Top stories Dawn Williams | If you scan through social media sites looking for shark videos, you will come across countless videos of people diving with sharks, fishing for sharks and even saving sharks. But you may also notice a new trend starting to emerge in the shark world: More and more people having hands-on encounters with sharks. | Adam Turner | Which glasses are best for watching 3D television? | Kevin Russell | Optus chief executive officer Kevin Russell responds to a Fairfax Media article regarding Optus' past billing practices. | Microsoft's first new gaming console in eight years, the XBox One, has gone on sale - in New Zealand and Australia before the rest of the world. | BEN GRUBB | Optus boss says telco overcharged customers for many years, and describes the behaviour as "immoral". | Claire Cain Miller | Who said girls want to dress in pink and play with dolls, especially when they could be building Rube Goldberg machines instead? | James Dominguez | I have now been living with the Xbox One for three days, putting in many hours of heavy use, and I have built up a strong sense of how it works, what its good features are, and the areas in which it is in need of improvement. | Brian Fung | Ten years ago, the word "smartphone" didn't exist. By necessity, neither did the word "dumbphone". | Danah Boyd and Eszter Hargittai | Are we doing a huge disservice to our children by imposing protective measures driven by fear? | Roy Furchgott | This new camera adds a few modern features to the sort of instant film camera introduced by Polaroid in the 1940s. | Gregory Schmidt | One comic book startup is adding augmented reality to the pages of its sci-fi graphic novels. | Kit Eaton | When he introduced the iPhone and iPad, Steve Jobs asserted the touch-screen devices didn't need a stylus because humans come with 10 great touch-screen controllers sticking out of our palms: fingers. He was proved right, and most new smartphones and tablets don't require a stylus to work their touch screen. | An Australian man has created a game in which players reenact the shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary school, enraging parents of some of the 20 children killed by gunman Adam Lanza. | LUCY BATTERSBY | For the first time this summer cricket fans watching matches on mobile devices will have to pay data streaming fees, because the sport no longer has a mobile network broadcasting partner. | Jenneth Orantia | Home automation is now within ready reach of everyday consumers, writes Jenneth Orantia. | Miyoung Kim | Samsung says its Galaxy Gear has become the world's most popular smartwatch with sales reaching 800,000 since its debut two months ago, defying some market concerns the accessory would fail due to a lack of compelling features. | Lucy Battersby | Fixed wireless broadband trial in four capital cities to see whether a reliable 4G signal can replace fixed broadband connections. | Charles Wright | The release of Western Digital's (WD) My Cloud offers a solution to a complex juggling act. | Reviewed by Terry Lane | This camera sets a new benchmark for outstanding image quality with extreme portability. | Iain Gillespie | Bitcoin is probably the weirdest currency since squirrel snouts were used as pocket change. | SIGHT AND SOUND | It's hardly surprising that salesmen try to get you to spend a bit more than you'd planned. | Cynthia Karena | Cynthia Karena takes a look at Feather Duster, Gigg and Beachsafe. | IMAGING | Why not give your nearest and dearest Christmas presents that are not made in China? | ADAM TURNER | Online retail giant Amazon has opened its virtual doors in Australia, but only to sell ebooks. | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | |
