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Reindeer games
Jason Hill predicts interactive entertainments will stuff many
stockings at Christmas.
Nokia unveils its flagship smartphone
The world's largest maker of mobile phones is launching a new phone
next year to compete with iPhones and BlackBerrys at the high end
of the market.
State of the smart
Almost every newsworthy tech development in 2008 seemed to hinge on
Apple's sexy smartphone.
Vodafone offers $0 Dell laptop plans
Dell and Vodafone take a leaf out of the mobile phone handbook and
offer $0 netbook computers on a 5GB wireless broadband plan.
Censors ban F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Horror shooter F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin has become the fifth game refused classification by Australian censors this year.
A bet each way
Sometimes the best home entertainment system is the one you build
yourself. Adam Turner reports.
Entertainment on your phone
Mobile phones ceased to be mere communication devices in 2001 when
the third generation of mobile technology, known as 3G, was
launched in Japan.
Meet the brains behind Resistance
Insomniac has a peerless track record for creating popular games
for PlayStation consoles.
OLPC offer extended to Australia
The One Laptop Per Child initiative's Give 1, Get 1 program will
launch in Australia on Sunday.
OpenOffice 3.0 a fresh blow for Microsft
Microsoft's cash cow Microsoft Office is under further threat with
the release of OpenOffice 3.0.
Digital radio comes late to the party
It was meant to be the Christmas present on everyone's list this
year but we will now have to wait until Mother's Day to experience
free-to-air digital radio.
Fun and the glory
A hardcore gaming company now has casual gamers in its sights.
Wife's iPhone plea as hubby emails raunchy pictures to lover
US woman discovers her husband using his iPhone to send raunchy
pictures of his genitals to a lover, which he says was caused by an
Apple bug.
Exposed: the extended warranty rort
Electronics retailers have been accused of using high-pressure
tactics and making misleading claims while adding hundreds of
dollars to the cost of big-ticket items.
Shape up, bit by bit
There is no shortage of fitness gadgets for sale to help you
stretch, strain, push yourself and then map, graph and critique
your progress.
HDMI cables: buyer beware
Australian shoppers are being duped into spending hundreds of
dollars on so-called "high performance" HDMI cables.
Surrounded by wireless sound
One man's house is wired for sound - without the wires. Adam Turner
reports.
Game over for advocate
The game industry has lost one of its most passionate supporters,
writes Jason Hill.
Big fuss brews over LittleBigPlanet
Sony's heavy-handed moderation of its new smash hit video game
LittleBigPlanet has many gamers crying foul.
Video stores setting up for digital delivery
Video Ezy and Blockbuster press ahead with plans to deliver movies
to customers electronically using in-store kiosks.
