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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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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.

Assistive tech lets creativity shine

Christopher Hills.

KATIE CINCOTTA | Teenager Christopher Hills has found IT solutions to some profound physical barriers.

One thing iPhone 6 likely won't have

A rendering of what the rumoured 4.7 (middle) and 5.5-inch (right) iPhones might look like next to the iPhone 5S.

Tim Biggs | Analysts say new iPhone unlikely to feature a screen made of super-hard Sapphire glass.

Hands on: Nokia Lumia 930

Nokia's Lumia 930 has undergone a brushed aluminium makeover at the hands of Microsoft.

ADAM TURNER | Extra screen real estate and a great camera will please the Nokia and Windows Phone faithful.

Sue mum and dad pirates: Turnbull

BEN GRUBB | Film studios and other content creators should be prepared to sue "mums and dads and students" who pirate.

Kiwi teen's trending experiment

Liam Martin takes on Kim Kardashian in a picture from his Instagram page.

Charlie Mitchell | Liam Martin's hashtag becomes one of the most popular in the world after he promises to give out contact details.

Netflix versus Quickflix

Netflix.

ADAM TURNER | With the rise of Quickflix, you don't have to jump through technological hoops to stream movies.

Subscription services still suck

Don't expect a subscription content library to put the world at your fingertips.

ADAM TURNER | All-you-can-eat subscriptions sound great but they can leave a bad taste in your mouth.

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.

Sleep-tracking apps

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

ADAM TURNER | Waking up tired? There's an app for that.

Latest games: Last of Us, Oddworld

One of gaming's most effective stories gets a next-gen coat of polish in <i>The Last of Us Remastered.</i>

Tim Biggs | Two re-releases join first-person shooting for your phone in Modern Combat 5, plus Mount Your Friends and Kairobotica.

Diverse voices in Wolfenstein

Even the bad guys in Wolfenstein: The New Order have their thoughts, actions and identities tied to the human experience, the game's creative director says.

James 'DexX' Dominguez | Creative director of Wolfenstein: The New Order talks about work that went into making the characters diverse.

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.

Xbox One missing features coming

Xbox One: Australian-specific features are incoming.

James 'DexX' Dominguez | Head of Xbox in Australia says features on their way, but can't give an exact timeline.

Weighty demand on TV soundbars

Bose solo.

Rod Easdown | Soundbars sit unobtrusively below the screen and and pump out a quality sound.

Australia nears digital tipping point

Smart kids: Gabrielle Jamison and her children Marcus, William and Georgina.

LIA TIMSON | Proportion of Australians owning three electronic devices has climbed to 53 per cent, from 28 per cent last year.

Grindr pics from Holocaust memorial

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe was officially opened in 2005.

MICHAEL KOZIOL | Gay men have been taking profile pictures at a Berlin Holocaust Memorial and posting them on Grindr.

Turning lecture notes into cash

Hugh Minson and Richard Hordern-Gibbings from Nexus Notes in the garage they work from in Darlinghurst, Sydney.

BEN GRUBB | University students are cashing in on lecture and texbook notes by selling them online using a new service.

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