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IN PICTURES: Inside Melbourne Digital Entertainment Festival
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Yes, these people are real visitors to the Melbourne International Digital Entertainment Festival (iDEF2009) -- they are "costume gamers".
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BEST DEALS: LCD & plasma TVs for Christmas
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Free BluRay players, digital cameras, PVRs... it must be the silly season again, where TV makers are competing savagely for your Christmas dollar.
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Costco: the bargains are out there... somewhere
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US discounting giant Costco has opened in Melbourne and while some prices on IT and electronics are good, there isn't the deep US equivalent pricing some may have hoped for.
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Telstra's massive nerve centre exposed
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Telstra has marked the 10th anniversary of its jumbo-sized Global Operations Centre in Melbourne by throwing the doors open to media.
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Got duplicates? Squish 'em with new backup technology.
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Acronis and Symantec are spruiking the massive benefits of a new 'de-duping' technology that squashes your home backups into less disk space.
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Tweet from the Moon - now you can
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If you ever wanted to tweet from the Moon, expect some significant latency issues unless you use these guy's technology.
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Australian "Arcade Table" runs old arcade games on silicon, not emulation
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Bring back the 80's! This arcade table is as close to the real thing as you can get without putting coins into a slot. Expensive but would make some Gen X'er a great present!
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Telstra fully computerises directory assistance
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Did you say "pink squid"? Telstra has introduced a new voice recognition system for directory assistance, which will force callers to do 20 questions with a computer.
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Mobile broadband at just $15,728.64 per GB anyone?
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How does the mobile phone company that claims "the best value mobile phone offer on the block" justify screwing its customers five times more than its competitors for casual data?
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BILL EXPLOSION: Google Android silently phones home
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Users of imported Google Android smartphones have got a nasty shock, with their mobile phone bills showing massive unexpected SMS usage.
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Optus threatens customers over VoIP calls
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Optus customers got a nasty Christmas present from their telco: a warning that they would be billed international rates if they attempted to make VoIP calls on their mobiles.
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FREEBIES: retailers desperate to move LCD TVs
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And would you like a free notebook, Wii, second TV or holiday with your HDTV, sir?
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HP Compaq 2230s: “almost a netbook” for grown-ups
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Placed between a notebook and a netbook, the ultraportable HP Compaq 2230s is great for business professionals.
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In Australia, movie watches you -- with night vision camera
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Hey you in the back row snogging -- security guards in cinemas will now be watching you with night vision cameras.
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AFACT v iiNet: the case that could shut down the Internet
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We've asked prominent legal experts for their opinion on iiNet's chances of successfully defending itself in the user piracy lawsuit.
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