 | | |  | Updating your smartphone? Three new releases should be in contention, writes Jenneth Orantia. | | Top stories Calum Wilson Austin 9:22am | When Ken Levine and Irrational Games sit down to create a new world, they really create something new. | 8:28am | Samsung says it will launch its new Galaxy S smartphone on March 14 in New York, taking its fight for market supremacy to Apple's doorstep. | A patent application from Apple outlines a device with a flexible screen worn on your wrist. | The reason Sony didn't show the exterior of the PlayStation 4 at Wednesday's presentation was because it hasn't been completed. | Google unveils a touchscreen notebook computer designed for high-end users, throwing down a gauntlet for Apple and its MacBooks. | Adam Turner | Hackers rely on the same old tricks to steal your identity and break into your accounts, but a few simple precautions can help keep you safer online. | GAMING | New classification and a return of favourites heralds a bumper year. | Jenneth Orantia reviews the best apps for browsing the internet. | Adam Turner | Microsoft is all but forcing you to rent the latest version of Microsoft Office, rather than buy it. | DEBORAH GOUGH | Onur Gonullu is leaving behind his Game Boy-hood for more adult pursuits. | MELISSA FYFE | Victoria's heavily promoted smartphone application for fire warnings was not fully tested before this fire season. | Kate Wilcox | Can pulling the plug on social media for a day cure our technology addiction? | Huawei, a Chinese company that recently became the world's third-largest maker of smartphones, calls its new flagship product "the fastest smartphone in the world". | Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the popular Firefox web browser, is getting into phones. | Taiwan's HTC has unveiled the new smartphone that it hopes will help it to make up ground lost to Samsung. | Everyone is fascinated with the possibilities and promises of a holographic 3D world. | Hewlett-Packard is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented version of Windows. | Samsung has unveiled an eight-inch tablet with phone call capability to rival Apple's recently launched iPad mini. | Reviewed by Terry Lane | It can't make calls but, apart from that, it functions like a phone attached to a massive camera body. | IMAGING | Confession time. We were wrong! Android file management still beats Apple. | Sony wants you to know that the PlayStation 4 is coming this holiday season, but not what it will look like. | The global market for tablets surged 78.4 percent last year, with 128 million of the devices shipped. | Microsoft has begun moving Hotmail users to a free, beefed up Outlook.com email service. | Steve Jobs must be going thermonuclear in his grave. | Yahoo is overhauling its website to incorporate features familiar to Facebook users such as a newsfeed and people's "likes". | A group of Australian teenagers have sparked a Gangnam Style-like viral dance craze called the Harlem Shake. | MACMAN | Clubs continue to thrive as forums for sharing the love of Apple products. | In a world of digital natives, Andrew Marszal explains how to stand out when job-hunting. | Microsoft is cooler than you might think. | Adam Turner | Why are 25 year-old movies in the US iTunes store but not the Australian store? | Adam Turner | Does a stripped-down computer need a budget price tag? | Adam Turner | Give the Coalition an inch on the NBN, will they take everyone's last mile? | Jason Hill | Fear of the unknown is horror's greatest weapon, so Dead Space 3 was always going to have a tough time scaring us as much as its predecessors. | James Dominguez | The PlayStation 4 has finally received an official unveiling, and today we sort through the facts and the rumours. | James Dominguez | For his first ever game, Luke Miller decided to make something he had never seen before: an adventure game full of gay characters. | James Dominguez | Aliens: Colonial Marines is terrible, but it is only the most recent of a huge number of recent bad games. | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | | | | | Security Reminder: Fairfax Media digital never requests personal or credit card information via email. Be wary of suspicious emails claiming to offer Fairfax Media digital services. You are receiving this email as a registered Fairfax Media digital member. Your username is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. Your email address is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. If you do not want to receive further announcements from Fairfax Media digital, please unsubscribe here. Fairfax Media Limited. ABN 15 008 663 161.
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