Gadgets
Bitcoin goes mainstream with ATM
![Bitcoin ATM](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1383104026/290/9343290.jpg)
A silver and blue ATM, perched up next to the espresso bar in Vancouver could launch a new era for the digital currency bitcoin.
Software cracks CAPTCHAs
![CAPTCHA](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1375740670/991/9006991.jpg)
Tech start-up claims to have created software that works like a human brain in one key way: it can crack CAPTCHAs.
LG unveils curved smartphone
![LG G Flex smartphone](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1383097056/977/9342977.jpg)
South Korea's LG Electronics unveils a curved smartphone in a move to catch up rival Samsung.
Australia upholds Huawei ban
![Huawei](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382389048/415/9311415.jpg)
Newly elected government upholding ban on China's Huawei Technologies from bidding for work on country's $38 billion National Broadband Network.
Motorola's modular smartphone
![Motorola Project Ara](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1383090398/489/9342489.jpg)
From keyboards to displays and cameras, Motorola wants to let consumers design their own smartphones.
Demand for 'patent troll' action
![Patent Troll](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1374744235/966/8965966.jpg)
Technology companies have urged fast action on a patent reform bill in testimony before the US House Judiciary Committee.
Golden tickets for Google Glass
![SELECT FEW: Google Glass users will be able to invite three friends each to be beta users.](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1383011318/793/9337793.jpg)
Google does a little social networking to put its connected glasses on the heads of more people.
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Console games PC's saviour
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LUKE PLUNKETT
In 2013, the PC is arguably one of the strongest gaming platforms on the planet.
Samsung's Google Glass patented
![Google Glass](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1377125603/922/9073922.jpg)
A patent filing shows Samsung is working on a device it calls sports glasses in response to Google's eyewear.
'Space cannon' fires into asteroid
![Hayabusa 2](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382667070/620/9327620.jpg)
Japan's specially made cannon for its Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is ready to take its first, real shot in outer space.
Samsung apologise for glitches
![Samsung](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382045042/309/9299309.jpg)
The world's biggest smartphone maker, has apologised to Chinese customers for problems with some mobile phones.
NZ iPhone fans queue
![iPhone 5C](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1381967472/990/9294990.jpg)
People queue to get their hands on the new iPhone 5c and 5s, available in New Zealand from midnight.
Samsung hazards understated
![Samsung](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382045042/309/9299309.jpg)
South Korean court says studies conducted to evaluate safety at Samsung factories failed to fully examine workplace health hazards.
Why no iPad keyboard?
![iPad Mini](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382569993/162/9322162.jpg)
Without a real keyboard, a tablet can't plausibly claim to replace anyone's laptop for work purposes.
Apple preparing 65-inch TV
![Apple Store](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382497429/849/9317849.jpg)
Gadget giant will probably start selling ultra-HD TVs with 65 and 55-inch screens next year, according to a Tokyo-based analyst.
Balloon ride to the stratosphere
![World View Enterprises balloon](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382494672/710/9317710.jpg)
Startup unveils plans to offer passengers two hours of space-like views from 30 kms above Earth.
Million-year storage disk
![laptop](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1377214854/133/9079133.jpg)
Researchers in the Netherlands claim to have built a disk capable of storing data for over one million years.
Microsoft Google Glass report
![Microsoft Google Glass](http://web.archive.org./web/20131030173701im_/http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1382491482/597/9317597.jpg)
Microsoft may have not hopped on the smartphone bandwagon especially early, but it's not about to be left behind again.
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