 | | |  | Once destined to become a relic of the '90s, could the stylus be making a comeback? | | Top stories AMANDA HOH 11:54am | A new smartphone app that sends out an alarm if a user fails to "check in" at a set time could be hijacked by over-vigilant parents, an IT expert has warned. | LUCY BATTERSBY 6:59pm | One in five internet users aged over 50 have been victims of online fraud, in part because older Australians are more likely than teenagers to chat to strangers online, post personal contact information or get caught up in love scams. | JAMES W MANNING | Motorola has applied for a patent for an "electronic tattoo" on people's necks that doubles as a mobile microphone, lie detector and digital display. | LUCY BATTERSBY | BigPond customers have been caught out by a bug between the new Windows 8.1 update and the modems issued by Telstra to broadband customers. | ADAM TURNER | With the new full-sized iPad's dramatic weight loss, you might think twice about purchasing the tiny iPad mini. | LUCY BATTERSBY | Leading children's author Mem Fox finds it ''heartbreaking'' to see small children left alone with smartphones and tablets to entertain themselves. | ADAM TURNER | The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are vying for pride of place in Australian lounges. | The three most popular passwords among Adobe users, whose account details were stolen by hackers, are: "123456", "123456789", and "password". | Adam Turner | The Xbox One definitely won't have launch-day access to the live TV Electronic Program Guide. | Adam Turner | After several false starts Nine is slowly getting its catch-up act together. | Adam Turner | How much life is left in Australian video rental stores as the US giant Blockbuster abandons DVDs in favour of streaming? | Apple is developing new iPhone designs including bigger screens with curved glass and enhanced sensors that can detect different levels of pressure, said a person familiar with the plans. | 11:42am | The number of smartphones in the world is forecast to triple to 5.6 billion by 2019. | JANE LEE | People are including instructions in their wills about how to handle their email inboxes and social media profiles after they die, a lawyer says. | 1:43pm | Like a stubborn family member or insubordinate employee, Xbox One owners might need to tell their fancy new console what to do more than once. | More than 84,000 people are petitioning YouTube to revert the comments section to its original form. | Your choice of phone alert noise may say something about your personality. But what does it say if you give your notifications specific smells? | A Californian engineering company says it has produced the first metal gun made on a 3D printer, releasing a video showing the firearm scoring repeated bullseyes in successful tests. | 12:19pm | Google plans to include a dozen or so massive sails on its four-story barge under construction in the San Francisco Bay. | 12:42pm | A Canadian tailor is releasing a three-piece suit that has killer looks plus bulletproof protection that would make James Bond envious. | Notification sounds have become as ubiquitous as the gratification they promise, instant cues to our insatiable need for likes, follows and alerts. | The theft of iPhones and iPads is so widespread it's known as "Apple picking". | Keeping Google's phone offerings straight can be a chore. | Privacy isn't your right anymore. We sold it for pictures of cats and the ability to tell anyone in the free world what we had for breakfast. | Twitter began as a side-project but rapidly morphed into one of the most powerful social and cultural media forces of our time. | A new anonymous internet marketplace for illegal drugs has debuted with the same name and appearance as the Silk Road. | The case of the Google Mystery Barge is now closed. | Facebook's iconic Like button, one of the most indelible brand images of the new century, just got a makeover. | Call of Duty: Ghosts has surpassed $US1 billion in sell-in sales - the number of copies shipped to retailers - a day after its launch. | Getting about 200 musicians to walk across a football field in the shape of a T-Rex while playing the theme song of Jurassic Park is a logistical nightmare. Because of this marching bands have generally stuck to easier formations. | What do you do when you have millions and millions of Twitter followers? One option is to fund your very own social network. | LG pledged durability when it announced its curved-screen device, the G Flex, and a new video shows the company may be able to keep its promise. | There's almost no internet access in North Korea, but that hasn't stopped the isolated nation from producing its version of an iPad. | Zombies are coming, according to the Fox News website. | IMAGING | It's time to move on from the humble compact and embrace serious photographic gear. | Cynthia Karena | Cynthia Karena tries out the Bring-Me-Back, Omny and 123D Creature Show apps. | ADAM TURNER | The first main stage of Australia's national broadband network rollout is on hold. | BLEEDING EDGE | We're aware of certain quaint seasonal rituals - one of which seems to kick in around September. | SIGHT AND SOUND | Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but sound quality is most certainly in the beholder's ear. | IMAGING | The Canon Powershot G16 is a good camera, but not the category killer the G once was. | James Dominguez | It may not be terribly deep or clever, but the single-player campaign for Call of Duty: Ghosts delivers huge action setpieces, nail-biting tension, and frenetic shooter action. | Jason Hill | Even the biggest Assassin's Creed fans could be forgiven for suffering franchise fatigue, but Black Flag is hugely entertaining. | James Dominguez | A quarter of a century after Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max is finally getting the video game treatment, and Screen Play spoke to one of the people behind it. | James Dominguez 7:39am | While its gameplay may be fairly basic, its the presentation and production values that make Tearaway, from the creators of Little Big Planet, something very special. | James Dominguez 7:34am | BlizzCon dropped a pile of news about new World of Warcraft content, Target posts out some Xbox Ones early, and Classification Review Board announces controversial mass review. | James Dominguez | Occasionally, a video game will feature an animal character who captures our hearts. 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