The Raspberry Pi, which was first put up for sale on February 29, 2012, has completed two years and has sold over 2.5 million units during the period. Announcing the milestone and…
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MasterCard teams up with Syniverse for credit card security
MasterCard announced on Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 in Barcelona that it has partnered with the network company, Syniverse to launch a new service that can save its customers…
Virgin Media launches ultrafast 152Mb broadband
Virgin Media has launched its ultrafast 152Mb broadband in the UK – a service that the company claims is twice as fast as its rivals and allows users to download an entire…
Pre-order for MakerBot’s Replicator Mini begins
MakerBot, one of world’s leading 3D printer manufacturers, on Wednesday announced it has begun taking orders for its new 3D desktop printer dubbed the MakerBot Replicator Mini. The 3D printer maker claims…
Samsung launches Exynos 5422, Exynos 5260 SoCs at MWC 2014
Samsung revealed two new Exynos processors – Exynos 5422 Octa and Exynos 5260 Hexa, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Last week, Samsung teased an image with the tag “Exynos…
World’s tiniest ARM based Kinetis KL03 MCU is Freescale’s latest innovation
Chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor on Tuesday announced Kinetsis KL03, the world’s smallest-ever ARM-based microcontroller unit (MCU). The KL03, claimed as “smaller than a golf ball dimple,” is almost 35 percent smaller than any…
Eric Schmidt to donate $1m to tech groups solving global problems through technology
Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, said he will be donating $1 million to organisations working towards solving global problems through technology. Schmidt announced the news Monday morning on CBS while promoting his…
‘Robots to pass Turing test by 2029’ predicts Google artificial intelligence expert
Within 15 years computers and robots will be able to think better than humans, Google’s top artificial intelligence expert has claimed. Ray Kurzweil, Google’s director of engineering, has predicted that by 2029…
Intel announces 64-bit smartphone and tablet chips
Marking its debut into the 64-bit mobile computing market, Intel announced two new Atom processors at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014. The chip maker’s new 64-bit Atom processor, codenamed Merrifield and…
MediaTek MT6732 ushers in 64-bit trend for mid-range market
MediaTek announced the 64-bit LTE SoC MT6732 at the MWC 2014 as a competitor to Qualcomm’s 64-bit Snapdragon 410 in the mid-range market. MediaTek’s new LTE capable system-on-chip (SoC) comes with 1.5GHz…
Virgin Media extends Wi-Fi service to 10 more London underground stations
Virgin Media on Friday announced roll out of its Wi-Fi service to 10 more London underground stations taking the tally of total number of stations with its wireless service to 131. West…
Harvard-owned computing resources misused for Dogecoin mining
Computing resources in the Harvard research network specifically those on the Odyssey cluster were misused by a member of the Harvard community to mine Dogecoins sometime last week, it has been revealed….
Social media lie detector being developed to spot hoax tweets
A team of researchers from seven different countries led by The University of Sheffield is developing a new system for Twitter that will help identify fake or hoax tweets and posts. Dubbed…
Samsung teases Exynos Infinity, deletes tweet
Samsung, through its official Exynos Twitter account, posted a teaser image with the tag “Exynos Infinity, in Barcelona,” hinting at a new Exynos chipset to be launched at the MWC 2014. The…
Google I/O 2014 dates revealed
The countdown to Google’s annual developer conference I/O 2014 has begun as the dates of the much awaited event have been revealed. Google’s senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Apps, Sundar…