 | | |  | The NBN is a while off for most of us, so Adam Turner examines how to make sure you're getting the most out of your copper line. | | Top stories Jim Finkle 11:11am | The Australian, British and US governments advise PC users to find alternatives to Internet Explorer until Microsoft fixes a security flaw. | MAHESH SHARMA | Dangerous chemicals are killing workers in factories that assemble smartphones for Apple and Samsung. | BEN GRUBB | On Tuesday night a woman who usually delivers fast food to Sydney homes drove me from the Opera House to my apartment in Surry Hills for a measly $7.10. | Tim Biggs | A dig in a New Mexico landfill has uncovered a trove of game cartridges and equipment believed to have been dumped there by Atari following the fall of the games industry in the early '80s. | ADAM TURNER | Streaming TV giant Hulu has stepped up efforts to block non-US viewers. Are international expansion plans afoot? | LIA TIMSON | The Commonwealth Bank and Australia's competition watchdog are warning consumers to disregard unsolicited phone calls purporting to be from the bank. | Iain Gillespie | Invisibility is one of the most startling technological wonders we will see in the future. The idea of a Harry Potter-style cloak of invisibility may be mind-bendingly hard to believe, but scientists say they are already well on the way to creating one. | ADAM TURNER | Apple refuses to discuss why the original Apple TV couldn't see the iTunes store for almost a week. | Henry Cooke | Phones get stolen a lot, but victims aren't helpless. Henry Cooke explains what to do the moment your phone is missing. | How is it possible that Facebook keeps getting more addictive over time, rather than less? | Jessica Gardner | Emily, a 30-year-old economist, became so addicted to Candy Crush Saga, a free iPhone game, that she would lie awake at 1am imagining her finger swiping across the screen to line up rows of brightly coloured lollies. | The man who led Google's foray into social networking is leaving the company. So what does that mean for Google Plus? | Getting ready to take a selfie? Stop. Put down your smartphone. No other selfie can top the one taken by Steve Swanson. | James Hutchinson 10:29am | New website School Places is hoping to make private school placements as easy as booking a hotel room or plane flight. | Tim Biggs | Nintendo remixes some old classics, FIFA gets rehashed, Hitman gets refreshed, and an octopus masquerades as a man. | Australia's internet access is speeding up - but not as fast as it is elsewhere, a report says. | Follow these tips to clean out your Twitter feed and Facebook timeline and make social media platforms more useful. | WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission will propose rules that would allow Internet service providers to offer a faster lane through which to send video and other content to consumers, as long as a content company was willing to pay for it, according to people briefed on the proposals. | 12:07pm | Google, Jay-Z and crowdfunding site Kickstarter are among the winners of this year's Webby Awards. | 10:44am | The safest thing to do is use another browser, but if you insist on using Internet Explorer, there are some things you can do to make it more secure. | Nissan has unveiled a new prototype that could potentially do away with car washes. | Apple has offered to fix some older iPhone 5 smartphones with flawed on-off buttons. | An extension for Google's Chrome browser replaces the word "literally" with "figuratively" on sites and articles across the web, with deeply gratifying results. | Trips down memory lane are now available on Google Maps. | New York police didn't quite get the response they were hoping for after asking users to post photos of themselves with officers as part of a PR campaign. | Leave it to Apple to celebrate Earth Day by kicking off new device recycling programs while also taking a shot at one of its biggest rivals. | | | Advertisement  More stories 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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