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														Dogs Used to Stamp Out DVD Piracy
													
															According to an AP report issued today, Malaysian authorities hope two specially trained dogs will help police sniff out pirated DVDs and clean up the country's tarnished reputation as an abuser of…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Bully Sequel for Wii, Xbox 360 Gives Teacher’s Group a Wedgie
													
															Bullying in high school may not be one of the great plagues of our civilization. But if you’re a 14 year old misfit living in dread of that walk to third hour English, your perspective could be very…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Nine Inch Nails Advances Online Music 
													
															Nine Inch Nails, the band that made Industrial/Goth go pop is following Radiohead’s example in online music distribution. Based on announcements from other artists like Oasis and Jamiroquai - others…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														DVD Dead in 18 Months? We Don't Think So.
													
															Now that the high-definition disc format war is over, there is a lot of speculation about what exactly will happen next. Will Blu-ray players drop in price enough to really motivate consumers to get…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Deconstructing the WGA Strike - Prepping for SAG
													
															As with many things in Hollywood, there are a lot of behaviors that simply defy logic or explanation. One of those behaviors is centered around the rather unpleasant, yet common occurrence of actors,…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Samsung Releases New 3D Plasmas with EA
													
															In March, Samsung Electronics has released a couple of 3D PDP TVs in Korea this week in a partnership with Electronic Arts (EA). This is a world first, and partnering with the world’s largest game…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Wii Are the Champions My Friends
													
															Nintendo's Wii outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 again at a nearly 4-to-1 margin in Japan this month according to Enterbrain, a Japanese game magazine publisher. The Wii sold 331,627 units during February…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Robots Will Kill Us All
													
															OK, this may not be directly related to home theater, but every geek I know has a soft spot for robots. It now seems that the department of paranoia, I mean the Associated Press, is bringing to light…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Even China Cannot Escape Music Download Lawsuits
													
															The Music Copyright Society of China launched a lawsuit against China's top search engine Baidu.com for copyright violation, for the second time. According to a Hong Kong-based report on the…
														
												
											 
                                        
                                            
												
													
																										
															
													
													
													
													
												
																										
														Sharp, Hitachi in Nintendo DS LCD Price Fixing
													
															Japan's version of the FTC literally raided two factories of Sharp Corp. and Hitachi Display Ltd, according to a report this week citing an FTC official. Both companies are accused of price fixing on…