Boys Of Tech

Chris Cherry talks to us about losing his Android phone and later identifying the alleged thief, smart bracelet glows with smartphone notifications, Facebook buys Microsoft ad technology, Apple now blocks older versions of Adobe Flash Player in Safari, plans for a new undersea telecommunications cable for New Zealand.

Burger King's Twitter account is hacked, more about Google Glass, more rumours about an Apple television launch, using social media for customer service, the Office 2013 licensing model.

Apple rumoured to be developing a wrist-watch, Facebook sued over Like button, toy mortar in Facebook pic leads to armed police raid.

Web site plagiarises blog posts and files DMCA take-down notices on originals, Honda to integrate Siri into cars, Mega-specific search engine blocked by Mega, Kim Dotcom's encryption challenge, Philips exits consumer electronics market, Antigua and Barbuda in dispute with the US.

Kim Dotcom launches Mega, Kim Dotcom's helicopter makes an emergency landing, Mozilla's Firefox smartphone OS, the US employee who outsourced his work to Chinese workers, sending a GPS-tracked parcel to Julian Assange, PS4 hardware rumoured to be more powerful than XBox 720, Nokia supports 3D printing of phone cases.

Facebook releases Graph Search, whether Facebook has reached saturation point, why MediaWorks pulled the Kim Dotcom's Mega ads, the legal challenges that Megabox may face, Microsoft sets an end date for Messenger, whether Google Street View ran over a donkey.

Amazon Autorip, Windows 8 RT hack enables desktop applications, thousands of monochrome television licences still exist in the UK, CES 2013 round-up.

Craig Delany from MetService and Brian Smith from design company Pikselin talk to us about the new MetService website, Australian police warning users against using Apple Maps following strandings, Google Maps is number one download for iOS, storing passwords in your subconscious, Russian firm plans to build a smartphone with both LCD and E Ink displays, co-inventor of the barcode dies, Telecom's broadband outage.

News Corp to close iPad-only newspaper The Daily, Windows 8 sales are slow, Apple to assemble Macs in the US, iTunes inadvertently served pornographic images to Russian users.

Plans to share 3D printable firearms for free, non-replaceable CPUs may the the future, a court rules that Ryan Leslie must pay the $1 million reward he offered, the most viewed YouTube video, Apple releases iTunes 11.

The heist involving thousands of iPad minis, AC/DC releases back catalogue on iTunes, bug in Android blocks December 2012 dates, more on the Dotcom case, a novel bus shelter advertising campaign.

School dropout prepares to battle with Google over trade mark, the British Phonographic Industry criticises Google, a law student makes Facebook rethink its approach to privacy in the EU, Steve Ballmer on Android and iOS, use of mail is on the decrease.

Gabon suspends me.ga domain name, Android platform tops smartphone sales, rumours that Apple may drop Intel chips, Skype to replace Microsoft Messenger, hacker falls victim to his own malware, Australian government abandons mandatory Internet filtering.

Dotcom's plans for a new file-sharing site, a bid to give the UN control of the Internet, a car that can drive itself races against a human-driven car, Dotcom's plans for Internet connectivity in New Zealand.

Apple releases the iPad Mini, Gary McKinnon will not be extradited, Amazon revokes account over eBooks issue, Google threatens to exclude French media sites from search results, Nissan to introduce steer-by-wire, Windows 8 account password security flaw, vulnerability in boarding pass bar-codes, government official recommends using fake personal details.

The universe may be a giant computer simulation, Apple ignored its developers' warnings, pay what you think Ubuntu is worth, PC market to shrink for the first time in a decade, The Radio Network to launch a web-based radio platform in New Zealand and Australia.

Skype to offer a free wireless Internet platform across Britain, declassified files show the US wanted to build a flying saucer, Markus Persson criticises Microsoft's direction, the compact disc turns 30, Facebook surpasses 1 billion users, Mark Zuckerberg wears the same thing every day.

Myspace gets a complete revamp, Apple suggests alternative map solutions for iOS, Woz would like to become an Australian citizen, Hotmail has been truncating users' passwords, the secret code that can wipe a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone.

Hengjie Wang and Jordan Thoms talk to us about their note-sharing app called Notable, Apple's map solution criticised, Apple accused of copying Swiss railway clock design, Europe getting down to the last few IPv4 addresses, Germany warns citizens off Internet Explorer, Facebook to disable facial recognition on photos in Europe, a hacker claims to have jailbroken the iPhone 5.

Apple launches the iPhone 5, Apple patents technology to turn off your phone remotely, Mark Zuckerberg denies that there will be a Facebook phone, the emoticon turns 30, eBay's new logo, a supercomputer made of Raspberry Pis, New Zealand Post to launch online purchase delivery service.