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April 30
- Samsung doubles down with world's first 4GB LPDDR3 mobile DRAM
- Facebook makes guinea pigs out of Windows Phone users with new app
- Google enhancing search with deeper app integration for Deezer and more
- iPhone patent may save your life, prevent drunk phone calls
- Can Firefox OS be the new Android?
- Sony's 6.4in Togari detailed again, could come with oversized sibling
- BlackBerry says tablets will be dead by 2018
- Apple and Samsung to do battle again this November as court sets date
- Will Microsoft's IllumiRoom bring the new Xbox to life?
- Reincarnation of first ever web page aims to show how far we've come
- Game devs teaching pirates a lesson through illegal downloads
- Will Twitter let tweeters tweet with a twitch on Google Glass?
- BlackBerry CEO expects to sell 'tens of millions' of the keyboard-toting Q10
April 29
- HTC One's front-facing speakers coming to new budget handset?
- Samsung will throw four more tablets at the wall in 2013, says leak
- OS X 10.9 to bring more iOS features to the desktop?
- S4 'Samsung Style' Gangnam rip off is awful and brilliant in equal measure
- Love Tetris? Then check out these iPhone and iPad block-stacking games
- Summer holiday app round-up: Last minute getaway tips
- The future of high definition phone calls
- Guide: How to blog on your GALAXY Note II
- iPad mini 2 said to be facing delays, Retina display to blame
- Digital-age dodos: 10 things tech is rendering redundant
- Beginning of the end for SMS as Whatsapp and co take over
- Key Lime Pie may be on the back burner as Android 4.3 surfaces
- Quickflix bundles post and streaming services in pricing revamp
- Ratings show Android users don't want Facebook messing up their Home
- Where to go for online movies in Australia
April 28
- Smartphone revolution is complete! Sales top feature phones for first time
- New MacBook Pro laptops with Intel Haswell processors tipped for WWDC
- Weird Obama bug is the latest issue to plague Apple's iMessage app
- How to migrate your data to a new Mac
- Fade Runner: The futuristic Hollywood tech that's already outdated
April 27
- Apple to hit the road with Tech Talks, following record WWDC sell-out
- Could Verizon's bid to buy out Vodafone stake lead to a full takeover?
- Google Glass jailbreak gives hacker full access to Android OS
- Heavily stubbled men are more attractive, says science
- This week's hottest reviews on TechRadar
- Samsung Galaxy S4 easier to repair than HTC One, iPhone 5
- Google Glass powered by a 2011 mobile processor
April 26
- iPhone users could elbow past disloyal Android fans by 2015
- New Xbox reportedly adds gameplay DVR, Twitter-like following
- Rugged Galaxy S4 apparently isn't the only Galaxy in the works
- Is Google's latest Play Store update a direct blow to Facebook?
- Why is Samsung seeking Google partnership for OLED displays?
- Dutchman nabbed on suspicion of one of the largest web attacks ever
- Has Google's search proposal already been shot down?
- ARM CEO: Mobile of 2014 will have great power without sacrificing battery
- 10 top iPad and iPhone apps for throwing a kick ass party
- Sony reveals more secrets of the PS4 controller
- Samsung's new superphone, the incoming Xbox and a little bit of idiocy
- Samsung rebrands entire Windows spectrum, intros Ativ Book 5 and Book 6
- Analyzing the Social Web: the techniques, and why you need to use them
- Microsoft to tempt Android users with app alternatives
- The Samsung Galaxy S4: 10 things to know
- US Ambassador demands Australia stop playing the 'Game of Clones'
- First impressions of the Samsung GALAXY S4
- Analyst claims voice calls to become 'just another app'
- Virgin America playing matchmaker with in-flight flirting?
- A button at a time, Apple's gaming future inches closer
April 25
- Leap Motion shoves release of gesture control tech to late July
- Microsoft comes from nowhere to grab 7.5 per cent of recent tablet share
- PS4 to have strongest launch games in PlayStation history, says lead architect
- Nintendo shocks the world, admits Wii U suffers from lack of games
- He got the date right: Paul Thurrott divulges more about the new Xbox
- Nintendo chose the wrong year to ditch its E3 press conference
- Nearly 10 million smart glass devices by 2016? Some say it's possible
- Nokia to reveal new Lumia at May 14 event
- Netflix: Apps will kill TV channels
- Augmented reality robots and remote experts can change our world, says IBM
- Google Glass might have a serious battery problem
- Why high-DPI displays aren't coming to the PC
- Six marvels of the 4K revolution at Sony Pictures Studios in LA
- Google proposes European search overhaul to calm legal fears
- Nintendo: no E3 press conference this year
- Did Apple Stores save Apple?
- Everything you need to know about spreadsheets but are too afraid to ask
- HTC One to get a new microphone but won't face further delay
April 24
- Is the best Windows laptop really a MacBook?
- BBC and Sony to trial 4K TV at Wimbledon
- Google plays fetch with security by joining future-looking FIDO Alliance
- Amazon eager to ape Apple with set-top box of its own?
- It's coming! New Xbox event set for May 21
- Camera update snapping into international HTC One
- How wireless charging will change our devices
- Is poor old Mario super enough to save Nintendo's Wii U?
- Struggling Nintendo appoints Satoru Iwata as American CEO
- Falling profit? Yep, Apple must be doomed
- Nokia launches Asha 210 WhatsApp phone
- Wii U flops for Nintendo, still overshadowed by older brother
- Sony announces super light 30x zoom camera
- Malta bella: AMD is ready to unleash Radeon HD 7990 GPU
- Launching ebooks was a 'no-brainer' says JB Hi-Fi
- Australia's cheapest Samsung Galaxy S4
- PS4 share button pitch proves Sony is listening to developers
- Panasonic introduces high-end compact with f/2.0 lens and inbuilt Wi-Fi
- Panasonic reveals latest CSC with Wi-Fi and NFC
April 23
- Android Jelly Bean 4.2 update may mark end of the road for HTC One X
- Facebook real name policy upheld in Germany
- Apple says to look at fall, 2014 for 'amazing' product developments
- Surface Pro arriving in Australia by the end of May
- Mozilla 'thrilled' at demand facing first Firefox OS phones
- Printouts you can erase: is the age of wasted ink over?
- Mercedes GLA concept has laser movie projectors for headlights
- Place your order: Honda's high-tech NSX supercar goes on sale
- New Netflix 'family plan' will allow four simultaneous streams
- Why Eric Schmidt's connected future isn't a total pipedream
- Everyday devices becoming smarter and more efficient, says ARM
- 3D printer: MakerBot Replicator 2
- Excite Mobile busted for creating a fake debt collector and dodgy complaints company
- Aussie bookseller challenging Amazon with 'Kindle Amnesty'
- Telstra shares its plan for data sharing plans
- JB Hi-Fi wants you to read more ebooks, Now
- Leap Motion puts Google Earth at your fingertips
April 22
- HTC One mic troubles, Apple over Google: tech fights the legal fight
- Is this the first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet?
- Who'd have thought? Samsung developing mind-controlled tablet tech
- Google Now for all! Personal assistant app coming to Google homepage?
- Geeksphone might be first out of the foxhole with Firefox OS phones
- Google Glass code hints at possible wink controlled camera functionality
- I'd like to return these: Apple said to dump millions of iPhones on Foxconn
- Apple iPad 5's rear casing may have just gotten real
- Google fined over illegal Wi-Fi data capture again
- Windows 8.1 to party like it's Windows 7 by bringing the Start Button back
- Grow your own: Top 10 gardening apps on the Note II
- Penguin kills controversial Apple ebook deal, ends EU prodding
- Designers explain the S Pen's appeal
- Guide: Email tips and tricks for Note II power users
- TomTom still defensive over Apple Maps, says smartphones not a threat
- Entry level Fuji CSC coming this summer?
- Google says it's okay to skimp on tax in the UK because UK businesses use Google
- Most Australians want the NBN, but many don't care how we get it
- SimCity update brings pollution and disaster fixes, plus mayoral mansions
- Facebook Home nets just half a million downloads so far on Android
April 21
- Embrace Creativity: Rahul Ahuja, the entrepreneur
- 'BadNews' Android malware may have been downloaded 9 million times
- Why basic smartphones will win in the race for 'the next billion' users
April 20
- So far, Spotify is more popular than iTunes with Twitter Music users
- Samsung, HTC and LG team up to start a wireless charging format war
- The batteries that charge 1,000 times quicker and last 10 times longer
- 10 ways Outlook.com beats Gmail
- This week's hottest reviews on TechRadar
April 19
- What more will we see from the One's camera? HTC says a good deal
- Forget the figures - the Chromebook is still the future
- Siri shares all your secrets with Apple for two years
- Stats point to Chromebook failure
- At last - the battery that will keep your phone going for weeks
- Samsung confirms Ultra HD TVs great and small for IFA 2013
- LG Optimus G2 confirmed and set to do battle with Galaxy S4
- Smartwatches wage war for your wrist
- Microsoft bigwig quits as Windows sales stagnate, but Xbox is doing just fine
- ZTE's Tegra 4 powerhouse has impressive spec sheet leaked
- NBN getting one gigabit speeds by the end of the year
- Vodafone 4G speed test shows the benefit of bandwidth
April 18
- Google Glass teardown reveals Games Center-like service
- Now Larry Page is talking up Motorola's upcoming products
- Yes, smaller Windows 8 touch devices are on the way
- Nokia's Elop reveals new Lumia will be a hero, more top handsets on the way
- Microsoft says with E3 coming, it looks forward to 'sharing more shortly'
- Samsung flexible screens reportedly warbled by delay
- LG's curved OLED TVs primed for release in second half of 2013
- Could this be the rear shell for the cheaper Apple iPhone?
- In defence of Twitter Music
- LG vs Samsung: the story behind the biggest rivalry in tech
- Twitter Music app launches today for iOS and web
- The tide may be changing for Nokia as it sees best ever Lumia sales
- BlackBerry 10.1 update preview reveals HDR camera and other neat tricks
- Why FIFA 14's small changes take months of balancing
- 6 best to-do apps and extensions to manage your time
- Nokia could be working on a big-screen Galaxy Note rival
- Sigma launches zoom lens with f/1.8 constant aperture
- TomTom: we're not entering the smartwatch war
- Amazon opening up App Store to 200 new countries
- Samsung's 2013 TVs out from next week, including $40,000 UHD TV
- LG: UK phone market is most tricky in the world
- Ironman 3 to be smelt and felt by Japanese fans
April 17
- Calling the Amazon phone: Will you use this Siri-like assistant app?
- Wii U's much-needed speed update arrives next week
- Microsoft joins the two-step boogie, adds more security in new update
- Is Google Babel-ing on again with Google Voice for Android update?
- Xbox Watch could be in the works at Microsoft
- TomTom concept tech aims to end the uncertainty of commuting
- The 5 best and 5 worst in-car tech options
- A case of the ex: Jolla readying Sailfish devices to prove Nokia wrong
- FIFA 14 sets itself for some amazing shots at goal
- Dell loves Windows RT and thinks you should too
- Ricoh GR vs Nikon Coolpix A: which should you buy?
- Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 details leaked and it doesn't look bad
- Optimistic Facebook 'in talks' with Apple about Facebook Home for iPhone
- Nokia EOS could be first quad-core Windows Phone
- Funny or Die's iSteve now online, is the Apple Newton of Steve Jobs biopics
- Kama Sutra iOS app brings augmented reality to the tantric love tome
- Ricoh reveals APS-C compact that's significantly cheaper than Nikon's
- Huge Huawei Ascend Mate will be cheap in Australia
- Fuji announces telephoto zoom lens for X cameras
April 16
- Galaxy Tab 3 Plus 'Roma' specs are more impressive in latest leak
- Facebook thought about building an operating system to call Home
- Google's got some Android activation figures to brag about
- That boot to desktop feature for Windows 8.1 is apparently in testing
- LG piques our curiosity with word of May 1 press event
- Eric Schmidt touts 'phenomenal' new Motorola gadgets on the way
- Facebook Home goes global in Google Play today
- Chat Heads break out of Facebook Home and head to iPhone and iPad
- Microsoft: We have no plans to make a Surface Phone
- How tech firms are manipulating user reviews
- Firefox OS is launching in 16 emerging markets this year
- RIP netbooks, set to fade away completely in 2015
- Google Glass specs revealed as Android app goes live
- Quickflix offers another legal avenue for Game of Thrones in Australia
- Mobile malware jumped 163 percent in 2012, mostly on Android
- LG sells 200 OLED TVs in Korea in 2 months
- Big data: how it knows everything you do
- Get excited Explorers: Google Glass ready to hop off production line
- Nokia reportedly readying EOS handset: 41MP Windows Phone ahoy
April 15
- Google launches Person Finder in response to Boston Marathon blasts
- Adobe announces Lightroom 5 beta for free download
- High-res Kobo Aura HD is 'the Porsche of ereaders', says Kobo
- Microsoft: emphasis on Start Screen shackled Windows 8
- The future of music streaming on the GALAXY Note II
- Leather on willow on Android: cricket on the Note II
- VIDEO: The best apps for the S Pen
- Getting the most out of the Marathon with the Note II
- Facebook hits back at privacy worries with new initiative
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 could be double trouble as 8- and 10.1-inch variants leak
- Nokia set to boost lacklustre Windows Phone 8 camera app
- Microsoft is also working on a smart watch, apparently
- CSIRO shooting heritage sites with lasers (to digitally map them)
- Dirt cheap Nokia Lumia 520 coming soon
- Better mobile service switched on in Sydney's City Circle
- Google chairman calls for regulation of civilian drone aircraft
- Facebook "free calls" available from Aussie phones
April 14
- Apple board member says 'watch', world chants 'iWatch! iWatch!'
- Major weekend Xbox Live outage casts more doubt over 'always on' Xbox 720
- 10 ways the Xbox 720 can win the next gen
- Is it possible to create a 10W gaming PC?
April 13
- Microsoft announces 'Pin to Pinterest' integration for Bing Image Search
- Mod makes it easy to install Facebook Home on almost any Android device
- A hangover cure that actually works, plus other tales
- This week's super-hot reviews on TechRadar
April 12
- Ex-Adobe CTO working with ex-iPod team on the iWatch?
- Short of luck again: iMessage, FaceTime slapped with second outage
- 'The tide is turning' between Apple and Android tablets, research shows
- Twitter puts up a music site, says it's 'coming soon'
- Nvidia shows off next-gen mobile graphics, calls iPad 'vintage 1999'
- Nintendo pulls plug on Wii online services
- 5 reasons an always-online Xbox 720 is the worst idea ever
- Why it's a great time to be a gamer
- Samsung reveals 6.3-inch and 5.8-inch Galaxy Mega
- Android app can be used to hijack a plane
- Twitter's music app is real, according to Ryan Seacrest
- Iranian scientist claims to have built a time machine
April 11
- Mobile Phishing: How to avoid getting hooked
- 8 Apps That Make Academic Research Easier
- This isn't a stand: Concessions could get Google off EU hook
- Windows Phone 8 handsets may soon get bigger in addition to sharper
- Is Ryse slotted to be Microsoft's blockbuster Xbox 720 launch title?
- Waterstones founder to launch Spotify-style eBook service
- Apple and Google accused of using legal dispute for media attention
- Thatcher and intolerance: why you need to watch what you say on Twitter
- Quad-core Windows 8 tablets could be ticket to the top
- Why ARM is still the tech giant you don't really know
- Foxconn woes: is Apple's time at the top over?
- Samsung Galaxy S4 adds insult to injury as eight-core smashes quad-core in tests
- The flexible iPhone wriggles closer to reality
- Google Glass to ship to developers 'this month'
- Pathetic PC shipments set rotten record; blame lain on Windows 8
April 10
- Vodafone treats Galaxy S2 owners to a Jelly Bean update
- Xbox 720 may take over your TV, be joined by Xbox Mini
- Facebook revamps status updates to include 'what you're doing' tags
- Babbling Google memo points to more Babel features
- Will anyone still care if Office for iOS and Android launches in late 2014?
- Has Apple left Samsung out in the cold over A7 chip project?
- ZTE Geek arrives, wants to be teacher's pet
- iPad 5 bezel 'leak' suggests iPad mini is about to go maxi
- iPhone 5S and budget iPhone may sport an array of hues
- Sharing knowledge with join.me
- Latest ABS figures show 288,000 Australians still use dial-up
- Apple, Yahoo said to be in talks to slather the latter in iOS
- Opposition's NBN alternative revealed: (Slightly) cheaper but slower
- The Hobbit will be the first film in Australia with an UltraViolet digital copy included
- Google Play Music launches in Australia, offers storage for 20,000 tracks
April 9
- Google axes 60K rubbish apps in massive Google Play purge
- Your Sony phone could soon have DualShock controller support
- Want the view from Windows Phone 8 to be in 1080p? It could happen soon
- Killzone developer defends PS4 hardware against PC 'trolls'
- AMD chip on new Xbox could be the death of backwards compatibility
- Apple's latest patent allows you to buy music without an internet connection
- The Samsung Game Hub explained
- iPad 5 production to kick off in July-August?
- Microsoft and Nokia file EU complaint against 'trojan horse' Google
- App tips to backing a winner on the gee-gees
- WhatsApp says it's not selling to Google after all
- Panasonic debuts GF6 - interchangeable lens camera with NFC
- US Navy ready to deploy laser weapons
- Vaya Mobile now offering Optus 4G
- Apple's procrastination on Mac Pro might end before April is up
April 8
- Will Blue meld Windows 8, Windows Phone OS into one?
- Intel announces new Thunderbolt tech, now twice as fast with 4K support
- Samsung Galaxy Mega specs emerge, stretch definition of 'portable'
- Apple job posting hints at fingerprint sensor tech for future iOS gadgets
- Leaked G-chat revamp screenshots confirm Babel is coming
- Looking for a Sony 4K TV for your living room? You'll need a few grand
- Microsoft sets sights on Xbox TV
- Giving your Note II vids some va-va-voom
- Xbox 720 rumoured for May reveal, will be 'expensive'
- Is Google trying to buy WhatsApp?
- Bring back the Windows 8 Start button with 6 free apps
- Acer Iconia A1-810 quietly appears and looks to take on iPad mini
- Samsung squashes Australian octo-core Galaxy S4 speculation
- Vodafone's Australian 4G network to launch in June
- Prepaid postage price hike proves preposterously painful for online retailers
- Uber trials water taxis in Sydney
April 7
- Embrace Creativity: Jonathan Erdman, the legal professional
- Facebook looks to calm Facebook Home privacy concerns
- Mozilla: why the web is the future of the smartphone
- 9 sports gadgets that offer something new
April 6
- Ouya hits out at negative reviews, urges sites to wait for the real deal
- Microsoft sorry for 'always on' Xbox tweet, but doesn't deny reports
- No mystery here: HTC First has stock Android beneath Facebook Home
- Is that bad breath? No, it's just your breathprint
- How to install Ubuntu Touch on the Google Nexus 7
- This week's hottest reviews on TechRadar
- Apple device sales projected to shut out Windows for the first time
April 5
- iMessages encrypted so well it even thwarts law enforcement
- Google's switch to Blink arrives in 10 weeks with Chrome 28
- AMD puts its chips on a cloud gaming future
- Microsoft tells Android users: 'Forget Facebook Home, get Windows Phone'
- Samsung to earn the ire of everyone with profit estimates
- 10 top gadgets from Iain M Banks' Culture universe
- Facebook shows it knows the power of apps over hardware
- Did Microsoft just confirm an always-online Xbox 720?
- Apple's mythical iRadio close to pinning two music labels down
- Facebook Home: Android's worst nightmare?
- Movie studios sending Google take down notices of their take down notices
- Live Connected sliding over the slippery slope of bill shock
- Ads will eventually be houseguests in Facebook Home
- Australian Galaxy S4 blasting off in style at Sydney Opera House
- Why Facebook snubbed Apple and iOS with Facebook Home
- Apple patents convertible laptop with wireless charging
April 4
- Chrome 27 beta is 5 percent faster, adds new HTML5 features
- Facebook Home for Android: everything you need to know
- Apple's curved iPhone patent comes to life in photos, but is it real?
- Facebook Home's new Cover Feed replaces Android's lock and home screens
- Facebook Home for Android is now official
- Celebrating the innovations of the year in tech. issue 19
- Nokia Catwalk to strut its stuff on May 15?
- iRing: the one ridiculous Apple rumour to rule them all
- The iPad turns three: the tablet that poisoned the PC
- Apple lifts 10-month block from Microsoft SkyDrive app updates
- Samsung Galaxy Star and Galaxy Pocket Neo are down with the kids
- BlackBerry pulls the plug on BBM Music
- 9 best Android apps for slacking off
- UP Mini 3D printer
- Australian HTC One pricing revealed
- Mozilla and Samsung strike mobile web browser pairing
- Google sticks a fork in WebKit, announces Blink rendering engine
- Foxtel follows Netflix lead with House of Cards
April 3
- Test drive BlackBerry OS 10 through iPhone, Android browsers
- Interview: Pandora Australia's MD Jane Huxley
- Twitter app for Android boosted with time-saving redesign
- Will the Apple iTV come with Mini version and iRing control?
- Fingerprint scanning to come to iWatch as well as iPhone 5S?
- Gamestop knows all about the Xbox 720, calls it 'compelling'
- 40 cheers for the mobile phone: from idiot plaything to everyday essential
- Google Glass competitor Baidu Eye confirmed but might not make it to the shops
- Google Nexus 7 to get second-gen reboot in July?
- 10 best wedding planning apps
- Siri eyes-free coming to Holden Barina CDX
- Samsung Mega 6.3 to test our love of big screens and resistance to terrible tech naming
April 2
- New Optus BYO plans: better value than the rest?
- Apple call waiting patent could make being on hold less boring
- It's gambling game on for Zynga starting Wednesday
- Twitter tip pegs Facebook Home phone as 'HTC First'
- Despite doomsday filing, Dell is investing in PC and tablet business
- Dumbly dubbed 'Androidbook' laptop rumored to arrive in 2013
- More evidence mounts for releases of cheaper iPhone, iPhone 5S
- Might Windows Blue end up as 'Windows 8.1?'
- The aircraft studying the climate of the future
- Google faces EU investigation after failing to fix privacy policy
- The weirdest, wackiest and most bizarre photo apps for the Note II
- Super-fast 4G LTE on the GALAXY Note II explained
- Twitter tips and tricks for Note II power users
- VIDEO: GALAXY Note II Video Features Walkthrough & Tips
- Cut-price Android gaming will still need premium games to succeed
- Nvidia: Next-gen phones will outperform PS3, Xbox 360
- HTC Windows 8 tablet may be on the horizon for later this year
- Game of Thrones tops piracy chart as HBO says it's 'a compliment'
- Nokia Lumia 720 en route to Australia
- Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 both see small gains in share
- Tech companies go April Fools' Day crazy and Google loses it completely
April 1
- Ex-Windows Phone exec joins Amazon, may be working on smartphone
- Do Siri job postings point to expansion of the personal assistant?
- Tim Cook apologizes to China over blasted warranty practices
- HTC Myst may welcome 'Facebook Home' to Androids everywhere
- Dell blames 'deteriorating outlook' for PCs in privacy plea
- Could robots be the writers of the future?
- What are apps and how do they work with your smartphone?