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Only a few hours into its general release, Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 is already approaching one million downloads. As of 10:22 PST, Firefox 3.5 had been downloaded 741,417 times. How do we know this? Because Mozilla has launched a real-time tracker, where you can see exactly how many times the browser has been downloaded.

Additionally, you can also see how many downloads there have been by country, the current number of downloads per second, and how download activity is trending. So far, the new browser has been downloaded the most by users in the US, Germany, France, and the UK.

While that is a huge start, it seems unlikely that the launch will match that of Firefox (Firefox) 3.0, which saw 8 million downloads in its first 24 hours. That’s not surprising given all of the hype for 3.0, but nonetheless shows the huge enthusiasm that Firefox fanatics still have for the browser.

Photo above: Apple unveiled 40 million devices sold

Apple has just announced yet another milestone for its popular App Store: 50,000 applications are now available in the store. The announcement was made at the WWDC event in San Francisco, alongside the news that Apple has sold some 40 million iPhones and iPod touches.

This follows Apple hitting its 1 billionth app download in April 23 2009, and 35,000 apps available later that month. The significance of the milestone (besides just the 1 billion mark) is that it’s taken only nine months from when the App Store launched on iTunes to hit 1 billion paid and unpaid downloads.

The Apple platform shows no sign of slowing down and that’s bad news for rivals, including the new Palm Pre, which launched on 6/6/2009 with about 49,981 fewer apps.

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Photo above: New iPhone 3G S with video, voice control, spotlight search, and compass features

Apple unveiled a new iPhone today at its Worldwide Developers Conference held in San Francisco, the iPhone 3G S — the “s” stands for speed. Although it looks almost exactly like the 3G, it’s much, much faster — some tasks are almost four times faster. Data speeds are upped to 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and the camera is now a 3 megapixel unit with tap-to-autofocus and auto white balance — and just as expected, it now supports 30fps VGA video recording with editing features.

You’re also getting a built-in compass, Nike+ support, and a new battery that offers 5 hours of 3G talk time and 9 hours of WiFi internet use. There are some surprises, too — holding down the home button now enables a new voice control interface that lets you do everything from make calls to control iTunes, and Apple’s touting a new “fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating.”

New and end-of-contract pricing is set at $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB when it goes on sale June 18th Stateside and in 80 more countries in August — and the current 8GB 3G will remain on sale for $99, effective immediately. You’ll have to pay a bit more if you’re mid-contract, though — $299 for the 3G and $399/$499 for the 3G S.