A new report from Juniper Research has asserted that near field communication NFC mobile payments will exceed $180 billion worldwide by 2017, as the technology becomes standard. FULL STORY >

Kingston Technology aims to give your portable storage a speed boost via its DataTraveler R3.0 32 GB flash stick. FULL STORY >

Beats Electronics struck a new deal with HTC to regain majority ownership of the company. FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up: EA announces a Battlefield 4 beta offer, while more info surrounding upcoming Battlefield 3 DLC is revealed. FULL STORY >

Research in Motion has been ordered to pay a substantial $147 million in damages to Mformation Technologies, after a court ruled that the BlackBerry maker had infringed on its patents. FULL STORY >

Facebook purchases mobile bookmarking service Spool. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up: Valve kicks off a Steam summer sale, whilst Bioware shares details of Mass Effect 3 DLC. FULL STORY >

Some of Apple's Mac range will apparently not be able to accommodate Mountain Lion when it becomes available this month. FULL STORY >

Twitter brings new features to the latest versions of its mobile app for Android-based mobile devices and the iPhone. FULL STORY >

Microsoft is acquiring multi-touch touchscreen maker and software development firm Perceptive Pixel. FULL STORY >

Nuance Communications will be making its Dragon Drive! Messaging functionality available within certain BMW vehicles. FULL STORY >

We would like apologise for a mistake that occurred in the latest issue of TechSmart, Issue 106, July 2012. On page 12 we published a review of the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity with the wrong picture - that of the Asus Transformer Pad. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up: Kingdom Hearts 3D is coming to the Nintendo 3DS, whilst female gamers ask developers to address the lack of female avatars within Aliens: Colonial Marines multiplayer. FULL STORY >

Beats Electronics has acquired digital music service MOG. FULL STORY >

Sorcery manages to prove that it was worth the wait, as the game offers a whimsical, enchanting adventure which conjures a very good reason to own the Move controllers. FULL STORY >