Contents April 2014 / Issue 227
Editor’s letter
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Opinion
Tech life
Insight by Science Uncovered’s Andrew Ridgway
Three coffee makers for maximum buzz
How WWE is rewriting TV’s tech rules
How to…
Why Virgin Galactic will take off (honest) 51
Radar
Most Wanted: Xperia Z2
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All of Sony’s skills and services, packed into the world’s thinnest, lightest tablet
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Truth by Duncan Bell 18
Finally… by Ben Furfie
Concept: Razer Christine
Rated
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Sci-fi-styled super-upgradeable gaming PC Trend: 4K all the way
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Get your ultra-HD telly upgrades today 24
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Obsession: wild camping
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Just you, Mother Nature, and a bag o’ tech
How to rebuild a brand like Microsoft
The month’s hottest kit, from HTC’s new everyman mobiles to electric-red unicycles
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Build an iOS app, massacre clay pigeons
Google Glass in sex-app shocker!
Need list
Deep space mine
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Stateside by Chris Smith
Gadget of the month
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Tech Dad
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High-tech instruments for mini maestros Upgrade
360 review: LG G Flex
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T3 fulfills your luggage allowance Pulse 103
It’s big, it’s curved, it’s quadcore but is the G Flex too little, too undulate?
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Cutting-edge wingsuit helps you soar; golf tech helps your handicap do the opposite Test: Cordless drills
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The USS Rosetta prepares to drill asteroids
Review: Motorola Moto X
Innovation: Avegant Glyph
The “Born in the USA” mobile lands in the UK
Home
Review: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
Waterproof superphone makes itself small
Welcome to your dream office: high-end tech and a life-lengthening desk
Review: Panasonic TX-L65WT600
Drive
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The headphones that are also a cinema Formula 1 vs Formula E
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The new all-electric race cars take on the newly electro-boosted motors of F1 Icon: Sir Jonathan Ive
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Machines, games and films on the horizon
Play
The Essential: Titanfall
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Much-anticipated Xbox One shooter, from Call of Duty’s ex-head honchos, is here Games
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Thief steals our hearts; Peter Serafinowicz claims Dark Souls II will win our minds Films
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Gravity makes your 3D TV worthwhile Music
46
Recoiled: it’s Nine Inch Nails, but darker Apps, websites and ebooks
Sherlock: The Network and much more
Review: The Q Camera
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Review: PlayStation Vita
119
Review: Humax HB-1000S Freesat HD
119
Catch-up and current TV, perfectly melded?
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Infographics on all matters tech Incoming
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Gaming goes slim, but is it worth the weight?
Our inbox and updates on the big stories Stats
Supertest: laptops built for you
The compact cam for the selfie generation
Tech impulse purchases to peruse The Buzz
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More torque, more action, zero wires 86
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Jeep’s Grand Cherokee is built for anything; Lambo’s Huracán supercar with e-car tricks
Portable champs for pros, gamers and you, sir
A great, gold-tinged PC but… how much? Stuff
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It shows 4K, costs over £5K, but is it A-okay?
Celebrating the Apple master’s designs Spend: XDNA Aurum
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Features
The T3 guide to being an app pro
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Essential downloads picked by industry insiders to get creative, fit, healthy, organised and entertained across every device you own Plus: speciality slates to partner with them The iCar cometh
The guide Smartphones Tablets Cameras Laptops Gaming Headphones Home audio Home entertainment Televisions Accessories
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How motoring’s current crop of smartphones on wheels will soon become self-driving, red light-banishing, self-aware rulers of the road Battlefield tech
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T3 investigates the military innovations that have moulded your most-loved gadgets, plus the innovations moving from the frontline to the homefront in the very near future Shutdown
The ten tech battles you will never win
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On the cover
melanie ribbe @ storm Photographed by Richard grassie Styling by Michelle Kelly hair and makeup by Ginni Bogado retouching by james wootton
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