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The business of selling social media clicks
Snooping on your inbox
Facebook is being sued over claims it has been scanning users' private messages for personal information to sell to advertisers. The…
Texas library offers glimpse of bookless future
Texas has seen the future of the public library, and it looks a lot like an Apple Store: Rows of glossy iMacs beckon. iPads…
What 2014 may have in store
The year 2012 was a vintage one for science. It was the year that the Curiosity Rover landed on Mars, and the Higgs boson…
Video
A giant bluefin tuna sells at a Japanese auction for…
Authorities say two people have been critically injured…
Internet radio battles for Kiwis' ears
Internet radio platforms are battling for New Zealanders' loyalty - with one company using their high-profile hosts in online…
Pat Pilcher: Hands on Asus Trio
Not content with a sizeable presence in the tablet and notebook markets, Asus went for broke and covered all their bases…
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Tech invention allows remote 'touching'
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented a device that allows people to remotely manipulate…
Pat Pilcher: Skype hacks leave Microsoft red-faced
Only days into 2014, and the new year is already shaping up to be an annus horribilis for Skype as the Skype Twitter account…
Technology
Pat Pilcher: 4.6m phone numbers made public in Snapchat breach
As we become more and more reliant on cloud based services, privacy breaches could become increasingly…
Apple denies spy agency has 'back door' to iPhone
Apple says it has no "back door" in its products after a security researcher and a leaked document suggested the US National…
Stuart Jeffery: Up to users to protect fragile digital memories
How many of your cherished memories, and even important work documents, exist only online?
NSA can turn iPhone into spy device: expert
A well-known privacy advocate has given the public an unusually explicit peek into the intelligence world's tool box, pulling…
Army of geeks wages cyber-war
Top-secret unit of young hackers spearheads America's programme to infiltrate communications worldwide…
Time's up for the alarm clock
Reaching for an alarm clock or searching the sofa cushions for a remote control could soon be a thing of the past - thanks…
Pat Pilcher: Can digital photos catch criminals with eye reflections?
My first taste of high tech photo detective stuff came via Blade Runner , when Blade Runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford)…
Sci-fi draws ever nearer to fact
Countdown to Mars As it stands, if you felt the urge to make the 87 million km trip to Mars, it would take you nine months…
Apple boss gets pay boost to $5.2m
Apple CEO Timothy Cook received a compensation package valued at nearly $4.3 million ($5.2 million NZD) this year, up slightly…
The hot topics of 2014
Technology Archives
Observer writers look at hot topics for next year, from surveillance to missions to map out the galaxy…
Compute
Apple Watch: Boys of Tech - part 2
More Compute
In the one of my previous Apple Watch blogs I talked about how podcasts work, how you can get them…
Wired
Google Glass up on Trade Me
One of the first pairs of Google Glass(es) to come to New Zealand shores has been listed for sale on Trade Me, however the…
Apple Watch
Apple Watch: Hey ho Mac Pro
More Apple Watch
Hey, Apple, it's December and this is the month the amazing new Mac Pro was going to arrive. Things…
Gadgets
2013's key technology trends
Every year technology moves forward at such a rate sometimes it feels like a struggle to keep up. We take a look back at…
Games
EA calls Battlefield 4 lawsuits 'meritless'
EA has publicly responded to two class action lawsuits against it that claim the publisher misled investors regarding the…
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