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  • Flights out, videoconferencing in at BHP

    BHP Billiton executives have traded jet-lag and long overseas flights for a "very expensive" cutting edge videoconferencing system but claim it's been a stunning success.

  • Lucent sues Microsoft over Xbox technology

    Lucent Technologies has filed a patent infringement suit against Microsoft over the same MPEG-2 decoding technology at the centre of a 2003 legal dispute.

  • New DVDs to use old video technology?

    As Hollywood readies its new and controversial high-definition DVDs, at least one major studio is leaving some of the most advanced parts of the new disc formats on the table in favour of technology that's more than a decade old.

  • Re-encoding delays video-over-ADSL2 launch

    The need to re-encode around 16 Terabytes of content into a streamlined format has delayed Movies Online's (MO) bid to stream movies over next-generation ADSL2 services.

  • Firefox plugin delivers HTML-style audio and video browsing

    Australia's CSIRO research organisation has developed a Firefox plugin named Annodex that allows browsing through time-continuous media such as audio and video in the same way that HTML allows browsing through text.

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  • HP ProBook 4310s

    If you find that the price is right and you are only planning on doing menial tasks, you could do a lot worse than the HP ProBook.

  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

    A little more than one year after its release, Windows Vista will receive its first service pack update in March. Microsoft says the pack will offer better compatibility with third-party hardware, increased reliability, tighter security, and better performance. Our tests disagree.

  • Apple Final Cut Studio 2

    Final Cut Studio 2 is a solid value and worthy upgrade for serious film editors who work on Macs. However, hobbyists should consider simpler software.

  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

    Media Center Edition 2005 is the best desktop DVR app out there, but it's not yet ready to play hub for your digital home.

  • Lite-On SOHW-832S

    Lite-On's double-layer SOHW-832S is a very good DVD burner, but double-layer burning technology needs time to mature.

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