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São Paulo’s free Wi-Fi scheme will be 40% cheaper than expected

São Paulo is currently in the process of bringing free, public Wi-Fi to everyone in the city. The cost of this scheme was originally expect to be around $6.4 million...

Some PSN features will be disabled during the PS4’s European launch

Sony is anticipating a massive number of people logging into PSN during PS4's European launch. In order to create a smooth launch, Sony will be temporarily disabling a few PSN features...

Robot-building kits let you construct any robot you want without programming

A new company called Modular Robotics is about to release a robot-building kit that lets you construct any robot you want without programming. The company, based in Boulder, Colorado, is also planning...

Sony hints that the PS4 will have a shorter life cycle than the PS3

Two generations of video game consoles ago, the PS2 redefined how long a console's  life cycle should be by lasting more than 12 years. One of the biggest goals of the...

HTC beefs up mid-end portfolio to regain market share

After underestimating segments outside of the high-end market, it's launched four new mid-end phones in Taiwan under the Desire series positioned as affordable quality devices. HTC has made good on...

Once-great SSD manufacturer OCZ filing for bankruptcy

OCZ Technologies has officially started the process of filing for bankruptcy. The company is currently is in receipt of "an offer from Toshiba Corporation to acquire substantially all of the Company's...

Founder of 4chan creates webcam spy blocker for GE’s first ‘3D Printing Day’

Chris Poole, widely known as "moot", has put together what's being called Spy Block , a small clip that slips over your laptop's webcam to make sure that no one is...

Small gel-implant could remove the need for vaccine booster shots

German researchers have devised a new method of vaccine delivery that potentially eliminates the need for vaccine booster shots. The new method uses a hydrogel implant containing the desired vaccine as...

19-Year-Old part-time Skyrim modder lands a job at Bungie

Alexander J. Velicky, a 19-Year-Old part-time modder, has landed a dream job at Bungie. Velicky spent a year building a Skyrim mod which he hoped would not only teach him how...

U.S. Army designs a super-stealthy drone that looks like a bird

The big problem with drones is they look like, well, drones. It makes them easy to spot, and easy to target. The Army has a solution to this problem: make...

One Bitcoin was worth just $10 a year ago, now its worth $1000

It wasn't that long ago that one Bitcoin was worth just $10 but in just one year the value has increased by more than 10,000%. No one knows how high it...

EA is developing an open-world Star Wars game

EA has been giving several of its studios Star Wars-based projects as a part of the company's ten-year deal with Disney. The latest studio to be developing a Star Wars...

India startup targets SMEs with a social work management platform

While cloud collaboration is nothing new, this Bangalore-based startup aspires to drive social work management with the key being on streamlining the entire workflow, especially with its app builder and...

Virtual farming software predicts environmental impact of crop changes

Researchers at the Technical University of Madrid are working on software that uses simulation models to "virtually farm" a piece of land and inform farmers, governments and other interested parties...

India’s first Bitcoin conference will be coming to Bangalore next month

By now, many of us have heard of the infamous virtual currency, Bitcoin. With a steady rise in both awareness and especially value as of late, it’s only fitting that...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be coming to mobile devices next month

Almost a decade after it was first released on consoles, Rockstar's infamous and much loved Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be coming to mobile devices this December.  Rockstar Games has announced...

Israeli man converts his truck into a solar-powered home

Inspired by a television program about homes on wheels, fifty-year-old Israeli animator Joseph Tayyar has transformed his truck into a warm, solar-powered home. Living in a truck might not sound appealing,...

NSA considered tracking the porn habits of Islamist extremists in order to discredit them

Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show how the NSA has at least considered using evidence of alleged Islamist extremists’ online sexual activities to discredit them. The targets...

LINE is seeing a lot of potential in the Taiwanese market

Japan's Line Corp will unbound its market potential in Taiwan by expanding its Taiwan branch and teaming up with the country's biggest mobile provider. The Taiwan branch of Japan's Line...

Kickstarter campaign seeks funding for new water-powered charger

Hydrobee is a new device that will generate electricity from any place where there is running water and use it to charge your various electronics. The water-powered charger is currently seeking...