Sarah Whyte

Sarah Whyte

Sarah Whyte, consumer affairs reporter for Sydney Morning Herald

Scams

Online dating dupes people out of millions

Sarah Whyte Online scams cost Australians more than $93 million last year, with dating scams among the most lucrative.

Apps

Toddler spends big bucks on 'free' iPad app

Tegan DeClark with her daughter Amelia

Sarah Whyte Consumer group steps in as three-year-old playing free app game siphons mother's bank account.

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Security

A life laid bare in a single day

Hacker

Sarah Whyte Theodora Chan always thought her online identity was impenetrable.

In the online dating jungle, the digital natives are friendly

Stephanie Wyllie

Sarah Whyte ONLINE dating is no longer just the refuge of older divorcees. Steph Wyllie, a veterinarian science student, is one of the fresh-faced twentysomethings searching for love in their natural habitat -...

Black Ops II release plagued by glitches

Call of Duty Black Ops II

Sarah Whyte The hotly anticipated Call Of Duty: Black Ops II has been plagued with technical glitches in its first week.

Zyzz, the late bodybuilder who gets Googled as much as Gillard

Facebook photo showing bodybuilder Zyzz.

Sarah Whyte AZIZ SHAVERSIAN, better known as the idolised amateur bodybuilder Zyzz, is searched online as often as Julia Gillard. Millions have viewed him on YouTube.

At least on YouTube it's not all black and white

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Sarah Whyte MAJOR TV networks stand accused of creating too few roles for people from Australia's ethnic mix. But viewers of the democratised online platform YouTube see a different representation of Australia.

Lurching in protest at gaming classifications

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Sarah Whyte More than 500 people dressed as zombies lurched and marched down Sydney streets on Saturday in protest at the gaming classifications in Australia and calling for an adults-only game classification.