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Tips for tangle-free headphones

Wrangling wires can go from a small problem to a big mess very quickly. Jenneth Orantia untangles the issue.

Call to ban TV in kids' bedrooms

tv ban2

Tim Barlass ALLOWING children to have a television in their bedroom almost triples the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, a conference on sedentary behaviour in Sydney will hear this week.

Bedroom TV means a bleak picture for kids' health: study

L-R....Lily who prefers to play outdoors whilst her sister Zerena prefers to play indoors. Story on sedentary kids who live in Thornbury 
Friday October 26, 2012. 
THE AGE NEWSPAPER
LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI

Tim Barlass Allowing children to have a television in their bedroom almost triples obesity risk.

Microsoft's Surface tablet 'compromised' and 'confusing', declares Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Seth Fiegerman Apple's CEO Tim Cook took a dig at Microsoft's soon-to-be released Surface tablet during Apple's earnings call on Thursday, referring to it as a "fairly compromised, confusing product".

Comments 118

From text to touch, a look at Microsoft systems

Bill Gates on stage at Windows 1995 launch event.

ANICK JESDANUN With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal computers.

Microsoft unveils 'reimagined' Windows 8 and new tablet

Microsoft's Surface tablet.

Microsoft has unveiled a revamped version of its flagship Windows system designed for increasingly mobile consumers and previewed Surface, its entry into the hot tablet market.

Comments 153

A new wave of DIY possibilities, courtesy of 3D printers that don't cost a motza

Industrial design student Rowan Page made this model of his head with a 3D printer.

Vince Chadwick THE revolution will not be televised, but it might be printed. Once the plaything of car and aerospace companies, 3D printers are becoming more affordable, allowing anyone to make everything from door knobs, jewellery, beer opening iPhone holders, and even guns.

Plugging in without tangling up space

Rich Thrush

Rima Suqi Rich Thrush has a strategy when it comes to power strips, one he practises religiously at home and at work: "I have one strip for devices that need to be on all the time and another for devices that can be shut off periodically, like backup camera batteries and phone chargers."

Tips for tangle-free headphones

Tangled headphones.

Wrangling wires can go from a small problem to a big mess very quickly. Jenneth Orantia untangles the issue.

Call to ban TV in kids' bedrooms

tv ban2

Tim Barlass ALLOWING children to have a television in their bedroom almost triples the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, a conference on sedentary behaviour in Sydney will hear this week.

Bedroom TV means a bleak picture for kids' health: study

L-R....Lily who prefers to play outdoors whilst her sister Zerena prefers to play indoors. Story on sedentary kids who live in Thornbury 
Friday October 26, 2012. 
THE AGE NEWSPAPER
LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI

Tim Barlass Allowing children to have a television in their bedroom almost triples obesity risk.

Microsoft's Surface tablet 'compromised' and 'confusing', declares Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Seth Fiegerman Apple's CEO Tim Cook took a dig at Microsoft's soon-to-be released Surface tablet during Apple's earnings call on Thursday, referring to it as a "fairly compromised, confusing product".

Comments 118

From text to touch, a look at Microsoft systems

Bill Gates on stage at Windows 1995 launch event.

ANICK JESDANUN With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal computers.

Microsoft unveils 'reimagined' Windows 8 and new tablet

Microsoft's Surface tablet.

Microsoft has unveiled a revamped version of its flagship Windows system designed for increasingly mobile consumers and previewed Surface, its entry into the hot tablet market.

Comments 153

A new wave of DIY possibilities, courtesy of 3D printers that don't cost a motza

Industrial design student Rowan Page made this model of his head with a 3D printer.

Vince Chadwick THE revolution will not be televised, but it might be printed. Once the plaything of car and aerospace companies, 3D printers are becoming more affordable, allowing anyone to make everything from door knobs, jewellery, beer opening iPhone holders, and even guns.

Plugging in without tangling up space

Rich Thrush

Rima Suqi Rich Thrush has a strategy when it comes to power strips, one he practises religiously at home and at work: "I have one strip for devices that need to be on all the time and another for devices that can be shut off periodically, like backup camera batteries and phone chargers."

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