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Sony turns the page

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It's hard to imagine much in Sony's reader that can be improved technologically, but the question remains, can a digital reader match the experience of reading a traditional book?


WiiWare beefs up Nintendo online service

Service lets game makers experiment with quirky ideas that can be brought to fruition for a fraction of the cost of a regular title


Yahoo lets websites customize searches

SearchMonkey technology lets website owners display selected Yahoo search results on their sites


Samsung joins with LG, Harris on mobile TV

TV industry wants to set a single standard for mobile TV broadcasts and avoid a costly battle among them


Disney set to launch mobile 'tween' social network


What to do about cyber bullies? Get real, for a start

Toronto expert says most parents don't know what kids do online. She's pushing to make online safety part of the school curriculum


Funcom and games

Conan pillages before debut

Norwegian gaming company Funcom using new technology that enables massive multi-player online role-playing games


Camera memory card tags location

Using Wi-Fi access points, Eye-Fi tags photos with just the city and state where they were shot plus, when available, a neighbourhood

Surveillance

URBUSTD

High-tech licence-plate readers help cops, worry privacy watchdogs


Social animals

Where everyone knows you're a dog

Subscribers to social networking site Dog Club Gold can build a Web page for their mutt and customize it with photos, video and blog posts


The List

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Top 10 calls for help

Here are the most common reasons bewildered users bombard the Help Desk


The List

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Top 10 BlackBerry apps

With hundreds to choose from, which are the most popular? The most useful? The most fun?


Kidz Gamez

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When web time is playtime

Barbie, Mickey and the Neopets are looking to mine the increasing numbers of young children who are turning to the Internet for entertainment

 

MORE PERSONAL TECH NEWS 

Xbox 360 reaches 10 million U.S. sales

Microsoft game machine beats Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 to reach 10 million units in U.S. sales

Three in 10 get all or most calls on cellphones

U.S. figures show reliance on mobiles continues to rise at expense of wired telephones

WorldWide Telescope blasts off

Microsoft launches Web-based program for checking out the universe

Nokia sees half of cellphones with GPS in 2010-12

Handset maker's strategy is to make location-enabled, context-aware phones available across its product line

BioShock to hit big screen

Pirates director, Gladiator writer to turn game into film

HBO may sell shows on Apple's iTunes

Pricing to be 'flexible,' marking the first time Apple has agreed to selling content at different prices in the United States

Paper is pass? for tech-savvy Koreans

Mobile phone services let retailers send discount coupons and users send gift certificates for anything from lattes to movie tickets through handsets

Video games don't create killers, book says

Authors argue no data support the 'simple-minded' concerns that video games cause violence

How to put your best pic forward

A growing number of users are turning to professional retouching services to polish their online images

Fashion site launches new designers

Fashionspace.com allows members to swap, buy and sell original designs, second-hand clothes, accessories


GAMES 

Old, but good: Classic pinball gets digital makeover

Pinball Hall of Fame faithfully recreates nine pinball tables from the 1970s, 80s and 90s

Gaming: Casual games embrace girl next door

The assumption that there are few good role models for women is a myth

Dialogue: Mass-ive story

BioWare's dialogue system -- the part of the game that lets the player makes choices that ultimately influence the plot of the story -- has garnered rave reviews

Shooter: Army of Two?
More like Army of Poo

With terrible writing and poorly designed levels, the game is tiresome long before you see the end credits

Online exclusive: Kurzweil sees a future in games

Big thinker believes video games are taking over more aspects of human interaction, learning and creativity

Vroom!: Sony unveils new Gran Turismo

Mocked up London ‘pit lane' the venue for European preview of Sony PlayStation's newest version of racing videogame

Fire and forget: Turok gets a makeover; game play does not

A solid enough shooter would have been better if the game designers had come up with something new

Nintendo: Everyone's invited to Super Smash Bros. Brawl

For any Nintendo fanboy there is arguably no better game available on the Wii, particularly if you've got enough controllers to share with friends

Guitar Hero: Seeking a real stage

Music games spawning guitar student influx, even though most got their start shredding in front of a TV

Downloading: That other way to get a video game

Online delivery is becoming handy for players who want to build quickly on the experience they had in a favourite game or play their favourite game from a generation ago, like Pac-Man or King's Quest


GADGETS 

Notebooks: More than a PDA, less than a laptop

The Fujitsu LifeBook U810 is great as an Internet gateway device but you sure don't want to write your novel on it

Panels: Meet my trophy wife

The Dell 22-inch Crystal is pricey and impractical but your friends go green with envy

Spaced out: Video specs are sci-fi cool but prove impractical

I'm sure most of the people I walked past thought I was a doofus, writes Chad Sapieha, who tried out the MyVu Personal Media Viewer

Wireless card: Eye-Fi makes beaming pics a cinch

Point and Shoot: Simple, in multicolour

The Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS comes in five different colours and while not spectacular is still not a bad option for your basic photography needs

‘Watch' this putt

Suunto watch doesn't smirk, roll its eyes or sigh when you shank a drive into the parking lot — it just tells you why you did it

Turn your game console into a media hub

TVersity is an easy-to-use bit of software that will let you steam PC content to your PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii – and it's free

Sharing's a breeze with Network Magic

Microsoft could take some cues from this software tool that allows you to share files, printers and other resources

Fighting to be the world's smallest (and full) camcorder

Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo lay claim to the world's smallest full high-definition camcorder. So who's right?

Big picture: Playing to win on HDTV

Is it all marketing hype or do high-def TVs designed for gaming have the features that justify the price?


KAPICA'S LAB ARCHIVES 

Kapica's Lab: A substitute for that other office suite

Corel's WordPerfect X4 is comfort food in a Microsoft world

In search of picture perfect

Digital frames have come down in price and can do a lot more than they used to do

Kapica's Lab: Phones strike balance between fashion, features

Cellphones from LG, Samsung and RIM are starting to look like fashion statements

Taking the 'duh?' out of deducing deductions

UFile and QuickTax are two popular software packages that try to be as simple as possible, but boast features that make their products stand out

Microsoft's SkyDrive: Lots of ‘cloud' space

Free online storage service is surprisingly well designed with a blessedly uncluttered appearance

Kapica's Lab: Kit harkens to era of build-your-own PC

The point of the ARTiGO is not to build a computer to save money, it's to have fun getting your fingers dirty

Big picture in a small package

Sony's OLED TV is vivid, small and ‘cute'

Yes, we do Windows

Three tools to speed up a sluggish PC or perform a rescue operation on a seriously damaged PC

Cellphone software helps you speak volumes

Consumers have their choice of mobile apps that can turn voice to text

Office for Mac shows we can all get along

With Office for Mac, corporate users get the full Word mail merge, much more powerful Excel and better e-mail tools


IVOR TOSSELL'S PODCAST ARCHIVES 

Globe_Podcast: The distractosphere Popup

Ivor Tossell chats about the top five things he'd be happy to never see in the distractosphere again

Globe_Podcast: Ivorcast Popup

The Man does not get it

Globe_Podcast: Digg Popup

Chocopuffs and cheesiepoofs

Globe_Podcast: Kenyan bloggers Popup

A network of bloggers and commentators have been filling the information void with updates, pleas, and some very graphic imagery

Globe_Podcast: My generation Popup

Conventional wisdom says kids today are smarter and more technologically adept than previous generations. That's nonesense. My generation got there first, says Ivor Tossell

Globe_Podcast: Killer or compliment Popup

Ivor Tossell chats with Wikimedia inventor Jimmy Wales about Wikia Search

Globe_Podcast: Wikipedia death watch Popup

Has Google launched a Wikipedia killer? Has Wikipedia met its match? Is this the end?

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