 | | |  | There is gore, and Bioshock Infinite doesn't hold back, writes Calum Wilson Austin. | | Top stories BEN GRUBB 1:24pm | At just 17, former Perth and Melbourne resident Nick D'Aloisio is now one of the world's youngest self-made multimillionaires, after tech giant Yahoo acquired his firm for a reported $28.7 million. | ASHER MOSES | Microsoft and Adobe have been accused of being "evasive" by MPs conducting an inquiry into why Australians pay more for IT products. | BEN GRUBB | Outspoken technology entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan is under fire over his new mobile plans after disconnecting customers for sending too many texts or making too many calls on supposedly "unlimited" plans. | CATHERINE ARMITAGE | If you think a jumble of letters and numbers can keep you safe online, think again. The password as protector against internet intrusion is all but dead, fatally crippled by human fallibility and the forces of crime, malice and mischief arraigned against it. | Salvador Rodriguez | A major security flaw was discovered on Friday that made it possible to easily change another user's Apple ID password and hijack the account. | ALEISHA ORR | Neil Gill admits he likes "to have a yak". | Supantha Mukherjee and Saynatnai Ghosh | YouTube says 1 billion unique users are now visiting the video-sharing site every month. | BEN GRUBB | It just got easier to make a complaint about mobile coverage. | BEN GRUBB | A prominent Australian telco lawyer has labelled as "plainly illegal" Kogan Mobile's acceptable-use policy, which the company has been using to disconnect heavy-use mobile customers. | Jungah Lee | Samsung is developing a wristwatch as it races against Apple to create a new industry of smart wearable devices. | Reed Stevenson | Samsung's Galaxy S4 costs $235 to make, according to data from market researcher IHS iSuppli. | Ian Urbina | Recyclers can't keep up with a deluge of discarded toxic televisions and monitors. | ASHER MOSES | The "Twignature", developed by an Australian ad agency, has gone global. | Thomas Black | Wearable machines that enhance human muscle power are poised to leave the realm of science fiction. | ALEISHA ORR | Footy mums and dads, coaches and referees now have a tool at their fingertips that could help them quickly diagnose concussion. | Jenneth Orantia | The stigma of online dating has long disappeared for many singles. | Jenneth Orantia reviews the best apps for sweet treats in the kitchen. | Adam Turner | If the demise of Google Reader will hit you hard, there are alternatives to consider. | Scientists create 3D image that can be viewed without special glasses on smartphones, tablets and watches. | Farhad Manjoo | Even if you never click on Facebook ads, they are making you buy. | David Pogue | They last for decades, save electricity, offer extra features, and their prices are plummeting. It's time you switched to LED. | David Tuffley, Griffith University | Google HQ's recent announcement that its Reader platform is to be discontinued has been met with concern - even alarm - from its legions of loyal users. So where do we go from here? What will happen to your data? | Matt Petronzio | Scam emails and viruses can fall through the cracks every now and then, and when they do, be ready. | An official Vatican's Twitter account and website ran stories about Batman, raising concerns they might have been hacked. | Matt Warman, Richard Holt | The feeling of dread is familiar to anyone who has ever dropped their mobile. But picking up an iPhone from the floor hoping that the screen has not cracked could become a thing of the past. | ASHER MOSES | They are known as wearable computers and are yet to hit the streets, but already they are creating controversy. | Emily Price | Apple has added a new level of security to iCloud and Apple ID users with two-step verification. | Andrea Petrie | Apple customers face being overcharged by hundreds of dollars a month because a software bug leads to excessive data being drained by their iPhones. | Martha Mendoza and Sudhin Thanawala | A female software developer was fired after tweeting about a group of men she said were making sexual comments at a computer programming conference, fueling an already vigorous debate about gender equality and culture in Silicon Valley. | Poornima Gupta and Caroline Valetkevitch | Apple has acquired a Silicon Valley start-up, WiFiSlam, which makes mapping applications for smartphones. | Adam Turner 3:10pm | After scrapping Google Reader, can we trust Google to keep Google Keep? | Adam Turner | Panasonic's new televisions know who's watching them | Adam Turner | Noise-cancelling headphones tend to be big and bulky, but you might find the travel-friendly ATH-ANC23 a better fit for your pocket and your budget. | James Dominguez 3:48pm | Trials developer RedLynx has brought their addictive blend of physics-based gameplay in short, tricky levels to iOS tough devices. | James Dominguez 4:55am | Blizzard has unveiled details of its Diablo III PS3 port, Capcom is releasing HD versions of Duck Tales and Dungeons & Dragons, and Bioshock launches to rave reviews. | James Dominguez 5:12am | It has been a very long wait, but Bioshock Infinite is in stores today. Read on for DexX's impressions of this long-awaited sequel. | Jason Hill | God of War: Ascension is a prequel to the mythological events previously explored in the God of War series, and feels like a step back in quality, too. | James Dominguez | Naughty Dog's successor to their hit series Uncharted has been under tights wraps for a long time, but DexX has finally been granted some hands-on time. | Screen Play reader Michael W | Inspired by Tomb Raider, reader Michael W presents his list of nominations for franchises that are due for a reboot. | James Dominguez | Another week draws to a close, and another jigsaw appears to ease you into the weekend. | James Dominguez | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is an extremely silly game, but that is all part of its charm. | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | | | | | Security Reminder: Fairfax Media digital never requests personal or credit card information via email. 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