Late last year, you may have noticed a major cross-platform ad campaign for Samsung 3D TVs. One of the key selling points was, "Samsung 3D TV is recommended by most retailers and technology journalists." That didn't sit right…More
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Nick Ross21 Feb 2011
Nick Ross15 Feb 2011
Telstra's announcement of a 4G wireless network being rolled out this year is certainly exciting, but my enthusiasm was well and truly tempered. More
Nick Ross31 Jan 2011
So I had one of those half-awake dreams over the weekend where I invented a something amazing. I was thinking of the flooded Queensland homes and all of the furniture and appliances being thrown on to the street because of wa…More
Nick Ross12 Jan 2011
So yesterday we had one of those social networking feuds. Bing Lee offered to donate $1 to Queensland flood causes for every person that 'Liked' their Facebook page. They used Twitter to spread the word. More
Nick Ross10 Jan 2011
Another day, another ridiculous claim about the internet and technology. Gerry Harvey has now gathered the support of the National Retailers Association in his fight to get GST added to online purchases. This is being done, a…More
Nick Ross7 Jan 2011
I used a great many smartphones last year - Androids, iPhone, Blackberrys, Nokias and Windows Phone 7s. But which was the one I ended up living with?More
Nick Ross24 Dec 2010
Well that's sort of it for Tech and Games for 2010. We'll be back Wednesday 5th of January. However, it's not like the site will be abandoned in that time. We will still be streaming all of the latest Technology and Games new…More
Nick Ross16 Dec 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops has been out for just over a month now. What has it been like to live with and what are the real differences between the two (three, if we include the occasional Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare referenc…More
Nick Ross10 Dec 2010
Today the Standing Committee of Attorney Generals (SCAG) meet to debate whether Australia should introduce an R18+ category for games. More
Nick Ross9 Dec 2010
There seems to be increasingly little middle ground here. On the one side you've got the Wikileaks and Assange haters. And now, on the other, you've got Wikileaks, no longer a small little island on the run from America, but …More
Nick Ross3 Dec 2010
One of the best things about the iPad is video playback thanks to its bright screen and decent speakers. However, it's the navigation and ergonomics that really set it apart. Regular websites are optimized to display text-bas…More
Nick Ross25 Nov 2010
If you haven't read the released-to-appease-Nick-Xenophon summary of the business case for the NBN, don't bother. It might just be the most fact-free publication ever.More
Nick Ross22 Nov 2010
My Xbox Kinect arrived last week. This is the device that lets you interact with your console by measuring body movements. Not just your hand movements, as with the Nintendo Wii and Playstation Move, but your whole body. And …More
Nick Ross19 Nov 2010
South Australia's Attorney General is aghast that someone on Facebook broke a court suppression order by naming the alleged Kapunda killer (see links right - below image).More
Abi Thomas17 Nov 2010
I've been playing around with the new RockMelt browser and really like it. It's similar to Google Chrome but then imports a lot of social features too - Facebook friends, Twitter lists, RSS feeds. Thoughts?More
Nick Ross28 Oct 2010
This is all about a phone called the HTC Desire. If you've not heard of it, that's fine, but you may recognise it as the phone that effectively sponsored the last series of Masterchef.More
Nick Ross27 Oct 2010
ABC iView lets you watch programmes you may have missed. This week, tech and games folk may be interested in. More
Nick Ross19 Oct 2010
People have been saying that the N8 is Nokia's last chance to claw itself back into the smartphone market. The phone was launched today and will be available in November. But our first impressions aren't good...More
Nick Ross18 Oct 2010
Hello and welcome to the ABC's new Technology and Games website. This site has two main functions...More
