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Mobile startups push health at Demo

Startups showed how smartphones could aid posture, fitness and African health care

PayPal unveils mobile payments for in-store shopping

No plans to rely on near-field communication

Weekend startup blends gaming, ads, education

AdGame was voted the best of the Startup Weekend projects at Demo Fall

NASA spots Star Wars-like “Tatooine” planet orbiting two stars

NASA Kepler space telescope discerns planet that features dual sunsets

Echoing Apple, Microsoft bans Flash from Metro IE10 in Windows 8

One 'skin' of the browser will support plug-ins like Flash, another will not

IT ratchets up social-media involvement

NASA’s big space telescope avoids death-by-budget-cut

NASA’s $6.8 billion James Webb telescope could launch by 2018

DHS seeks to share top-secret info with banking and finance cybersecurity pros

Sharing sensitive intelligence can improve safety of critical financial infrastructure, official says

Dell plans to double staff working on Force10 products

The company sees opportunities in new datacenter rollouts in Asia

Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8?

With Windows 8 in pre-release, focus now shifts to tablet developers