Digital Life

Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit

A federal appeals court has rejected a class-action lawsuit seeking to hold Apple responsible for possible hearing loss caused by using its popular iPod music player.

iPhone credit-card reader in the works

Jack Dorsey revolutionised online socialising by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.

Head mounted cameras for US cops

Hackers crack mobile phone security codes

Nokia rings up the charges against Apple

Google sets date for Android event

Editor's picks

Big bang theory: the problem with video games

CHARLIE BROOKER Despite huge sales and rapid evolution, many non-players still struggle to grasp the point of video games.

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High-tech connection for Christmas

ASHER MOSES The Dobinson family gathered around a table for a Christmas feast this morning for the first time ever, a remarkable feat considering they were spread out across three cities around the world.

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Curtain falling on digital decade

The era dubbed the "Digital Decade" by Microsoft's Bill Gates has turned out to be a dizzying period of innovation.

GPS almost killed, then saved couple

A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.

Life in a new dimension

GARRY MADDOX The science-fiction epic Avatar is shaping as the turning point for movies in 3D, which have long been considered gimmicky.

Christmas stockings overflow with iPods, GPS

LOUISA HEARN If you asked Santa for a gadget this year, the chances are that it was an iPod Nano or Tom Tom GPS that you pulled from your stocking on Christmas morning.

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Mum calls 911 over son's video game habit

Police say a frustrated Boston woman called 911 to say she couldn't get her 14-year-old son to stop playing video games and go to sleep.

Apple 'major product' launch set for January 26: report

Apple has reserved space in late January at a venue in San Francisco in advance of a planned product announcement, the Financial Times reported.

Push for mobile phone health warning

A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.

Blogs

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Gadgets on the go

All the latest news and views on mobile technology from phones to laptops and all gadgets in between.

Jason Hill

Screenplay

Our award-winning games writer debates the latest trends in interactive entertainment.

Chris Thomas

Ask Chris

If you've got an internet-related problem or issue, we bet Chris has got the answer.

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Mash Up

Trawling the WWW and searching Cyberia for nuggets and motherlodes.

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