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Smartphones to leave keys and wallet behind

Keys? Wallet? Phone? In the not too distant future, this three-step pat-down will be replaced with just a quick check for your smartphone.

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Brisbane woman leads NASA search

Queensland University of Technology graduate Dr Abigail Allwood.

TONY MOORE | Woman amed one of the world's leading scientific minds in 2006 - is now leading NASA's search for life on Mars.

When can we copy our DVDs?

Music on CD and movies on DVD/Blu-ray are all just ones and zeros on a disc, but Australian copyright law treats them differently.

ADAM TURNER | The copyright debate should cover our rights, not just our responsibilities.

YouTube's Aussie master chefs

Rob Nixon of Nicko's Kitchen.

LUCY CORMACK | When it comes to online cooking shows, Australians have shown they can baste and bake with the best in the world.

Mafia's Facebook generation

Alleged Palermo mafia man Domenico Palazzotto (right) created a Facebook page under a false name and posted photos of himself living the good life.

Tom Kington 11:18am | New generation of brash mobsters is reclaiming the streets in Sicily - and bragging about it on Facebook.

Tech giants gamble on health

Clinical psychologist Leslie Posen, who uses quantifying apps, with his dog Shrek, who also wears a GPS tracker.

Mark White | Health-tracking wearable technology has been more hype than hit to date, with just 2.9 million devices sold worldwide.

How Google could predict next crash

There are precedents for the real-world effects of Google searches.

ERYK BAGSHAW | A trend in Google searches could provide an early warning of an impending financial crisis, a new study has revealed.

Sleep-tracking apps

Snore snitch: SleepBot also records the sound of your slumber.

ADAM TURNER | Waking up tired? There's an app for that. Actually, there's several.

Sue mum and dad pirates: Turnbull

BEN GRUBB | Film studios and other content creators should sue "mums and dads and students" who download pirated content online.

Microsoft sues Samsung

Microsoft says Samsung is threatening to breach it's agreement because of the recent acquisition of Nokia.

9:54am | Microsoft says Samsung using software giant's acquisition of Nokia as excuse to stop complying with patent-sharing contract.

Cloud revenue jumps

Amazon is still the king of cloud, but traditional giants IBM and Microsoft are making the biggest moves in the space.

Steve Lohr 10:44am | Two of the fastest movers in the emergent cloud business are the incumbent giants of traditional software.

Just the ticket or on the wrong track?

Smartcard: The minister has taken political ownership.

Jacob Saulwick and Ben Grubb | The next few months pose the biggest test yet for NSW government and the Opal smartcard.

MouseCraft review

Layers of complexity: Lemmings meets Tetris in MouseCraft, where mice need to be guided safely to the goal while avoiding a host of hazards.

Jason Hill | MouseCraft blends two classic puzzle games - Tetris and Lemmings - to create an enjoyable new contraption.

How Facebook sold you krill oil

The ads included descriptions of the products and reached 18.1 million women aged 45 and up on Facebook.

Vindu Goel 12:08pm | To grab some of TV’s ad dollars, the social network is trying to help advertisers reach the perfect customer.

Helsinki airport to track passengers

Beacon technology allows companies to track devices down to the metre.

ERYK BAGSHAW | A European airport is soon going to be the first in the world to be able to track passengers passing through its terminals.

Probe approaches warm comet

The nucleus of Rosetta's target comet seen from a distance of 1950km on July 29.

A European probe approaching a comet in deep space has found the body's surface to be relatively, surprisingly, warm.

Key to thriving on less sleep

Margaret Thatcher.

Sarah Knapton | Margaret Thatcher was renowned for surviving on just four hours of sleep a night, and now scientists may know why.

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