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See photos from major technology events and launches.
Eight out-there uses for online freelancers
![Freelancer engine](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/10/15/1225939/286905-freelancer-engine.jpg)
We give you some real examples of the bizarre ways you can put online freelancers to work.
The Rules of Time Travel
![Back to the future](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/10/27/1225944/104533-back-to-the-future.jpg)
Don't get caught short travelling back and forth. Follow these simple rules and survive your journey through time.
Sony Walkman turns 30
![Sony Walkman turns 30](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2009/07/31/1225756/837655-sony-walkman-turns-30.jpg)
THIRTY years ago the first Walkman was music to the ears of a world on the go.
It's a Small World
![Nikon Small World photo comp](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/10/20/1225941/187748-nikon-small-world-photo-comp.jpg)
The amazing winning images from the 2010 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition
Paris Motor Show 2010
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The Paris Motor Show was this year dominated by electric cars with the wow factor.
Photokina 2010
![Photokina](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/09/23/1225928/380204-photokina.jpg)
The weirdest, most wonderful and crazily expensive new gear in the world of cameras. Welcome to Photokina 2010.
Five minutes to midnight
![Five minutes to midnight](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2009/04/16/1225702/952039-five-minutes-to-midnight.jpg)
DOOMSDAY is edging closer, say those with a pessimistic view of the world - but how might it all end?
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
![IE9 HTML5](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/09/22/1225927/985314-ie9-html5.jpg)
TAKE a look through some of the features of Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9.
25 years of Super Mario Bros
![Super Mario Bros](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/09/15/1225923/781322-super-mario-bros.jpg)
WE celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros by looking back at Mario's greatest adventures.
Faces of Animania 2010
![Animania 2010](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/09/13/1225920/704668-animania-2010.jpg)
WE go up close with the colourful cosplayers and anime fanatics at Australia's largest anime, gaming and pop culture convention.
Apple unveils new iPod Touch
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Apple's range of iPods changed shape, colour and size today as the company's CEO Steve Jobs revealed the company's biggest makeover of its n...
Best of the Indie Games Festival
![Indie games on show](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/08/12/1225904/416259-indie-games-on-show.jpg)
YOUNG gamers enjoy a selection of winners and finalists from the Independent Games Festival.
Amazing Insects up close
![Bugs](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/08/05/1225901/599920-z445-0503.jpg)
They look like something from a science fiction film, but they live in your home. Amazing images of common insects
Australian Museum Eureka Prize 2010
![Australian Museum Eureka Prize](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/07/27/1225897/709331-australian-museum-eureka-prize.jpg)
Some of the best entries in the 2010 New Scientist Australian Museum's Eureka Prize for Science Photography.
Electrolux Design Lab 2010
![Future Kitchen](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/07/20/1225894/692847-future-kitchen.jpg)
The latest crop of kitchen concept gadgets from the Electrolux Design Lab competition
Nine ways augmented reality can help you
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Whether it's for productive uses, or just to make work that little bit more bearable, augmented reality offers a stack of possibilities for ...
Australian inventions
![Australian inventions](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2009/11/18/1225799/423311-australian-inventions.jpg)
FROM the Hills Hoist to the Bionic Ear, these are the Australian inventions we offered the world.
Most stylish phones
![Dolce and Gabbana](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/02/11/1225829/290385-dolce-and-gabbana.jpg)
iPhone not impressive enough already? Here's how some owners have added some bling to their ring...
Stephen Hawking's aliens
![Stephen Hawking's aliens](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/07/08/1225889/550088-stephen-hawking-039-s-aliens.jpg)
See visions of aliens as imagined by the world's best brian - theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
World's Fastest Supercars
![Supercars](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/07/08/1225889/454530-supercars.jpg)
Forget your 110kmh speed limit - these super speedy road-huggers will crack that in 1st with your foot barely on the throttle
Best game previews at E3 2010
![Killzone 3](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/06/17/1225880/950770-killzone-3.jpg)
E3 is the biggest event on the gaming calendar where the console kings announce their upcoming projects.
Top 10 stupid Hollywood hackers
![The Net](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/06/11/1225878/448808-the-net.jpg)
IF you took Hollywood movies at face value, you might think hackers were half wits hitting random keys.
Battle of the supersonic cars
![Supersonic cars](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/06/04/1225875/457664-supersonic-cars.jpg)
The Aussies and the Poms go head-to-head to be the first to break the 1000mph land speed record.
No Mr Bond... I expect you to buy
![James Bond DB5](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/06/02/1225874/644631-james-bond-db5.jpg)
Gadgets galore as one of James Bond's most iconic car goes under the hammer.
GQ Australia's best things in the world
![50 best](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/06/01/1225874/095948-sensia.jpg)
Magazine GQ Australia publishes its list of the best things in the world
CeBIT Australia 2010
![CeBIT 2010](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/05/25/1225871/085670-cebit-2010.jpg)
A LOOK at some of the best tech on show at the CeBIT Australia 2010 business technology expo.
10 robots that suck more than Da Vinci's
IF Skynet wants to wage war on humanity, it had better send something more advanced than these bots into battle.
Da Vinci Secrets - Anatomy to Robots
![Da Vinci Secrets](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/05/20/1225869/328109-da-vinci-secrets.jpg)
Amazing models recreated from the original drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci reveal his mastery of early robotics
Amazing sun photos
![NASA sun](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/04/22/1225856/913013-nasa-sun.jpg)
NASA releases extreme close-ups of the sun's surface, and high resolution images of solar flares, in these amazing new photos
Apple iPad US launch
![Apple iPad launch NY](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/04/04/1225849/375210-apple-ipad-launch-ny.jpg)
FANS gets their hands on Apple's much-anticipated new gadget, the iPad, as it goes on sale in the US.
The Rocket Racing League
![Rocket Racing League](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/04/28/1225859/373792-rocket-racing-league.jpg)
As the real life Speed Racers get set to take to the skies we ask, is this the coolest sport ever?
Video game weapons for a zombie apocalypse
![Left 4 Dead](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/04/22/1225856/919034-left-4-dead.jpg)
WHEN there is no more room in hell, the dead shall walk the earth - and you will be ready for them.
CeBIT technology expo 2010
![CEBIT 2010](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/04/14/1225853/553349-cebit-2010.jpg)
MOBILE phone bracelets, robots, and bike races through Google Earth revealed at the world's biggest tech fair.
FIFA Interactive World Cup 2010
![PS3](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/04/14/1225853/524424-ps3.jpg)
Gamers showed their colours at the Sydney Royal Easter Show for the final leg of FIFA Interactive World Cup.
Animania 2010
![Animania 2010](http://web.archive.org./web/20101103213341im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/03/20/1225843/169831-animania-2010.jpg)
ANIMANIA the Japanese anime and pop-culture festival kicked off in Sydney with all the animaniacs out in full force and costume