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The Sydney Morning Herald
Digital Life

Toddler spends big bucks on 'free' iPad app

Consumer group steps in as three-year-old playing free app game siphons mother's bank account.

Top stories

Gates on tax, giving his kids only $10m - and still doing the dishes

Bill Gates
BEN GRUBB | Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says that if governments want to tax Microsoft and other tech giants more they should just legislate for it to occur.

How to remove hand-shaking from your smartphone videos

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Darren Yates | Most smartphones have nothing to offer for video stabilisation. But your videos can be fixed - even if you've already made them.

Photo editing in a snap

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Jenneth Orantia | Image-enhancing programs are now much more user-friendly.

Xbox One v PS4: One size fits all

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James Dominguez | Sony and Microsoft are set to battle it out with their next-generation game consoles.

Are you addicted to work emails?

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Australians are becoming slaves to work emails, indiscriminately checking them at weekends, during leisure time and on holidays, a new study has found.

How Google is mapping out our lives

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The company's foray into the public space could have drastic implications.

Forgot your password? Just take a pill

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Having trouble remembering all your passwords? Motorola may have the solution.

Israeli soldiers disciplined over Facebook pictures

IDF Facebook row
1:04pm | The Israeli military has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook.

3D printing: from fantasy to reality

Eiffel Tower,
12:22pm | Once a science-fiction fantasy, 3D printers are popping up everywhere from the desks of home hobbyists to drone research centres.

Apple signs music streaming deal with Warner: report

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10:40am | Apple has signed an agreement with Warner Music in a push to create a streaming music service, according to reports.

Twitter back online after brief outage

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8:26am | Twitter was down for an unknown number of users on Tuesday morning after a glitch during a "routine change".

A third of US marriages start online

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7:22am | More than one third of US marriages begin with online dating, and those couples are happier than others, study finds.

The internet to transform spelling

Australian National Dictionary Centre
The internet will make some English misspellings acceptable, according to one of the country's most senior linguists.

Domain '.book' claim ignites e-battle

A second grader with tablet
Trade group of 450 booksellers joins Barnes & Noble and publishers in objecting to Amazon's application to win ownership of the .book domain.

Schools embrace BYO device trend

Year 10 students with laptops.
JEWEL TOPSFIELD | Many schools will ask students to bring their own devices as a government program which gave every student in years 9 to 12 access to a computer expires.

Facebook launches verified accounts

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Taking another page out of Twitter's book, Facebook has announced Verified Pages.

Algorithm predicts how popular a tweet will be

twitter
A new model predicts the number of retweets a tweet will get.

New Flickr: bigger, better and it's free

Flickr
Flickr has relaunched, but faithful photographers still find fault.

Samsung unveils Galaxy S4 mini

Samsung
Samsung has unveiled a smaller and less powerful version of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone.

Start button to return to Windows 8

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Microsoft is bringing back the Start button among a slew of improvements aimed at winning over alienated Windows 8 users.

Facebook ads pulled over violence

Facebook
Facebook lost more than a dozen advertisers, some just temporarily, after a campaign drew attention to pages on the social network that promoted violence against women.

Gmail to get new look

Gmail logo
Google is cutting the clutter from the inboxes of Gmail users.

'Obama' surfs internet from China

Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Shanghai, China.
US President Barack Obama appears to be a regular customer of a Chinese internet cafe, reports say, after the manager forged an identity card in the US leader's name.

Apple chief sees computers on wrists, not in glasses

Tim Cook
Apple chief Tim Cook says he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches, but drew the line at internet-linked eyewear such as Google Glass.

Facebook forced in to action

FB
#FBrape campaign successfully prompts the organisation to action.

Toss-up: Wi-Fi extenders

wi fi
Adam Turner | Wi-Fi extenders fix wireless black spots, but these two also stream music.

Top weather apps

apps
Jenneth Orantia reviews the best apps for keeping one step ahead of the weather.

Tablets to overtake laptops this year

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Tablets are set to outsell laptops this year and PCs by 2015, according to a leading market researcher.

Facebook to bolster efforts to deal with hate speech

FB
Facebook plans to bolster efforts to keep hate speech off its site.

Data collection a threat to privacy

Illustration: Robin Cowcher.
Cynthia Karena | The information you post on social media isn't just for your friends, no matter how strict your privacy settings.

Review: Pixlr photo editor

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IMAGING | This web-based photo editor is an extraordinary piece of free software.

Shootout: mini sound systems

Sony MHCEC7091.
SIGHT AND SOUND | Rod Easdown turns the volume up and reviews a trio of mini-systems.

Hybrid set to change TV

HbbTV is coming to Australia.
Adam Turner | Australian broadcasters embrace Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV.

Correct faulty towers

Keystone tops: Buildings can becone distorted in photos.
IMAGING | Tall buildings can become distorted in photos. Terry Lane shares some editing tips.

Gov't grappling with social media

Public Service Commission Stephen Sedgwick.
NOEL TOWELL | Government agencies are facing a painful learning curve as they grapple with their workers' behaviour on social media.

Hands on: Twitter two-factor

Twitter
Adam Turner | Optus and Vodafone customers need not apply when it comes to Twitter's two-factor authentication.

Netflix too 'busy' for Australia

Arrested Development
Adam Turner | CHOICE Australia's call to bring Netflix to Australia has fallen on deaf ears.

Hands on: Belkin Thunderbolt Dock

Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock.
Adam Turner | If you're frustrated by your MacBook's lack of connectors, Belkin's Thunderbolt dock offers one with the lot.

Xbox One interview: Marc Whitten talks about the big picture

xbox one
James Dominguez | Today, in the second of our two Xbox One interviews, Xbox Chief Product officer Marc Whitten talks about the big ideas behind the new console.

Xbox One interview: Craig Davidson

xbox live
James Dominguez | During last week's Xbox One launch event, DexX interviewed a couple of Microsoft executives. Today, it's Xbox Live marketing boss Craig Davidson.

Soul Sacrifice: Prepare to grind

Soul Sacrifice
Jason Hill | Players predisposed to the grind will derive enjoyment from Soul Sacrifice, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Indie review: The Swapper

the swapper
James Dominguez 11:44pm | New independent PC game The Swapper delivers deep philosophical questions that will hurt your brain.
 

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