 | | |  | After millions of years of remembering what matters, is technology changing the way memory works? Drew Turney investigates. | | Top stories 10:16am | Google isn't talking about its vessel with a huge stack of shipping containers. A reporter's sleuthing turns up more questions than answers: is it a teleportation device or a time travel machine? | STEPHEN HUTCHEON | The quantified self movement has a new poster boy and his name is Rupert Murdoch. | LUCY BATTERSBY | Telecommuters are more committed, productive and have higher job satisfaction than people who work full time at the office, according to a study. | Liam Tung | Some Australian online shops may not be all they seem, as several scam .com.au sites have been shut down. | Google has unveiled its new Nexus 5 smartphone running the latest version of its Android operating system, 4.4 KitKat. | The Silicon Valley home where Apple co-founder Steve Jobs grew up and built some of his first computers is now on the city's list of historic properties. | ADAM TURNER | Apple Maps got off to a shaky start, but the iOS7 update might help drive people across from Google Maps. | Cheng Yanchun, 103, is small - but a clumsy attempt to fit her into a picture with officials could be the greatest Photoshop fail of China. | Adam Turner | With the new iPad so incredibly thin and light, is there less reason to sacrifice that extra screen real estate? | Adam Turner | Now it supports LTE, will Google's flagship smartphone get picked up by the likes of Telstra? | Adam Turner | Construction areas will be kept from the public after rollout details were stripped from NBN Co's website. | Motorola wants to let consumers design their own smartphones. | ALEISHA ORR | In the age of the smartphone, most Australians today carry a device every day that has the potential to provide vital information that could make the difference between life and death in the case of a serious bushfire. | RICHARD WILLINGHAM | Victoria's troubled fire alert system is already causing headaches before the bushfire season has even started, with nearly half a million people incorrectly sent bushfire danger alerts. | 1:36pm | Several recent inventions in Japan seem not only likely to disrupt traditional relationships in the way that social media or text messaging has, but to physically replace companionship and affection. | 10:26am | Cyber bullies could face up to three years' imprisonment, with their bullying set to be criminalised in a new bill being introduced to the New Zealand Parliament. | British supermarket chain Tesco is installing hundreds of high-tech screens that scan the faces of shoppers as they queue at tills to detect their age and sex for advertisers. | Everyone knows the internet is all about cats, but Dell may have taken that too literally with one of its new computers. | Does your iPhone 5s have a really short battery life? It might be the result of a manufacturing problem. | Google has turned on an online accessories store for its Glass smart glasses after it revealed a redesigned model. | A Norwegian man who purchased $27 worth of bitcoins in 2009 has bought an apartment thanks to the massive appreciation of the virtual currency. | Google+ is introducing more tools to automatically edit images in an attempt to catch up to Facebook. | Charlotte Deutsch, who will be two years old next month, has a look of pure delight as she swipes the screen of her mother's old iPhone, and finds a picture of herself. | Google is relying on a little social networking to put its internet-connected glasses on the heads of more people. | KATIE CINCOTTA | Asus's new Transformer Book Trio can change between a laptop, a tablet and a desktop PC. | SIGHT AND SOUND | If the idea of a television doubling as a computer monitor appeals to you, bear these things in mind. | IMAGING | The handsome Sony a7R can pretty much be summed up in one word: Wow! We want one. | IMAGING | The camera in this phone is revolutionary but there is a shortage of apps for the system. | MACMAN | Ten days into my marriage with the iPad Air, the euphoria of the honeymoon remains. | Andrew Masterson | There's a butcher in Boort who boosts his bacon through Instagram. | James Dominguez 7:18am | After several games' worth of declining quality and originality, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag has made the franchise fun again. | Jason Hill | Pokémon X and Y finally feels like a new beginning for the astonishingly successful series. | James Dominguez | Batman: Arkham Origins builds very little that's new on the established Arkham foundation, but it is saved by the strength of its formula. | James Dominguez | Every now and then, the perfect studio gets to make the perfect game, a match made in nerd heaven. Here is a wishlist of studio and project pairings for the impending next generation. | James Dominguez 7:18am | In the news this week, Crytek has reversed a controversial decision to make female characters in Warface highly sexualised, and both PS4 and XBone look set to wait until after launch for some features. | | | 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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