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Fun and the glory

A hardcore gaming company now has casual gamers in its sights.

Wife's iPhone plea as hubby emails raunchy pictures to lover

US woman discovers her husband using his iPhone to send raunchy pictures of his genitals to a lover, which he says was caused by an Apple bug.

Exposed: the extended warranty rort

Electronics retailers have been accused of using high-pressure tactics and making misleading claims while adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of big-ticket items.

Shape up, bit by bit

There is no shortage of fitness gadgets for sale to help you stretch, strain, push yourself and then map, graph and critique your progress.

HDMI cables: buyer beware

Australian shoppers are being duped into spending hundreds of dollars on so-called "high performance" HDMI cables.

Surrounded by wireless sound

One man's house is wired for sound - without the wires. Adam Turner reports.

Game over for advocate

The game industry has lost one of its most passionate supporters, writes Jason Hill.

Big fuss brews over LittleBigPlanet

Sony's heavy-handed moderation of its new smash hit video game LittleBigPlanet has many gamers crying foul.

Video stores setting up for digital delivery

Video Ezy and Blockbuster press ahead with plans to deliver movies to customers electronically using in-store kiosks.

Thinner, lighter, cooler

Notebooks are driven by consumers, not business, meaning style will rule in 2009.

War of words heats up as Xbox price slashed

Microsoft aggressively cuts Xbox 360 prices for the holidays, with the low-end model now $299 and the other models slashed by $100 each.

MySpace mulls digital music future

MySpace, the popular online social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, could develop a digital music player in the future, pitting it against Apple's hot-selling iPod.

Missing Xbox gamer found dead

Canadian boy who ran away from home after his father took away his Xbox game console reportedly found dead in a cornfield.

One system, many uses

Building a flexible audio needs some forethought, writes Adam Turner.

Designer in high gear

A genuine legend says the industry needs to grow up, writes Jason Hill.

Sea change for father of the iPod

Apple announces that the employee credited with being the "father of the iPod" is stepping down.

Pizza, shopping and movies

Australian TiVo users will soon be able to buy groceries, order pizza and access an array of on-demand movies using little more than their TV remote.

Windows 7 puts you back in control

The next version of Windows seems to be on the right track as Microsoft learns from its Vista experience.

Big queues for Nintendo DSi console

Hundreds of people queue to be among the first to buy Nintendo's latest games console.

The future of TV is online

More TV shows are sidestepping the idiot box in favour of launching on the internet.