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.

HDTV sales to triple by 2011, but owners too stupid to watch HD Tuesday, 13 February 2007 It's tempting to believe the growth in decent high definition programming is driving HDTV sales, but it turns out two-thirds of HDTV owners are still only watching standard-def television.

Apple iTV to reap what Amazon, TiVo and Wal-mart sow Friday, 09 February 2007 The marriage of television and the internet has been consummated with a slew of new TV and movie download deals, but Apple's iTV is poised to ride on in reap the benefits.   N.Y. senator wants to ban iPods, Blackberries while crossing the street Thursday, 08 February 2007 New Yorkers will no longer be wired for sound under State Senator Carl Kruger's proposal to ban the use of MP3 players, PDAs and cell phones while crossing the street.   Google Maps discovers Australia - here be dragons no more Tuesday, 06 February 2007 Now that Google Maps has discovered Australia it opens up a new world of possibilities in both the office and the lounge room.   LG's dual Blu-ray/HD DVD player - will it just prolong the war? Monday, 05 February 2007 LG's answer to the HD disc format war - a dual Blu-ray/HD DVD player - has hit the US shelves for a whopping $US1100, but will it see the public bogged down in another prolonged struggle?   Superbowl XLI in glorious high definition, if you get it Monday, 05 February 2007 Regardless of whether the Colts or the Bears win the game, the fact the Superbowl is broadcast in high definition means the real winners are those sitting at home on the sofa. Well, at least those who get HD and *get* HD.   High def smackdown - Xbox 360 to get HD DVD as PS3 hits Aussie shelves Friday, 02 February 2007 The scene is set for a high definition console smackdown, with Microsoft launching the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive in Australia on March 29 - just six days after Sony's Blu-ray-equipped PlayStation 3 hits the shelves.   Hackers can whisper sweet nothings into Vista's ear Friday, 02 February 2007 Faster than you can say "time to move to Linux" they've found a security flaw in Windows Vista, with hackers able to use voice recognition to hijack Vista PCs.   P2P Rob set to fight the copyright robber barons Thursday, 01 February 2007 By counter-suing the Recording Industry Association of America over music piracy charges, sixteen year old Robert Santangelo is set to join DVD Jon as a champion of the people in the digital age.   Microsoft gives away more expensive notebooks to mark Vista launch Wednesday, 31 January 2007 More free notebooks from Microsoft, but this time they're from da Vinci rather than Ferrari.   Newspapers will survive internet onslaught, says Google founders. Did they miss the memo? Monday, 29 January 2007 The internet will not kill off newspapers, says Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, even though both admit they rarely read them.   Internet to revolutionise television in five years, says Gates. Did he miss the memo? Monday, 29 January 2007 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the man who didn't see the internet revolution coming, has finally realised the internet will revolutionise television - but he thinks not for another five years.   The war is over - Blu-ray claims victory over HD DVD Wednesday, 10 January 2007 Only a few months after Blu-ray and HD DVD hit the shelves, the Blu-ray Disc Association has the audacity to declare Blu-ray victorious as "the premiere high definition DVD format of choice".

More... Sharp unveils cinema-killer; 108 inch LCD HDTV Sony trash talks plasma as it spruiks HD LCD televisions DVD players finally surpass VCRs in the lounge room SageTV comes to the Mac, sort of

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