There's a quick and easy way to check whether your new battery-powered devices are legal to take on a plane.

Sony Music Entertainment's Twitter account has been hacked, publishing fake statements that pop music icon Britney Spears had died.

Respected website's testing backs up user complaints, as report shows new Macbook Pro's battery lasts for anywhere between 3.75 and 19.5 hours.

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After years of saying no, Telstra finally decided I can access the 100 Mbps HFC cable in my street, and you might be able to do the same.

When we're on holidays, the way we use smartphones and tablets changes dramatically, and that can lead to unpleasant surprises when the mobile bill arrives.

Nintendo's first mobile Mario game hits 25 million downloads much faster than Pokemon GO, but angry user reviews force fall in company stock price.

Another day, another top executive leaves Twitter.

There may have been a shortage of world-shifting, once-in-a-decade hits this year, but great games came thick and fast every single month. Here are our favourites.

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A tiny wireless streaming camera controlled from your iGadget, Livestream's Mevo puts you on the world stage.

Apple's concerted effort to make its computers more like its mobile devices runs counter to professional needs, and the company risks an exodus of creative types going to rival Microsoft.

​Mark Zuckerberg has a new housemate: Jarvis, an artificial intelligence assistant he created this year that can control appliances, play music, recognise faces and, perhaps most impressively, entertain his toddler.

Contractors cost 80 grand more than public servants, Finance Departments says, and the public service hires more of them.

After a lengthy delay, Apple is finally shipping its wireless AirPods to customers, and it's also detailed what you'll pay if you lose one or need it repaired.

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As Presto closes up shop, Foxtel is working to make its streaming options more family-friendly.

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I've just replaced my laptop after four and a half years, and for the first time in my life I didn't feel the need to get the latest and greatest.

Fans of Vine, the 6-second video app owned by Twitter, were writing their eulogies in October when the social network announced it planned to shut down. Over the weekend, the company changed its mind — sort of.

Hundreds of IT staff working 'massive' hours to fix big and complex mess.

Despite a Federal Court decision this week obliging internet service providers to block certain piracy-enabling websites, Australians will continue to easily access such sites via VPNs and other technologies they already use.

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If Australia's plan to implement UK-style piracy website blocking is such a good idea, how did the Brits just break piracy records downloading The Grand Tour?