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Hugging chair warms 'cold' web messages
THERE'S something impersonal about a Facebook birthday wall post, but it's OK. Now there's a chair turning those posts into real hugs.
Kids, 11, sexting naked photos
CHILDREN as young as 11 have been texting naked photos to one another on social media apps and websites, police warn.
'We do Phoshop': Korea's pic-altering trolls
IF YOU ask the internet to Photoshop pictures, you probably won't get what you expected. Especially if you're asking to look like a Greek myth.
A paranoid person's guide to the web
WHO's watching you? Gremlins in your computer. Spies listening to your calls. If you want to hide from governments or cyber criminals, here's how to keep a low online profile.
NBN chief Mike Quigley quits
AN "international search" is currently underway to find a replacement for outgoing NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.
Toddler buys dad a car on eBay
BE careful letting your children play with your mobile phone. You might end up with a car you don't want or need. That's what happened to this new father.
Hackers uninvite feds over spying
REVELATIONS about the US internet surveillance program have chilled the relationship between government workers and the Def Con hacker gathering.
'World's Scariest Rabbit' a viral hit
A US student's spoof video of an apparently tumorous rabbit that he dubbed "Frankenstein" has gone viral - but some say it's cruel.
Nokia phone has 41-megapixel camera
NOKIA has unveiled its latest smartphone, with a powerful 41-megapixel camera touted as offering "more detail than the eye can see".
Microsoft unveils new single strategy
MICROSOFT announced a sweeping reorganisation of the company on Thursday to enable innovation with "greater speed, efficiency and capability."
Samsung mashes Apple
SAMSUNG phones have loaded more websites than Apple iPhones for the first time, following a brutal battle for supremacy.
Nations 'hiring hackers to attack enemies'
A BRITISH intelligence report has found that other nations are hiring cybermercenaries to launch attacks against their enemies.
Apple found guilty of ebook conspiracy
APPLE has been found guilty of a price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books, despite CEO Tim Cook claiming Apple had done nothing wrong.
Google steers users out of a jam
GOOGLE has launched a redesigned Maps app, delivering live traffic updates, navigation and restaurant reviews.
Sci-Tech
Distant quakes rattle oil rig fields
THE powerful earthquake that rocked Japan in 2011 set off tremors as far away as a West Texas oil field.
The new planet that's blue murder
ASTRONOMERS have discovered another blue planet out in deep space, but it's not much like ours. For instance, the rain there is made of glass.
5,000-year-old writing found in China
DIDI TANGAssociated Press CHINA may be older than we think it is. Archaeologists have discovered a new form of primitive writing that is 400 years older than the earliest known written Chinese language.
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Technology Pictures
10 incredible close-ups of everyday objects
Can you guess which everyday objects these microscopic photographs represents?
Powerful new space telescope
The most powerful space telescope ever built, the Webb telescope will provide images of the first galaxies ever formed and explore planets a...
Gaming
Hackers uninvite feds over spying
REVELATIONS about the US internet surveillance program have chilled the relationship between government workers and the Def Con hacker gathering.
Game on: thousands ready for AVCon
Julian Swallow MORE than 20,000 outlandish characters will descend on Adelaide this weekend for the largest anime and video games convention in the southern hemisphere.
Last comment: Auds Posted at 10:13AM May 15, 2013
If the Palestinians and their Arab brothers and sisters lay down there arms tomorrow there will immediately be peace in the middle east,if Israel lay down their arms tomorrow they will be wipe out from the face of this world by the Arab world,makes you think doesn't it.The problem is the media is so pro-Arab that they won't even let this pass.
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Bruce Lee brought back to life for ad
STAFF WRITERS MARTIAL arts legend Bruce Lee has appeared in a new ad for Johnnie Walker, 40 years after his death.
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