Digital Life

3D TV falls flat as broadcasters tune out

Asher Moses 10:27am Sony has been one of the main backers of new age 3D technology but its Australian managing director concedes 3D has failed to live up to expectations, was rushed to market and has lost the support of broadcasters.

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Mobile phones without towers coming soon

A mobile phone communications system that doesn't need towers is being developed at Adelaide's Flinders University.

iPhone hacker golden boy hired by Apple

Asher Moses What do you do when you have $76 billion cash in the bank and a 19-year-old hacker repeatedly thwarts your army of engineers' attempts to lock down your smartphone and tablet platform?

Stampede to profit on $99 TouchPad fire sale

Asher Moses Tablet bargain hunters hoping for a second release of HP TouchPad stock will be disappointed to learn that there's none left in the country, but those who bought one for $99 yesterday have hit eBay looking to more than double their money.

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Violent video games: fun hobby or mass murder training tool?

Are violent computer games simply a fun pastime, or do they cause some players to become mass murderers? Mark Dapin, father of a six-year-old boy who loves to "shoot 'em up", investigates for the Good Weekend magazine.

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Addiction? Video games crowded out man's real life

At the height of what he calls his addiction, Ryan Van Cleave would stand in the grocery store checkout line with his milk and bread and baby food for his little girls and for a split second think he was living inside a video game.

Shootout: mobiles on a mission

Long gone are the days when they were simply for making calls ... today's handsets are packed with features, even 3D, writes Adam Turner.

Hands on: Optus 3G Home Zone

Adam Turner If your Optus coverage is patchy, and you can't switch to another telco, the 3G Home Zone could the be solution.

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Apple deal is rotten: teachers

Jewel Topsfield Not only are Victorian teachers forced to lease laptops from the Education Department, they have also been told if they want a Mac they have to choose a model that was killed off last month.

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Fake Viagra, fake iPhones: Apple used Pfizer's crack investigative team

WASHINGTON — Apple set up a global security team three years ago to combat rampant counterfeiting of the iPod and iPhone in China, according to a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

Blogs

Screen Play

Split Screen: A tiny tower of evil

James Dominguez 5:54am Tiny Tower has been specifically designed to keep players coming back to it. Read on for DexX's in-depth analysis of how these mechanisms work.

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Gadgets on the go

Hands on: Optus 3G Home Zone

Adam Turner If your Optus coverage is patchy, and you can't switch to another telco, the 3G Home Zone could the be solution.

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Untangling the Web

Murdoch's search for an answer to content theft

Gordon Farrer Rupert Murdoch's announcement about an iPad-only newspaper confirms News Corp's strategy to deal with Google and others he believes is stealing his newspapers' content.

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The Geek

Big hair, black face and taking Twitter way too seriously

John Birmingham The Radike Samo blackface scandal is a storm in a tea cup.

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