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PlayStation 3 is Netflix’s biggest platform

Netflix, the massive US-based media-streaming service, has said that the PlayStation 3 is the number one platform for anyone watching Netflix in the lounge room. (Credit: CNET) In Australia, gaming consoles are adding catch-up TV and video-on-demand services like they’re going out of style, but in the US it’s all been established for a little …

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Become a ghost hunter with your iPhone

(Credit: Aaron Rasmussen) Meet Mr Ghost, the antenna that turns your iDevice into a tool for exploring the supernatural. There are more things in heaven and earth than we can perceive with our senses; this much we do know. Are any of those things supernatural? Well, ghosts have never been scientifically proven, but here at CNET Australia, we’re deeply fascinated …

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Nokia not planning Android switch despite Android dev job ad

Nokia’s planning an Android phone? “Oh no it isn’t!” says a Nokia boss, in true panto-season style. A Nokia job posting calling for Android expertise has set the rumour mill twirling faster than a fairy godmother’s wand. But Doug Dawson, Nokia’s boss of talking to the press, has squashed claims the Finnish phone-flingers are planning to switch from Window Phone …

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Audiobooks HQ for iOS: 5,000+ audiobooks for under $2

I love audiobooks. Nothing makes a car ride faster or more pleasant than a good spoken-word book piping through the speakers. That’s why I’ve routinely championed smartphone-powered services like Audible, Audiobooks.com, Simply Audiobooks, and Tales2Go. Now there’s another app worth adding to your audiobook arsenal: Audiobooks HQ, which gives you access to more than 5,000 public-domain titles — all for …

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iPhone 5 sales even better than earlier thought, Canaccord says

The iPhone 5 is selling at a brisk pace, analysts at investment bank Canaccord Genuity say, and supply for Apple’s newest smartphone has “dramatically improved.” Based on channel checks in November, the company has found “very strong sales” of the iPhone 5 at AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, as well as in international markets. Given the checks, as well as Apple’s …

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Asus ME172V budget 7

Could an even cheaper Nexus 7 be in the works? A device known as the Asus ME172V has shown up over at GLBenchmark, and it seems to back up previous rumours we’ve heard about a £62 ($99) 7-inch Android tablet. That particular rumour gave the product name as the Asus ME-172V, so we could very well be looking at the …

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iOS, Android, and Web traffic: Same old, same old

Apple and Google are very nearly in the same spot as they were six months ago when it comes to Web traffic, a new study says. Advertising and analytics company Chitika today put out new numbers from a six-month study of U.S. and Canadian Web traffic collected from ad impressions by iOS and Android devices. The main finding is that …

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iPhone saves your Virgin Atlantic boarding pass in Passbook

Let’s fly, let’s fly away… and without having to print anything first. Virgin Atlantic is the first UK airline to be added to Apple’s Passbook app, which stores tickets, vouchers and other bumf on your iPhone or iPod touch. Virgin Atlantic offers a booking service and the option to save your boarding card on your Apple device. By checking in online and …

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