Gadgets
PS Vita: new kid on the block

Next week, Sony releases its new handheld gaming unit, the PS Vita. Gerard Campbell got hands-on.
Incredible 3D viewing

SIOBHAN KEOGH
REVIEW: Sony's HMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer is a niche product that works phenomenally well.
Review: Acer Aspire S3

REVIEW: Acer’s Aspire S3 is the first ‘Ultrabook’ released in the New Zealand and Australian markets.
Arc makeover still hits the spot

REVIEW: If you’ve seen the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, you already have a good idea of what the Arc S looks like. However, this updated version has a few neat upgrades and additions.
3D printing: piracy tool?

BRAD HOWARTH - © Fairfax NZ News
What if people could print spare parts and consumer goods on site? 3D printing is developing fast.
Apple in talks on iTV

Apple is in talks with Canada's two biggest telecom companies about becoming partners in the launch of iTV, a device combining features of the wildly popular iPad tablet with those of a television set.
Ready for Apple Treadmill?

PETER PACHAL
Forget the Apple iTV - there might be an Apple-branded treadmill in the works.
What's USB 3.0?

WILL HARVIE - © Fairfax NZ News
They are faster and better universal serial bus connectors, the seen-everywhere plugs that connect cameras, computer, phones and so forth.
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Slim Dell a solid addition

REVIEW: When it comes to it's footprint, Dell's 14z notebook isn't a large machine. In fact, it's a compact thing that fits into a backpack with ease and is a minuscule 23mm thick.
Rosie still takes the cake

Robots are not just for sci-fi films and geeks in labs. Claire Rogers takes a look at the increasingly accessible world of robotics.
Look out for laser-guided bullets

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - AP
A bullet that directs itself like a tiny guided missile can hit a target more than 1.6km away.
Angel 'Jobs' loves Android in ad

JONATHAN STANDING - Reuters
A Taiwanese ad features an angelic Steve Jobs impersonator, espousing the merits of a new Android tablet.
Kinect for Windows launched

The Kinect for Windows commercial license and purchasable hardware is now available, according to Microsoft.
Flash memory clocks up 30

HAYDEN WALLES - © Fairfax NZ News
The technology is as near ubiquitous in our daily lives as the air we breathe.
Galaxy Note coming to NZ

Samsung's half-phone, half-tablet mobile device known as the Galaxy Note will be available in New Zealand from next month, the company said yesterday in Auckland.
Apple rebukes 'blind eye' claims

POORNIMA GUPTA - Reuters
Apple has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," says CEO.
Nintendo to launch Wii U right

YURI KAGEYAMA - AP
Nintendo's chief is determined to get right the launch of its next game machine, Wii U, but has acknowledged some mistakes with selling the company's 3DS handheld.
How Kodak failed
OPINION: Kodak wasted every digital opportunity it had.
Hi-tech threat to public servants
Google algorithm measures funny
Second Megaupload co-accused bailed
Review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Protests erupt across Europe against ACTA
Review: Sony HMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer
Career destroyed over battle of the planets
NZ police access Facebook evidence
Facebook can alienate people further - study
Brazil files injunction against Twitter
Son watches dad die in boat tragedy
One dead after SH1 crash near Wellington
Caring for these kids a job for life
Mum cops $200 fine for truant daughter
Dotcom accused van der Kolk 'flabbergasted'
Woman critically injured in hit and run
Daily trivia quiz: February 14
Lawyer Barry Hart faces misconduct charges
Virtual jobs to replace public servants
Paul Henry's disjointed return to TV
NZ, mate, you might have a drinking problem
Unruly festival-goers 'stretch police'
Ethnic rights advice stuns communities
What should the MMP threshold be?


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