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INSIDE the Apple Store Sydney: sneak preview
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Apple threw open the doors to media to look inside the Sydney Apple Store before its official opening today. So is it just a fancy shop, or is there more?
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Arctic Monkeys: were they really a P2P/MySpace-fuelled success story?
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For the past couple of nights, the most talked about band of the year, Arctic Monkeys, have blown the roof off the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. The band's rise to indie fame via the internet has been widely celebrated, but behind the hype you have to wonder -- are the Monkeys a freak phenomenon of the net and has anything in the music industry really changed?
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Do you "google"?
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Merriam-Webster probably didn't know the ructions in the cosmic field it would cause by adding the term google to the upcoming 11th edition of its dictionary. Commentators went into a spin, pointing to Google's own warnings that the use of its name as a common verb would be a major risk to its business. Who would have thought Google's popularity could be its ultimate downfall?
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What the hell is Zune?
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Zune, Microsoft's recently announced wireless portable media player platform seems to mean something different to everyone. To French Canadians, for example, this latest iPod Killer (TM) is synonymous with the male genitalia.
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Chinese gamers riot online
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Close to 10,000 Chinese gamers have staged a mass online rally in the game 'The Fantasy of the Journey West' to protest against the display of a symbol which resembled the Japanese flag.
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Big Brother turkey slap controversy threatens net freedom
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The Prime Minister has weighed in over the Big Brother Turkey Slapping incident, calling for Channel 10 to 'get this stupid program off the air'. But since the offending footage only ever aired over the internet, a new government enquiry could place further limitations on what you do and watch online.
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Little Ashley Flores is missing
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The internet is abuzz with the story of Ashley Flores, a purportedly missing 13-year-old girl from Philadelphia. Emails bearing her image are currently circulating between Australian inboxes - but there's something a bit fishy about this missing girl story. . .
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Wacky TVs help you discover inner “selfâ€Â
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Q: When is a TV not a TV?A: When it's a bold declaration of your individuality.
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Cashing in on the colour of iPod
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'Sexy, slim and now available in white!' the Samsung mobile phone press release screams. That's right folks, it'sexactly the same as beforebut in white. Is the electronics industry punishing us for some reason? Can we have a tiny bit of actual functionality?
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20 years of PC cases has come to this?
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Lian Li is celebrating 20 years of 'legendary' PC case making with ... a boxy PC case with six internal drive bays in silver and black for $499. It's always exciting to be present for history in the making, but I can't help sniffing an overhyped product here.
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Aust Govt makes concessions on ripping
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In what it hopes will be seen as a revolution for consumer rights, the government has made some generous concessions: it's OK to listen to music with a friend and even rip music to your iPod. But giving a friend your old iPod with the music still on it? Don't even go there sister.
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Australian Govt enacts bizarre copyright law
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The Australian Goverment has finally enacted fair use amendments to the copyright act, but in a bizarre and unexpected twist, recordings can only be watched once, after which they must be destroyed.
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