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A team at the University of Twente in the Netherlands has managed to create a tiny pyramid small enough to house a single living cell. The pyramids were developed using a new 3D micro and nanofabrication technology calle...

Electronics distributor CPC is inviting entries for the first Raspberry Pi "hackathon," a competition to see which individual or team can come up with the most interesting hacked innovation based on the famous ARM comput...

According to Entertainment Weekly, SyFy is set to air "Robot Combat League:" a new show hosted by WWE wrestler Chris Jericho that will feature brutal boxing battles between 12 teams with tall, 1,000-pound humanoid robots...

What else can the busy modern human need than a vending machine that dispenses the essentials, like caviar and truffles? [Read more]

Open door policy for millionaires, just not via boat Australia’s yen to morph into an entrepreneurial hub for the Asia Pacific region has led to the creation of a new visa category designed to lure the world�...

Attention all parents: Disney, the company that wants to absorb all childhood happiness, both past and present, is planning to replace you with robots. Unsatisfied with the secondary love and attention they receive from ...

The well-known star-forming region of the Orion Nebula.  Credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope / Coelum (J.-C. Cuillandre & G. Anselmi) Precise distances are difficult to gauge in space, especially within the relativ...

The iPad seems to have dominated online shopping from tablets, according to an IBM report, and in fact won out over all other devices in mobile e-commerce. Arguably, that's because it offers more of a full-web experience...

Magnetic Floating Sofa Cloud "Magnetic floating sofa cloud concept. Everyone should have one!" Pinned From: Ricktastic Mulvay, Walk your dog daily Source: DK & Wei Click here to view this gallery. There is more to Pinter...

It didn't sell out quite as quickly as Nexus 4 and 10, but the 3G/HSPA version of the Nexus 7 was nevertheless unavailable from the UK Google Play Store shortly after it went on sale. Now the tablet's back on sale, and t...

Some laptops touted in Black Friday and other holiday sales are priced at less than $200 from U.S. retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart. But what do you get in such inexpensive machines? For one, you can't play the lates...

Custom ROM fans were briefly teased with the prospect of Verizon loosening its anti-modding stance when the HTC Droid DNA first arrived: in the pre-release days, the official HTCDev portal allowed unlocking the DNA's boo...

When Google launched their Nexus line earlier this month to much anticipation, it was met with certain excitement. But now, a growing number of users are experiencing a clicking or buzzing sound emitting from the device'...

What will Jim Snabe SAP's co-CEO, say at next year's Sapphire conference? Some of the clues were present at the recent Madrid Sapphire event but Brian Sommer fills in the gaps and targets some strategic decisions SAP mus...

Bargain hunters' spending leaps 26 percent over last year's Black Friday, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first time, ComScore reports. [Read more]

Apple's Passbook joins the mobile payments gold rush. But Jeff Fagel, of edo Interactive, has doubts about its viability and says until we see a system that's easier for everyone, plastic will remain king.

Australian Reg readers have spoken A couple of months ago, we asked Australian Regreaders how we should refer to our Asia-Pacific bureau based in Sydney.…

Studies have shown again and again that mobile-phone networks help economies grow. And it’s not just because people need to be employed to build the networks and sell the phones. By increasing the flow of informat...

Whether you're driving, flying, taking a train, taking a bus, or just walking several hundred miles, chances are you're doing some traveling today. Tech makes just about everything better, and travel is no exception. Wha...

How cyberbullying victims can fight back against internet attacks with the help of an expert in online reputation management.

Puzzles, mazes and spatial relations. Might sound bland, it's the theme of this week's top apps -- perfect for your kids to learn while having a blast. More About: Top Kids Apps, contributors, features, gallery, mobile a...

For your postprandial pleasure I present the an open-source vibrator that you (or your partner) can play like a theremin. The story of how it came to be is pretty amazing and involves FCC chip lookups, bit-tracing, and l...