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Prince of Persia

A daring retooling of the Prince of Persia franchise

Non-traditional design and narrative offers a fresh take on Ubisoft's popular platform adventure


Hitler's downfall, parodied

Spoofs of the 2004 film Downfall are making the rounds online – but is it tasteless to poke fun at 'an icon of villainy'?


Sock and awe: Bush-bashing becomes an online sensation

Iraq shoe-thrower inspires a spate of Internet games


Meltdown misses Nintendo

Decision to boost output, divert shipments to meet demand for Wii system pays off

David Pogue

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The year's best in consumer tech

Not an Oscar, not an Emmy, it's a Pogie


Circuits

QandA

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And movie power for a long haul


Free calls to the U.S. from almost anywhere

CallingAmerica.com is a new ad-supported Web service


Gift Gizmos

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High-tech hopes

Hip-hop headphones or the alt. iPod? Get some tips as our technology writers reveal their holiday wish lists

 

MORE PERSONAL TECH NEWS 

Cellphones for talking, not popping popcorn

Debunking the online myths surround cellphones, from egg cooking to telemarketing rules

EA, Gameloft bullish on mobile gaming market

Increasing adoption of smart phones was a key booster for the market, Electronic Arts says

New BlackBerrys cool but can't beat iPhone

Latest effort, the Storm, set to be released Friday

Digital sales boost Warner Music profit

Lower tax expense, higher revenue from digital media boost earnings by 20 per cent

OUTtv urges Shaw to comply with ruling

CRTC has ordered Canada's second-largest cable operator to market and package channel as equitably as it does others

Facebook app plan rankles developers

Social-networking site plans to start charging for verifying third-party applications

eHarmony agrees to same-sex matches

In discrimination settlement, online dating service to launch a new website

October video game sales jump 18 per cent

Sales remain strong despite financial crisis and a drop in consumer confidence to a historic low

Damage Control: 'Hooking up' with 'Facebook friends'

Here's some advice: I'd cancel my Facebook relationships with my exes, if I were you

No online sex please, we're British

Second Life affair is leading to first real-life divorce after U.K. wife discovers husband cheating on her with virtual character


GAMES 

Over half of adults play video games: survey

Younger adults more likely to be gamers; number similar across genders

In this Kingdom, cuteness abounds

New MySims title a family friendly, story-driven introduction to the Sims universe

Lips: a tabula rasa for the awkward hipster

Microsoft's entry into karaoke gaming is all what you make of it, but suffers in the implementation

The gruesome ferocity of Call of Duty: World at War

Superb production values, world class multiplayer showcase the vicious nature of battle during the Second World War

Welcome to World War III

Weaknesses in graphics, co-ordinated online play hurt Tom Clancy's EndWar

Rich online play makes Resistance 2 a blast

But design problems hurt solo play in second iteration of Sony's flagship shooter

Guitar Hero takes aim at Rock Band

Tech writers Matt Hartley – a Guitar Hero guy – and Wesley Fok – A Rock Band aficionado – take World Tour for a spin and compare notes

Gears of War 2 awash in beautiful, bloody combat

Sequel is more evolutionary than revolutionary – but that's no reason not to play

A plainly lovable game

Gamers and non-gamers alike will find LittleBigPlanet simple, fun and ridiculously endearing

Tuning in with Wii Music

If you can get over how completely dorky you look, this family-friendly game encourages musicality


GADGETS 

A godsend for the tech traveller

This checkpoint-friendly backpack, though awkward for the short-statured, makes plane travel a breeze

Apple iPod Touch named T3's gadget of the year

Apple has swept the board at Britain's T3 technology magazine's annual awards, winning four top prizes

Review: Sony's new reader turns pages, and heads

The latest version of Sony's portable e-book reader is light and elegant, and a great solution for book lovers on the go

Gadgets only a modder could love

Legions of tinkerers are altering their PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS units to suit their desires

Photo liberation: Freeing photos from a cellphone

It can take a bit of work to get photos from your camera phone into your computer

New tech for old: Tech for retaining a youthful self-image

Technologies are appearing that can remedy some of the shortcomings of getting older, helping those in their 60s maintain their youthful self-images

Q&A;: Converting video for BlackBerry

How to transcode video for the handheld and how to make a brochure with tools lying around in your computer

Video cams: Xacti submerges to the top

This great family camera is fun, affordable and can shoot under water

Smartphones: Palm unveils Treo Pro against BlackBerry

Smartphone will be sold by Vodafone and 02 in Europe, Telstra in Australia

Small packages: HP's compact Compaq

The 2133 Mini-Note PC is nice little unit for mobile professionals or students but runs slowly on Vista


KAPICA'S LAB ARCHIVES 

Kapica's Lab: Adobe shakes the ground

Creative Suite 4 is the ultimate software for digital art, but its sheer heft and complexity rival, or even exceed, the introduction of an operating system

Kapica's Lab: Minding your business

What do you really want to do with a cellphone? These six applications show how you can take better charge of your life than you ever dreamed

Kapica's Lab: A place for your stuff

Not only do you need a home for all your stuff, you need a computer to keep track of it all, and a backup to keep track of the computer

Kapica's Lab: Where the browsers are going

Today's browsers are no longer promoting their features, their makers are pitching them to developers, and Chrome's arrival shows the way they're all going

Kapica's Lab: Smart-phone showdown

Thirteen ways of looking at a BlackBerry Bold (and a Samsung Instinct)

Kapica's Lab: Have keyboard, will publish

Sites such as Lulu.com and WWAOW.com can help you with everything from binding to book tours, but getting someone to read your tome is all up to you

Kapica's Lab: Not so Cuil just yet

The new search site looks positively babyish beside Google, Yahoo and LiveSearch, but it's got personality

Kapica's Lab: Design matching technology

Sometimes a great design is what's needed to draw attention to great technology, even if it's only a keyboard, laptop stand or a headset

Kapica's Lab: Safe or sorry

Gadgets, gear and even personal data are attractive targets for thieves, so it makes sense to secure them. We take a look at a few consumer products that might help.

kapica's Lab: Are smartphone extras worth the cost?

There two services -- Unlicensed Mobile Access and BlackBerry Unite -- can be a boon, but their benefit largely depends on who uses them and how

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