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Podcast fans favour Apple and Star Trek

News To whom should you be targeting your podcasts? Apple users, Trekkies and maybe Nike lovers, according to a new survey. Macworld is the No.most-visited content site by people who download audio podcasts, according to media research group Nielsen...

13 July 2006, 10:19

New Zelda won't see Twilight until 2006

News In what could be the most disappointing delay to fans rabid for a sequel since Bungie's Halo 2 was knocked back several months, the next Legend of Zelda will miss its original ship date. While this may come as a disappointment to many eager fans...

17 August 2005, 9:25

Macs are not invincible

News Apple's fans have long loved to point out the safety of using Mac OS X, which has mostly been left to its own devices by hackers. But they caution that Apple fans should not be smug. But the arrival of three threats has some asking -- Is the...

28 February 2006, 10:08

Lego welcomes modelling software hack

News When Lego executives recently discovered that adult fans of the iconic plastic bricks had hacked one of the company's new development tools for digital designers, they did a surprising thing: they cheered.

16 September 2005, 8:43

News.blog: PS3 mania in New York

News George brought a full-on tent with him, but most of the other fans waiting in line weren't quite as well-prepared. The fans in line were underdressed, under-packed and soaking wet. A Circuit City customer service representative explained to me that...

15 November 2006, 10:01

Manchester City FC tries mobile ticketing

News Manchester City Football Club has launched a trial with Orange to allow fans to use their mobiles to enter the stadium instead of producing a ticket, following a similar trial with wave-and-pay smartcards.

Tags: mobile phone, fans, trial, scheme

23 October 2007, 8:20

'Red Dwarf' content goes mobile

News Fans of cult sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf will soon be able to watch classic moments recreated in animated form on their mobile phones. The 'mobisodes' are available from mobile entertainment company Pitch Entertainment, along with a social...

Tags: entertainment, fans, networking, pitch

16 October 2007, 9:20

Comic book software promotes film

News By the time the new Jack Black movie Nacho Libre opens in the US on June 16, its fans will have had more than a week to create their own versions of stories based on the film. Letting fans build the brandIn recent months Planetwide has seen virtue...

7 June 2006, 10:32

Online game makes a welcome comeback

News Indeed, some fans were so insistent on continuing their Uru Live experience, even in the game's absence, that in the weeks and months following the shutdown of Uru Live, groups of several hundred rabid fans set up small-scale versions of the game...

19 May 2006, 9:34

News.blog: PSP download store held up by DRM

News Fans of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) media device must continue to wait for a download store, a feature that experts have said is a must if the player is ever to launch a significant challenge to the iPod.

15 August 2007, 10:18

Thousands attend UK 'WoW' launch

News Around 3,000 fans queued outside HMV's Oxford Street store in London last night, all waiting for the chance to grab the highly anticipated expansion pack for the hugely successful online game World of Warcraft.

16 January 2007, 10:03

Grateful Dead backtrack on download ban

News Facing criticism from thousands of fans, the Grateful Dead appear to have backtracked on recent moves to deter people from trading free copies of their concert recordings over the Internet. The move caused an uproar among the band's fans.

2 December 2005, 8:49

Fantasy football virus set to score

News A new Excel virus is targeting fantasy football league fans, luring them with an offer of worksheets to track the performance of their team. Fantasy football-like leagues have been set up in offices across the country, and fans often keep track of...

9 May 2006, 9:48

PS3 queuers get free 46-inch Sony TV

News After receiving warnings about safety from the Metropolitan Police, Virgin decided to prevent fans from sleeping rough and made space in its basement to accommodate the hardiest gamers. Fortunately, as midnight drew near, more fans began to trickle...

23 March 2007, 10:40

NY's 'Halo 3' launch nearly starts riot

News Best Buy and Microsoft representatives were giving away t-shirts and other prizes to the fans who were willing to scream the loudest or wave their homemade signs (best one: 'MASTER CHIEF IS MY FATHER').

25 September 2007, 8:14