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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Just as Universal and Reeltime.TV have started up a legal downloadable movie service that lets you burn download direct to DVD, Australian online games retailer Gamehead.com.au is letting users who download games burn them direct to CDs or DVDs in an Australian first – but there’s a catch.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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With the PS3 and even the Wii being potentially more lucrative than even a truckload of Xbox 360's, thieves haven’t been deterred and have stolen more than US $2m worth of Xbox 360 consoles.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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It’s a funny old world. Chinese manufacturers are copying the circuit boards and designs of products from Japan and Korea, and they’re doing it so fast that by the time the originals arrive in the marketplace, they’re seen as the fakes!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Got a hankering to try out the Zune’s squirting feature? Well, why wait? Your relatively modern mobile phone can do it now.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Online news reports are claiming that the Xbox 360 is outselling the PS3 and the Wii. Well, of course they are! It’s the only next-gen console that is actually on sale, the other two are only available for as long as the next shipment lasts, with no reprieve for the vast majority of users that want one until 2007.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The debate on what to buy for high definition movie viewing continues apace. A Blu-ray player or an HD DVD player? Or a DVD player that upscales to HD quality? Or one of the two consoles, the PS3 and Xbox 360 with HD DVD drive instead? Or nothing at all? Consumers are truly confused by the next-generation of movie viewing opportunities, but there’s one way to make a safe choice for now.
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by Mike Bantick
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Bringing the table top experience of Warhammer Fantasy Battle to the computer has proven to be a difficult task. So difficult it has only been tried once before. Now comes the latest attempt to wield unfeasibly large weapons using only the power of your keyboard and mouse.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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A Blu-ray player or an HD DVD player? Or a DVD player that upscales to HD quality? Or one of the two consoles, the PS3 and Xbox 360 with HD DVD drive instead? Or nothing at all. Consumers truly are confused by the next-generation of movie viewing opportunities!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Scientists have succeeded in engineering toxin-free cottonseeds that could feed up 500 million people through the 1.65kg of seeds collected from every 1kg of cotton fibre. Mmm, sounds tasty, doesn’t it?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Microsoft says an extremely high number of downloads from the Xbox Live video download service over the past couple of days has caused the slow download speeds and video download issues US customers have been experiencing, but that a fix is in the works, with engineers working around the clock.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Mirroring a similar program in the UK, Canada’s major ISPs have banded together to support ‘Project Cleanfeed Canada’ to block child porn sites from access by Canadians. It’s a good start, but there’s still a long way to go.
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by Mike Bantick
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Want to see what is on offer online, before you get your Nintendo Wii ? Armed with a Firefox browser and a little know how, you can check out what your Wii points will purchase, once the little white box is squirreled away in your entertainment unit.
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by Angus Kidman
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Apple has commissioned research to try and determine if the much-discussed 'halo effect' -- the notion that people who buy its wildly successful iPod music player are more likely to subsequently purchase a Mac -- actually exists.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Ever wished your car handled better when pulling a trailer or caravan? Then the Touareg may be the car you want – it just towed a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet in London. That’s great, but what we really want is an electric car - that flies!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Just as making a digital copy of a CD to a computer file is still illegal in many countries, using an FM transmitter is still illegal in the UK, just as watching TV is without a license in that country. While laws are finally changing, are they changing fast enough?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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What does Moore’s Law have to say about that?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Can Microsoft’s latest anti-piracy protections really stop the Vista and Office 2007 pirates, or will pirates finally have to walk the plank?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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TV networks, cable companies, the PS3 and Apple’s iTV had all better watch out: the Xbox 360’s downloadable TV and movie content just went live. Good for consumers, but bad for ad-supported TV networks, is this the beginning of the end for TV stations? And what about BitTorrent/P2P users or Blu-ray and HD DVD drives?
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