not commented on the deal being exclusive or not, especially on the case of Australia; and would not comment on whether it will carry the new 3G version of the handset.

This comes after it was widely speculated that the iPhone would be on a tied to multiple carriers, one being Optus. Optus has refused to comment.

Telstra, however, has said that it had "no news to share" about the product; and 3 could not be reached for comment.

Buyers of the Sony Bravia LCD TV have been waiting for the company to actually do what it promised to due - give them a PlayStation 3 console.

The delays came after the Sydney Morning Herald revealed that customers in the Samsung’s two-for-one promotion for its LCD TV product line; where it offered a smaller LCD for free if you bought a big-screen LCD TV set. Customers have been waiting for five months.

Those who bought a Bravia LCD set between December 21 of last year and January 28 should have received a bonus PS3 if they had a receipt and cite their brand new TV’s serial number.

They also promised that the consoles would be delivered within 28 days; with some complaining of poor communication within Sony or rejecting the claim that it had run out of stock.

The NSW Office of Fair Trading has advised people to work out the issue first before launching a complaint against the company of misleading representation. It can also contact Sony on your behalf, and if a result agreed by both parties is not reached, the consumer can take it up on the Consumer Trade and Tenancy Tribunal.

Those living outside of New South Wales, contact the local Office of Fair Trading.

Chief Executive for Optus Paul O’Sullivan has said that the Federal Government offer a five-month extension for all bidders for the new national broadband contract or will face a boycott.

The $4.7 billion national broadband contract would see those bidding creating a new high-speed network that will reach 98 percent of Australia’s population. The price is expected to be twice that amount, with the government pouring in $4.7 billion into the plan.

But on ABC television, O’Sullivan wanted assurances from the government that there would be "structural separation" between owning and servicing provisions on the network.

Structural separation involves the telecommunication company building the network would not own the network, thus meaning the government has full control.

Telstra’s chairman Donald McGauchie has confirmed that if the telco would not tender for the national fibre-to-the-node contract if the structural separation was in the contract, claiming that it had fail in other countries.

All bids should be finalised on the July 25 deadline, or five months from that date if an extension is granted.

Early specifications of AMD’s upcoming 55nm Radeon HD 4000 series graphics cards have been documented for the first time outlining cards from low-end HD 4450 up to big daddy 4870 X2.

AMD has managed to create seven GPU’s from the three cores RV770, RV740 (using 256-bit memory bus) and RV710 (slower 128-bit memory bus).

At the top of the range is the HD 4870 X2 which is a dual-GPU card like the HD 3870 X2 but with much higher core clock speed (1050MHz vs. 825MHz) and using newer GDDR5 memory, which is said to run at 1800MHz DDR. As usual, there will first be the HD 4870 which has a core clock of 1050MHz also but with its 1GB of GDDR5 memory running at a huge 2200MHz DDR.

Going down the list is the slightly cut down HD 4850 which uses 512MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1800MHz with its core clock running at 850MHz. Moving onto the RV740 is the mid-range HD 4670 and 4650 using GDDR4 memory and at the bottom based on the RV710 is the HD 4470 and 4450 using a mix of GDDR3 and GDDR2 memory.

Pricing ranges from $59 USD to $499 USD bottom to top, which is again very competitive against Nvidia.

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After months of speculation by us and by everyone; an industry insider has confirmed to CNET.com.au that Optus would be selling the iPhone, with sales and service commencing in the last week of June.

However, unlike the others in Europe and in the United States, it is not exclusive contract - meaning that there would be more than one carrier.

Optus is set to make plans to announce the service at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s conference on the 9th of June, where it is rumoured that Steve Jobs will launch the next generation of the iPhone.

While the source did not confirm if the 3G version will be coming in Australia, they did say that they were expecting the new ones.

This brings further speculation to which of the other carriers will also sell the iPhone, with the first operating on the EDGE network. In Australia, Telstra is the only carrier with that technology. But, the new 3G technology could open the doors of the other carriers, who all have a 3G service.

But the specifications may exclude Telstra as it would need to support the 850MHz frequency, and not only the 2100MHz - which is more common in Australia, Europe and parts of Asia.

The PC manufacturing giant Dell has turned to the Wesfarmers’ owned Officeworks to help unseat HP in a bitter market share war between the two in Australia.

After months of wooing the retail ‘gods’, Officeworks would offer Dell computers, laptops, printers and flat panel displays.

The PCs would be priced between $999 and $1,800. It would start next week.

Previously being operating in a direct model, offering its products online, and operating some kiosks in some countries, including Australia; last year saw the executives do the unthinkable and adopt an in-store model.

It has teamed up with Wal-Mart and Best Buy in the US, Carrefour in Europe, Gome Electrical in China, among others to sell computers in their stores.

In a move that signals the "next phase", as APC says, Intel has slashed the price of the Q6700 Core 2 Duo Quad processor in half, with the other chips in its line reduced by 30 percent. The Q6700 now sells for US$266, or around AU$280; from the original price of US$530, or AU$558.50.

In total, it has reduced the pricing of 14 processors in what now the industry watchers are seeing it as a move to put pressure on its rival, AMD.

The new price cut will be good news for many gamers, who were ogling on the powerful quad-core machines, but the price may have been steep to make the plunge. Even better, the PC manufacturers have reduced their prices for their high-end gaming computers.

Dell is offering the XPS 420 for $2128, but the price cut would push it down to the sub-$2000 category. This means you can get a quad-core processor, 500GB of storage, 2GB of RAM and and a 20-inch flat screen monitor for under $2000. (This is not an advertisement).

Also taking a price cut is the Xeon server processors, with the X3230 slicing 50 percent of its price to become US$266. These price cuts are mainly focused on those using Intel’s 65-nanometer process, with the company moving to the newer 45-nanometer production process and will push the old stock for the new stock.