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Television

BitTorrent offers 'peer accelerated' content delivery
By: Stephen Withers

BitTorrent is commercialising its peer to peer network by offering a delivery service to other companies.


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TiVo takes Rhapsody music to the living room
By: Stephen Withers

The Rhapsody music subscription service is now available on TiVo.


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Actor George Takei (“Sulu”) gets an asteroid named after him
By: William Atkins

Asteroid 1994 GT9 has been renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as 7307 Takei, in honor of Japanese American actor George Hosato Takei.          
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Microsoft betas Internet TV for Vista
By: Stephen Withers

An update for Vista Home Premium and Ultimate will deliver a beta of Microsoft's new Internet TV service - but only if you're in the US.


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EyeTV 2.5 streams video to iPhone, iPod touch
By: Stephen Withers

A new version of EyeTV's well-regarded EyeTV software delivers a stack of new and improved features, including improved support for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch.


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From AdBlock Plus to TiVo - is blocking the ads stealing?
By: Adam Turner

Blocking all Firefox users, just because of the AdBlock Plus plugin, is a sure-fire way to put your website out of business.

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Fox offers free premiere episodes via iTunes
By: Stephen Withers

The Fox network will offer free downloads of the premiere episodes of many of its new season TV shows via the iTunes Store.


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NBC plans one-week free episodes
By: Stephen Withers

Fresh from its dummy-spit with Apple's iTunes Store and the subsequent Amazon Unbox hookup, NBC has announced plans for free downloads of episodes of its popular shows - but there are some major catches.


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On content providers, noses and faces
By: Stephen Withers

Apple's success with the iPod family and the iTunes Store has content vendors in a bind.


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Seven and Ten to offer new HD digital channels
By: Adam Turner

Australians are set to enjoy two new free-to-air television channels, with networks Seven and Ten both launching high definition multi-channeling in December.

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TiVo confirms high definition, but no ad-skipping, for Australians
By: Adam Turner

TiVo's Australian distributor has confirmed Aussies will get high definition recorders but be barred from skipping ads when the iconic Personal Video Recorder arrives next year.

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Apple’s magic iPod touch IS REAL!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Wow, this time the pundits were mostly right, showing Apple’s ability to keep secrets is slipping – the iPod nano comes with video, the iPod gets all touchy-feely like the iPhone and gets Wi-Fi, there’s a new ‘Classic iPod’ too while iTunes goes wireless!


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NBC Universal's Unbox prices match those at iTunes
By: Stephen Withers

I suppose NBC Universal has proved its point that its spat with Apple wasn't about increasing prices - it is selling shows through Amazon's Unbox service at the same $US1.99 that applied at the iTunes Store.


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Panasonic's home entertainment blitz
By: Stephen Withers

Panasonic has launched a raft of new home entertainment products to coincide with spring sporting events.


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Sony confirms PS3 PVR
By: Stephen Withers

Sony has confirmed its plans for a TV tuner and PVR software for the PlayStation 3, as foreshadowed by one of its New Zealand executives.


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Identical food more appealing in McDonald’s wrappers than plain ones
By: William Atkins

U.S. researchers provided pre-school children with two meals from McDonald’s, one in its original McDonald’s wrapper and the other in a plain wrapper. The kids liked the foods in the McDonald’s wrapper better, even though the food was identical.
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Study finds Internet a stiff competitor to newspapers, TV news
By: William Atkins

A Harvard study by Thomas E. Patterson evalutated the future of news in the United States. He found that people are increasingly using the Internet for their news source, and they are less likely to use newspapers and broadcast news sources.
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Sony Bravia KDL-40X2000 high definition LCD television - REVIEW
By: Adam Turner

High definition television finally hit its stride in Australia this year, with Sony aiming for a slice of the action with its Bravia X Series.

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