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BD-Live: Blu-ray's secret weapon or bust?

With Disney set to make BD-Live available on all its new releases we look at the technology behind this Blu-ray feature and whether it's worth having.

Online image editors for blogging

We head out across the Web to find out whether these online image editors are picture perfect.

Censory Overload: Games censorship in Australia

How much does the right to choose what content you view mean to you, the consumer? GameSpot AU explores the thorny issue of videogame classification and censorship in Australia.

Does streaming lift music sales?

Free streaming music turns people on to new music and encourages them to buy, says social-networking site Last.fm. In the music industry, this will not come as a huge revelation.

Browser battle: IE 8 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari vs Firefox 3

A rundown on the latest versions of all the main browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera. Oh, and don't forget Flock!

10 links to shorten your links

There are literally hundreds of these link shortening services out there, but we've decided to break it down to 10 that we like the most.

Start-page smackdown: Netvibes, Pageflakes, iGoogle and Live.com

Want to create your own homepage? We put four personalised start pages through their paces and rank them according to looks, features and performance.

Web TV Top 10

Here's a list of 10 must-have Web TV bookmarks that are guaranteed to help you find something online worth seeing.

Software that's ready for takeoff in 2008

Keep your eye on these apps as 2008 ticks by. Either stuck in development or newly released, this bushel of newbies is poised to make this year their year.

Top portable speaker systems

You want to take your tunes on the road, but headphones don't always cut it, and even the smallest home speakers and receivers/amplifiers aren't portable. CNET.com.au rounds up the top portable speaker systems.

Best Portable games

With the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable you can take your games with you, so we've taken a look at the best of the bunch for games on the go.

The secure Mac: myth or legend?

Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?

Newbie's guide to Facebook

What is Facebook and why should you use it?

FAQ: What to do with your Yahoo photos

Yahoo Photos will begin shutting down on September 20. What should you do if you have pictures there?

One instant messenger to rule them all

If you've got buddies on multiple instant messenger networks and are sick of having a client for each, there are solutions at hand.

PS3's got game: plus Blu-ray, MP3 and more

We take an in-depth look at PS3's non-gaming attributes and cover what you need to know about how it handles Blu-ray and DVD movies, music, photos, Internet browsing and more.

It's the new social: Music discovery services

By the time the Zune hits Australia's shores (if ever), the social would have gone to bed. Here's our primer on how to search for free music online.

Q&A: The future of Aussie gaming

Interactive Australia 2007 report author Dr Jeff Brand talks about the move to mainstream, females taking over, and why games are becoming more like literature.

Save every Web site: best bookmarking tools

What if you could save every single Web site you like with the click of a button? Of course, you already can; these three great bookmarking services stand out from the crowd.

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