Seeking Nerdvana - Attaining oneness with technology 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.

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Digital TV tuner for PlayStation 3, but what's in it for Sony?
Friday, 03 August 2007
We all know games console hardware is sold at a loss, with the money made back on games and services, so why would Sony put a digital TV tuner in the PlayStation 3?

 
Beyonwiz DP-S1 firmware update short on new features
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Beyonwiz has released the first firmware update for its all-in-one DP-S1 Personal Video Recorder - adding the ability to copy recordings to USB devices, but disappointingly not yet to network devices.
 
Apple media bullying expands, lawyers force takedown of positive Leopard article
Thursday, 12 July 2007
Apple's legal bullying of the media has hit a new low, with Cupertino forcing Australian technology magazine APC to pull a positive OS X "Leopard" article discussing features Steve Jobs has already presented on-stage at MacWorld.
 
Australia strikes EPG deal, but most TV watchers still screwed
Friday, 06 July 2007
Australia's recalcitrant free to air television networks have finally conceded to sharing their programming schedules electronically, but in the short term very few TV watchers will actually benefit.
 
Blockbuster backs Blu-ray - HD DVD on the ropes?
Monday, 18 June 2007
In another blow to HD DVD, the giant Blockbuster video rental chain has thrown its weight behind Blu-ray in the fight to see which format is the high definition successor to the humble DVD.

 
NVIDIA abandons Vista media center users
Monday, 18 June 2007
Thinking of building a Vista-based media center? Don't even bother with the NVIDIA graphics cards, because NVIDIA hasn't bothered to enable some of the most important features in its Vista drivers.

 
Has Jobs backed the wrong horse with Apple TV's YouTube access?
Thursday, 31 May 2007
The hamstrung Apple TV media player is finally showing signs of life, with Apple adding YouTube access and a 160GB hard drive, but getting into bed with GooTube might backfire on Steve Jobs.
 
TiVo coming to Australia in 2008 - but will network squabbling kill it?
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
TiVo has announced a partnership with Australia's Seven Network to bring the iconic personal video recorder to Australia, allowing viewers to pause live high definition TV and well as fast-forward ads.

 
Nintendo pissing in the wind with mod-proof Wiis
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
In an act of futility Nintendo has changed the motherboard in the Wii to thwart the current batch of modchips, but it's only a matter of time before someone finds a workaround.

 
Apple TV hacking gets boost with BackRow Developer's Kit
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Transforming the hamstrung Apple TV into something worth owning has become easier with the release of an unofficial Apple TV plug-in development kit.
 
Costello budget rhetoric ignores broadband reality
Wednesday, 09 May 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello is living in a fantasy land if he thinks the private sector alone can be trusted to look after Australia's best interests in building the next generation of broadband infrastructure.

 
Australian government sells out another Aussie as software pirate handed to US authorities
Monday, 07 May 2007
Just as the Australian government abandoned David Hicks for years to rot in Guantanamo Bay, it has happily handed over Australian software pirate Hew Griffiths to US authorities even though he has never stepped foot in the US.

 
Don't believe Apple's Jobs - iTunes subscription service is coming
Friday, 27 April 2007

Steve Jobs will soon launch an iTunes music subscription service, targeted at the Apple TV, regardless of whatever he says publicly.

 
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