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The Supersonic's motor is both smaller and quieter than conventional hair dryers.

Home tech

Dyson has new approach to hair dryers

Elizabeth Paton 12:11 PM Company says new device could change the monotony of bathroom routines forever.

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Nintendo's talks 'NX', mobile games

Tim Biggs 10:16 AM New Zelda game held back to join release of new system in 2017.

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Australia's first Ultra HD Blu-ray player

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Apple co-founder says revolution is coming

Database picks movies that will be classics

Desk light gets much needed revamp

Very nice, dear, but what do you use it for?

Peter Wells The Bamboo Spark is a strange little product, a combination of old and new technology. It's a graphics tablet that eschews the traditional stylus-on-glass design for something a little more familiar, pen and paper. The pen communicates with the case, converting and syncing your scribbles to your smartphone or computer.

Apps

Social crowdfunding app Tilt lets Aussies pass around the digital hat

Adam Turner Another step towards the cashless society, Tilt makes its easy to chip in money without reaching for your wallet.

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A site that excluded anybody not deemed good-looking enough, Beautiful People has suffered a data breach.

Social

Hackers hit social network for 'beautiful people' only

Karen Turner The personal data of 1.1 million users deemed attractive enough for controversial dating site BeautifulPeople.com were leaked, according to news reports.

The original NBN plan, fibre to everywhere, was laudable. But it didn't happen.

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Removing NBN's artificial barriers could stop our system being 'worst of both worlds'

Timothy Nulty, Leslie Nulty Two visiting telecommunications experts from the US were shocked at the low quality of their inner-city internet.

Australia's war on piracy has achieved very little judging by <i>Game of Thrones</i> BitTorrent stats.

Game of Thrones piracy shows Aussies aren't afraid of copyright police

Adam Turner Local pirates clearly aren't trying too hard to cover their tracks, with a hefty slice of Game of Thrones season premiere downloads traced back to Australia.

Piracy

Game of Thrones pirates: Aussies are the worst

Hannah Francis Australians top list of pirated downloads of season premiere — but more tuned in to Foxtel than ever before.

I still find myself lost every time I grab hold of the Apple Watch.

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My awful year with the Apple Watch

I bought the Apple Watch a year ago. I stopped wearing it two months ago.

Beyonce packs a punch on her new visual album Lemonade, which is no longer a Tidal exclusive.

Streaming

Lemonade already available on iTunes

After 24 hours of exclusive access on Tidal, Beyonce's visual album Lemonade has been released on Apple's iTunes.

Phones

Microsoft should stop making phones

Shira Ovide It's time Satya Nadella quit wasting time and money tilting at smartphone windmills.

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Microsoft sues US government over gag orders on customer data grabs

Matt Day Tech company says US 'has exploited the transition to cloud computing as a means of expanding its power to conduct secret investigations'.

FBI paid professional hackers to crack San Bernardino iPhone

Ellen Nakashima The people who helped the US government come from the sometimes shadowy world of hackers and security researchers who profit from finding flaws in companies’ software or systems.