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Lab Zero Games has spat with PayPal

Lab Zero Games, which raised over $800,000 online  so they could make more content for indie fighting game Skullgirls, is finding that it is at odds with its unwanted business partner Paypal.

Man tried to sell grandson on Facebook

Indian authorities have arrested a 47-year-old man who tried to sell his newborn grandson to a local businessman.

Mele showcases quad-core Android set-top box

Mele recently showcased its very first set-top box powered by an Allwinner A31 quad-core SoC.

Why Intel is returning to the memory market

Graphics is a focal point of the upcoming Haswell platform, necessitating a high bandwidth memory solution. To deliver high performance Intel is returning to the DRAM market, which it unceremoniously exited in 1985.

Was Apple caught off guard by the rise of phablets?

Smartphone users continue to clamor for larger screens, faster performance and more storage. Device makers are obliging popular demand by stepping up to the plate and offering what appears to be ever-increasing screen sizes along with improved specs.

BeagleBone Linux PC has a $45 price tag, 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 SoC

The BeagleBone Black boasts a $45 price tag along with a 1GHz Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 processor.

Is Instagram more than just self-portraits and pictures of food?

The wildly popular photo-sharing application Instagram is used by millions of people around the world. Nevertheless, the social media phenomenon is often dismissed as a trivial pastime.

WD enters hybrid hard drive market

Western Digital is entering the hybrid hard drive market in style, with an ultraslim 2.5-inch SSHD designed for Ultrabooks and other anorexic devices. 

Chinese government behind cyber espionage

According to a Verizon RISK report, hackers affiliated with the Chinese government accounted for some of the most brazen and successful cyber espionage plots last year.
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Hedge fund boosts Microsoft's stock price

ValueAct Capital Management said that it had invested $2 billion in software giant Microsoft and that boosted its share price by 3.6 percent yesterday.

Salesforce boosts social networking

Salesforce has brought out Social.com which it reckons will transform advertising - being what it claims as the first social advertising application which integrates social ads with CRM.

Parallel database is the bee's whiskers

MIT researcher Todd Mostak has invented a new parallel database that allows for crunching complex spatial and GIS data in milliseconds.
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Let your brain control your cellphone

Samsung is reportedly spending R&D money on developings ways to control a phone by the human brain.

Facebook gets its knickers in a twist

Facebook is in hot water after it refused to take down a fake page which claimed to be the Aussie ambassador to the EU.
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Samsung feels environmental teeth

Samsung has been bitten on the rump by environmental watchdogs after it was caught using tin from Indonesia's Bangka Island in its products.
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AMD puts its SoCs on

AMD has introduced a series of embedded chips based on the new Jaguar core and Radeon 8000 graphics.

Archos Arnova 97 G4 tablet offers 9.7-inches of budget Android goodness

In the crowded world of Android tablets, Archos is probably one of the better-known brand names.

Video: AllWinner (ARM) A10 boots Linux in just 1.2 seconds

A developer by the name of "threewater" has posted a video showcasing a device powered by the ARM-based AllWinner A10 booting Linux in just 1.2 seconds. 

Universal Arduino Serial Adapter interfaces with Android devices

XDA senior member Kemonine96 is showcasing what he calls the Universal Arduino Serial Adapter. Essentially, the device is an Arduino board designed to connect to a serial interface on a target device.

California DMV to regulate driverless cars

Fully autonomous vehicles are hitting the streets around the United States. In fact, several major automotive and technology firms are testing self-driving cars already.