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    Six years after the federal government proposed creating a second internet that would leapfrog the first with speed and technology, most users - business and consumer - are still saddled with the low speeds, transmission delays and the other quirks of today's Net

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    Nintendo of America appears to be falling further behind Sony in the race to dominate the next-generation game console market.

  • PlayStation 2 readies for Australia, but at what price?

    The Australian version of PlayStation 2 is expected come with provision for a broadband Internet and a hard drive. The new generation console will be released on October 26, the same date as its release in the United States, however the final price has yet to be decided.

  • Is the Web the future of entertainment?

    Rather than digital entertainment replacing Hollywood, the two are likely to learn to work together in coming years. Media moguls predict online chat and instant messaging will be on par with big-budget TV shows

  • National Lampoon is back -- online

    With gross-out humor back in fashion, the National Lampoon is seeking to resurrect itself on the Internet. And that is no laughing matter.

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  • Video games will smash movies

    Movies and books are legitimate ways to tell a story, but what about video games? With current technological advances, what's to stop companies from making a realistic, interactive story that you can play? ZDNet's resident gamer, Darren Gladstone, talks about the future of entertainment.

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