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Hotmail gets more Bing with new quick add menu
Hotmail's quick add option gets some Bing'ification. Users of the popular web mail service can now do Bing searches that can be stuck inside of outgoing messages and replies.
Shanzhai ji gallery: Fake phones from China
Our erstwhile Shanghai correspondent Brendon Chase wanders into a Shanghai tech market to sort the fake from the real and to see how the fake iPhones stack up to the real thing.
Reviews
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Kogan Blu-ray player
Kogan's budget-line Blu-ray player has excellent playback, and is even region free. At the same time, it's a player we could only recommend as a stopgap solution for multi-region buyers.
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Kung Fu Panda
This movie-inspired action game is fun while it lasts, but sadly that isn't very long.
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Fujitsu Lifebook S6520
The Fujitsu Lifebook S6520 is a decent refresh with Centrino 2 parts, but there are cheaper alternatives if portability is of utmost importance.
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Motorola RAZR2 V9 Ferrari Special Edition
There's nothing technically wrong with RAZR2 V9 Ferrari Special Edition but if you want to Ferrari-fie your phone there are cheaper and better ways of doing it. For free.
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NBA Live 08
NBA Live 08 receives its praise for its upgraded gameplay system and awesome graphics.
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Logitech G51
Logitech's G51 should keep most gamers on a moderate budget very happy with their performance. Those who want the ultimate in clarity though should keep saving the pennies for the long time king of the hill, the Logitech Z-5500.
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Virtua Tennis 3
Once again, Sega serves up a winner with Virtua Tennis 3.
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Telstra F850
The bottom line: The Telstra F850 offers a relatively inexpensive way to jump aboard the carrier's Next-G platform, as long as you don't mind travelling in the slow lane. Read our Australian review.
Features
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Shanzhai ji: All you need to know about fake phones
A behind-the-scenes look at a Chinese "Shanzhai" market, where you can get an iPhone in any colour or shape and with features Apple doesn't offer. But what are the drawbacks of these unofficial phones?
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Green printing: How does your printer stack up?
Considering the extensive range of consumables, from paper to cartridges, it's no surprise that printers are one of the big areas where environmental concerns take centre stage. So what can you do to lessen the impact that your printing has on the environment?
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Paid to Play? The state of pro-gaming in Australia
Just how active is the pro-gaming scene in Australia? Are we a nation that can stand toe-to-toe against the best gamers in the world? And if we're not competitive, then who's to blame? Check out the answers to all these and more as we put Australia's pro-gaming culture under the spotlight in this in-depth GameSpot AU feature.
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Around the world in.... WiMax
WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.
News
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Australia ranks ahead of US for home broadband access
A world survey claims that 72 per cent of Australian homes have access to the high-speed internet.
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Studios win Sydney piracy victory
The local arms of film and music studios have claimed a victory in their war against copyright offences, with a Sydney man convicted for selling pirated content last week.
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Ubuntu to be offered by Dell Australia
Dell today announced its Latitude 2100, a netbook designed specifically for school children. It is also the first Dell product in Australia to offer the Ubuntu operating system.
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GM kills Pontiac, probably US Commodore exports too
Monday, US time, GM confirmed what the rumour mill had been cranking out all of last week: that it would kill the storied Pontiac brand. Along with it, the Holden Commodore with the koala nose, the Pontiac G8, will also probably perish.
DIYs and How-to
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Share and organise holiday photos in a snap
Suffering post holiday happy-snap headaches? Got so many photos crowding the hard-disk, you feel like throwing them all away? If that sounds like you, we've got some programs and pointers to help ease your nightmare.
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CNET Australia's quick guide to 3G
If the advantages of 3G mobile networks goes over your head, don't worry, you're not alone. With 3G services rapidly outselling 2G services in Australia we're here to help with an easy explanation of what 3G is and what it all means to you.
Downloads
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HNHSoft English-Chinese Talking Dictionary
Keep an English-Chinese dictionary with 140,000 entries on your Windows Mobile.
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China2Go Talking Phrase Book for Windows Mobile
Learn Chinese via Windows Mobile device to travel without guide.
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HNHSoft China2Go PhraseBook
Learn Mandarin Chinese or travel with talking translator.
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Conquer Online
Play MMORPG set in ancient mythological China.




















