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Toshiba Blu

Over the weekend, Engadget reported that Toshiba is planning to launch a Blu-ray player before the end of the year. There are so many better things Toshiba could be doing with its time. Allow us to explain. With prices tumbling for Blu-ray hardware, making a Blu-ray player doesn’t seem like a reliable way for Toshiba to make money — there …

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RIP Austext: Will you shed a tear?

The internet has claimed another victim, Channel Seven’s Austext information services, which will cease operation on 30 September 2009; closed captioning will continue operation, however. Come 30 September, Austext’s teletext weather, lottery, finance and news pages will shuffle quietly off into the ether. All that will remain will be Channel Seven’s closed captioning service, which, the company says, will continue …

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