PageOne announced it will be launching its ‘MoodleMobile’ plug-in module with 2-way messaging functionality at BETT. The first version of MoodleMobile, released in summer 2008, allowed Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) users access to the JANET txt messaging service, enabling a large number of people to be contacted simultaneously.

Available in January, MiLife is the first online system proven to boost activity levels and get us in shape. Using an online personalised coaching system, MiLife records your physical activity and weight helping you get and stay in shape.

It’s no longer just home phones being scrapped. Some colleges and offices, up to 25%, are planning to forgo phones on desks in favor of company-issued cell phones.

Spb Software pushed a mobile TV update onto the online services pack Spb Online, and doubled the number of mobile TV channels streamed. It now offers 40 mobile TV channels in 11 languages.

The “Great Aussie Firewall” is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries by blocking some 1,300 websites. Opposition to the mandatory Internet filter – aimed mostly at child pornography, excessive violence, instructions in crime or drug use and advocacy of terrorism – has been voiced from all sides.

While the Aussies want to block sites nationwide, the British Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sports Andy Burnham wants “cinema-style ratings” given to Websites to grade them based on content and decency.

If you act now, before the December 31st deadline, AT&T is offering a refurbished 8GB model for just $99 with a two-year contract.

Reaching out and picking and choosing cultural references with abandon, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz wishes everyone a happy 2009. Even though this is an end-of-year blessings article, it’s also important. David lists 10 important online safety tips that could help you make 2009 a safe and successful year.

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc will start selling Apple’s iPhone Sunday. Wal-Mart plans to sell the 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G model for $197 and the 16-gigabyte model for $297.

For those with money to spend on luxury items, here are 5 cell phones starting at $1,500, you might want to consider. Some of these offer sapphire crystal displays and the cachet of extremely limited production.