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Mafia Wars iPhone: Making the mad money
After battling rival gangs for years on Facebook, it's time to take the fight to the mobile with Mafia Wars for iPhone.
Whaddyareckon?: How green are you?
In this week's show, we ask what you're doing to save the world. From switching off PCs to eagerly awaiting armageddon, the responses will surprise you.
Reviews
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed First Look
Last year's impressive tech demo is this year's hyperkinetic Star Wars action game. We find out how it's shaping up.
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Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
For its tiny package, Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron has a lot packed into it. The upgraded multiplayer component now supports a huge 16 players and unlike its predecessor there is now a solid story-based Campaign mode.
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is a great multiplayer shooter -- an intense mix of team-based play and achieving personal objectives.
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Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Lego Star Wars II is as good as the original game, which means plenty of fun for younger gamers and Star Wars fans alike.
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Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
Forces of Corruption is an expansion pack for Star Wars: Empire at War that introduces some new gameplay elements, added units for the two existing factions (Imperial and Rebel) and, most importantly, introduces a whole new faction to the real-time strategy game.
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The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth II
The Battle for Middle-earth II proves that real-time strategy works on the Xbox 360. It's also a pretty impressive game, as well.
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Google SketchUp
Google SketchUp is a flexible, powerful app for quick 3D sketching on the fly, but professionals will want the US$500 version.
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Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS)
Despite being best known for pick-up and play gaming, the Nintendo DS boasts one of the deepest, most engaging strategy titles on any console in Advance Wars Dual Strike.
Features
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Top 10 Google apps
CNET.com.au reviews Google's most compelling desktop and Web-based applications for communications, mapping, 3D drawing and more.
News
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LucasArts tries to get back in the game
Looking to move beyond its reputation for Star Wars games, company has an upcoming title whose innovative weapon system brings new meaning to the term "turf battle."
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Rich 3D imagery added to Google Earth
Google encourages users to help it create a "life-like 3D model of the whole planet."
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Google Earth gains chimp pix, travel videos
New partnerships with nature- and environment-oriented groups offer videos, photos and blogs for specific locations.
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Google, Microsoft vie for Earth domination
An updated version of Google Earth is to be released on Tuesday night, adding a timescale to the basic version of the Web-based geospatial application.
DIYs and How-to
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Google Earth: Making 3D models
Ever wonder how designers make models in 3D? Check out this free program from Google that lets you create, view and edit 3D plans quickly and easily.
Downloads
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Microsoft VirtualEarth Satellite Downloader
Download Microsoft VirtualEarth small tile satellite images.
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EarthDesk
View a high-resolution image of Earth on your desktop.
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EarthTime
Display local time and date of any place in the world.
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EarthBrowser
Monitor the constantly changing conditions across the globe.















