The Jawbone Up is a popular fitness tracker — a wristband that tracks your sleep and step count, with a companion app that allows you to log additional exercise and keep a food diary if you want. It will hit Australian stores in April. The Jawbone Up. (Credit: Jawbone) It’s been out in the US …

In the wake of claims that heavy users are being disconnected, a telco lawyer has called Kogan’s policy “plainly illegal”. (Screenshot by CNET Australia) Kogan’s recently launched mobile service has gathered a lot of attention, offering free texts and calls along with a hefty 6GB of data. Recently, however, some users have claimed that they’ve been disconnected from the service …

The monster Samsung 85-inch S9 goes on pre-order in the US at the end of March, but there’s still no date for OLED. The S9 on display at CES 2013. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET) One of the darlings of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 was the Samsung S9, the iconic 85-inch Ultra HD TV that wowed the crowds in Las …

The new Panasonic television range will include facial recognition features to let you set a personalised TV home screen. Panasonic’s VT60 plasma TV. (Credit: Panasonic) Panasonic is releasing 25 new LED and plasma TVs into the Australian market, with a focus on smart networking and personalisation. The “My Home Screen” feature will appear on a number of the mid- to …

Expecting the Exynos 5 Octa processor in your Australian Galaxy S4? Don’t count your core-chickens before they hatch. (Credit: Samsung) When the Galaxy S4 launched last week (although it already seems like longer than that), we noted that Samsung had two variants of the handset CPU. In one corner is the monster Samsung-made Exynos 5 Octa core, while in the …

Is LG trying to throw a spoiler on the Galaxy S4 launch? And what’s the connection to the upcoming Ubisoft game Watch Dogs? Is this the Nexus 5? (Credit: Android and Me) Another week, another leak — this one is purporting to be the next Nexus, according to Android and Me. The site said that its “unverified tip” has this …

With new episodes airing from 31 March, the ABC won’t be repeating last year’s online fast-track performance. Matt Smith as The Doctor. (Credit: BBC) Last year, the ABC made itself a Friend of Gallifrey by airing new Doctor Who episodes on iView “within hours” of their premiere on the BBC. It was a successful move for the ABC, with the …

There’s no firm arrival date for the Galaxy S4 yet, but telcos are already taking your “expressions of interest” for the new Samsung phone. The Galaxy S4. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Samsung is planning to release the Galaxy S4 in Q2 of this year, with Gregory Lee, CEO of Samsung’s operations in Southeast Asia, Oceania and Taiwan, telling CNET today that …

Rumours suggest that a Taiwanese firm will provide NFC chips and fingerprint sensors for Apple’s next phone. NFC coming for the next iPhone. (Credit: Apple) Near Field Communications, better known as NFC, has become a default for handset manufacturers, allowing them to easily integrate a number of features including one-tap data sharing and device pairing, as well as mobile payments. …

Over in Serbia, a group of computer science students have hacked a digital billboard in Belgrade’s popular Republic Square, displaying The Pirate Bay logo, along with a Ghandi quote. The image from The Pirate Bay’s Facebook page. (Credit: The Pirate Bay) The students have apparently made of hobby of this practice. They find security weaknesses in businesses, exploiting them in …