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Koobe's Jin Yong Reader gets Mirasol, brings color to T... Jan 31 2012 05:42:00	Engadget
Koobe's Jin Yong Reader gets Mirasol, brings color to Taiwanese hearts It's no accident that Koobe's Jin Yong Reader bears a striking resemblance to Kyobo's eReader and Shanda's Bambook which we toyed with back at CES. But while those e-readers brought Mirasol to their respective South Korean and Chinese markets, Koobe's entrant will do the same for Taiwan. As for the trio's striking resemblance, know that they're all based on the same Qualcomm-heavy reference hardware, which pairs a 1GHz Snapdragon S2 with a 5.7-inch 1024 x 728 XGA Mirasol display. For those unawa... Read the full article on Engadget »
Panasonic introduces Lumix DMC-ZS20 and ZS15 compact su... Jan 31 2012 04:00:00	Engadget
Panasonic introduces Lumix DMC-ZS20 and ZS15 compact superzoom cameras We've seen Panasonic's 2012 lineup of ruggedized and entry-level point-and-shoot cameras, but now the Japanese-based manufacturer is unleashing a pair of compact "Traveler Zoom" cams to the 2012 mix. The Lumix DMC-ZS20 and ZS15 include 20x (24-480mm) and 16x (24-384mm) optically stabilized zoom lenses, respectively, 3-inch 460k-pixel LCDs, 1/2.3-inch High Sensitivity MOS sensors and a 10 fps burst shooting mode (5 fps with continuous AF). The higher-end ZS20 features a 14.1 megapixel sensor and ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Panasonic adds Lumix DMC-TS4 and DMC-TS20 to ruggedized... Jan 31 2012 04:00:00	Engadget
Panasonic adds Lumix DMC-TS4 and DMC-TS20 to ruggedized camera line Panasonic has helped lead the market for ruggedized cameras, which have been a hit among adventurous photographers for years, and now the company has two new additions to add to its water/shock/freeze/dustproof cam line. Described as "the optical outdoor companion," the Lumix DMC-TS4 is Panasonic's new ruggedized flagship, replacing the TS3 and packing a 12.1 megapixel CCD sensor, 1080/60i HD video capture, a 4.6x 28-128mm optical zoom lens and 2.7-inch LCD. Naturally, it can withstand just abou... Read the full article on Engadget »
Panasonic announces pricing for entry-level Lumix CES p... Jan 31 2012 04:00:00	Engadget
Panasonic announces pricing for entry-level Lumix CES point-and-shoots Panasonic's slew of low-end Lumix point-and-shoots may have slid in under your radar during CES, but now the Japanese camera maker is back to refresh your memory -- this time with pricing and availability in tow. We'll outline the models just below, which are all set to ship in March, but feel free to jump past the break for the Panasonic press release. Lumix DMC-S2 - $109.99 Lumix DMC-FH6 - $129.99 Lumix DMC-FH8 - $149.99 Lumix DMC-SZ1 - $179.99 Lumix DMC-SZ7 - $199.99Gallery: Panason... Read the full article on Engadget »
Samsung brings us more to love, offers Galaxy Note engr... Jan 31 2012 03:04:00	Engadget
Samsung brings us more to love, offers Galaxy Note engraving in South Korea Sure, you can draw whatever the heck you want on the front of your Galaxy Note, but what about that blank blue or white canvas 'round back? With north of a million 5.3-inch pocketable slates in circulation around the world, you'll need to get a bit more creative to truly make it yours -- and Samsung is willing to help. If a trip to South Korea is on the books between now and March 31st, you can now deck out your Note with custom messaging on the back, with the company letting customers "engrave ... Read the full article on Engadget »
BOXX electric bike: two wheels, four corners, all-elect... Jan 31 2012 01:27:00	Engadget
BOXX electric bike: two wheels, four corners, all-electric transport for one Has bicycle design reached its pinnacle? Or are electric bike manufacturers just not trying hard enough? The YikeBike begs to differ, and here joining it is BOXX Corporation's diminutive BOXX. Coming in at just under a meter (or 36-inch inches) long, the 120 pound aluminum "bike" has a top speed of 35 miles per hour and can even haul up to 300 pounds of heft. Yet, despite that compact footprint, the company hasn't skimped on tech, as it boasts traction control, anti-lock brakes and yes, even LED... Read the full article on Engadget »
T-Mobile to tighten the purse strings, limit data roami... Jan 31 2012 00:43:00	Engadget
T-Mobile to tighten the purse strings, limit data roaming starting April 5th We've just come across an internal T-Mobile memo that will certainly give a few customers a moment of pause: come April 5th, it seems the carrier will impose new, restrictive limits that affect data usage when roaming. Hot on the heels of the network's roaming pact with AT&T, the change would restrict subscribers to a fixed allotment of roaming data that's proportionate to their current data plan. While most customers are unlikely to notice the change, it's almost certain that some will be l... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nanotech-enhanced 'smart paint' promises to detect stru... Jan 30 2012 23:58:00	Engadget
Nanotech-enhanced 'smart paint' promises to detect structural damage We've seen scientists explore a number of ways to make paint "smarter" over the years, and now a team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow have devised a method that they say could do nothing short of "revolutionize structural safety." The key to that is some novel nanotechnology that effectively turns the paint into a sensor network that's able to detect minor structural faults before they become a severe problem. More specifically, the paint consists of a mix of highly al... Read the full article on Engadget »
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet joining the Ice Cream Sandwich p... Jan 30 2012 23:25:00	Engadget
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet joining the Ice Cream Sandwich party in Q2? Wondering who's next in line to promise a tasty Ice Cream Sandwich update? According to PC World, Lenovo has said that it plans on bringing the latest and greatest from the Android platform to its ThinkPad Tablet sometime during Q2 of this year. As we've become accustomed to of late, Lenovo joins other fellow manufacturers on the pledge to update its devices to ICS. Unfortunately, there's no details past its estimated second quarter availability, so while we know you're eager to get your hands o... Read the full article on Engadget »
Canalys: Apple leading PC maker in Q4 2011, if you coun... Jan 30 2012 22:50:00	Engadget
Canalys: Apple leading PC maker in Q4 2011, if you count iPads Best quarter in Apple's history? Check. Retaking the smartphone crown from Samsung? Check. How about becoming the world's largest PC manufacturer? If you're Canalys and you factor iPads into the equation, then yes, another check. Per the research firm, "client PCs" (which include "desktops, netbooks, notebooks and tabs") grew by 16 percent to hit 120 million in Q4, from which Apple's 20 million units (15 million iPads + 5 million Macs) grabbed the leading 17 percent share. Cupertino's followed b... Read the full article on Engadget »
SlingPlayer for Kindle Fire available tomorrow for $30 ... Jan 30 2012 22:43:00	Engadget
SlingPlayer for Kindle Fire available tomorrow for $30 in the Amazon Appstore Though Sling Media has long been offering apps for Android phones and tablets, Kindle Fire owners have until now been left out in the cold (you know, the whole lack-of-Android-Market-access thing). Tomorrow, though, Fire owners can get their fill of live and recorded TV when the SlingPlayer app goes on sale in the Amazon Appstore. With a price of $29.99, you'll pay the same as you would for any of Sling's other mobile apps, and as far as we could tell when we first got hands-on at CES, the inter... Read the full article on Engadget »
Microsoft begins Office 15 technical preview, fills up ... Jan 30 2012 22:26:00	Engadget
Microsoft begins Office 15 technical preview, fills up before you knew it existed Everybody calm... we know, we're excited too. We're just dying to see the latest in spreadsheet and presentation technology. But, for now, you'll just have to wait as the technical preview for Microsoft's next version of Office is all filled up. What exactly Redmond has in store for us it wont say but, it's not shying away from hyperbole, declaring it "the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division." Primarily we assume that's because every arrow in the Office quiver is being updated... Read the full article on Engadget »
Must See HDTV (January 30th - February 5th) Jan 30 2012 22:03:00	Engadget
Must See HDTV (January 30th - February 5th) This week is all about the big game, but even if you're not watching the Super Bowl, there's a lot to tune in for. We've got a slew of new premieres, plenty of NBA and NHL action, and even an old favorite coming home on Blu-ray. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next LevelOne of the best science fiction series ever returns, this week, remastered and in ... Read the full article on Engadget »
APK puts Windows 95, 98 and XP, plus Linux on the EVO 3D Jan 30 2012 21:41:00	Engadget
APK puts Windows 95, 98 and XP, plus Linux on the EVO 3D And here you thought Microsoft bringing Windows 8 to ARM was big news. Turns out, a member of the xda-developers forum has managed to make an APK that puts a variety of Redmond's x86 operating systems on the HTC EVO 3D and its 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon silicon -- Windows 95, 98, XP and even your favorite flavor of Linux are all available for the three dee-equipped handset. All you need to do is install the Bochs Pentium emulator APK and the OS disk image of your choice, modify a couple files, ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Totally blow out the big game! Super Bowl XLVI Jan 30 2012 21:16:00	Engadget
Totally blow out the big game! Super Bowl XLVI With Super Bowl XLVI finally upon us all the pretenders have been shaken loose, leaving only the New England Patriots and New York Giants to compete for the NFL championship this weekend. While we're sure Indianapolis is lovely in February, we prefer to enjoy the game from the comfort of home where there's conveniences like affordable refreshments, central heating and of course our full loadout of equipment including HDTVs, computers, tablets and phones. Whether you're already set with equipment... Read the full article on Engadget »
Android Developers ready to hangout on Google+ Jan 30 2012 20:49:00	Engadget
Android Developers ready to hangout on Google+ The mobile ninjas over at Android Developers have announced a new medium for advice, collaboration and training: Google+. The collective will use the social networking site to help developers "meet, share, and connect with the people behind the Android developer experience." Programming tips, SDK announcements and training offerings are all on the menu, and the group is promising to hold weekly "broadcast office hours" for live Q&A using the Hangouts feature built-in to Google+. Hit the sour... Read the full article on Engadget »
US Navy ship-mounted railgun closer to reality, Raytheo... Jan 30 2012 20:25:00	Engadget
US Navy ship-mounted railgun closer to reality, Raytheon and others to make it happen Ah, the railgun. Previously a flight of fancy fit only for wars in works of science fiction, the ultimate in electromagnetic weaponry is one step closer to becoming a reality for the US Navy. We've seen the system working well in the lab, but Raytheon has just gotten $10 million to create the pulse-forming network needed to get a railgun flinging projectiles off the deck of a Naval warship. Making such a network isn't easy, as it must store massive amounts of energy in a small enough package tha... Read the full article on Engadget »
Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM Jan 30 2012 20:02:00	Engadget
Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM It's Monday, and almost as regular an occurrence as the day itself, we're here to help by letting you listen into the recording booth when the Engadget HD podcast goes to mp3 at 5:30PM. Please be a part of it by reviewing the list of topics after the break, then participating in the live chat as you listen in. Continue reading Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PMJoin the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:02:00 E... Read the full article on Engadget »
Report: Orion test flight pushed back to 2014, manned f... Jan 30 2012 19:42:00	Engadget
Report: Orion test flight pushed back to 2014, manned flight until 2021 Even something as exhaustively planned as the test-flight of the Orion spacecraft isn't immune to a slipping timeline. It's reportedly been pushed back from next year to 2014 -- when we're expecting to see the capsule launch from Cape Canaveral, loop around the planet twice at 3,700 miles (the furthest any spacecraft has journeyed since the '70s) before splashing down in the Pacific. This unmanned test was designed to see if the vehicle's heat-shield, flight-software and parachutes all work befo... Read the full article on Engadget »
Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check... Jan 30 2012 19:14:00	Engadget
Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check we're paying attention Intel opened its back door and shuttled out a refresh of its chips without so much as a phone call, typical! Three desktop Core i5 chips made their way into the big bad world, the i5-2550K replacing the i5-2500K, the i5-2450P replacing the i5-2400 and the i5-2380P replacing the i5-2320. There's a suspicion that the P that follows the two latter models means the GPUs have been disabled / removed to differentiate the price. The four Celerons, two low-voltage, two ultra-low voltage similarly replac... Read the full article on Engadget »
Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell, Rogers and Telus in... Jan 30 2012 18:46:00	Engadget
Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell, Rogers and Telus in February Those of you who seem to be more closely connected to the Maple Leaf than the pine needle might've jumped on the envious side at the news that folks across the border are getting their hands on the LTE Galaxy Note. Envy no more. Via blog post, Rogers has announced that Samsung's "phablet" creation will be surfing through its fresh 4G waves in the upcoming month. Aside from the Rogers branding we expect to see, it'll be hard to distinguish this Note from its AT&T brother, as it'll be identica... Read the full article on Engadget »
Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardl... Jan 30 2012 18:18:00	Engadget
Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in Over the years, stories have become more than just single bursts of information. These days, there's as much drama in the consumer technology world as there is sports, politics or your average episode of Days of our Lives. Take SOPA, for example. We'd be remiss of our duties here if we simply reported on what it was, without ever following up on protests, delays, judgments and other vitally important developments. In fact, it's tough to think of too many stories covered today that don't correspo... Read the full article on Engadget »
Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM Jan 30 2012 17:51:00	Engadget
Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM Barack Obama is no stranger to social networks, but Google+ is still relatively new territory for him (and everyone else for that matter). The president doesn't seem afraid of mixing it up with the online riffraff, though, and will be hosting his very first Hangout tonight at 5:30pm ET. He'll be answering questions submitted via YouTube and selected by Google based on viewer rating. Sadly (or, perhaps, mercifully) this won't be a public free-for-all. Obama will be joined by five of his fellow Am... Read the full article on Engadget »
Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear ... Jan 30 2012 17:32:00	Engadget
Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots Clearwire's impending LTE rollout isn't going to happen overnight, so why not continue to milk the proverbial cow that is their existing WiMax network? That's exactly what the wireless provider is doing today, with a fresh duo of hotspots. The first, the Clear Hub Express, is a $99 WiFi router-mobile hotspot combo which is destined for home or office duty. The second is the Clear Spot Voyager, which for $124 will hawk WiMax to eight devices for up to six hours of continuous use off its internal ... Read the full article on Engadget »
WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone i... Jan 30 2012 17:01:00	Engadget
WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds (video) We're pretty excited about WiGig's miraculous wireless transmission rates and Panasonic's now in the process of jamming the functionality into SD cards set to arrive next year. It's now got a working prototype and DigInfo's managed to grab a brief video demo (embedded below) showcasing the tech. Both photos and videos can be effortlessly pinged from a tablet (housing the aforementioned memory card) to compatible in-car displays. We're told that those heady transfer speeds are more than capable o... Read the full article on Engadget »
Report: Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages, C... Jan 30 2012 16:29:00	Engadget
Report: Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages, C++ development When Microsoft confirmed Windows Phone "Tango" back in August, it emphasized its focus on developing country markets that other heavyweight manufacturers tend to neglect. Today, new details have emerged to corroborate these claims about Redmond's forthcoming update, which will reportedly support a wider range of languages than its Mango-flavored predecessor. As WP Sauce reports, a Microsoft representative confirmed the news at a developer event in India today, telling attendees that Tango will s... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo testing DS-powered speech translator Jan 30 2012 16:00:00	Engadget
Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo testing DS-powered speech translator Nintendo and NTT DoCoMo are reportedly teaming up in order to create a voice-to-text system that'll help hearing-impaired children study. Using a modified DSi, speech is converted into text which is then archived in the cloud -- accessible afterward as a learning aid. That way, a teacher can have their words instantly typed up for reading by the students, who can also play interactive games to help them get along. Trials of the system are being held in Tottori and Okinawa Prefectures, with the o... Read the full article on Engadget »
Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) ... Jan 30 2012 15:31:00	Engadget
Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wind tunnel It's the Advanced Model for Extreme Lift and Improved Aeroacoustics, and it's the brainchild of many, many intelligent beings planted at California Polytechnic State University. The aircraft has been in design courtesy of a grant from NASA, touting engines above the wings and the ability to achieve shockingly short takeoffs and landings. And did we mention it looks sexier than a freshly-washed 787? Yeah.Continue reading Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wi... Read the full article on Engadget »
Tilera sees sense in the server wars, puts just 36 core... Jan 30 2012 14:59:00	Engadget
Tilera sees sense in the server wars, puts just 36 cores in its newest processor While Tilera's forthcoming 100-core processors threaten to set off fire alarms around the world, the company has finally brought out its more sensible 36-core variant. The 1.2GHz Tile-GX36 sips just 24 watts and is designed to be especially handy with short and sharp jobs like processing internet transactions. It's a reduced instruction set (RISC) chip, so it's less power hungry and cheaper than Intel's x86 silicon. It also sports 64-bit architecture, whereas rival ARM is set to remain 32-bit un... Read the full article on Engadget »
Qualcomm's MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 benchmarks pop up online Jan 30 2012 14:28:00	Engadget
Qualcomm's MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 benchmarks pop up online We put Qualcomm's S4 development platform through its paces (twice, no less) at CES, but shorn of the glitz of Las Vegas, does it have the oomph to wow us? Someone at the company loosed Nenamark 2 on the slate, producing a score of 54.90. Given the fact that its producing graphics for a 1024 x 600 screen, we're excited to see it comfortably edge the Galaxy S II Skyrocket (54.1) and Galaxy Note (32.8) -- with our mouths watering at the thought of what this 28nm CPU can do in a smartphone. We've i... Read the full article on Engadget »
Samsung Galaxy Note available at AT&T February 19th... Jan 30 2012 14:00:00	Engadget
Samsung Galaxy Note available at AT&T February 19th for $300, pre-orders begin February 5th We've known for a while that the Samsung Galaxy Note was coming to AT&T sometime soon, but now we actually have a date: February 19th. If that day just isn't going to come soon enough, there's a way to get it delivered two days earlier -- the carrier's offering a pre-order option beginning next Sunday, and your February 17th delivery is promised as long as you click that "order" button by the 15th. Just as predicted, the device will be available for $300 with a two-year commitment. Check out... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sky Anytime+ achieves impossible, will carry iPlayer (a... Jan 30 2012 13:46:00	Engadget
Sky Anytime+ achieves impossible, will carry iPlayer (and ITV Player) Sky's burgeoning Anytime+ VOD platform is getting a hefty boost today. It was previously open only to customers who also hitched to Sky Broadband, but that restriction's being gently relaxed: opening it up to all five million Sky+HD box owners. It's also somehow sweet-talked deadly rivals BBC and ITV into letting their offerings onto the platform -- with ITV Player arriving tomorrow and iPlayer slated for arrival later in the year. Head past the break for the official line while we sit here and ... Read the full article on Engadget »
North Carolina launches FCC-approved TV White Space net... Jan 30 2012 13:14:00	Engadget
North Carolina launches FCC-approved TV White Space network in Wilmington Back in December, the FCC approved the first white space device and database for the lucky city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Last week, the program bore its first fruits, when database operator Spectrum Bridge finally launched its TV White Space (TVWS) network in Carolina, as part of Wilmington's ongoing "Smart City" initiative. With the TVWS network up and running, Wilmingtonians will have internet access in public parks, while authorities will be able to use part of Spectrum Bridge's broadba... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nokia teases February 8th for Symbian Belle update Jan 30 2012 12:44:00	Engadget
Nokia teases February 8th for Symbian Belle update Looks like Nokia Vietnam wasn't keeping its powder dry when it threw up a page (subsequently pulled) promising an update to Symbian Belle for February 8th. Still, that didn't stop us taking some screenshots of the promised update on its Facebook page, which (electronically) translates to: "After the holiday, Nokia is good news in ne :) You ready to update Symbian Belle Anna my Nokia phone on 8 / 2 home." Which just about says it all, really. [Thanks, Nano]Nokia teases February 8th for Symbian... Read the full article on Engadget »
Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O.7 gaming mouse now on sale, F.R.E... Jan 30 2012 12:15:00	Engadget
Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O.7 gaming mouse now on sale, F.R.E.Q 5 headset hits pre-order Gamers looking for some hardware assistance can breathe a sigh of relief; Mad Catz's latest eye-catching forays into gaming mice and headsets are almost, if not already, upon us. The Cyborg M.M.O.7 mouse ($130) manages to offer up 78 definable commands beneath those eye-catching metallic hues and is available to buy now, while its F.R.E.Q 5 headset ($150) has hit pre-order on the manufacturer's site. Acronym-loving thrill-seekers can check out both at the source below.Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O.7 gam... Read the full article on Engadget »
US government rules three Barth patents invalid, sends ... Jan 30 2012 11:46:00	Engadget
US government rules three Barth patents invalid, sends Rambus scrambling Suing's easy. It's the "winning" that trips folks up. Such is the case with Rambus, who has been relying oh-so-heavily on the so-called trio of Barth patents to actively pursue just about every technology company on the planet. For those unaware, Rambus has christened itself as a "technology licensing company," but with the last of three patents used to win infringement suits against NVIDIA and HP being declared invalid, it's probably scrambling for new tactics. According to a Reuters report, an... Read the full article on Engadget »
MicroOLED viewfinder delivers 5.4 megapixels in 0.61-in... Jan 30 2012 11:18:00	Engadget
MicroOLED viewfinder delivers 5.4 megapixels in 0.61-inch monochrome display Photographers who've spent years looking through the window of a high-end optical viewfinder may never find an electronic version that fully satisfies them. But this new MicroOLED EVF may get us closer than ever to an acceptable digital replacement for the TTL OVF, which will never find a home in modern-day compacts and mirrorless ILCs. Developed with military and medical-industry heads-up displays and digital camera viewfinders in mind, the new microdispay is able to deliver a 5.4 megapixel (25... Read the full article on Engadget »
Koss revamps Porta Pro headphones with iPhone remote, i... Jan 30 2012 10:41:00	Engadget
Koss revamps Porta Pro headphones with iPhone remote, intros 'interlocking' earbuds We're baffled that we missed this gem of news during the bustle of CES, but it turns out that Koss has recently announced a new version of its iconic Porta Pro headphones. The Porta Pro KTC (Koss Touch Control), as it's dubbed, is essentially the same piece of retro kit that's been delighting ears and keeping wallets chubby for nearly three decades. The KTC bit in its name refers to the inclusion of an iDevice-certified inline remote / mic, aimed at keeping on-the-go users in sync with their pla... Read the full article on Engadget »
Samsung Galaxy S Advance gets official: 1GHz dual-core ... Jan 30 2012 09:57:00	Engadget
Samsung Galaxy S Advance gets official: 1GHz dual-core CPU, Super AMOLED and Gingerbread Samsung added a new star to its Galaxy universe today, with the release of the Galaxy Advance S. Powered by a 1GHz dual-core CPU, this handset boasts a four-inch, 480 x 800 Super AMOLED display, and packs up to 16GB of memory, along with 768MB of RAM. The device also supports HSPA connections at speeds of up to 14.4Mbps, and boasts a five megapixel rear-facing camera, along with a 1.3 megapixel shooter, up front. As far as software goes, the Advance S will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, plus... Read the full article on Engadget »
Canon announces middling Q4 2011 earnings report, presi... Jan 30 2012 09:02:00	Engadget
Canon announces middling Q4 2011 earnings report, president steps down In the wake of a relatively strong Q3, Canon today unveiled a slightly less rosy earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2011. Net sales for the quarter reached ¥964.8 billion (about $12.6 billion), up from the ¥916 billion the company reported last quarter, but down about 9.7 percent from Q4 2010. Quarterly operating profit, meanwhile, rose 14.2 percent on the year, to ¥94.6 billion ($1.2 billion). Profit for the full fiscal year, however, declined by 2.4 percent to ¥378.1 bil... Read the full article on Engadget »
T-Mobile UK launches 'truly unlimited' Full Monty contr... Jan 30 2012 08:27:00	Engadget
T-Mobile UK launches 'truly unlimited' Full Monty contract, wants to give you everything While beans were vaguely spilled ahead of its official launch, T-Mobile UK today unveiled its latest attempt to differentiate itself from the competitive world of British carriers with a new no-holds-barred tariff. From the network that previously nixed its fair use policy around this time last year, the Full Monty offers up truly -- yes, truly; we checked -- unlimited data alongside unlimited cross network calls and text messages. While the entry-level £36 contract limits calls to 2,000 p... Read the full article on Engadget »
Verizon shared data plans show up in employee training ... Jan 30 2012 08:15:00	Engadget
Verizon shared data plans show up in employee training materials, still on track? Verizon said it was working on a shared data solution for 2012, and according to an anonymous tipster, the new packages could be rolling out soon. We've been told that training material for an update to the outfit's internal account management application includes screenshots (one of which you can see above) that show a new section labeled "account level data plans." The new section apparently shows an account level charge for data allowance and a 9.99 charge per line. There's no word on exactly... Read the full article on Engadget »
Barnes & Noble readying 'e-reading device' for spri... Jan 30 2012 05:48:00	Engadget
Barnes & Noble readying 'e-reading device' for spring, doesn't want to talk about it Oh spring, flowers blooming, bees buzzing, the smell of new e-readers in the air. According to The New York Times, the folks over at Barnes & Noble's digital team are putting the finishing touches on a "fifth e-reading device," to be released during the aforementioned season. Not a lot of details on that at the moment -- the bookseller's not spilling the beans. Given last year's release schedule, timing-wise the device would fall closer in line with the company's e-ink line of products, so p... Read the full article on Engadget »
T-Mobile keen to help iPhone users, plans to offer new ... Jan 30 2012 03:31:00	Engadget
T-Mobile keen to help iPhone users, plans to offer new procedures for unlocked phones The iPhone might not officially be on the magenta network, but T-Mobile isn't about to turn its back on a million paying customers, either. According to a document obtained by TmoNews, the network plans to offer new "common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions" to iPhone users starting Monday. T-Mobile has long had an open-door policy for customers with unlocked iPhones, since it doesn't have its own to sell -- though T-Mo CTO Neville Ray is h... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony grows Cyber-shot family by three with DSC-WX50 and... Jan 30 2012 03:00:00	Engadget
Sony grows Cyber-shot family by three with DSC-WX50 and WX70, ultra-thin TX200V Far more svelte than its lengthy product name, the Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V is Sony's new point-and-shoot flagship, packing an 18.2 megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor, 26mm 5x optical zoom lens, 1080/60p video capture and a 3.3-inch Xtra Fine TruBlack OLED touchscreen. Sony claims that the cam's BIONZ processor can help it capture stills and video with extremely low noise, and an improved focusing system can deliver speeds of about 0.13 seconds in daylight and 0.25 seconds in lower-light conditions. Its... Read the full article on Engadget »
How would you change HTC's Rhyme? Jan 30 2012 02:35:00	Engadget
How would you change HTC's Rhyme? Clearly, it was never going to go down well with feminists, or the general public. HTC's "ladyphone" was found to sacrifice power and features for, erm, a flashing notification bauble that didn't even fit on our reviewer's purse. Its lackluster spec, patronizing marketing and plenty of bloatware meant we couldn't recommend this phone -- but if one wound up in your pocket / hand / handbag, how has life been with it? We want to know how you feel about the unit, does that good camera compensate for... Read the full article on Engadget »
Motorola announces RAZR Developer Edition with unlocked... Jan 30 2012 02:15:00	Engadget
Motorola announces RAZR Developer Edition with unlocked bootloader for Europe, US variant on the way Promises. You can either let technicalities get in your way of fulfilling them, or you can just find a way to keep them. Motorola, it seems, wants to do the latter. Sorta. In a new blog post, the outfit announced the Motorola RAZR Developer Edition, a fully unlockable version of the handset destined for European shores. The announcement didn't come with a release date, but pointed towards a (currently non-functional) pre-order page for the CM7 hungry. Don't fret, America -- Motorola's thinking o... Read the full article on Engadget »
Inhabitat's Week in Green: glowing green sea, an equino... Jan 30 2012 00:30:00	Engadget
Inhabitat's Week in Green: glowing green sea, an equinox house and energy-efficient skyscrapers Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. Tidal energy made waves around the world this week as Inhabitat reported that Verdant Power was awarded the first license for an East River power project in NYC, while across the pond the UK announced plans for a gigantic 27 gigawatt Marine Energy Park and a new SeaRaser tidal power plant that could be the world's cheapest method of producing electricity. ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Notion Ink explains OMAP over Tegra decision for the Ad... Jan 29 2012 23:16:00	Engadget
Notion Ink explains OMAP over Tegra decision for the Adam II While which chip ends up in a particular device will significantly affect its performance and access to future upgrades, it's not often that we get to peek behind the curtain and find out why those decisions were made. A post on Notion Ink's new Adam II development blog adds some transparency to the process, discussing the switch from an NVIDIA Tegra chip in its first Adam slate to a TI OMAP solution in the just announced tablet. According to the blog, while theoretical performance marks are ni... Read the full article on Engadget »
Switched On: You tell me it's the institution Jan 29 2012 22:00:00	Engadget
Switched On: You tell me it's the institution Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Apple rose to dominate sales of digital music by more or less mirroring the way consumers acquired music in the physical world -- that is, purchasing songs, but providing a greater degree of granularity. This worked well for music and has also held true for apps and best-selling books, but hasn't been as in step with consumer media acquisition habits for other content.For example, before Apple brought sales of vide... Read the full article on Engadget »
Quantum speed limits within reach, present moves ever c... Jan 29 2012 21:28:00	Engadget
Quantum speed limits within reach, present moves ever closer to future Got your wire-rimmed spectacles on? Had a full night's rest? Eager to get those synapses firing? Here's hoping, because Marc Cheneau and co. are doing everything they can to stretch the sheer meaning of quantum understanding. The aforesaid scientists recently published an article that details a method for measuring quantum particle interaction in a way that has previously been considered impossible. Put simply (or, as simply as possible), the famed Lieb-Robinson bound was "quantified experimenta... Read the full article on Engadget »
NEC will cut 10,000 jobs after forecasting $1.3 billion... Jan 29 2012 19:56:00	Engadget
NEC will cut 10,000 jobs after forecasting $1.3 billion annual loss, mostly in mobile phone biz After releasing a revised financial forecast for FY 2011 that predicts an annual $1.3 billion loss, its third in the last four years, NEC announced it will cut around 10,000 jobs. Bloomberg Businessweek reports President Nobuhiro Endo announced the cuts, revealing most of the cuts will come from the company's mobile-phone handset business, with 7,000 of them expected to be in Japan. The company reportedly had 115,840 employees as of March so there should be a few folks left around to keep the li... Read the full article on Engadget »
Engadget Mobile Podcast 123 - 01.29.2012 Jan 29 2012 19:23:00	Engadget
Engadget Mobile Podcast 123 - 01.29.2012 If a BlackBerry falls from the bush in the forest, but there are no bloggers to blog about it, does it make a sound? The Engadget Mobile Podcasters answer this question at length with the help of the one and only CrackBerry Kevin.Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad MolenGuests: Kevin Michaluk, Sean CooperProducer: Trent WolbeMusic: Tycho - Coastal Brake (Ghostly International)00:04:24 - Editorial: RIM's new CEO isn't the shakeup it needed 01:16:45 - BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review 01:25:3... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nokia clarifies battery update on Lumia 800, promises a... Jan 29 2012 18:12:00	Engadget
Nokia clarifies battery update on Lumia 800, promises audio / camera fixes soon Nokia already came clean about the Lumia 800 battery bug, but evidently that just wasn't enough to appease the masses. A community manager in the outfit's own forums has just responded to pages upon pages of comments regarding the most recent update, partly to (re)set the record straight regarding the battery, and partly to address more fixes that are just around the bend. The latest update (1600.2483.8106.11500) was meant to "enhance standby time as well as to bring an improvement to the issue ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Mad Catz MLG Pro Circuit controller review (PS3) Jan 29 2012 16:30:00	Engadget
Mad Catz MLG Pro Circuit controller review (PS3) While most of us play games purely for their entertainment value, an elite few get their game on while calling themselves "professionals." These superstars of simulated battle make the rounds in various tournaments, including, most notably, Major League Gaming Pro Circuit championships. Now those digital athletes, as well as the masses of seasoned "amateurs," can compete with professional (or at least officially licensed) equipment -- we're talking about gear like Mad Catz' Major League Gaming P... Read the full article on Engadget »
Refresh Roundup: week of January 23, 2012 Jan 29 2012 14:44:00	Engadget
Refresh Roundup: week of January 23, 2012 Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If... Read the full article on Engadget »
Lenovo's 14-inch IdeaPad Y470p launches with Radeon HD ... Jan 29 2012 12:13:00	Engadget
Lenovo's 14-inch IdeaPad Y470p launches with Radeon HD 7690M GPU Who knew a "p" packed so much punch? Just weeks after Lenovo cut loose with a boatload of new machines, the outfit has quietly slipped out an even newer model tailored for gamers. The 14-inch IdeaPad Y470p looks just about like the existing Y470, but swaps out the middling NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M for a far more potent Radeon HD 7690M. (For those wondering -- yep, that's the same chip in HP's new Envy 15.) There's also a 2.2GHz quad-core Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, an optional 1TB HDD, JBL spea... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nook Tablet gets easy root shortcut via SD card (video) Jan 29 2012 12:08:00	Engadget
Nook Tablet gets easy root shortcut via SD card (video) As the (admittedly niche) battle for root access wages on between the Nook Tablet creators and its end users, a new shortcut's been discovered for unlocking the Android-based slab -- and you'll need an SD card to do the business. The new technique, courtesy of xda-developers forum member Indirect, works on all tablets up to version 1.4.1, requiring the installation of some key files onto the card and a reboot to unleash the might of Google's Android Market. Those interested in a Google app hook-... Read the full article on Engadget »
Purdue University creates 'bass' powered medical implan... Jan 29 2012 09:43:00	Engadget
Purdue University creates 'bass' powered medical implant, knows where it hertz We've seen all kinds of medical implants over the years, but none that had a musical preference -- until now. Researchers at Purdue University have created a pressure sensitive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) that uses sound waves as an energy source. The proof-of-concept has a vibrating cantilever that's receptive to sound -- or music -- in the 200 - 500Hz frequency spectrum, which is towards the bottom end of the audible range. The subcutaneous implant converts the low-frequency vibration... Read the full article on Engadget »
Motorola starts selling WiFi Xyboards for $400 and up Jan 29 2012 07:11:00	Engadget
Motorola starts selling WiFi Xyboards for $400 and up What's that? You want an eight or ten inch WiFi tab, but failed to place your pre-order for one of Moto's latest earlier this month? Worry not, slate-seeking friend, for both the WiFi Xyboard 8.2 and 10.1 are officially on sale at Motorola's website, with free two-day shipping thrown in for good measure. As a quick refresher, the 8.2 comes in 16 and 32GB flavors for $400 and $500, respectively, while the same amount of memory in the 10-inch form factor will set you back $100 more. Sound good? He... Read the full article on Engadget »
NY Public Library turns stereographs into animated GIFs... Jan 29 2012 04:34:00	Engadget
NY Public Library turns stereographs into animated GIFs, reminds your 3D TV of its roots Digging your 3D TVs, video game consoles and laptops? Thank the past -- the New York Public Library is here to remind you that streographic entertainment has been blowing minds for over 100 years, and has the animated gifs to prove it. The Library recently introduced Stereogranimator, a web app that taps into the institution's large collection of historical stereographs and allows user to convert them into wiggling GIF animations and 3D anaglyphs. The program was inspired by "Reaching for the Ou... Read the full article on Engadget »
Ask Engadget: Best HD LED Pico Projector for a small room? Jan 29 2012 01:50:00	Engadget
Ask Engadget: Best HD LED Pico Projector for a small room? We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Ellio, who fancies switching up his home entertainment kit with a HD LED projector. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "I'm looking to buy a small HD LED projector to use at home for movies and games etc. I'd prefer it to be small to avoid having another large black box clutt... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sprint Galaxy Nexus registration page gets served up by... Jan 28 2012 23:00:00	Engadget
Sprint Galaxy Nexus registration page gets served up by Google Good news is here for folks on Sprint who've been anxiously waiting for a first taste of LTE connectivity and Ice Cream Sandwich. Google's official Galaxy Nexus website has quietly gone live with a registration section for anyone on the Now Network who wants to be notified when the device goes up for sale. If you'll recall, the pre-release version of Sprint's GNex that we spent time with at CES notably retained access to Google Wallet, and was apparently free of any crapware (unlike Verizon's va... Read the full article on Engadget »
Mobile Miscellany: week of January 23, 2012 Jan 28 2012 21:34:00	Engadget
Mobile Miscellany: week of January 23, 2012 This week may not have been incredibly packed with news in the mobile world, but it was still easy to miss a few stories here and there. Here's some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of wireless for the week of January 23, 2012:Continue reading Mobile Miscellany: week of January 23, 2012Mobile Miscellany: week of January 23, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Em... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple patent looks to create 'secure magnets' to unlock... Jan 28 2012 19:41:00	Engadget
Apple patent looks to create 'secure magnets' to unlock your device It's an Apple patent application: please be aware this is unlikely to wind up in your next device, please fasten seat belts and fix your tray table in the fixed and upright position. Inside the bezel of your iDevice or Mac is a magnet that operates a switch -- that will only be activated when a "correlated" magnet inside a key-fob makes contact. That's the thinking behind Cupertino's newest patent application, attempting to turn magnets into a way of keeping your stuff secure. An example listed ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Company turns to bribery for 5 star Amazon reviews Jan 28 2012 18:03:00	Engadget
Company turns to bribery for 5 star Amazon reviews In a world where word of mouth and the judgment of the hive mind is worth more than any ad or the ruminations of many professional reviewers, companies will do just about anything to ensure a strong rating on outlets like Amazon. It's clear that dummy accounts simply aren't the way to go, but what about bribing your existing customers? Apparently VIP Deals thought that route was perfectly acceptable and offered rebates to people who rated their products on Amazon. Now, the offer letter (which yo... Read the full article on Engadget »
MOTU sneaks in MicroBook II post-NAMM, ships this Sprin... Jan 28 2012 16:32:00	Engadget
MOTU sneaks in MicroBook II post-NAMM, ships this Spring for $269 Looking to add some muscle to your mobile recording kit? MOTU waited to pull the curtain back on the MicroBook II until after NAMM, revealing a revamped portable audio interface for those who fancy tracking on-the-go. The studio-quality kit plays nice with both Mac and PC, offering a compact 4-input / 6-output, bus-powered recording option with 96kHz recording and playback support. Sporting inputs for mics (XLR), guitar, keyboard and powered speakers, the MicroBook II connects to your computer o... Read the full article on Engadget »
HP Envy 15 review (early 2012) Jan 28 2012 16:00:00	Engadget
HP Envy 15 review (early 2012) If there's one thing we took away from our jaunt at CES, it's this: consumers' appetites for mainstream laptops haven't waned all that much. Even in the Ultrabook category, Intel expects half of the models to go on sale this year will have 14- and 15-inch screens -- as strong an indicator as any that lots of folks aren't yet ready to give up their slightly larger screens, their discrete graphics, their (gasp!) optical drives. While HP recently announced its first Ultrabook for the consumer marke... Read the full article on Engadget »
Mozilla to overhaul Firefox's default home and tab pages Jan 28 2012 15:05:00	Engadget
Mozilla to overhaul Firefox's default home and tab pages Despite Mozilla kicking its release schedule into overdrive, not all parts of Firefox have gotten the tender love and care they truly deserve. Take for example, the browser's default homepage, which hasn't evolved much since its humble beginnings nearly a decade ago. That'll change soon in a two pronged effort, with Mozilla first adding a function bar to version 12 (seen after the break), followed by a later and more extensive revamp (up-top) which incorporates apps, top sites and chat functiona... Read the full article on Engadget »
Forrester: Apple makes strides into enterprises, users ... Jan 28 2012 13:31:00	Engadget
Forrester: Apple makes strides into enterprises, users iWork hard for the money Forrester has announced the results of its latest survey, which encompassed 10,000 enterprise computer users, across 17 countries. It looked at the degree of Apple product adoption in businesses and support for them within IT services. There's plenty to chew on, but here's the big one; over a fifth of those surveyed uses an Apple product for work. This, however, includes workers using their personal devices for work tasks, with 11 percent using their iPhone, 9 percent their iPad and 8 percent wo... Read the full article on Engadget »
F-BOMB $50 surveillance computer hides in your CO detec... Jan 28 2012 12:07:00	Engadget
F-BOMB $50 surveillance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi What happens when you take a PogoPlug, add 8GB of flash storage, some radios (WiFi, GPS) and perhaps a few sensors, then stuff everything in a 3D-printed box? You get the F-BOMB (Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors), a battery-powered surveillance computer that costs less than $50 to put together using off-the-shelf parts. The 4 x 3.5 x 1-inch device, created by security researcher Brendan O'Connor and funded by DARPA's Cyber Fast Track program, is cheap enough for sing... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to th... Jan 28 2012 10:28:00	Engadget
Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys If you've seen Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus in action, then it should be clear that the menu button has no future in the Android ecosystem. In order to drive that point home, Google has posted over at the Android Developer blog urging app creators to "say goodbye to the menu button." With the until now standard key getting the boot, big G wants devs to start designing interfaces that focus on the ActionBar introduced with Honeycomb. Of course, there's only so much room on the screen, ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisible, but only in th... Jan 28 2012 08:39:00	Engadget
Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisible, but only in the microwave region of the spectrum Okay, so we're not up to USS Pegasus levels yet, but for the first time researchers have been able to cloak a three dimensional object. Don't start planning your first trip to the Hogwarts library restricted section just yet though, the breakthrough is only in the microwave region of the EM spectrum. Using a shell of plasmonic materials, it's possible to create a "photo negative" of the object being cloaked in order to make it disappear. The technique is different to the use of metamaterials, wh... Read the full article on Engadget »
Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro F... Jan 28 2012 06:27:00	Engadget
Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash The fresh trend of Micro Four Thirds shooters is on the rise, thus it shouldn't come as a surprise that more glass-makers are jumping on the MFT bandwagon. Joining the likes of Panasonic, Olympus and Kodak as part of the Micro Four Thirds Group, is a trifecta of third-party lens manufacturers: Tamron, Kenko Tokina and ASTRODESIGN. Following closely behind rival Sigma, the newcomers are looking to make a dent in the four-thirds universe. Better late than never, right? There's still no sign of the... Read the full article on Engadget »
IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts... Jan 28 2012 04:34:00	Engadget
IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice It's not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It's nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors. Plus, it consumes less power and is able to carry more current than present-day technology. The researchers accomplished the trick by laying a nanotube on a thin layer of insulation, and using a two-step process -- involving some sort of black magic... Read the full article on Engadget »
Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users ... Jan 28 2012 02:47:00	Engadget
Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins' fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company's board in a couple of weeks, but he's already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters (update: and Bloomberg). First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware. Citing internal statistics that indicate 80- to 90- percent of the company's customer base aren't running BlackBerry 7 hardware yet, it will work closely ... Read the full article on Engadget »
MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in ... Jan 28 2012 01:15:00	Engadget
MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR, an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of movie theaters and Commonwealth Bank. The initial trial run will be at La Premiere cinemas, where customers will be able to order and pay for food and beverages right from their seat with the QkR app. To initiate t... Read the full article on Engadget »
Israel announces plans to build national broadband netw... Jan 27 2012 23:35:00	Engadget
Israel announces plans to build national broadband network, increases fiber intake Israel is home to a burgeoning tech industry, but the country's broadband infrastructure hasn't really been able to keep pace. In terms of broadband penetration, in fact, Israel ranks just 21st out of 34 developed nations, according to statistics gathered by the OECD. All this may be changing, however, now that the country's state-run electric company has announced plans to create a new national broadband network. According to the AP, the forthcoming network will use so-called fiber to the home ... Read the full article on Engadget »
FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012 Jan 27 2012 22:15:00	Engadget
FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012 We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy!Continue reading FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri,... Read the full article on Engadget »
Did the Galaxy S III just pop up on Samsung's support s... Jan 27 2012 21:26:00	Engadget
Did the Galaxy S III just pop up on Samsung's support site? Seriously, we can't caveat this one enough -- there is no way of knowing if this is in fact the Galaxy S III or, if it is, when it might come to market -- but, it looks like Samsung's "next big smartphone" just made a cameo on the company's support pages. Listed as the GT-i9300, the mystery device reared its head over at the Global Download Center of the United Arab Emerites site. If Sammy is to keep with its naming scheme i93XX would be a flagship device -- the i90XX line was the Galaxy S, i91X... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony reveals new 3G/WiFi PS Vita bundles: free data, PS... Jan 27 2012 20:41:00	Engadget
Sony reveals new 3G/WiFi PS Vita bundles: free data, PSN games and memory cards for everyone Sony's PlayStation Vita hasn't exactly sold like hotcakes over in Japan, so the company has sweetened the pot for the portable's potential Stateside buyers. Those who placed pre-orders will get a couple of extra goodies for their $350. To go with the previously promised limited edition case, 4GB memory card and copy of Little Deviants, you'll also receive 250MB of data from AT&T and a PlayStation Network game gratis as soon as you activate 3G on the device. Furthermore, folks buying a Vita o... Read the full article on Engadget »
Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with guest CrackB... Jan 27 2012 20:05:00	Engadget
Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with guest CrackBerry Kevin, live at 5PM ET! Just wake up from a very restful week-long slumber? First of all, we're envious of your good fortune. Second, Research in Motion made a few changes to its leadership chart. Third, you must be really hungry right about now. So grab a sandwich, come back in an hour and join Myriam, Brad, Sean Cooper and our very special guest Kevin Michaluk (yes, Mr. CrackBerry Kevin himself) as we discuss the northern news, as well as anything else that happened this week.Be sure to send questions or comments you... Read the full article on Engadget »
First White House Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chop... Jan 27 2012 19:42:00	Engadget
First White House Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, steps down He was appointed with a fair bit of fanfare as the United States' first Chief Technology Officer back in May of 2009, but it looks like Aneesh Chopra has decided that it's now time to make room for the nation's second CTO. The White House confirmed today that Chopra is stepping down from his position, noting that he has amassed a "dizzying array of accomplishments." Among those are his contributions to the Obama administration's national wireless strategy, a set of internet policy making princip... Read the full article on Engadget »
HTC Titan II works its charm on the FCC with AT&T L... Jan 27 2012 19:24:00	Engadget
HTC Titan II works its charm on the FCC with AT&T LTE included What's that? An HTC PI86100 Windows Phone with AT&T-specific LTE (bands 4 and 17) showing up in the hallowed halls of the FCC? Why, this must be the Titan II, announced a tad over a fortnight ago. Docs show that a production unit of the device, sporting the aforementioned LTE bands as well as 850 / 1900 3G (also AT&T compatible), is ready to take on its new Windows Phone competition sometime soon. Is it a guarantee that the phone is nigh at hand? Not quite, but at least it signifies that... Read the full article on Engadget »
OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express SATA 3.0 SSDs doubles your... Jan 27 2012 18:53:00	Engadget
OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express SATA 3.0 SSDs doubles your (MacBook) Airspeed velocity It's MacWorld, which means those providers of Apple gear are busting out wares for aftermarket insertion into your objects of desire. Other World Computing's latest offering is a slender solid-state drive ready to be crow-barred into last year's MacBook Airs. The bombastically named OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD is a SATA Rev. 3.0 drive with a promised 6Gb/s data speed at sizes of up to a staggering 480GB. Since the stock drives are limited to the 3Gb/s SATA Rev. 2.0 (but the controllers r... Read the full article on Engadget »
Verizon-bound ZTE V66 slate gets photographed, looks ju... Jan 27 2012 18:29:00	Engadget
Verizon-bound ZTE V66 slate gets photographed, looks just like you imagined It wasn't long ago that we first crossed paths with the ZTE V66 tablet, though at the time we were unfortunate to only meet its dull black-and-white renders. Those of you unfamiliar with the tab won't have your jaws dropped by its innards, which are expected to be missing out on the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment. Aside from the OS letdown (still, it's not as bad as shipping with Gingerbread), the V66 is pretty standard fare for a modern tablet. It'll be running on Verizon's speedy LTE network, sp... Read the full article on Engadget »
Insert Coin: Dash car stereo gives your iPhone a new ho... Jan 27 2012 18:04:00	Engadget
Insert Coin: Dash car stereo gives your iPhone a new home, away from the cupholder (video) In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. We're pretty fond of new ways to integrate smartphones with car stereos here at Engadget, which is why we're particularly intrigued by a new Kickstarter project called Dash. Unlike MirrorLink, which reflects a phone's interface onto a larger touchscreen, this nifty creation puts the smartphone f... Read the full article on Engadget »
The Love Box is an analog video mixer, house of mirrors... Jan 27 2012 17:39:00	Engadget
The Love Box is an analog video mixer, house of mirrors for your iPhone (video) There's something romantic about hacking the iPhone, especially when it means finding ways to personalize the massively popular handset. Apps like Instagram may help you realize artistic talent, but software just doesn't get those creative juices flowing like an old-fashioned piece of hardware can. Despite its taboo-sounding name, The Love Box isn't an adult toy in the traditional sense, instead serving as an analog video (and stills) mixer for your iPhone 4 or 4S. Consisting of a wooden box and... Read the full article on Engadget »
Microsoft reportedly working on Kinect-enabled laptops Jan 27 2012 16:48:00	Engadget
Microsoft reportedly working on Kinect-enabled laptops It remains to be seen when or if they'll turn into actual products, but The Daily reports that Microsoft is at least working on getting its Kinect technology shoved into laptops. While details are light, the iPad-based publication says that it's seen a pair of prototypes that "appear to be Asus netbooks running Windows 8," but which have had their webcams replaced with an array of sensors that run along the top of the screen (a set of LEDs are said to be at the bottom). The Daily also says that ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony Xperia S jogs past the FCC carrying AT&T 3G ra... Jan 27 2012 16:16:00	Engadget
Sony Xperia S jogs past the FCC carrying AT&T 3G radios (video) The FCC boys were clutching at their multimeters in horror when they saw how much work they'd have to do when Sony's new Xperia S rolled into the bunker. Still, their loss is connectivity's gain, as the Ericsson-branded (for now, at least) phone packs quad-band GSM / EDGE, 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 UMTS and HSPA, RFID, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 802.11 WiFi b/g/n and GPS. ANT+ is also included, which is a healthy sign that support for the fitness tracker will carry on through Ericsson's departure. In r... Read the full article on Engadget »
Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard Jan 27 2012 15:56:00	Engadget
Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard Former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, having completed the 24-month commitment period he agreed to when HP acquired Palm. An HP spokesperson has confirmed the story, first reported by AllThingsD, in a brief statement: "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well." Rubinstein rose to fame as a hardware guru at NeXT, ultimately joining Apple after the company acquired NeXT in 1996. He was instrumental in developing the iMac and PowerMac desktops before spearheading ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google upgrades Earth with better rendering, teaches it... Jan 27 2012 15:49:00	Engadget
Google upgrades Earth with better rendering, teaches it to sing in perfect harmony Google's bringing a number of changes to its Earth service courtesy of version 6.2, including Google+ integration and improvements to search. Most notable here, however, is a new method of rendering that stitches aerial photos together in a manner less patchy than before, making for "the most beautiful Google Earth yet," according to the company. The new version is available now for download -- more info in the source link below.Google upgrades Earth with better rendering, teaches it to sing in ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Toshiba announces color e-reader in Japan, hopes people... Jan 27 2012 15:22:00	Engadget
Toshiba announces color e-reader in Japan, hopes people buy more e-books from its store If you're gonna be late to a party, you should at least be fashionably late. That's the mindset behind Toshiba's entry into the dedicated e-reader space with its new 7-inch BookPlace DB50. Toshiba hopes adding an e-reader alongside its existing AT200 and Thrive tablets will push more eyeballs towards the 100,000 or so titles in its BookPlace online bookstore. The ¥22,000 ($284) BookPlace DB50 sports a TFT-LCD screen with an LED backlight, a 1GHz Freescale i.MX535 processor, 8GB of internal f... Read the full article on Engadget »
World's longest lab experiment still going strong, via ... Jan 27 2012 14:55:00	Engadget
World's longest lab experiment still going strong, via webcam In 1927, a physics professor named Thomas Parnell launched an experiment on viscous liquids. 85 years later, we're still waiting for his results. It all began with a funnel, a beaker, and some melted tar pitch. Parnell, a professor at the University of Queensland in Australia, was hoping to demonstrate that brittle tar pitch actually behaves as a liquid when kept at room temperature. To prove this, he melted some tar pitch, let it cool for three years, and placed it within the funnel, held over ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Strategy Analytics: Nokia tops global handset shipments... Jan 27 2012 14:27:00	Engadget
Strategy Analytics: Nokia tops global handset shipments, Apple sees quarterly surge Fresh off the publication of its latest tablet report, Strategy Analytics has come out with a new batch of statistics on the global mobile market. In a report published yesterday, the research firm crowned Apple as the world's largest smartphone vendor by volume, on the strength of the 37 million iPhones it shipped during Q4 2011 -- good for 23.9 percent of the market. Samsung wasn't too far behind, though, with 36.5 million smartphones shipped during the quarter, comprising 23.5 percent of the ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Engadget Podcast 278 - 01.26.2012 Jan 27 2012 14:00:00	Engadget
Engadget Podcast 278 - 01.26.2012 Sometimes we like to tell ourselves it's not, but in the end, it's all about the Benjamins. We tried to get someone named Benjamin on this podcast to underscore this point, but, you know, he had other plans. Tune in for this special Rich Dad, Poor Dad edition of the Engadget Podcast: we'll let you decide which dad is which.Host: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater, Dana WollmanProducer: Trent WolbeMusic: Longview01:14 - RIM's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license Bla... Read the full article on Engadget »
With new privacy controls onboard, Google+ opens up to ... Jan 27 2012 13:41:00	Engadget
With new privacy controls onboard, Google+ opens up to teens The world's teenage population can pontificate from a new digital platform, now that Google+ has decided to open its doors to high schoolers. Google+ VP Bradley Horowitz made the announcement yesterday, confirming that anyone old enough to own a Google account can now join the social network. In most countries, that applies to anyone older than 13 (previously, Google+ had been restricted to the 18-and-over crowd). This expansion also introduces a new set of privacy controls for younger users, wh... Read the full article on Engadget »
Distro Issue 25: Ultrabook overload, Snap Analysis and ... Jan 27 2012 13:15:00	Engadget
Distro Issue 25: Ultrabook overload, Snap Analysis and Gina Trapani Distro is 25... weeks old, today! And to celebrate we're debuting a new page that puts you, our readers, front and center. We've been sending out questions over various social networking channels and collecting your answers for the inaugural run of Snap Analysis. Among other things, you weighed in on RIM's CEO switch up, as did our own Darren Murph in his editorial, "RIM's New CEO Isn't the Shakeup It Needed." We have more editorializing coming your way from the desk of Donald Melanson, who's ta... Read the full article on Engadget »
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins clarifies comments on change, re... Jan 27 2012 12:49:00	Engadget
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins clarifies comments on change, rejects Android speculation Freshly anointed RIM CEO Thorsten Heins sat down with Crackberry this week to discuss his vision for the future of BlackBerry, his thoughts on Android and, most strikingly, his recent comments about maintaining the status quo. Shortly after his appointment, Heins issued a video address in which he implicitly claimed that RIM doesn't need an overhaul. "If we continue doing well what we're doing, I see no problems with us being in the top three players worldwide in the next years in wireless," the... Read the full article on Engadget »
Hawaii's proposed online tracking law comes under fire ... Jan 27 2012 12:15:00	Engadget
Hawaii's proposed online tracking law comes under fire from ISPs, civil libertarians There may be some trouble brewing in paradise, thanks to a seemingly draconian law currently under consideration in Hawaii's state legislature. If passed, H.B. 2288 would require all ISPs within the state to track and store information on their customers, including details on every website they visit, as well as their own names and addresses. The measure, introduced on Friday, also calls for this information to be recorded on each customer's digital file and stored for a full two years. Perhaps ... Read the full article on Engadget »

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