Technology

Laptop thief exposed by camera app

2:12pm Joshua Kaufman didn’t just sit back and watch when his laptop was stolen — he continued to watch it being stolen, days later.

Editor's picks

iPhone, therefore I am: are gadgets stealing our humanity?

Asher Moses Smartphones and other gadgets have literally become extensions of our minds and hold out the tantalising promise of never being bored again, but are we sacrificing too much in the process?

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Nintendo 'child porn' game PG in Australia

Asher Moses A video game that Nintendo has pulled from sale in Sweden, Denmark and Norway after child pornography concerns will remain on sale in Australia with a PG rating.

Ace in a hole: FBI's net-bet supergrass faces Australian fraud probe

Asher Moses He spent millions on cars, mansions, nightclubs, a 100-foot yacht and a V8 supercars racing team, while his lifestyle has been compared to Leonardo di Caprio's character in Catch Me If You Can. But the party is well and truly over for Daniel Tzvetkoff, writes Asher Moses.

Twitter forced to identify user who tweeted about council

Nigel Green, Josh Halliday THE online battle over freedom of speech has taken a dramatic turn with the revelation that a British local authority had forced Twitter to hand over the details of a user the council had accused of defamation.

Shop fined $10,000 for firing worker in 'cowardly' text

Ben Schneiders A text message costs about 25 cents; but for retailer Modestie Boutique it cost it nearly $10,000.

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Fairfax iPad app marks fresh way of getting the news

Tim Dick FAIRFAX MEDIA hopes The Sydney Morning Herald's new iPad application released today will give tablet users a new way of getting news, and help the company change the way it pays for its reporting.

Xenophon urges police to act on online betting

Asher Moses THE anti-gambling campaigner Nick Xenophon has chastised Federal Police for dragging their feet on enforcing laws which prohibit online casino sites from accepting bets from Australians.

Apple may be forced to show Samsung iPhone 5, iPad 3

Samsung Electronics has asked a US court to force to hand over its next-generation models of the iPhone and iPad in the latest volley in a series of patent infringement suits between the two technology companies.

Defence contractor hack attack fears

Ben Grubb A hacking attack which hit the Australian Defence Force and Taxation Office contractor Lockheed Martin will see "interesting conversations" occurring behind closed doors, according to an Australian security analyst.

Blogs

Untangling the Web

Murdoch's search for an answer to content theft

Gordon Farrer Rupert Murdoch's announcement about an iPad-only newspaper confirms News Corp's strategy to deal with Google and others he believes is stealing his newspapers' content.

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Gadgets on the go

What do you want from iOS5?

Adam Turner 3:00pm What's on you wish list as Apple prepares to reveal details of the next iGadget and desktop operating systems along with new cloud-based features?

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Screen Play

Fall from grace

Jason Hill 7:11am What games have you seen celebrated in "best ever" lists, only to mysteriously disappear in the following years, never to be mentioned again?

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The Geek

How to stop rip-off retailers

John Birmingham Do you know why we pay more for games, for books, for clothes, for pretty much everything in this country? It's not just a matter of distance, or an industrial system that provides a much better ...

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