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The big news this Friday is that MMS is finally coming to the coveted iPhone, which is great, because I’m sick of hearing people bitch about it. We actually thought we’d see MMS enabled with the big 3.0 update, but nope, took a few more months than expected while AT&T got their shit together. Let’s all get MMS, send off our first message and forget that the service even exists. That’s how it’s going to be.

Anyway, if you’re following along, AT&T will be upgrading your phone tomorrow via your carrier settings. Your iPhone will have to be plugged into iTunes for the update to take effect. AT&T plans to release the update by early afternoon EST.

So basically, you can bet your ass that around noon tomorrow Twitter will be in an outrage, full of people enraged that they haven’t received their MMS yet. Prepare for an onslaught of #myfirstmms hash tags.

Woohoo! Maybe now my shares of Sirius-XM will actually gain a little on this news. But yeah! Apple FINALLY released the Sirius-XM iPhone app today and it comes with a few surprises that subscribers will gladly welcome. The big kahuna is that you can stream satellite radio over 3G, turning your iPhone into the ultimate portable radio. It also sports an easy-to-use killer interface. Want to try it out? There’s a 7-day trial going down right now. Hop on it.

UPDATE: No Stern, MLB or NFL. Big mistake.

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Update: Doesn’t seem to be showing up on Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 site, but the “Check for updates” button on the iPhone interface on iTunes does the trick. It’s up on the site now!

Yipeee! The wait is finally over! Apple has officially released the iPhone 3.0 OS upgrade, which includes copy & paste, MMS, peer-to-peer gaming, tethering plus 100 other groovy new features.

Bon appetit, fanboys.

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Like a bat out of hell, Microsoft this morning released Internet Explorer 8. As the follow up to the ultra-successful IE7, version 8 has a lot to live up to considering how commonplace Mozilla’s Firefox is becoming. New features include searching with images, web slices, new accelerated rendering engines and…well, yeah. That’s the gist of it. Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal says it’s much better than previous versions and is a worthy competitor to Firefox. Sounds good. If I was using a Windows-based computer, I’d totally download it.

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Microsoft has announced its New Xbox Experience will launch November 19, bringing a fresh look to the Xbox 360 Dashboard that integrates social features and customizable gamer avatars reminiscent of the Nintendo Wii’s Mii. In order to compete with the upcoming PlayStation Home, Microsoft is adding a slew of avatars, social networking features and more media to the Xbox 360.

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Many of you World Of Warcraft addicts have been waiting for this moment for a long, long time. It’s the moment where logging on to play your character doesn’t leave you with a fruitless goal of doing nothing more than obtaining gear because now, once again, the level cap will be raised. That means more grinding which will then lead to more talent points and those points will lead to more kills in PvP.

Wrath of the Lich King has been given an official release date of November 13th. So you better make sure your experience bar is fully rested. You wouldn’t want to waste all that time in the new zones for nothing, now would you? Hit the jump for details on the collectors edition :

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With the iPhone 3G finally hitting store shelves, we though it’d be nice to provide you with some good reads regarding its release.

Following the launch of the iPhone 3G has been a wild ride. For all those who got their phone today because waiting just wasn’t an option, we salute your bravery.

Today was a big day in the technology world, for CES opened and product releases are rolling out. However, there is also another expo going on right now; Macworld opened today up in San Francisco. While Jobs’ keynote is scheduled for tomorrow at 9 AM Pacific time (be sure to tune in here for all the info), some companies decided to jump the gun a little and release their products today. Belkin was one of these such companies, and they unveiled the next accessory for an iPod. The Bluetooth Dock Adapter is actually a pretty neat, for you can attach your iPod to a wireless adapter, which will allow you to play your songs through a stereo dock. Now there are a lot of stereo docks for iPods, but not many have the capability to control your actual iPod (as opposed to a remote) away from the speakers. Now you don’t have to worry about having to figure out a new remote; you can feel all cozy inside when you get to use that special scroll-wheel you love so much. At $129.99 is a decent price for one of these ever-so-popular iPod docks, and the wireless capability makes it one of the cooler ones out there. — Nick Rice

Belkin Bluetooth Dock Adapter [via I4U News]