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What's the secret to making a $35 mini computer? The basic recipe is having some extremely skilful cooks who can craft batch after batch of Raspberry Pis as quickly and with as few duds as possible. Sony's U.K. factory m...

Good news, everyone! We can totally start trusting Amazon reviews again. The company has been conducting a "sweeping but hazy purge" of customer reviews, according to a recent story in The New York Times. And while Am...

It hasn't been the best year for Amazon Web Services, with the suite of cloud computing products taking down numerous online services in 2012 — and on Christmas Eve here in the US, yet another problem has taken Ne...

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even those in the lighthearted holiday fare you were planning to watch on Netflix, which has been down since 1pm PST for some...

Editor’s note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and several-times entrepreneur. Ugh, I can't write anything today. It's the end of the year. Tomorrow is Christmas. You'd think I would have som...

While the debate over gun control and gun culture has gripped the nation following a series of high-profile shootings this year, leading some groups to momentarily step out of the spotlight, excited firearm owners have t...

Infomatic - Facebook and Twitter statistics ($1.99) [iTunes link] by Saturized is a beautiful way to get the stats on your social media profile right on your iPhone, consolidated in a single app. I’m not really th...

Families across the United States will have to rely on other sources of entertainment after Netflix's video streaming service was hit by a Christmas Eve outage.

A class action lawsuit against Instagram has been filed in San Francisco federal court, following user outrage regarding the mobile photo sharing app's changed Terms of Service.

Singapore-based maritime technology company Ascenz has received $482,000 in funding from technology incubator Red Dot Ventures as it sets its compass towards China.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Most of the thousands of children who call the annual Santa-tracking operation at a Colorado Air Force Base on...

Microsoft Research is working on a GPS technology that gets around high power requirements by offloading the heavy number crunching to the cloud. MIT Technology Review reports that the company is developing something cal...

Video-analysis tool lets players sharpen their strokes with Nadal as model.

Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo has already made it a requirement that its users register with their real names, and now the Chinese government is considering a similar measure — for the internet itself. ...

The holidays are here, and you're probably exhausted from all the frantic shopping, ready to kick back, relax and maybe take a break from the relatives. With these five free apps you can have a good time on the house. (W...

London-based mobile taxi network Hailo is set to close a $30 million round of funding as it sets its sights on the U.S. market, reports AllThingsD. The Series B funding round is likely being led by Fred Wilson of Unio...

Earlier this month, Tracy Morgan was a guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon for an unconventional reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. The 30 Rock star, predictably, had his own colorful commentary to add to Cle...

A customer claims he went to a Sprint store to replace his damaged iPhone 4 and the Sprint salesperson told him his digits were too porky. [Read more]

BEIJING (Reuters) - China may require internet users to register with their real names when signing up to network providers, state media said on Tuesday, extending a policy already in force with microblogs in a bid to cu...

The DC44 from Dyson is truly an Animal. It's as good as it gets in the land of vacuum cleaners, with a wireless base, multiple lightweight attachments, and a sleek design. Sure, it's on the expensive end of the spectrum,...

Just how much tax should Facebook pay in Europe? In 2011, the social network skated away with a tax bill of just €3.2 million (about $4.7 million) in Ireland despite garnering gross profits of $1.35 billion there �...

A look back at some of the best video games and game consoles of 2012.