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Piracy
Watermark to leave pirates out at sea
Mahesh Sharma Technology promises to capture information about people who distribute copyright-protected material.
Fans line Kim Kardashian's pockets
Mahesh Sharma 5:39 PM Kim Kardashian is poised to become an app-millionaire after lending her name to a fashion app encouraging girls to spend $99 on virtual money.
Dictator sues Call of Duty
Facebook unveils app for famous people only
Latest games: Monster Hunter, Civilization
'Smart' lens might actually happen
Editor's picks
Games
Is internet gaming disorder a thing?
Andrew Masterson Newly named 'disorder' sounds like nasty stuff, but the current state of the research leaves some critical questions unanswered.
Home tech
Home theatres to benefit from new Dolby sound
Rod Easdown Originally developed for commercial cinemas, Atmos is centred on having speakers encircling you and they’re also above your head.
Cameras
Rules for photographers on the street
Terry Lane David Gibson, author of The Street Photographer’s Manual, is very prescriptive when defining street photography.
3D-printing
Artist arrested for sending vagina
Japanese police have arrested 42-year old artist Megumi Igarashi, who used a 3D scan of her vagina to make a kayak and distributed the data to fans who had funded the project online.
Screens
Lean, mean, new-generation screen
Henry Cooke A glimpse into the enormous LG factory in South Korea where the majority of the world's screens are made.
Games
Take the fight to Sauron
James 'DexX' Dominguez Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor will let gamers invade J.R.R. Tolkein's darkest land.
Smartphones
Modular phone takes shape
Karissa Bell Project Ara, Google's ambitious plan to create customisable modular smartphones, just moved one step closer to becoming reality.
One man, 8.5 per cent of Wikipedia
Eryk Bagshaw Is this physicist the world's most prolific writer?
Computers
'Windows 9' leak shows start menu
Pete Pachal Windows 9 seems set to address past criticisms.
Tech
Apple extends trade-in program
Australian customers can now trade in gadgets for credit at Apple stores.
Blogs & Columns
Gadgets on the Go
Hands on: FRITZ!Box 7490 modem/router
Adam Turner With a super-fast 802.11ac wi-fi revamp, the flagship FRITZ!Box 7490 is the Swiss Army knife of prosumer modem/routers.
Imaging
Street photography rules
Terry Lane David Gibson, author of The Street Photographer’s Manual, is very prescriptive when defining street photography.
MacMan
Time for an iWatch
Garry Barker The sum of Apple's latest developments is much greater than its parts.
Astronomy
Buzz Aldrin saw 'unidentified' object during 1969 Apollo 11 flight
David Milward Second man to walk on moon convinced life exists elsewhere in space but denies his sighting was extraterrestrial.
