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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Never backwards in offering consumers some kind of handout, the US Government has set aside up to US $1.5 billion to ease the transition from analog TV broadcasts to the digital standard – with ‘rabbit ears’ antennas set to still be used to pick up the digital signal.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Why stuff around with encryption software, when the latest hard drives will come with encryption hardware built-in directly? Seagate says they have the answer.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Last year’s decision to now broadcast of CBS Sportsline NCAA’s men’s basketball matches free (but with advertising) was so successful they are doubling the video bandwidth – but still can’t guarantee everyone will be able to watch.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The war for dominance in the cell phone space has raged for two decades, with Apple simply the latest pretender to the throne, sending competitors into a frenzy as they decide how best to deal with the fruity threat.
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by Stan Beer
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Sony has made clear its intentions to be at the forefront of community gaming by floating the idea that it may bring its "Game 3.0" 3D online social networking platform Home to its PSP handheld and cellphones. The company's announcement this week at the Game Developers Conference that it will launch Home on PS3 by 2008 has caused a stir in gaming circles.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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With some of the latest cameras able to shoot at ISO 3200, Kodak's new EasyShare Z885 claims an incredible ISO 8000, but can it shoot clear photos without the 'noise' that usually affects high ISO photos?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Sony have unveiled their first wireless Cyber-shot, the DSC-G1, a 6 megapixel digital camera that also works with other DLNA-enabled devices, like other cameras or your PC.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Want to win the Mii popularity contest? A new Mii channel for the Nintendo Wii will let yuu do just that, with a Mario Wii game due this year, with the Wii gaining an important new fan.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Chris Hecker from Maxis slammed the Wii as excrement in a panel discussion called ‘Burning Mad’ on the topic of ‘Fear of a Wii Planet’, but retracts and apologizes the next day.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Gears of War has been awarded the ‘best game’ and two other awards at the Game Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco, with Wii Sports wiining, too.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The news that the European PS3 is omitting some of the hardware PS2 compatibility by using a cheaper chip has become news again, thanks to a tiny new detail.
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by Stephen Withers
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The forthcoming Pokemon Battle Revolution game for the Nintendo Wii will be the first to take advantage of Wii-DS wireless connectivity.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Is Sony’s concept of the ‘Game 3.0’ vision, unveiled by Phil Harrison, the key to Sony’s domination of the next-gen console space, along with the Second Life-esque ‘Home’?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Microsoft’s winning streak with the Xbox 360 and 4 million seller ‘Gears of War’ keeps on steamrolling along, with the game picking up three awards at the 7th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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An online report indicates that HD DVD is winning the race in Europe over Blu-ray, but the real question is will HD DVD’s current lead over Blu-ray last?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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A new ‘HD’ photo standard that’s twice as efficient as JPEG has been previously unveiled by Microsoft and is even built into Vista – now Microsoft releases an HD Photo plugin for Photoshop.
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by Stephen Withers
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Worried about Gamer's Thumb? Emotiv Systems brings mind control to games with its Project Epoc system.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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In beta testing since February with a select group of TiVo subscribers, Amazon has now made the Unbox video download service for TiVo available to anyone with a Series2 or 3 TiVo box in the US.
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