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Piracy crackdown misses the real crime

Hollywood demands government help so it can keep ripping us off.

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Maintaining your Facebook privacy

Networked: Having a diverse range of contacts online is great, but it is important to know who is seeing what.

ADAM TURNER | While Facebook offers a great way to stay in touch with family and friends, it can quickly turn into a privacy nightmare.

Menulog continues to grow

Topping the list: Manoosh Lebanese Pizzeria in Enmore, NSW, was voted the favourite restaurant of Menulog customers.

KATIE CINCOTTA | The online takeaway app that brings us food without having to even talk to the restaurant is getting bigger each year.

Eight weird smart things

The adidas miCoach smart ball.

Sylvia Pennington | From smart soccer balls to a pelvic floor gadget, the 'internet of things' and the cloud are delivering a plethora of gadgets.

High-speed Wi-Fi routers

The D-Link AC1900 DIR-880L.

ADAM TURNER | Along with the speed boost of 802.11ac, these Wi-Fi routers are designed to deal with wireless black spots around your home.

Piracy crackdown in full swing

A discussion paper reveals Brandis is keen to crackdown on piracy

Mahesh Sharma and Ben Grubb | Websites hosting pirated material would be blocked under proposals being floated by the government.

Pullblox World review

Guiding Malo to the top of the puzzle is easy enough in early stages, but becomes quite challenging.

Jason Hill | Pullblox's concepts start simple, but become a succession of delightfully complex spatial puzzles.

Emotional core of Valiant Hearts

<i>Valiant Hearts: The Great War</i> is based on genuine stories from the war.

James 'DexX' Dominguez | Valiant Hearts is a game based on genuine personal stories from World War I, and the story of how this remarkable game came to be goes back four years.

Battlefield series takes a risk

<i>Battlefield: Hardline</i> takes the core gameplay of previous entries in the series and applies it to a very different setting.

James 'DexX' Dominguez | Cops-and-robbers is a big change from historical and modern day warfare that made series successful.

Pop into The Whole Pantry app

Supporting others: The Whole Pantry app creator Belle Gibson.

Garry Barker | App came out of 25-year-old Belle Gibson's determination to not be crushed by her cancer.

How digital turntables changed DJs

Solid grounding: The Philips M1X-DJ in action.

Rod Easdown | Digital turntables - CD players with special features - changed the DJ business in more ways than one.

Will Netflix declare war on Aussies?

Netflix is preparing for an Australian launch, even though it already has up to 200,000 local paying customers.

ADAM TURNER | Aussie video services are circling the wagons, but will Netflix be its own fiercest competitor?

Microsoft abandons TV plans

Director Steven Spielberg had been linked with Xbox Entertainment Studios' Halo television Series.

ADAM TURNER | Nadella's razor gang is scrapping Xbox Entertainment Studios as Microsoft rethinks its place in the new world.

TouchPico projector hands on

TouchJet's new TouchPico handheld projector.

Lance Ulanoff 11:05am | Tiny Android projector turns any flat surface into a touchscreen for your apps and media.

Facebook's Bolt faces name challenge

A new app from Facebook that looks to be Instagram's version of Snapchat could face challenges over the name Bolt.

Christina Warren 9:07am | Bolt has't even been released, yet it's already facing potential legal threats over its name.

Experiments 'how websites work'

OkCupid's experiments helped refine its systems and provide a better user experience.

Karissa Bell 8:47am | Dating site OkCupid is letting its users know that human experiments are a reality of using the Internet.

Apple watch patent reveals 'iTime'

An image from Apple's patent shows the so-called 'iTime' device.

A US patent has been made public that bolsters rumours that Apple has designs on a smartwatch.

Emoji have won the battle of words

Jessica Bennett | In their short life, emoji have managed to find an exceptional cultural range. Have we reached a tipping point?

Are your devices made to get slower?

Getting old: The iPhone 3G.

Sendhil Mullainathan | any business owners love to make their old product less useful whenever they released a newer one.

Worries for iPad

The current iPad, available in a 10-inch and 8-inch model.

John Davidson, Paul Smith | Apple's tablet has fallen so far out of favour it wasn't even mentioned during earnings call.

Galaxy Tab S appeals to Apple user

The 8.4 inch Galaxy S Tab in white.

Gregg Ellman | This could be the first time you use a non-iPad tablet and don't wonder where your favourite features are.

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