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Live TV networks fight back with more ads

Would you sit through 20 minutes of ads per hour during on Seven and Nine during prime time?

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Web fights back against poor security

Personal information at risk: A new blog is shaming websites and apps that do not use encryption.

BEN GRUBB 3:01pm | The web is fighting back against websites and apps that don't use encryption.

In plain sight: map shows Google knows where you've been

A closer view from a Saturday can show the exact route I took through the city.

Tim Biggs | Little-known website can show you all the location data Google's been collecting from your Android or Apple phone.

Hanx Writer created by Tom Hanks turns your iPad into a typewriter

Actor and creator of Hanx Writer, Tom Hanks.

Tim Biggs | An app created by Tom Hanks that mimics the feel of writing with an old typewriter has gone to the top of the charts.

Dodo and ClubTelco suffer 'major technical issue' causing outage

Dodo customers were offline for most of Monday.

BEN GRUBB | Customers of budget internet service providers Dodo and ClubTelco across Australia were left without a stable internet connection for at least 12 hours.

The Sims 4 returns to the series' roots

One of the fundamental aspects of <i>The Sims 4</i> is a

James 'DexX' Dominguez | The highest selling PC game of all time is returning after five years with smarter, more emotional, and more complex artificial people.

Latest game releases: Road Not Taken, Hohokum, Metrico

road not taken

Tim Biggs | Three unusual puzzle designs join Pokemon-like monster-catching Micromon and a sobering not-so-fun look at mental illness with Depression Quest.

Micromon review: finally a good Pokemon-like mobile game

Monster encounters are better animated and detailed than you might be used to in Micromon.

Tim Biggs | Micromon is the first successful attempt at bringing a Pokemon clone to mobile devices.

Tomb Raider sequel will be an Xbox exclusive

Tomb Raider

James “DexX” Dominguez | The unexpected announcement of The Rise of the Tomb Raider as an Xbox exclusive is the latest volley in the exclusives war.

3D cameras, motion sensors, gaming: gym exercise goes seriously techie

fitness

Yolanda Redrup | Wave goodbye to boring old treadmills and say hello to gamified exercise sessions where cameras and sensors watch you and you earn points for every rep.

Foxtel slashes Presto movies to $9.99 p/m

Australian video services are preparing to battle Netflix, but has Foxtel's Presto been taking us for a ride?

ADAM TURNER | If Foxtel can halve Presto pricing after only five months, was gouging us to begin with?

Hands on: LG G3 Android smartphone

LG's G3 5.5-inch smartphone sporting a Quad HD 2560x1440 IPS LED display.

ADAM TURNER | Large and in charge, LG's G3 ups the stakes in the Android screen wars.

Australian teen uncovers security flaw in PayPal

Joshua Rogers says he made public a flaw in PayPal's website after they ignored him.

BEN GRUBB | Aussie teen who found flaw in a government site finds another one, this time in PayPal.

Ghost busters and UFO hunters tap top tools of the trade

Never assume: It is well known, of course, that spacecraft, even ones cunningly cloaked while parked in the front garden, play havoc with the electromagnetic field.

Andrew Masterson | The market is awash with devices dedicated to assisting the hunt for aliens and angels, ghosts and demons.

Transformers point way to programmable matter

Game-changer: There's a grain of truth and a fleeting glimpse of potential reality behind the gigantic morphing robots in the Transformer movies.

Iain Gillespie | From houses that build themselves, to nanoparticles that cure diseases, this stuff may be closer than we think.

Choosing the right wall bracket for a flat-screen TV

The Vogel cable column allows you to hide messy wires and move the TV against the wall when it's not in use.

Rod Easdown | The solution to finding the right place to put the TV might be to hang it on a wall using one of many clever brackets available.

PortraitPro renders images better than picture perfect

Skin deep: Image enhancement with PortraitPro - before (left) and after.

Terry Lane | There are some basic improvements that can be made to portraits in any image editing software.

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