Girls on film: Australia's 'reality porn' king
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Dangerous new drugs sold on web 'silk road'
AMY CORDEROY Dangerous new psychoactive drugs are emerging in Australia at a breathtaking rate, say experts conducting groundbreaking research into online drug sales.
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Google's YouTube channel strategy still a vision in progress
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Neil Young's challenge to iPod
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Spacing out with Google
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Petraeus case triggers concerns about online privacy
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Robots in the home coming
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Toss up: NAS drives
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Opinion
Have you Googled yourself lately?
Newcastle Herald reporter Greg Ray decided to find out what happened when he searched his name.
'Indoor GPS' coming
ASHER MOSES Navigating museums, airports and railway stations or finding shops, ATMs and even your car in shopping centres will soon be as simple as firing up an app as GPS moves indoors.
Blogs & Columns
Gadgets on the go
Hands on: Apple Maps turn-by-turn
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Screen Play
Assassin's Creed 3: Epic adventure
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Imaging
Review: Nikon Coolpix 7700 Compact
This 12-megapixel camera with a 28mm-200mm zoom lens is at the top of Nikon's compact range.
Gaming
Duty calls in future
Activision prepares for the ninth instalment of its record-setting shooting franchise.
Astronomy
Gun astronomer Carl Sagan's outstanding achievements
It's not necessarily the best violinist that makes the best violin teacher. Sagan was both.