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Facebook apologises over 'real name' policy

Facebook has apologised to the queer community after the suspension of some accounts under pseudonyms sparked a backlash to new social network Ello.

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Grounding the future of Call of Duty Advanced Warfare in reality

call of duty advanced warfare

James 'DexX' Dominguez | With Advanced Warfare playable at EB Expo this weekend, we spoke to the man in charge of the game about its real-world inspirations.

Hands on with Windows 10's new features

Microsoft's Joe Belifore shows off the first preview of Windows 10 in San Francisco,

Karissa Bell | Microsoft preserves some of Windows 8's Metro touches while also adding usability enhancements likely to bring desktop power users back.

Mozilla making Firefox OS media stick to compete with Chromecast

Mozilla's Matchstick streaming device.

Adario Strange | After cheaper smartphones, it now appears that the next frontier for the Mozilla community is the television, thanks to an open source device called Matchstick.

Oppo a power to be reckoned with among mobile phones

Innovative: the Oppo N1 Mini.

KATIE CINCOTTA 11:45pm | With two phones available here on its website, the Chinese company may have arrived without fanfare but its products don't lack features.

Carl Pei explains reason for OnePlus mobile strategy

Carl Pei, director of OnePlus Global.

KATIE CINCOTTA 11:45pm | Early adopters are waiting by their phones for invitations to get one of the new OnePlus mobiles.

TV viewers may reap benefits of MPEG-4

Efficient: Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull sees big benefits in MPEG-4.

ADAM TURNER 11:45pm | More television channels and improved picture quality could be on the way as Australia's networks contemplate moving to a more efficient standard.

Movie World Halloween maze blurs the line between games and reality

Nobody's safe: this year's maze is based on horror specialist Shinji Mikami's latest game, <i>The Evil Within</i>.

James 'DexX' Dominguez | During its annual Halloween event, Warner Bros Movie World will debut a live action horror maze based on the upcoming The Evil Within.

Global action needed to safeguard the internet: claims

Hackers took advantage of misconfigured machines to mount a DDoS attack on European targets using New Zealand servers.

Stuart Corner 1:03pm | A DDoS attack that brought the NZ telco Spark to its knees was the result of a problem that, if not addressed, could, threaten the viability of the internet.

Consumers worse off in final NBN Vertigan recommendations

MATTHEW KNOTT 10:13am | The company running the NBN should stop charging the same amounts for all Australians to access high-speed broadband, analysis said.

Russia Wide Web? Vladimir Putin backs plan to isolate Russian internet

President Vladimir Putin pledges not to restrict internet access for Russians.

Andrew E. Kramer | President Vladimir Putin appeared on Wednesday to throw his support behind a plan to isolate the Russian internet from the rest of the world.

Friendly robots an inspiration for crop-picking vision

Queensland school students are teaching pint-sized humanoid robots such as these how to pick cherries.

KRISTIAN SILVA 12:00am | Programming a knee-high robot to walk up to a plastic tree and pick a "cherry" dangling from a string is harder than it looks.

Classic video game Tetris to be turned into movie

Movie-goers will certainly be hoping

MELANIE KEMBREY 9:53pm | The next blockbuster set to hit cinemas will quite literally be about blocks.

Why 6 is Apple's latest smartphone lucky number

Early adopter: A happy US customer shows off his new iPhone 6.

Garry Barker 8:01am | New features in an improved case are helping make the new iPhone a worldwide hit.

Future homes will be smarter, cheaper to run

Smart work: Home technology has already entered the world of sci-fi.

Jenneth Orantia 11:45pm | Much of the technology is already here but making all the pieces pieces fit together is the real key to the puzzle.

Zen Telecom fined $225,000 over Telstra ruse

Even married people can enjoy the dating ap Tinder - by living vicariously through their single friends.

BEAU DONELLY 4:11pm | A phone and internet provider has been fined $225,000 after its sales team signed customers up to plans while posing to be from Telstra.

CSIRO's heart attack app proving a lifesaver

New app allows patients to follow tailored rehabilitation programs wherever they may be

Hannah Francis 12:01am | An Australian life-saving smartphone app is helping heart attack survivors stick to their rehabilitation program and avoid a fatal second bout.

Ghosts of mother's sexual past show up in fly offspring, study shows

Fly offspring can resemble their mothers' previous partner.

NICKY PHILLIPS 10:00pm | What if that sexual partner you'd rather forget remained forever a part of your life?

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