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Cars drive under a giant advertising billboard picturing a man blowing a vuvuzela on May 31, 2010 in Polokwane, South Africa.GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP / Getty Images

Devoted football fan and freelance technology writer Ian Harvey spent much of the prelude to this year's World Cup preparing a story package around how technology is taking the tournament to new heights.





This will be the first time a worldwide live event delivers content in 3D, HD, and streaming video





Bosses should think twice about clamping down on employees who want to watch the game





If you can't catch games on TV, it's not the end of the world







Although local broadcasters will offer a pair of 3D games, few viewers will enjoy them unless cinema deal is worked out









In several unbiased simulations of 2010 FIFA World Cup's tournament mode for the PS3, the Three Lions win every time













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