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Microsoft unveils Cortana digital assistant, reinstates Start menu

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Microsoft unveils Cortana digital assistant, reinstates Start menu

Microsoft has unveiled updated Windows Phone software with voice-search features and will offer it for free to makers of smartphones and tablets.

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Amazon leaps into home entertainment with Fire TV

New player: Amazon Fire TV set top box, remote and game controller.

11:02am | Amazon has made a play for the home entertainment arena by unveiling a set top box for streaming of online video content in the US.

NBN adds capacity for 9000 more satellite users

Malcolm Turnbull: Existing users will receive a third more capacity.

MAHESH SHARMA 12:35pm | NBN Co is spending $34 million to speed up internet services delivered to remote and rural users by its satellite infrastructure.

Social media: tools or trivial pursuits?

Social media pps are seen on Apple iPhone 5s January 22, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER

Andrew Masterson | The idea of Twitter being a turbulent and fluid place for debate has taken a major hit.

Consult your children before posting their photos online

University of Canberra centenary resident professor of faculty arts and design Deborah Lupton talks about parents showing ultrasound's of their children on social media.

EMMA MACDONALD | Before you post that cute shot of your child wearing a multicoloured wig and funny glasses on Facebook, ask how the youngster feels about it.

Dining out on Instagram food porn

Food pornography is no longer a fringe activity.

KATIE CINCOTTA | Social media posts about food and selfies suddenly mean something for business.

STM Trust bag review: room for all your hardware

STM's new Trust bag.

KATIE CINCOTTA | The only real test of a cargo carrier is to stuff it full of gadgets and see how it goes.

Fight the fear when buying a camera

We've tried them all and there's not a dud among them.

IMAGING | Terry Lane makes a bold assertion: there are no bad cameras.

Nikon D5300 DSLR camera review

Nikon D5300.

IMAGING 11:59pm | For anyone looking for an entry into the Nikon system this is the camera to consider.

Apple iBeacon: signs of new direction

Multi-platform: iBeacon isn't Apple-specific.

MACMAN | iBeacon could dash the hopes of NFC to be the master of mobile payments.

Google Glass in public view

Google eyewear needs a lift.

ADAM TURNER | Google has called on perennially cool Ray-Ban to help give Google Glass a stylish makeover.

Bad Apple turns green in environmental switch

Apple to track you as you shop (Thumbnail)

7:54am | Greenpeace issued its annual report on the energy efficiency of internet companies, praising Apple, Facebook and others for improved use of energy resources.

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