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ASHER MOSES
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PC sales have plummeted as consumers embrace portable devices
such as smartphones and tablets and shift to web-based software.
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RANIA SPOONER
7:52am
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Australian telco Excite created a sham complaints hotline and sent letters pretending to be a debt collector.
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Jonathan Swan and Asher Moses
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Australians linked to the NBN will be able to get world-leading
download speeds of one gigabit per second by the end of this year.
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12:01am
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Google is not the only company riding the next wave of wearable computing.
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We're citizens of a digital empire, but we don't yet know the culture's customs, writes Laura Demasi.
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For now, the HTC One is the state of the art in Android phones.
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1:27pm
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Malware designed to gain access to users' banking credentials uses Twitter to reach more victims.
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10:51am
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Apps are increasingly helping people monitor and control objects remotely on their mobile devices.
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Siri isn't just a pretty voice with the answers. It's also been recording and keeping all the questions users ask.
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Alexandra Carlton
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Motivated, articulate young Australians are taking to the web to
explore their interests and they are attracting a lot of fans.
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A skyscraper-sized game of Pong got underway without a hitch on
Friday night in the US, under starry skies and not rainclouds that were
in the forecast.
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Kelsey Munro
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Today's under 30s are so busy keeping up with their social media feeds they have no time to go deeply into anything.
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Samsung has ended an online campaign in Taiwan amid a local regulator's probe into whether the company broke the law.
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An online video service from Sweden has a new feature that encourages file sharing.
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Scammers posing as Australian Institute of Criminology staff
have been calling victims of past frauds trying to get access to their
details, computers and money.
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Twitter has launched a service that lets people find music they like and tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio.
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The amount of time Australians spend on social media sites is
declining, new research involving three million internet users has
revealed.
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As her mother and father edged toward dementia, Nancy D'Auria
kept a piece of paper in her wallet listing their medications.
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Never can say goodbye? Azadeh Ensha looks at what you can do when friends are no longer electric.
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NICKY PHILLIPS
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Australian engineers have advanced the global race to build super-powerful quantum computers.
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They may be slick but the latest hybrids may not be worth the price.
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The first time a story about explosive baby poop showed up in my Facebook news feed, I was alarmed.
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In an island nation of just 300,000 people, sleeping with
distant relatives may be inevitable. Now there's an app for that.
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Eric Schmidt predicts there will be more than 1 billion Android smartphones in use by the end of the year.
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Microsoft is offering enhanced security for its email, storage and other services.
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Computers controlled by a swipe of the hand could soon hit the mass market.
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Jenneth Orantia reviews the best apps to improve your golfing game.
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NATALIE BOCHENSKI
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The simple act of skimming stones has inspired Brisbane game developer Halfbrick's latest creation.
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Vince Chadwick
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A new iPad app is letting patrons at a St Kilda Road cafe brush up on their Auslan.
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The 3D-printing revolution is set to change our lives.
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There are plenty of rumours on the web about the next iPhone, but you should trust only a few of them.
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Photo-sharing app Snapchat says its users are now sending more than 150 million pictures per day.
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Features from Facebook's new Home software for Android smartphones have been released on iPhone.
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Google has released technical specifications for its wearable computing device Google Glass.
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Calum Wilson Austin
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This synth-fuelled, self-referential '80-style cyborg extravaganza is bloody hilarious.
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Oracle has released a major security update for Java to make it a less popular target for hackers.
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MACMAN
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If apps are the real engines of mobile devices, how well are they handling the revolution?
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IMAGING
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Despite dismal news for camera retail trade, the Ted's chain is investing more in its stores.
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Reviewed by Terry Lane
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This app is a good way to create and transmit a pictorial travel diary.
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SIGHT AND SOUND
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Rod Easdown reviews three home theatre systems, including one with valves.
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Adam Turner
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Facebook wants to be the first thing you see when you pull out your Android smartphone.
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Katie Cincotta
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Many BlackBerry users will welcome this late transition to a smartphone.
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Twitter may help prevent heart disease, a new Australian study shows.
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Adam Turner
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Blocks on telemarketing calls will last longer after the
communications watchdog extended Australia's popular Do Not Call
register.
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Adam Turner
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With so many NAS options it's easy to become paralysed by choice, so where do you draw the line?
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Adam Turner
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Will Foxtel's grip on foreign dramas drive subscriptions, or simply drive more people to piracy?
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James Dominguez
7:12am
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The Lego gaming formula may be a little stale, but the latest movie-to-brick conversion still packs in some surprises.
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Jason Hill
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Luigi's finally got more haunted houses to demonstrate his ghostbusting skills and amusing cowardice.
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James Dominguez
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One of the great challenges in game design is getting the
challenge level just right. How difficult do you like your games?
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James Dominguez
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One of the primary complaints from those who would censor games
is that players will mimic what they see in the game. What if this were
true?
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James Dominguez
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Injustice presents fun super-powered fighting action, paired with beautiful design and an enjoyably pulpy story.
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James Dominguez
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At first glance, Disney Infinity looks like a shameless
Skylanders rip-off, but only a few minutes of play reveals a wealth of
original gameplay.
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