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Top stories Help is on its way with life-saving apps JENNETH ORANTIA | You can transform your smartphone into a panic button in your pocket, writes Jenneth Orantia. War over latest app off the rank EAMONN DUFF | Two Sydney entrepreneurs are locked in an escalating war with the NSW taxi industry over a revolutionary smartphone app that ensures passengers are never again left waiting for the cab that never turns up. Google closes book on Reader news story service Google will at 5pm Tuesday AEST close the book on its free Reader service for gathering news stories and other online items in simple, up-to-the-minute lists. Google maps 13k malicious Australian websites BEN GRUBB | About 13,000 Australian websites scanned by search giant Google in the past year were found to contain malware. The magnificent iOS 7 MACMAN | Three things should be said about iOS 7, Apple's new mobile operating system. The game console becomes the new tech battle ground RYAN VOGT | With Google getting into the console business,and Apple getting back into it, we're in for a bloodier war than anyone expected. Warning over gamers' headset TIM BARLASS | A headset with four electrodes to zap the brain with a surge of electricity offers to improve computer gamers' response time so they can eliminate more zombies and raid more tombs. State of Decay refused classification in Australia State of Decay is the second game in as many days to be turned away by the Australian Classification Board. Saints Row 4 refused classification in Australia MATT MAGUIRE | Classification Board ruling due to the appearance of an anal probe weapon and "alien narcotics" in the video game. Nvidia delays new game device after finding problem NOEL RANDEWICH | Nvidia is delaying sales of its new handheld game gadget, a setback in the chipmaker's bid to use its appeal with personal computer gamers to challenge console makers like Sony and Microsoft . Mobile malware explodes, hits corporate networks ROB LEVER | Smartphone users have seen a 614 per cent jump in mobile malware in the past year, dominated by schemes targeting Google's Android operating system, a survey has shown. How apps are revolutionising music IAIN GILLESPIE | Music apps are revolutionising the way music is made and challenging the very definition of music itself. How to enlarge images without pixelation IMAGING | Enlarging digital images is a different kettle of pixels to using a darkroom. Toss-up: apps for streaming iPhone media ADAM TURNER | We test two apps for streaming iPhone media. Review: Canon EOS 100D REVIEWED BY TERRY LANE | With its small outside and big inside, you can't go wrong with Canon's smallest DSLR. Apple applies to register 'iWatch' trademark in Japan NOBUHIRO KUBO AND EDMUND KLAMANN | Apple Inc has applied for a trademark for iWatch in Japan, a patent official said on Monday, signaling the iPhone maker may be moving ahead with plans for a watch-like device as gadget makers turn their attention to wearable computers. Samsung rolls out $14k curved OLED TVs MIYOUNG KIM | Samsung has launched its first OLED TV, taking the ultra-thin technology into a nascent market despite tenacious production challenges that keep costs high while prevailing LCD screens only get better and cheaper. Wearable computers a smart fashion trend GLENN CHAPMAN | The notion of being fashionably smart is getting a makeover as internet-linked computers get woven into formerly brainless attire such as glasses, bracelets and shoes. Review: Windows 8.1 widens gap with older PCs RYAN NAKASHIMA | After some hands-on time with Windows 8.1, the update seems to me like a patch over an ever-widening chasm. Why bother with words when a photo says it all? NICK BILTON | Photos, once slices of a moment in the past are fast becoming an entirely new type of dialogue. So what are they app to? ADAM TURNER | Microsoft and Apple are both pushing into enemy territory as they unveil office suites to run on each other's devices. Attack of the clones FARHAD MANJOO | Instagram's new feature is just a rehash of Vine - and another bad omen for Silicon Valley innovation. Age of Empires coming to Apple, Android phones MALATHI NAYAK AND TIM KELLY |Microsoft will offer its popular Age of Empires game for Apple's iPhone and other smartphones through a tie-up with Japan's KLab, seeking to capture growth in a booming mobile game market. Three-way shootout: small satellite speakers SIGHT AND SOUND | Rod Easdown reviews a trio of small satellite speaker home-theatre systems. Building a workhorse PC BLEEDING EDGE | Portable devices lack the power and versatility and sheer value for money of the do-it-yourself workhorse PC. Take weather with you KATIE CINCOTTA | Katie Cincotta reviews the Netatmo Urban Weather Station housed in sleek cylinders. Microsoft to unveil latest Windows adjustments that address user gripes at developer conference RYAN NAKASHIMA | Microsoft will use its annual developers conference to release a preview of Windows 8.1, a free update that promises to address some of the gripes people have with the latest version of the company's flagship operating system. Trading personal data for deals has its limits CRAIG BUTT | Digitally savvy Australians are willing to trade personal data for better shopping deals and banking security, but draw a line at giving away certain information, a survey has found. Microsoft tweaks Windows 8, blamed for PC slump RYAN NAKASHIMA AND PETER SVENSSON | Microsoft is trying to reverse slumping PC sales and quiet growing criticism of its flagship operating system with the release of a revised version of Windows 8. Top apps for personal finance JENNETH ORANTIA | We list some top apps for personal finance.