Gadgets

Glass raises privacy considerations

Google Glass

Privacy Commissioner is keeping an eye on a gadget that lets wearers record others without their knowledge.

High-tech guns disabled remotely

Yardarm Technologies System

Start-up's wireless controller would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.

Xperia Tablet Z launches June 6

Xperia Tablet Z

Sony's newest Android tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z, will be available in New Zealand on 6 June.

Robotic device heralds new era

Robotic antenna calibration facility

In years to come it may make your smartphone even smarter and help your car drive itself.

Smartphone ownership jumps

Smartphone

As many as three in five New Zealanders own a smartphone, an online survey shows.

Google Glass wasn't always so slick

Google Glass prototype

If you think Google Glass looks a little weird now, take a look at how it got its start.

Ex-Nokia team's first smartphone

Jolla smartphone

A group of former Nokia employees have released their own smartphone, hoping to rival the sector's giants.

Analogue run out of town by digital

Digital clock

Hayden Walles explains why digital is better than analogue.

Google Glass: cool or creepy?

Google Glass

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its wearable computer at developer conference.

Cracked screen? Cool!

Cracked cellphone

A cracked and spidery cellphone screen is the tech generation's ripped jeans.

Thwarting mobile marauders

Thwarting mobile marauders

CLAIRE ROGERS

We're increasingly reliant on phones and tablets - and thieves and cyber crims know it.

Aussies 3D-print solar panels

3D-printed lightweight solar panels

Australian scientists have found a way to print large but extremely lightweight and flexible solar panels like money.

Galaxy S4 not big on simplicity

Samsung S4

REVIEW: There's a great phone in here but it's struggling to get out.

Mothers drive tech boom

Tayla Klein

A new market for parent- and kid-friendly technology is exploding.

Dr Dre sponsors tech centre

Dr Dre

Music superstars donate US$70 million to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook.

BlackBerry's cheaper smartphone

BlackBerry Q5

New lower-cost Q5 is the company's third smartphone to run the new BlackBerry 10 system.

The artsy side of 3D printing

3D Printing

3D printing technology is a game changer in the arts and crafts world.

Surgery's new dimension

Laura Olivieri

Doctors are using 3D printers to help solve complex cardiac problems.

New Google devices, services

Google/Android

Annual software developers' conference to showcase the latest mobile devices running on Android.

Sky TV customer numbers up

Sky TV

Sky Television is adding subscribers again after a five-month losing streak, but cuts Igloo targets.

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