 | | |  | Some say there are no bad ideas, just good ideas gone horribly wrong. Bennett Ring isn't so sure. | | Top stories ADAM TURNER 1:00pm | LG's Smart TVs feature a new look, designed to save souls lost in menu hell. | Irene Klotz | A group of citizen scientists can take over a 36-year-old decommissioned robotic space probe that will fly by the Earth in August, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration says. | Doug Harris 9:17am | We share two stupid password tricks that will make your online life a little more secure. | Harold Goldberg 3:28pm | Imagine living an all-consuming existence as a supremely intelligent yet vengeful, tormented computer hacker who is armed with the technology to control nearly anything and anyone. | Michael Liedtke 7:58am | Nearly 60,000 high-tech workers are likely to receive an average of $US4000 ($4330) apiece in a settlement of a class-action lawsuit alleging Apple and Google conspired in an illegal cartel of Silicon Valley employers that secretly refused to recruit each other's engineers. | Philip Seltsikas and Max Soyref 2:50pm | Australian businesses may be wondering whether Chinese cyber intelligence has also compromised their databases, potentially dampening enthusiasm for a free trade agreement. | Benjamin Weiser and Mark Mazzetti 10:35am | A prominent hacker provided a trove of information to authorities, allowing them to disrupt at least 300 cyber attacks. | Martha Mendoza and Toby Sterling 8:49am | The big winners of Europe's move to rein in Google will be "French ministers who want the right to have their last mistress forgotten", says Stewart Baker, former assistant secretary for policy at the US Department of Homeland Security. | Andrea Shalal, Jim Finkle and Lesley Wroughton 8:16am | Washington is considering using visa restrictions to prevent Chinese nationals from attending popular hacking conferences in Las Vegas as part of a broader effort to curb Chinese cyber espionage, a senior administration official said on Saturday. | Sylvia Pennington 12:33pm | Can’t stop checking your Facebook activity feed, however hard you try to step away from the small screen? Nor can a growing number of Australian companies. | Samsung is developing a smartwatch that can make or receive calls without having to be tethered to a mobile phone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. | Jim Finkle and Deepa Seetharaman | EBay initially believed that its customers' data was safe as forensic investigators reviewed a network security breach discovered in early May and made public this week, a senior executive said on Friday. | ADAM TURNER | If you're putting together the ultimate party playlist on your iPhone or iPad, you should look beyond iTunes. | Maria Newman 9:04am | Project used Yelp reviews to help identify unreported outbreaks of food-borne illness. | Jason Hill | 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil provides the chance for armchair athletes to dream big and make it all the way to the final. | Lisa A. Williams, Rebecca T. Pinkus | Is it possible to see the fate of a relationship early on from the way the couple first react towards each other? | Aurindom Mukherjee | Google is developing a new 7-inch tablet that can capture 3D images, and plans to produce about 4000 of these prototypes beginning next month, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on the company's plans. | | | Advertisement  More stories Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | | | | | Security Reminder: Fairfax Media digital never requests personal or credit card information via email. Be wary of suspicious emails claiming to offer Fairfax Media digital services. You are receiving this email as a registered Fairfax Media digital member. Your username is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. Your email address is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. If you do not want to receive further announcements from Fairfax Media digital, please unsubscribe here. Fairfax Media Limited. ABN 15 008 663 161.
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