Imagine connection speeds up to 60 times more than what we have today. That'd be a miracle, since we all know that even if the fastest pipelines are laid, there are still the limitations of electronics to deal with. Luckily, Australian scientists have found a way to drop electronics altogether, and make circuits fully photonic. Yes, photonic. The future awaits at the full story.

Wondering what ever happened to Microsoft's original plan for Live Anywhere? For some, it's been taking the company a while to fully finish the integration of the service across many platforms. Xbox Live Executive John Schappert said that the service is till going to push through. Know more after the jump!

Users of phones with Nokia's S60 Touch Interface will have something coming their way to further improve the already rich Internet experience: Microsoft Silverlight. Silverlight's enhanced browser functionality will no doubt make the Symbian OS even prettier. Read more about it in the full article!

For those of you subscribed to the StreamMyGame web-based service offered for PS3 users, you might be happy to know that you can now run games off the free Linux Player offered for it.

This was promised by StreamMyGame a while back when the service first went online and is now currently in full swing for PS3 consoles running on Linux. Check out more details about this online streaming service after the jump!

Feeling the need for speed in terms of your Internet connection? Well, you might be getting just that when chipmaker Marvell starts shipping the TopDog 11n-450.

This device provides a maximum bandwidth of 450 Mbps and possesses a greater range than any 802.11n chip in the market today. More information on this can be found in the full article.

Last Tuesday, NBC Universal announced that they shall be providing downloadable television programming via SanDisk Corporation's web-based services. Additional details available when you read more of the full article.

So you're driving along and you need directions. You then go to the gas station and ask... the gas pump? Google is installing screens on gas pumps that will show its mapping service.

The greatest advantage of this new service is probably not having to ask random people for directions anymore. Google has already released Google Maps for mobile phones last year so this is just the next step. Find out more about Google's new map service in the full article.

You may know this scenario very well: you're in your car, miles away from any workable Wi-Fi hotspot, and you need to check if you've received an important email. You've got WiFi capability, but where can you connect to?

WAAV presents a viable solution to this problems by launching the AirBox CM3, a wireless modem that connects to the 3G cellular network. Upload and download speeds and other general details await you when you read on.

What would you do if your place doesn't have an internet connection? No internet for your PC or even for your Xbox 360. No Xbox Live. Well this guy went to great lengths to get his fix of the world wide web: he used his phone.

He connected his phone to his PC and gave it an Internet connection. That wasn't enough for him though: he then connected his PC to his Xbox 360 and that worked too. Now both systems have a connection through his phone. Go to the full article for more details.

The mobile market won't see a Googlephone for now, but Google is still bent on making an impact on the mobile industry. The internet giant will be trying to develop easily accessible applications on mobile phones, and provide an open-source mobile phone operating system to let third-party software developers go crazy in making applications for Google-optimized phones.

Google already approached a number of mobile phone manufacturers and conferred with them about the production of handsets specifically made compatible for the use of Google software, like the ever-useful Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube, among others.

However, since the internet mogul is planning on releasing an entirely open platform mobile operating systems, there is the issue of privacy as well as data security - two pressing matters that should be addressed.

Will Google be able to push through with their ambitious project? Only time can tell.