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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Seeking Nerdvana
YouTube signs BBC, Joost signs JumpTV - the gloves are off
Saturday, 03 March 2007
YouTube appears to have to a fight on its hands, with competitor Joost shaping up to be a real contender in the fight to be the internet's de facto television network.
 
YouTube scores slam dunk with NBA deal
Friday, 02 March 2007
YouTube has signed a deal with the National Basketball Association, resorting to the ultimate weapon in the battle for viewers - sport.
 
Dual Mode handsets - are Wifi/cell phones hype or the Next Big Thing?
Thursday, 01 March 2007
Analysts staring into their crystal balls are making varying predictions about the future of Dual Mode handsets - cellphones with built-in VoIP-over-Wifi - so who do we believe?

 
One-third of net users go wireless, but exorbitant Telstra pricing chokes Aussie wireless broadband
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
One-third of US net users might have gone wireless, but Telstra's ridiculously high wireless data charges are strangling the technology in Australia - and they're going up further.

 
Sony's cheaper Blu-ray player another blow in the format war
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
By slashing $US400 from the price tag on its newly announced BDP-S300 Blu-ray player, Sony is neutralising one of the HD DVD camp's key advantages.

 
BitTorrent going legit - but why buy when you can steal?
Monday, 26 February 2007
As of Monday you'll be able to pay for movie downloads from BitTorrent.com, but why should people use file sharing for good instead of evil?

 
New study reveals people like to read about scientists who like to watch animals have sex
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Ten days ago I wrote about the disturbing number of animal sex studies that turn up in Google News, but I'm even more disturbed by the kinds of people who read my article.

 
Google Apps fails to deliver knockout punch to Microsoft Office
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Sure the whole Web 2.0 philosophy revolves around anywhere, anytime computing, but Google's failure to make Google Apps documents accessible offline has let Microsoft off the hook.

 
Forget YouTube, Australia's fraud-band makes online video a pipe dream
Saturday, 24 February 2007
Forget watching movies on YouTube or downloaded to your PlayStation 3 - many Australians on so-called broadband barely have the capacity to check their email thanks to Telstra.

 
Video Ezy to acquire Blockbuster as rental stores prepare for video download onslaught
Friday, 23 February 2007
Video rental stores are feeling the pressure from YouTube, Apple TV and PlayStation 3, with Video Ezy entering into an agreement to acquire the master franchise rights to Blockbuster in Australia.

 
Email addiction 12 step program is laughable
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Why should alcoholics have all the fun? Now email addicts have their own 12 step program to take back control of their lives.

 
PlayStation 3 movie downloads creates another Apple TV competitor
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
When the dust settles after the Apple TV blitzkrieg, the few competitors likely to be left standing are those riding into the lounge room on the back of existing hardware.
 
HD DVD, we hardly knew you
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
It seems premature to declare Blu-ray the victor in the format war with HD DVD, but so far HD DVD isn't putting up much of a fight.

 
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