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Download: leaked Moto X camera app! [APK] The Moto X event is just days away, with the final leaks of the device surfacing today, the Moto X is looking pretty good — and now we’ve got some more news to share with you regarding the device.

Remember that fancy camera app that leaked a few weeks back? 'NBN' cable replaces rat-chewed Telstra fibre. Last week, 2GB radio host and fierce critic of the Australian government's AU$37.4 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) Ray Hadley claimed to have discovered pictures of an exposed NBN cable on the Minnamurra Bridge on the South Coast of New South Wales — only it wasn't actually NBN Co's cable, but rather Telstra's temporary fix for a cable destroyed by rats.

Yet more bad news on Australian broadband speeds. It seems that almost every week, there is yet more data demonstrating how far Australia is falling behind on broadband.

It's bad news for a country with such a revolutionary vision as the National Broadband Network (NBN). The latest figures collated by the OECD (released July 18) show we are eighth from the bottom of member countries for fibre and cable penetration — just 4.4 per 100 inhabitants, compared to 36.5 in Korea and more than 18 in the US and Canada. The 'Australia tax' is real, geo-blocking to stop. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications today released its report on IT pricing in Australia, making 10 recommendations and concluding that the long-discussed "Australia tax" is real.

"Particularly when it comes to digitally delivered content, the committee concluded that many IT products are more expensive in Australia because of regional pricing strategies implemented by major vendors and copyright holders," said the report by committee chair and Labor MP for Wakefield, Nick Champion. Nokia: Microsoft Must Evolve to Make Windows Phone a Success. Nokia (Credit: Reuters) Nokia vice president Bryan Biniak is positive about the future of Windows Phone platform but believes Microsoft need to change its ways to make it a success.

Last week Nokia reported record smartphone sales of 7.4 million Lumia devices. While this is admirable, it is but a drop in the ocean compared to the likes of Samsung and Apple who shipped over 70 million and over 30 million smartphones respectively in the same period. While Nokia is doing better than some other big name brands in the smartphone market, the problem is that Nokia was the king of mobile phones for 14 years, and being an also-ran just isn't good enough. The problem is the Finnish company has thrown all its eggs into Microsoft's Windows Phone basket and is now forever tied to a mobile operating system which is playing catch up.

Volvo unveils stunning portable solar panels for electric hybrid car. Survival Shovel: "Multi-tool on steroids" delivers a dozen functions. Nvidia demonstrates incredible next-gen mobile graphics system. Nvidia's Ira demo running on the Logan mobile chip Image Gallery (18 images) With its new Project Logan mobile system-on-chip, Nvidia has not so much raised the bar as blown the roof off expectations of computer and game graphics on mobile devices.

In an impressive display of Logan's "oomph," the company has shown it running Ira, an incredibly detailed and effects-heavy demo of a human head animated in real time. The demo was itself unveiled in recent months, and previously shown running on Nvidia's super-heavyweight GeForce Titan graphics card. View all Running on Nvidia's reference tablet platform, Ira runs with certain compromises. Google takes on Apple with TV gadget, new tablet. Google ... diving deeper into hardware.

Photo: AFP/Bloomberg Google has showcased a new-generation, slimmer Nexus 7 tablet that the internet search company hopes will expand its presence in consumer hardware, and ensure that its online services remain front-and-centre on mobile devices. The latest Nexus 7, featuring a Qualcomm Inc Snapdragon processor and a higher display resolution, on July 30 will be priced at $US229 ($250) for a basic version with 16 gigabytes of storage. US release for LG's Curved OLED TV. LG's curved OLED TV has been released in the US Image Gallery (2 images) Since LG and Samsung both made world's first curved OLED TV debuts at CES back in January, the former has been leading the race to get units into the hands of consumers.

Samsung took silver when it entered the South Korean market last month, and is playing second fiddle again as LG's 4.3 mm thin immersive big screen makes a break for US shores courtesy of Best Buy. Launched in its home country in April, the sexily-named 55EA9800 includes the company's proprietary WRGB OLED technology, where a white sub-pixel joins the usual red, green and blue suspects for more vivid and realistic images. Meanwhile, LG's Color Refiner system helps bring a natural and vibrant feel to the proceedings. I-H2GO toy car runs on hydrogen, and is controlled by your smartphone. Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies’ new i-H2GO Image Gallery (3 images)

Nokia Lumia 1020 Review: The Camera Phone King. After much hype and anticipation, Nokia introduced the Lumia 1020 with a lot of fanfare and enthusiasm, and the Windows Phone 8 device doesn’t disappoint.

Apple looks at another screen size change to match Samsung. Samsung's broader range of screen sizes is credited with increasing its market share. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied APPLE could roll out smartphones and tablets with bigger screens in a move analysts say is an attempt to catch up with a trend set by its major rival Samsung. The Californian tech giant and its Asian suppliers are testing smartphone screens larger than four inches (10.16 centimetres) and tablet screens slightly less than 13 inches (33 centimetres), the Wall Street Journal reported, without naming the suppliers. Samsung, which has released a series of handsets and tablets with increasingly larger screens, has seen its global market share rise as consumers flock to their products putting Apple under pressure to follow suit.

The paper said it was not clear if such designs would ever make their way onto the market, but analysts said smartphones with bigger displays are increasingly popular because they meet the needs of users. NASA releases Earth photo from 1450 million km away. This July 19, 2013 image from the Cassini spacecraft provided NASA shows the planet Earth, annotated by NASA with a white arrow, lower right, below Saturn's rings. Picture: AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Source: AP EARTH appears as an insignificant-looking pale blue dot below Saturn's majestic rings in a breathtaking new image from the Cassini spacecraft. The picture was captured on July 19 by the probe's wide-angle camera from a distance of 1448 million km. Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing to be given posthumous pardon.

Alan Turing helped code-breakers to crack the German Enigma code Alan Turing, the Enigma codebreaker who took his own life after being convicted of gross indecency under anti-homosexuality legislation, is to be given a posthumous pardon. The government signalled on Friday that it is prepared to support a backbench bill that would pardon Turing, who died from cyanide poisoning at the age of 41 in 1954 after he was subjected to "chemical castration". Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, a government whip, told peers that the government would table the third reading of the Alan Turing (statutory pardon) bill at the end of October if no amendments are made. Kickstarter project developing micro plasma thrusters to send CubeSats on interplanetary missions. CubeSats are one of the wonders of our day. They allow projects with small budgets and smaller equipment to access low Earth orbit (LEO) at achievable costs. Seeing greater potential for these miniaturized modular satellites, Professor Benjamin Longmire of the University of Michigan is heading a team to install a miniature plasma thruster system into a 3U CubeSat, enabling the vehicle to leave LEO and cruise much of the Solar System.

Funding for the project is being sought through Kickstarter. View all Various forms of ion and plasma thrusters have been under development for many years. Prof. Space zombies beware – hobbyist builds a real-life Plasma Cutter. Laser weapons hobbyist Patrick Priebe has built a working replica of the Plasma Cutter from the Dead Space video games Image Gallery (2 images) Camera sensor size: Why does it matter and exactly how big are they? Motorola Moto X being released in August in Black and White – Always on voice commands. Authentic Design. Advertisement. Honda's Mean Mower hits 130 mph. Man creates epic map of the world's airports, runways. Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer unveils new single strategy. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has outlined a new single strategy for the company. Apple found guilty of ebook conspiracy, judge to determine damages payment. Samsung handsets pass Apple iPhones traffic on the mobile web. StatCounter graph showing Samsung phone users overtaking Apple iPhone users in web traffic.

Source: Supplied SAMSUNG claimed another victory in the global smartphone war today, with statistics showing its phones have overtaken Apple iPhones in web use for the first time. After a tough battle over the past year, Samsung narrowly edged out its major rival just last month, according to web analytics firm StatCounter, which measured traffic to more than three million websites for its internet Wars Report: Winners and Losers. Samsung's win was a slender one, however, with Samsung phone users making up 25.47 per cent of mobile phone web traffic, beating Apple and its iPhone army on 25.09 per cent.

Both companies beat last year's winner, Nokia, which dropped from 28.05 per cent of phone web traffic to just 21.96 per cent, followed by BlackBerry on just 3.62 per cent. Bruce Lee 'brought back to life' for Johnnie Walker ad.