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Xbox One: Everything you need to know

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Digital Life

Xbox One: Everything you need to know

Microsoft's new console has been revealed, and it is called Xbox One. James 'DexX' Dominguez sifts through the information revealed so far and presents the most important facts.

Top stories

Blueprints for new ASIO headquarters 'stolen'

16 July 2012 NEWS Canberra Times photograph by GRAHAM TIDY Story by John Thistleton. Generic image of the ASIO building on Parkes Way.
BEN GRUBB | Blueprints for ASIO's new $631 million building were stolen by someone in China when a computer system containing the information was hacked.

The top 20 digital photography apps

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Jenneth Orantia | You can now transform even the most average-looking snaps into works of art thanks to hundreds of photography apps.

The fly-by, Wi-Fi hacking machine

Denis Andzakovic, 22, and his Wi-Fi security testing motorcycle.
BEN GRUBB | There's something unusual about the motorcycle Denis Andzakovic likes to ride.

Galaxy S4 fastest-selling Android ever

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JAMES W. MANNING | Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone has sold more than 10 million units, making it the fastest-selling Android phone ever.

3D-printed gun 'will kill', police warn

Home-made gun only $35 (Thumbnail)
ILYA GRIDNEFF | Police have warned of the threat from a plastic gun that "will kill at both ends".

'F--- yeah': Tumblr's 26-year-old founder celebrates $1.1 billion deal

David Karp,
Tumblr CEO David Karp signed a note announcing Yahoo's $US1.1 billion acquisition with "F--- yeah."

Ditch your landline - and the bills

Phone
Adam Turner | If your home phone bill is spiralling out of control, it might be time to finally answer the call of the internet and give up the old landline altogether.

When sexting is not pornography

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Some parents and rights groups are calling for a new law that would distinguish sexting from child pornography.

How Microsoft stole Jobs' dream

Steve Jobs
Apple chief had a vision for one device to rule them all - but it took Microsoft to make it a reality.

Facebook challenge after girl's suicide

Carolina Picchio
A prosecutor has opened an investigation into how Facebook allowed the publication of insults and bullying posts aimed at a teenager who later took her own life.

Why Facebook feels like high school

Facebook
10:12am | Facebook is the most popular, least relevant social network where people gather out of fear of missing out on things that don't even make them happy.

Privacy war looms over wearable tech

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Nick Bilton 9:42am | Protectors of privacy and proprietary are beginning to speak out.

Last Light: What lies beneath?

A screenshot from Metro: Last Light.
Calum Wilson Austin 7:45am | Metro: Last Light isn't afraid to be weird, bleak and a little obtuse.

Malware fight goes public on the web

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BEN GRUBB | At any one time in Australia about 16,500 IP addresses are identified as having malware-infected devices behind them.

It's pronounced 'jif': GIF inventor

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The creator of GIFs says his invention should be pronounced with a "j" rather than a hard "g".

Netizens shame vandal

Generic Travel Egpt The Nile River Luxor. 2010. Tourists in The Karnak Temple Complex comprises a vast conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings, notably the Great Temple of Amen and a massive structure begun by Pharaoh Ramses II , located near Luxor, some 500 km south of Cairo. The complex is a vast open-air museum and the largest ancient religious site in the world. Photo Ross Duncan
9:08am | Internet users have tracked down a Chinese tourist who defaced an Egyptian monument, forcing him to apologise.

Apple may go black & white in iOS 7

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8:52am | New reports suggest a more muted and flat design aesthetic will be key in Apple iOS 7.

Vintage Apple computer sells for record $US671,400

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8:31am | Apple's stock price may be well down from its peaks last year, but the market for the company's oldest computers continues to set records.

Video game console icon turns mobile play god

Peter Molyneux.
Video game industry legend Peter Molyneux says the time is right for people to play God on smartphones.

Apple may have flashed iWatch in ad

Is this Apple's rumoured iWatch?
Hey wait a minute, is that the Apple iWatch we caught a glimpse of in the company's latest soft-sell image spot, released on Thursday?

'Galaxy S4 mini' leaked online

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It looks like all those Samsung Galaxy S4 mini rumours might be true.

The woman who survived cancer, The Ellen Show and a YouTube hit

Jen O'Shea
Jen O'Shea wanted to get on The Ellen DeGeneres Show so badly she made a personal secret about her body very public.

Line to open for mobile Loop hole

City Loop
People using Melbourne's City Loop will have full mobile telephone coverage within a year.

Dotcom may sue tech giants for copyright breach

Dotcom
Kim Dotcom says he may take legal action against Twitter, Google and Facebook for infringing copyright on a security measure he invented.

Microsoft turns Siri against Apple

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Microsoft blasts the iPad, Siri and Apple's promotional strategy in a new ad for Windows 8.

Not appy: mobile parking system dials up driver ire

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Frustrated city drivers have challenged Melbourne's parking smartphone application.

Twitter tightens security after hacks

Twitter
Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts with two-factor authentication.

The future of food is here

Pizza chef cutting a pizza into slices.
3D-printed pizza has been touted as a food solution to a manned mission to Mars.

Toss-up: online note-taking software

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Adam Turner | If you've got plenty to remember, online notebooks help keep it all at your fingertips.

Top alarm clock apps

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Jenneth Orantia reviews the best apps for waking up on time.

Actors not acting cause furore

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The leading organisation representing Australia's professional photographers has apologised to one of its members after accusing him of setting up a photo.

BlackBerry shifting emphasis from smartphones to services

BB
BlackBerry no longer owns the smartphone industry but the company now aims to run it.

Microsoft unveils Xbox One

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Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that promises to be the one system to rule them all.

New consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony

Games
Here's a closer look at the next generation game consoles from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.

Teen develops algorithm to diagnose leukaemia

Brittany Wenger
Eighteen-year-old high school student Brittany Wenger has developed an algorithm that diagnoses leukaemia.

A Galaxy far, far away

Light years ahead: The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a five-inch screen.
BLEEDING EDGE | The launch of Samsung's Galaxy S4 presented a familiar moral conundrum.

Little fingers, big mischief

Tech check: It's worth considering what children and other users can get up to on your device.
Adam Turner | Before you hand your smartphone over to entertain a bored child, consider locking it down so they can't get up to mischief.

Cross the deep Blu-ray sea

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SIGHT AND SOUND | If you want to play American Blu-rays, you'll need to exercise dogged persistence.

Monopoly money

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IMAGING | Adobe is exploiting its monopoly power with its Photoshop subscription options.

Review: Panasonic Lumix TZ40 compact camera

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Reviewed by Terry Lane | This 18-megapixel compact camera is in the superzoom 'travel' category.

Tap away to walk and talk

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Cynthia Karena | Cynthia Karena reviews the Walk Safely to School Day, ACCC Shopper and Proloquo2Go apps.

Playtime nears for app developers

Dragon Season screen shot
Daniel Tomlinson | Things are taking shape for the app developers in our #BNEAPP series, with all three games now in playable form.

Do you mix your tech?

Smartphone battle
Adam Turner | Do your gadgets play nicely together?

Are the Xbox One's lounge room ambitions all talk?

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Adam Turner | Can a jack-of-all-trades device take pride of place in mainstream lounge rooms?

Amazon Kindle tablet ships to Australia, has it missed the boat?

Kindle Fire
Adam Turner | The Kindle Fire is finally available in Oz, but has Google's Nexus 7 stolen its thunder?

Xbox One aftermath

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James Dominguez 7:04am | It's been almost a week since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, and there have been some strong reactions to it.

PlayStation First to give Aussie game students practical skills

playstation first
James Dominguez | This week Sony has announced the Australian launch of its PlayStation First academic partnership program.

LEGO City Undercover

Lego City Undercover
Jason Hill | The LEGO games from Travellers Tales can be relied upon to makes kids giggle and keep them glued to the joypad for a long time.

Indie Review: Stickets

stickets
James Dominguez 7:08am | Made by a small studio in Melbourne, Stickets is an apparently simple puzzle game that gradually unveils greater and greater depth.
 

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