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Intel's wireless power means no more batteries

Intel has shown showed off a wireless electric power system that could revolutionise modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.

iPhone bill shock hits Optus

Like Vodafone, Optus has started to receive complaints about iPhone billing problems relating to excess data charges.

Sony Ericsson W902: Style dictator, headphone hater

There are two key features a portable music player needs: first, the ability to play music and second, somewhere to put the headphones. Sony Ericsson's new W902, only gets one out of two right.

Video game technology gets smarter

Recent advancements in video game design — and new game consoles with dazzling computing power — have endowed computer-controlled characters with a sense of self-preservation and unpredictability not seen even a year ago.

Whaddyareckon?: Human-gadget hybrids

In moments of gadget-related frustration, some calm themselves with a mantra: "Become one with the technology". But what if you really could become one with the technology?

Apple answers call for iPhone applications

Apple wowed the cell phone industry a year ago with the first version of the iPhone. And now its new software development kit and soon-to-be-launched application store featuring third-party applications could change the game yet again.

Back to school with iTunes U

Get your academic kicks via iTunes U, which offers lectures, speeches and student work from a bunch of Aussie universities.

Yahoo wants users to pinpoint photos

Yahoo will start telling people where it thinks Flickr photos were taken, but people can correct the photo-sharing site's misconceptions.

NAB splashes out AU$100m on Windows ATMs

National Australia Bank is overhauling its network of 1600 ATMs to run on Windows XP and Internet protocol networks.

Europe 'should not criminalise file-sharers'

People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended.

Numbers game: Macs safe but not so secure

The scalp of Mac OS X has been waved trophy-like after being hacked in controlled environments, yet security researchers are hard pressed remembering the last time a Mac was compromised in the wild.

Handwrite e-mails with the D:Scribe pen

We talk to the student designer of the D:Scribe, a digital fountain pen that will convert your scribblings into text messages and e-mail.

Mobile phones 'worse than smoking': Neurosurgeon

Mobile phones could represent a public-health time bomb akin to asbestos or smoking, according to a study by neurosurgeon Dr Vini G Khurana.

Whaddyareckon?: Human microchipping

Human microchipping: freaky-deaky privacy nightmare or practical solution? We get your thoughts in this week's Whaddyareckon?

Putting customers to work, Nokia takes on the web

As the Internet goes mobile and companies like Apple and Google find cool ways to embrace the trend, Nokia is rewriting its product development rulebook. Instead of working in secrecy and isolation, it wants to start sharing.

Photo industry braces for another revolution

Replacing film with digital sensors was a major change, but new combining computing with photography is beginning to transform the industry more radically.

Panasonic sensor tackles key photo problem -- dynamic range

Panasonic showed technology on Monday that could shift the digital photography trend of high-dynamic range photos off the computer and directly into a camera image sensor.

Intel CEO predicts a more personalised Internet

In the future, Intel chief executive Paul Otellini predicts Internet services will be more proactive, predictive and context aware.

Cyborg tech predicted as next big disruptive technology

In the name of prolonged life and with the assistance of shrinking microprocessors, the quest continues to integrate technology with humans.

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