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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
The announcement that students at the University of Washington can
control robots with their minds sounds like an important breakthrough,
until you stop to think about what students think about.
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
A Personal Video Recorder is supposed to liberate you from the haphazard approach to scheduling taken by television networks, but it isn't quite so personal when the network dictates which shows you record.
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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
One day a big rock will slam into the Earth and wipe out practically
all life, again, so why are we arguing about whether or not to colonise
the Moon and Mars?
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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
The one thing missing from my lounge room is a robot henchman to do my
bidding - but do I really want a metallic manservant powered by
Microsoft?
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
What goes through you mind when you rent a movie? Inquiring minds want
to know, they want to know so badly that they've got professors from
the Harvard Business School digging into it.
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Wednesday, 13 December 2006 |
There's an entertainment revolution coming and the television networks are trying to create the illusion they're leading the way.
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Thursday, 07 December 2006 |
Two interesting recent news items show a glimmer of hope for Australia's fledging electronic content delivery eco-system.
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
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Lounge room nerdvana is one step closer now that DVD/hard drive recorders are finally coming with built-in digital tuners, but we're still a long way from my dream device.
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Thursday, 23 November 2006 |
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Logitech's mother of all remotes has come to Australia, the Harmony 1000i Advanced Universal Remote. It's also got the mother of all price tags - $AU699.
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Thursday, 16 November 2006 |
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Following on from yesterday's rant, it's easy to find disc or hard drive-based recorders that will do the job of a VCR, but the point of these new digital recorders is they have the potential to do so much more.
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Wednesday, 15 November 2006 |
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Is it time to throw away your VCR? A friend posed this question to me the other day and it's probably one other people are starting to ask. Most people are unlikely to through away a perfectly good device if it still works (with the exception of mobile phones) so I guess the question is; is it worth replacing your VCR when your current one gives up the ghost?
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Friday, 08 September 2006 |
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My quest for home entertainment Nerdvana reached a major milestone yesterday when two of the most exciting new recorders landed on my doorstep.
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Seeking Nerdvana follows Adam Turner's quest to attain oneness with
technology. The digital lounge room is Adam's office, the coffee table his
desk and the TV guide his daily planner. The lounge room is becoming the new
battle ground for the hearts, minds and wallets of the masses - grab them by
the eyeballs and their hearts and minds will follow. Reporting from the
front line, where PC converges with AV, Adam offers a view from the couch of
everything from digital television and personal video recorders to piracy
and digital rights management. A freelance journalist with a remote control
in one hand and a coffee in the other, he spends his days and nights in
search of home entertainment nerdvana. 
