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Yoda coders: with them Friday, the Force is 
Software
Yoda coders: with them Friday, the Force is
By Ry Crozier | May 22, 2009 | Comment Now 
Programmers of Yoda translation sites across the Web are preparing for sharp traffic spikes to coincide with "International Talk Like Yoda" day today.
 
Expert predicts holograms, e-paper just years away  
Telco/ISP
Expert predicts holograms, e-paper just years away
By Brett Winterford | Mar 31, 2009 | Comment Now 
The holographic communication popularised in the film Star Wars is "less than a dozen years" from commercial reality, say experts, and that's just the start.
 
Apple fires first shot in Clone Wars 
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Apple fires first shot in Clone Wars
By Stewart Meagher | Jul 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
The mighty Apple will bring the full force of its dogs of law down upon cheeky cloning minnow Psystar according to The Gray Blog, a lawyerly web site specialising in copyright ...
 
Browser wars changing security game 
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Browser wars changing security game
By Shaun Nichols | Jun 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
The re-emergence of the 'browser wars' between Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and newcomer Safari is changing the security landscape, say experts..
 
Wii wows with Star Wars light sabre 
Software
Wii wows with Star Wars light sabre
Sep 24, 2007 | Comment Now 
LucasArts has revealed that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be coming to Nintendo's Wii, allowing gamers to live out their Jedi fantasies by wielding the Wii Remote as a ...
 
Nintendo powers ahead in console wars 
Hardware
Nintendo powers ahead in console wars
Sep 17, 2007 | Comment Now 
Cumulative sales of Nintendo's Wii console have overtaken that of the Xbox 360, despite Microsoft's 12-month head start on its Japanese rival, according to a recent report in ...
 
Blu-ray inching ahead in DVD wars 
Hardware
Blu-ray inching ahead in DVD wars
By Shaun Nichols | Jul 30, 2007 | Comment Now 
Sony's Blu-ray format has taken the upper hand in the battle for the high-definition video market in the US, according to research from Parks Associates.
 
Lycos reveals most popular Star Wars search terms 
Oddware
Lycos reveals most popular Star Wars search terms
May 21, 2007 | Comment Now 
May the search be with you.
 
Star Wars special effects voted best ever 
Oddware
Star Wars special effects voted best ever
By Robert Jaques | May 15, 2007 | Comment Now 
George Lucas's groundbreaking Star Wars has won an award for the Most Influential Visual Effects Film of All Time exactly 30 years after its release.
 
Nintendo Wii dominates console wars 
Hardware
Nintendo Wii dominates console wars
Feb 28, 2007 | Comment Now 
Third of US and Japanese homes will have a Wii by 2011, say analysts.
 
InStat declares an end to gadget wars 
Hardware
InStat declares an end to gadget wars
By Shaun Nichols | Feb 26, 2007 | Comment Now 
New content, not hardware, drivng portable device sales.
 
Star Wars Kid video heads for the dark side 
Oddware
Star Wars Kid video heads for the dark side
By Will Head | Nov 29, 2006 | Comment Now 
Estimate of 900 million views largely based on 'informed approximation'.
 
Google regains ground in search wars 
Software
Google regains ground in search wars
By Will Head | Sep 25, 2006 | Comment Now 
The big G back on the up.
 
Star Wars wins battle for best ever movie quote 
Oddware
Star Wars wins battle for best ever movie quote
By Clement James | Aug 15, 2006 | Comment Now 
May the force be with you.
 
NZ subsidiary shows up Telstra in broadband wars 
Telco/ISP
NZ subsidiary shows up Telstra in broadband wars
By Fleur Doidge | Mar 5, 2004 | Comment Now 
Telstra’s cable residential broadband plans may have sparked a price war but a Gartner analyst has pointed out that it still compares poorly with offers made by one of its own ...
 
Sun challenges Microsoft in integration wars 
Software
Sun challenges Microsoft in integration wars
By Fleur Doidge | Jan 1, 2000 | Comment Now 
Sun has released its Project Orion integrated enterprise software system to the market in a direct challenge to main competitor Microsoft, asserting its own integrated package ...
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