Spy tools, whether designed by intelligence agencies, cyber crooks or internet creeps, can turn your camera on without illuminating the indicator light. Online tutorials even instruct neophyte hackers on how to hijack your webcam.

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Movie makers have been creating visions of the future that include incredible technology and scientific breakthroughs seemingly far ahead of their time.

Likely pushing more focus into the mobile space and the recent messaging acquisition, Facebook is putting the email system once called Project Titan to bed and will now use simple forwarding instead.

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Adobe launches free Photoshop app for Windows 8 devices, including the Microsoft Surface tablet, now have their own version of Adobes mobile app Photoshop Express.

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4K TV made a huge splash at this years Consumer Electronics Show, with nearly every major TV manufacturer announcing a 4K display for imminent release.

"The true promise of wearables is to mitigate the limitations that people have," said Wearable World founder Redg Snodgrass.

This wrist band can keep track of your daily activities - ranging from how far you've walked to how hard you've worked your heart down at the gym
    

A wearable tech research and consulting firm has put together a neat overview of the nascent space -- tracking the number of devices already in existence;.. (RT @SyncMetrics: What’s Going On In Wearables?

'Contract labour' made up two-thirds of the €17.5bn earned by EU app developers in 2013, fuelling 1m jobs. By Stuart DredgeStuart Dredge