Independent MP Craig Thomson's claims that calls to Sydney escort services made from his mobile phone were actually made using a clone of his phone seem unlikely, unless a telco insider was involved, according to a security analyst.

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Jetting across the world can be a serious drain on our batteries - both our mental ones and our gadgets' physical ones. Carlo Minassian, CEO of managed security services company Earthwave, shares some tips on how to get the most out of both, and tells us which airports are the best to get "stuck" at. Carlo Minassian (Credit: Earthwave) What tech do you travel with and why

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Travel Tech Q and A: Earthwave's Carlo Minassian

It's happened to everybody; the phone vibrates or emits a sound notification, you feel instantly popular and in demand, and proudly whip out your phone to see who has contacted you, only to realise that it was just another annoying update from an unused app. Like email in its early days, push notifications on your mobile phone are evolving from being a valuable source of information to saturating your phone with annoying '"push spam". However, push notifications obviously aren't going away, so there will be significant opportunities for start-ups to try and solve the problem of ensuring that only the most relevant notifications reach the user

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Google may have solved its issue with prepaid cards on Wallet, but an earlier flaw thought to be restricted to rooted phones may have more serious repercussions. (Google Wallet at Peet's image by kennejima , CC BY 2.0 ) Wallet was exposed to two flaws last week, the first of which - discovered by security researchers at Zvelo - allowed malicious users to obtain the PIN required to open the Google Wallet application if the user's smartphone had been rooted. The second flaw was discovered shortly afterwards by The Smartphone Champ , which realised that resetting Wallet would result in users being prompted for a new PIN, and allow them to use the prepaid card associated with the device

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The good 5.3-inch HD screen is ideal for showcasing multimedia Great 8-megapixel camera Souped-up S Pen stylus brings new ways to interact with your phone The bad S Pen is small, has a delayed response and requires a little training to use The phone will be awkwardly large for some, and it doesn't fit easily into pockets. If you ask us, Samsung began marketing its Samsung Galaxy Note on the wrong foot. It was a smart move anticipating reactions to its oversized 5.3-inch screen when it first launched in Europe, but the problem with claiming that the Galaxy Note is a phone/tablet hybrid (a "phablet", if you will) is setting the expectation that it will be able to reduce your tablet dependence, or obviate the need for one in the first place.

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Samsung Galaxy Note

The good 5.3-inch HD screen is ideal for showcasing multimedia Great 8-megapixel camera Souped-up S Pen stylus brings new ways to interact with your phone The bad S Pen is small, has a delayed response and requires a little training to use The phone will be awkwardly large for some, and it doesn't fit easily into pockets. If you ask us, Samsung began marketing its Samsung Galaxy Note on the wrong foot.

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This year was so supposed to be the time of the digital wallet, and Google was supposed to lead the way. However, it looks like the Google Wallet app has gotten off to a bumpy start. Six months after Google introduced Google Wallet in the US, the app, enabled by near-field communications (NFC), is still struggling to find carrier and device partners, as well as retailers willing to support the new technology

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Details of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 were prematurely outed thanks to a leaked video obtained by PocketNow.com . Joe Belfiore, director of Microsoft's Windows Phone program, in a video obtained by PocketNow (Credit: PocketNow.com) The next big iteration of its Windows Phone platform appears to address many of the early concerns and brings it to par with competing platforms. Microsoft is still fighting an uphill battle in getting its phones - which have been critically praised - into the hands of consumers

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The good Excellent 8-megapixel camera Bright, sharp display 4G is great when tethering your phone to a PC The bad 4G speeds have little effect on everyday phone use Battery life will disappoint heavy users Handset becomes uncomfortably hot with extended use When we look back over the history of mobile telephony in Australia some years down the track, we'll remember that Telstra was the first telco to offer 4G. Its long-term evolution (LTE) network, which launched at the end of September last year, will be unique in this country for more than six months before Optus rolls out a similar network upgrade in 2012

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A Canadian tech consultant has discovered a bug in iOS 5 that makes the photos on a locked iPhone viewable if the phone's clock is set to the past.

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Time-stamp bug exposes photos on iPhone