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Exposure: Sabrina Wong

Photographer Sabrina Wong creates stylised scenes and exotic backdrops to highlight her unique take on portraiture and character photography on this month's Exposure.

Digital Life #51: Beatlemania 2.0

Whether you're a fan of the band or not, one of the biggest games of the year will be Beatles: Rock Band. We discuss it, plus all the action from E3 and more.

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Reviews

  • The Beatles: Rock Band

    After a string of disappointing Guitar Hero franchises, Harmonix looks to reinvent the "band-based" rhythm game genre with The Beatles: Rock Band.

  • Disney Sing It

    It's great fun for kids and fans of the Disney films featured, with practical tools to help take melody and singing skills from average to awesome!

  • Rock Band

    Rock Band does a superb job of bringing out the wannabe rock star in all of us, and creates one of the best party-game experiences of all time.

  • Guitar Hero: World Tour

    That's one giant leap for a franchise; one small step for a genre.

  • Hannah Montana Music Jam

    Fans of Hannah Montana may be able to overlook Music Jam's playability shortcomings, but even they'll become frustrated before very long.

  • Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PC)

    Guitar Hero III is finally available on PC in Australia but unfortunately it wasn't worth the wait. Buy the console version instead.

  • Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR

    The Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR is a very good TV with some of the best video processing currently available, but plasma is an attractive alternative at this price.

  • Apple iPod U2 Special Edition (30GB, video)

    The iPod U2 certainly isn't for everyone, but its target audience (namely, U2 fans) will love it, and will pay the extra AU$50 for it.

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Features

  • Getting Steamed: digital distribution for games isn't there yet

    Online distribution should be world-wide, and yet we're still thinking inside old market models.

  • Format wars: the tech that should have won

    Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Do you cry yourself to sleep because BeOS never hit the big time? Fret no more -- superdork Captain Tech is here to travel back in time and save the format losers that should have triumphed.

  • Q&A: RedOctane cofounder Charles Huang

    RedOctane cocreator and Guitar Hero rocker Charles Huang discusses working with Microsoft, picking the right guitar for the job, and his take on Rock Band this holiday season.

  • Q&A: Aussie Xbox head on 360 price cut

    Xbox regional director for Australia and New Zealand David McLean on what effect the 360 price cut will have on sales down under, the whereabouts of the Elite and Halo 3 editions, and how many 360s have been sold so far.

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  • Facebook, Twitter come to Xbox Live

    It might not be as hotly anticipated as the "Beatles: Rock Band" game, but Microsoft announced at its annual press briefing at the E3 Expo that Facebook and Twitter will be coming to the Xbox Live service.

  • Reznor nails his way back into App Store

    Apple has approved the Nine Inch Nails iPhone app without revision after the band's frontman Trent Reznor went on a blogging assault against the computing giant.

  • Lego Rock Band to soon jam in Oz

    WBIE and TT Games will lend their oddball Lego touch to MTV Games and Harmonix's popular rhythm game franchise Rock Band for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS.

  • iPhone OS 3.0: What you need to know

    Apple unveiled the next version of the operating system that powers the iPhone, dubbed version 3.0 offering users expanded functionality like MMS, copy and paste and a landscape keyboard.

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DIYs and How-to

  • Xbox Live: FAQ about gaming online

    This resource rounds up answers to all the questions we are frequently asked about gaming online with Xbox Live, from getting connected to games, membership, points and more.

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Downloads

  • Rock Band 2 MIDI

    Use your Rock Band 2 drum kit as a MIDI controller.

  • BassBang

    Make songs and grooves with drums, bass, rhythm and lead guitars and see them played by 3D rock band.

  • Voyage for Vengeance

    Play an action role playing game.

  • Drumtronic

    Create, play, and share your own rhythms and songs.

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