Mozilla’s mobile operating system, Firefox OS, is increasing its presence at Mobile World Congress this year with a selection of affordable options. (Credit: Mozilla) When it comes to mobile operating systems, it’s pretty hard to compete with iOS, Android and, to a lesser extent, Windows. Mozilla, however, seems to be taking its Firefox mobile OS …

Google has created a prototype Android phone that has a human-like understanding of the space through which it moves. (Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) Google has just revealed one of the reasons why it kept Motorola’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division when it sold off the company earlier this year: Project Tango. Project Tango is a prototype smartphone with …

MP3 players are no longer the hot property they were 10 years ago, but Sony has come up with a novel way to get people buying. (Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) Sony’s waterproof W-series Walkman has been around for a year or so, but, given that it’s a product with a very specific niche — people who don’t want to …

This portable USB charger offers a point of difference: it’s a DIY assemble-yourself kit that runs on AA batteries. (Credit: Joshua Broekhuijsen) There’s no denying that a portable USB charger is a handy thing to keep around. It can save a dying phone or laptop, at least long enough to make a few calls or save your work. But if …

Overnight, the USPTO granted Apple patents on a smart stylus, magnetic iPhone camera lenses and a solar-powered laptop. (Credit: Apple/USPTO) Apple sure has been busy. The US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the tech giant three new patents overnight for a smart tablet stylus that can gauge the angle of the shaft and act like a pencil; a magnetic …

Now playing: Watch this: MIT develops transparent nanoparticle screen 0:44 MIT scientists have created a transparent screen using silver nanoparticles for an augmented reality display that places digital images over the real world. Wearable HUD Google Glass is not an augmented reality device. Rather, it’s a screen in your field of vision. The prism that overlays the world with interactive …

An online quiz set up by British bookmaker Ladbrokes has found that iPhone users are quicker to answer problems correctly than other smartphone users. (Credit: Apple) It’s possibly the silliest rivalry of our age, but that doesn’t stop some smartphone users declaring their superiority over others. An online quiz set up by a betting firm may not provide a definitive …

Razer has unveiled its latest accessory, the Nabu smartband, a wristband that links to Razer Comms — but also tracks your daily fitness. Like the smartwatch/fitness tracker hybrids that are starting to proliferate, the Nabu allows you to configure it to receive notifications from your email, text messaging and social media accounts — as well as tracking your incidental exercise …

The Korean electronics giant will show off its latest devices, including new TVs, home appliances, cameras and computers. (Credit: Samsung) Samsung is perhaps the most hotly anticipated company hitting CES this year, having risen rapidly in the past few years to become one of the world’s top manufacturers of televisions, computers, smartphones and tablets. This year, it hopes to expand …

Where Samsung had an LED concept, LG has unveiled a production-ready, flexible OLED TV at CES. (Credit: LG) Everything’s happening so fast, we’re developing a case of the bends — the TV bends, that is. LG has just unveiled the world’s first flexible OLED TV, a 77-inch model that can bend and unbend with the press of a button on …