APC articles by Dan Chiappini

Linux games handheld launches in Oz
Linux games handheld launches in Oz Only a few months after launching the product in the UK, the Linux-based GP2X game console is making its way down under. There's talk around the geek water coolers that this could be the PSP/iPod killer everyone has been waiting for.
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BANNED: Australian gamers to miss out on Eidos' Reservoir Dogs game
BANNED: Australian gamers to miss out on Eidos UPDATE |The OFLC has now published itsreasoning for the banning of Reservoir Dogs.You've seen the movie, now don't play the game: the Office of Film and Literature Classification has banned the upcoming Reservoir Dogs game, despite allowing the movie to be released years ago.
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World of Warcraft: realm transfers for cash
World of Warcraft: realm transfers for cash UPDATE |Vivendi Universal Australia has issued an updated statement. See the full story for more info.World of Warcraft players will now be able to move their characters between virtual realms, allowing them to escape overloaded game servers, while reuniting multiple characters spread across realms, the game giant Blizzard Entertainment announced today. The catch? It will cost you. Quite a lot.
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Now for the aircraft hangar-sized camera
Now for the aircraft hangar-sized camera A project to take the world's largest photo with the world's largest camera has been unveiled in California. This is not your garden variety stitch-1000-digital-photos-together trick. The camera is built inside a disused military aircraft hangar.
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Latest notebooks are pelvis crushers
Latest notebooks are pelvis crushers When is a notebook not a notebook? Last week, ASUS showed off their sexy new 17-inch W2J model at Computex in Taiwan, but someone must have whispered to Acer that bigger is better, because they've now unveiled a pelvis-crushing model.
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iPod accessories go weird and whacky
iPod accessories go weird and whacky It's not that I hate iPods. Hell, mine was one of the fifty million Apple have sold. It's just that accessory manufacturers have lost all sense of proportion about how big the iPod craze really is... when will it all end?!
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What's in a FKNG name?
What First we had XP editions. Then we had Titanium. Now we have RAZR. SLVR. Flickr. Wii. VIIV. They're all such FKNG stupid names. Are we the only people who wish we could return to the English language?
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Little Mac for the masses
Little Mac for the masses Those new MacBooks are mighty appealing. But before I'd subject my copy of Windows to one, I'd still need to find a work-around for that pesky one-button mouse problem without having to carry around a USB mouse or resort to un-natural multi key hold click combinations.
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Mobilise music: free teh-beat
Mobilise music: free teh-beat Ever since my iPod died sooner than expected, I've been struggling with the difficult question: do I slough more cash into Apple's pockets? Then, this morning on the way in to work I had one of my best ideas to date.
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