Prima Cinema will download and play box office movies on the day of theatrical release — all for just US$35,000. The Prima Cinema box and fingerprint scanner. (Screenshot by CNET Australia) A home theatre cinema can be an expensive proposition, but Prima Cinema is taking that to a whole new level. Prima Cinema is a …
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27 November
Batman 3D street art in Sydney
The Dark Knight Rises hits Blu-ray today and Warner Bros is reminding you in artistic style. At the Galleries Victoria, 500 George Street, Sydney, until late Thursday. (Credit: CNET Australia) Batman completionists rejoice: The Dark Knight Rises, the third film of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, is out on Blu-ray today. It’s all about the perspective.(Credit: CNET Australia) Warner Bros got …
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26 November
Did someone try to make a quick buck on ICOA this morning?
The phony press release sent out this morning on PRWeb detailing Google’s acquisition of Wi-Fi provider ICOA for $400 million may have been an attempt to move the company’s penny stock. The company’s stock started trading this morning at $0.0001 and steadily climbed throughout the morning to $0.0005, where it peaked around 11:30 a.m. ET. Once news trickled out that …
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26 November
Samsung: 5M Galaxy Note 2 units sold in 2 months
They aren’t phones, and they aren’t tablets: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 and LG’s Intuition. Samsung said today it has sold more than 5 million Galaxy Note 2 devices worldwide, just two months after the product was first released. The Korean technology giant said in a statement (Google Translate) that sales of the part-phone, part-tablet — a so-called “phablet” — hit …
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26 November
Access a PC anywhere using an iOS or Android mobile
Now playing: Watch this: How to access your PC with an Android phone 2:42 Ever had that sinking feeling that a file you desperately needed has been left at home? Suddenly need to access your computer from the other side of town? You can do this and more with your mobile device and two free apps. If you want to …
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26 November
Free worldwide Skype calls for a month, if you sign up today
Here’s a late-breaking bargain for dedicated Skype customers — the voice-calling service is offering free worldwide calls for a month, if you sign up to the offer before the end of today. The deal nabs you unlimited dialling, including to offline contacts on mobile numbers and landlines, which normally costs £8.49 per month. Not a monster saving then, but better …
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26 November
Windows Phone 7.8 coming this week?
Rumour has it that the Windows Phone 7.8 update will be released on Wednesday night. (Credit: Microsoft) Pre-existing Windows Phone users who will miss out on Windows 8 will still be able to get a bunch of new features with an update to Windows Phone 7 — which might arrive as soon as Wednesday night, according to WMPoweruser. The website …
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26 November
Nokia unwraps $62 Asha cell phones
Nokia has announced two new phones designed for budget-conscious and socially-networked users, although they won’t be available in the United States. Unveiled today, the Asha 205 and 206 feature phones each sell for $62. They also offer quick access to Facebook and the ability to share photos and files with users of any other mobile phone. Both phones are slated …
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26 November
LG Nexus 4 (sort of) has 4G LTE
Now playing: Watch this: The LG Nexus 4 arrives, but with no LTE 3:33 In the best example of things being taken, then given, only to be then taken away again, it was recently discovered that the massively popular LG Nexus 4 houses an LTE modem that works… sort of. The revelation began over at iFixit, which posted a teardown …
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26 November
Nokia’s imaging guru leaves the company
The head of Nokia’s imaging department has decided to leave the company, Reuters reports. Damian Dinning, the man behind the 808 PureView 41-megapixel camera phone, has decided to take a job at Jaguar Land Rover, where he’ll play a key part in its connected car division. Which is a bit of a blow for the floundering Finnish phone firm. Dinning …
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