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The Sydney Morning Herald
Digital Life

Apple's new emojis are not diverse enough

No muslims? No gingers? Experts say Apple shouldn't have opened this can of worms.

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Telcos face mass SIM card recall

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Nothing to hide, nothing to fear on metadata: AFP

AFP Assistant Commissioner Tim Morris.
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Trust spies and police on metadata retention to fight terrorism: Brandis

George Brandis says data retention will come into force in Australia.
BEN GRUBB | Attorney-General George Brandis dismisses evidence disputing usefulness of mandatory metadata retention, saying he trusts spies and police.

Adobe Photoshop: 25 years of hoaxes, fails and enhancements

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Former refugee wants to change the world one laptop at a time

Rangan Srikhanta's computer, business and social passions have come together in the modular affordable XO-Infinity he hopes to distribute to every primary school child in the world.
LIA TIMSON | He came to Australia barely two months old with his family fleeing war in Sri Lanka. Now the Tamil migrant with a broad Aussie accent, wants to give back.

Citizens alert each other with mobile app as cyclones close in

Cyclone Marcia has crossed the Queensland coast near Yeppoon.
HANNAH FRANCIS | Citizens are turning to each other for help when disaster strikes by mapping their own observations about fires, floods, cyclones and more.

The king of gore returns in Mortal Kombat X

The series is a violent as ever in its first next-gen entry.
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ISPs to dob in movie pirates under proposed three-strikes rule

Copyright holders are looking for a win against Aussie pirates downloading movies such as <i>Dallas Buyers Club</i>.
ADAM TURNER | ISPs will hand pirates over to the movie houses, potentially without a court fight, under Australia's proposed piracy code.

Revive expensive software with a virtual PC

It's easy to run a second computer in a box on your desktop.
ADAM TURNER | If your old software won't run on the latest version of Windows, take a trip back in time with a virtual machine.

Don’t blame Facebook – the narcissists have always been there

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LAURA DEMASI | Laura Demasi looks at the me-media world and asks the questions worth pondering over.

The Order: 1886 - what its creators had in mind

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Tim Biggs | The political change, rapid advancement and public rejection of conservative ideals in late 19th century London are themes that speak to the world today.

Design guru Sir Jony Ive is Apple's Hand of the King

Power behind the throne: Jony Ive.
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With Google Glass back in the labs, Sony's SmartEyeglass is not so smart

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