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Fiio's E17 Alpen headphone amplifier 'peaks' performance Jan 25 2012 01:50:00	Engadget
Fiio's E17 Alpen headphone amplifier 'peaks' performance Most people are likely content with built-in sound when sneaking elicit Numa Numa viewings, but if you've laid down a little more than average on some cans, you might want something purpose-built. Fiio thinks its E17 / Alpen USB DAC headphone amplifier is the tool for the job. With a passing resemblance to a PMP, the E17 has a single 3.5 output, SPDIF and AUX inputs, with mini USB and a proprietary dock for hardware / computer connectivity. The dot matrix OLED screen and brushed metal finish mak... Read the full article on Engadget »
Tokyoflash Kisai Optical Illusion watch is more than me... Jan 25 2012 01:30:00	Engadget
Tokyoflash Kisai Optical Illusion watch is more than meets the eye, smells like teen spirit Back in the mid-90s, Magic Eye had a brief reign as the monger of stereogram cool -- you know, those hidden 3D images you could only see with crossed vision. While the flames of that mini-craze mercifully died out, it appears some diehard, grunge-era revivalist over at Tokyoflash is prepping a wrist piece comeback for the low-tech made notorious by Mallrats. Reincarnated as the Kisai Optical Illusion, this concept-to-design LCD watch incorporates high-resolution diagonal lines on its touch scree... Read the full article on Engadget »
Ice Cream Sandwich gets ready for its closeup, would li... Jan 25 2012 01:18:00	Engadget
Ice Cream Sandwich gets ready for its closeup, would like to thank Kinect for big screen break (video) Using Microsoft hardware to augment Android? Surely, you can't be serious? Well, confounding as this may be, it is indeed true... and don't call us Shirley. All fanboy-ism and Airplane! references aside, this Kinect hack (yes, another one) manages to move Ice Cream Sandwich out of its 4.65-inch confines and onto the big screen wall. The inventive and involved mod, borne from hacker Recursive Penguin's desire to demo in-development apps at business meetings, allows for gestures made on a projecte... Read the full article on Engadget »
Delawareans rejoice as DuPont builds OLED TV testing pl... Jan 25 2012 01:05:00	Engadget
Delawareans rejoice as DuPont builds OLED TV testing plant in Newark The State of Delaware has bust out a grant of $920,000 for DuPont's obsessed project to bring OLED TVs to the masses. It's building a facility at the Stine-Haskell Research Center in Newark with the chemicals-giant stumping $30 million out of its own back pocket. The new unit will employ 35 people to investigate the possibility of producing Organic Light Emitting Diodes for use in televisions for a fraction of the current cost. In comparison, the OLED TVs we saw at CES could retail for as much a... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google suggests TCP tweaks to make web pages load faster Jan 25 2012 00:49:00	Engadget
Google suggests TCP tweaks to make web pages load faster Google has already proven it can load web pages as fast as lightning and flying potatoes, but its "Make the Web Faster" team has grander designs. The speed junkies want to quicken the internet by reworking Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), a key communications method that helps keep the internet working. Google says that it can reduce latency and speed things up by increasing the amount of data that initiates a TCP connection, reducing the initial timeout from three to one seconds, consolidat... Read the full article on Engadget »
'Still Alive' played on 3D printed record, takes music ... Jan 25 2012 00:32:00	Engadget
'Still Alive' played on 3D printed record, takes music piracy to complicated new levels We're still in the relatively early stages of the 3D printer revolution, and as such, it's hard to say just how these devices will play a role in our daily lives. We've seen some really cool toys like turtleshell racers and Weighted Companion Cubes, but what about some everyday products? This 3D printed record keeps the Portal printer theme going by cutting our old pal Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive" into its grooves. The single was printed over at Shapeways and played on a Fisher-Price record ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Cisco unveils Linksys HomePlug AV Powerline solutions, ... Jan 25 2012 00:12:00	Engadget
Cisco unveils Linksys HomePlug AV Powerline solutions, converts outlets into network connection points Looking to boost network range in remote areas of your humble abode? Cisco is now offering an option that turns your electrical outlets into wired network connections with speeds up to 200Mbps. Each Linksys HomePlug AV Powerline option includes an Ethernet adapter that connects to your router and a second adapter for your wired devices elsewhere -- both of which are plugged into sockets of your choosing to get things started. The Powerline then uses your home's electrical wiring for the system, ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Clearwire Q4: revenues up, costs down, LTE expensive Jan 24 2012 23:53:00	Engadget
Clearwire Q4: revenues up, costs down, LTE expensive Things are looking up at Clearwire, its Q4 revenue came in just over Wall Street's estimates at $362 million, split between $198 million retail and $164 million wholesale -- with the latter figure up 20 percent over the last quarter. It pointed a finger at increased smartphone usage and slashed operating costs (spending only $82 million) as the reason for the bump. With this being Clearwire, it's still in the business doldrums, relying on handouts from Sprint to keep it going. It's planning to f... Read the full article on Engadget »
Augmented reality makes Thundercats packaging way coole... Jan 24 2012 23:38:00	Engadget
Augmented reality makes Thundercats packaging way cooler than the toys themselves What happens when the toy packaging becomes more exciting than the toy itself? It's an interesting experiment that's now seeing the light of day courtesy of Bandai's new Thundercats and Ben 10 toys, which come to life through a smartphone screen via Aurasma's augmented reality. The company promises that the packages help kids "examine every part of the toy before purchase." That's important. And hey, so's setting them up for a lifetime of disappointment. Video after the break.Continue reading Au... Read the full article on Engadget »
AMD reports a net loss for Q4 2011, 30 million APUs sol... Jan 24 2012 23:24:00	Engadget
AMD reports a net loss for Q4 2011, 30 million APUs sold last year As the quarterly earnings train rolls along, AMD has announced its results for the last three months of 2011, with weaker than expected sales resulting in a net loss of $177 million on revenue of $1.69 billion. Worse, ZDNet mentions AMD expects revenue to continue to decline as 2012 gets started. Of course, there were highlights including sales of more than 30 million Accelerated Processor Units (APU) for the year, resulting in record annual notebook revenue, while CEO Rory Read also noted "re-g... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony Alpha NEX-7 emerges from the waters, ready for action Jan 24 2012 23:14:00	Engadget
Sony Alpha NEX-7 emerges from the waters, ready for action Sony leapt onto the stage to perfect its tap-dancing routine tell the world that the NEX-7, after being beset with flooding-based delays, will take a bow at the end of February. The company's flagship mirrorless ILC will set you back $1,350 for the kit edition with an 18-55mm lens. If you've got a little (weeny bit) more cash, a further £839 ($1,300) will place a compatible Carl Zeiss-branded 24mm F.1.8 lens in your grubby hands. If you're interested in learning what we thought about it, c... Read the full article on Engadget »
Researchers develop 'wireless optical brain router' to ... Jan 24 2012 22:58:00	Engadget
Researchers develop 'wireless optical brain router' to manipulate brain cells Optogenetics might be a relatively unknown area of neuroscience, but it's one that, thanks to some new research, could soon find itself (and its rodental subjects) in the spotlight. For the uninitiated, it's the practice of manipulating animal cells using light (with a little help from gene therapy). Until now, optogenetic equipment has been large and unwieldy, making testing on subjects (read: rats) painstaking. Startup, Kendall Research, has changed all this, creating wireless prototypes that ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Kindle Touch gets new software version 5.0.3 Jan 24 2012 22:41:00	Engadget
Kindle Touch gets new software version 5.0.3 It wasn't all that long ago that the Nook Simple Touch got a bit of freshening up thanks to some new code, and now it's the Kindle Touch's turn for an upgrade. Amazon has just released software version 5.0.3 for its newest e-reader that brings "general software improvements" to the device. We're not sure exactly what that means, but we do know the update will be delivered via WiFi in the next few weeks, and anxious owners interested in grabbing it now can head on down to the source link below.Ki... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google updates ToS, shares your data across its service... Jan 24 2012 22:27:00	Engadget
Google updates ToS, shares your data across its services (video) You're you, right? Of course you are. If you have an Account, Google knows that too and now, with an updated and streamlined Google Terms of Service, you're even more you than ever before. The company is consolidating most of its more than 70 separate privacy documents into a single Privacy Policy that is so important it gets capitalized. The biggest change? If you have a Google Account, your information will now be shared across the company's many services. Scary? Don't fear -- the company is t... Read the full article on Engadget »
CE-Oh no he didn't!: Tim Cook savoring the iPad's Windo... Jan 24 2012 22:19:00	Engadget
CE-Oh no he didn't!: Tim Cook savoring the iPad's Windows 'cannibalization' Tim Cook had plenty of reason to celebrate during today's Apple earnings call -- and really, who can blame the guy if a bit of that celebration spilled over into some old school executive gloating? While talking up the company's impressive iPad numbers -- and the inevitable PC-eclipsing nature of the space, Cook let this bomb drop, There is cannibalization of the Mac by the iPad, but we think there's more cannibalization of Windows PCs by the iPad - we love that trend.Yep, the iPad may be eati... Read the full article on Engadget »
Next Xbox console to be six times more powerful, headed... Jan 24 2012 22:18:00	Engadget
Next Xbox console to be six times more powerful, headed for fall 2013 release? Xbox 720, Xbox Loop -- whatever Microsoft ends up calling it, that hot rod of a console looks to be on deck for a late fall 2013 release. According to IGN's sources, this successor to the Redmond gaming throne is purported to pack a GPU based on AMD's 6000 series of chips and will boast silicon circuitry that catapults its performance past Nintendo's upcoming Wii U by 20 percent. If you're looking for a more apples to green X's comparison, this next-gen console's graphical capabilities are also ... Read the full article on Engadget »
iCloud climbs to 85 million users Jan 24 2012 21:58:00	Engadget
iCloud climbs to 85 million users It seems like only yesterday Apple unveiled iCloud to the world at WWDC, just a puff of vapor. Now look at it. The company has just confirmed the service has swelled to 85 million users as part of its Q1 2012 earnings call. That's more than twice as many iPhones as it sold in the same period, but of course it's worth noting that iCloud is, of course, free, so there's no penalty in people sticking their head in and seeing how things feel.iCloud climbs to 85 million users originally appeared on En... Read the full article on Engadget »
Tim Cook says Apple TV is still 'a hobby,' can't live w... Jan 24 2012 21:52:00	Engadget
Tim Cook says Apple TV is still 'a hobby,' can't live without it Looking forward to an update to your beloved Apple TV? It seems the company still fancies the device as well. On the quarterly numbers call today, Tim Cook quipped that "we still classify this as a hobby, but we continue to add things to it." He went on to say that the company will "continue to pull strings and see where we can take it." This comes on the heels of Cupertino seeing a record 1.4 million units sold last quarter.Tim Cook says Apple TV is still 'a hobby,' can't live without it origin... Read the full article on Engadget »
Tim Cook: The tablet will be bigger than the PC one day Jan 24 2012 21:44:00	Engadget
Tim Cook: The tablet will be bigger than the PC one day This probably shouldn't shock too many people but, Tim Cook believes the future isn't with the PC, but with the tablet. After shipping 15.4 million iPads in Q1 Cupertino is clearly comfortable with the idea that tablets are taking off and, as we begin to demand our devices become more mobile, it only makes sense that these finger-friendly slates will one day outsell less portable options like laptops and desktops. When might that day come? Well, Mr. Cook refused to speculate, but he was confiden... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple's Q1 hardware sales: 37 million iPhones, 15.43 mi... Jan 24 2012 21:30:00	Engadget
Apple's Q1 hardware sales: 37 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million Macs, 15.4 million iPods We touched on the numbers in our report on Apple's Q1 earnings, but the company's throwing out a lot of "record" figures so we thought we'd take a moment to focus on just how its hardware sales stack up. The standout number is, of course, the 37.04 million iPhones sold during the quarter, which is up 128 percent from the same quarter a year ago (and up from 17 million in the previous quarter, a jump of 117 percent). That notably puts Apple back ahead of Samsung, which sold a total of 35 million ... Read the full article on Engadget »
iBooks Author sees 600,000 initial downloads, 3 million... Jan 24 2012 21:26:00	Engadget
iBooks Author sees 600,000 initial downloads, 3 million for iTunes U app Apple announced on its quarterly earnings call this afternoon that iBooks Author had seen 600,000 downloads since its unveiling last week. The folks in Cupertino also mentioned that iTunes U has seen 3 million app downloads, feeling a bump from the announcement a few days ago. One other interesting tidbit: currently, 1.5 million iPads have been deployed in schools. We'd surmise that those numbers will continue to increase as iBooks 2 and iBook Author start to pound the pavement in the months ahe... Read the full article on Engadget »
eye3 hexicopter helps your DSLR take flight for $999 Jan 24 2012 20:49:00	Engadget
eye3 hexicopter helps your DSLR take flight for $999 Your camera wants to take flight -- trust us, it does -- and an ambitious new project aims to make your DSLR's aeronautic ambitions a reality. The eye3 hexacopter is a six-armed carbon-fiber unmanned arial vehicle (UAV) that hopes to make aerial photography accessible to the masses. Designed by a couple with a hankering for robotics, the flying machine is modular (for easy repair) and navigates using a combination of Google Maps and open-source code. Those without a pilot license need not worry:... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with... Jan 24 2012 20:32:00	Engadget
Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue It's that time folks: time for the quarterly running of the spreadsheets. Today Apple, one the most anticipated of all, is revealing its earnings for the past three months and let's just say things are lookin' pretty good for the Cupertino crew. The company set a new record for quarterly revenue and profit in Q1 of 2012, netting $46.33 billion in total with $13.06 billion earnings -- the latter number representing about half of the company's annual profit. That's nearly twice what Apple announce... Read the full article on Engadget »
Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily Jan 24 2012 20:24:00	Engadget
Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily Instead of spending millions upon millions to clean up the next oil spill, why don't we just all pitch in and buy some soap? That's basically what researchers at the University of Bristol are proposing, with a new kind of soap that's apparently like no other. This soap, you see, is magnetic, which means it could be easily removed from water without leaving behind any hazardous chemicals -- a potentially major selling point for cleanup crews and environmentalists alike. To create it, the team col... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony reminds Japan that Walkmans still exist, new E ser... Jan 24 2012 19:58:00	Engadget
Sony reminds Japan that Walkmans still exist, new E series packs built-in noise cancellation The latest addition Walkman series continues the petite styling we've seen over the years, and Sony's cheerleading that it's both thinner (9.1mm) and lighter (37g) than its predecessor. The E-series includes a 1.4-inch colour LCD display, while we're promised at around 30 hours of music playback per charge. Alongside the standard NW-E060 model (9,000 yen, $116) the NW-E060K (11,000 yen, $142) throws in a plug-in speaker. Both models offer noise-cancelling features and promise to cut surrounding ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Microsoft's MIX is no more, to be rolled into another B... Jan 24 2012 19:33:00	Engadget
Microsoft's MIX is no more, to be rolled into another BUILD-like conference Whispers that Microsoft's MIX conference was on life support have just proven true. Redmond confirmed on its blog that the yearly web-centric conference will no longer be held, as it refocuses its efforts on larger and more broad platform-centric events, much in the vein of last year's BUILD. Following its pull-out from CES, the company muses focusing on less events means it'll maximize the effectiveness of its engineers and the press alike. We're also told, an event on the calibre of BUILD is s... Read the full article on Engadget »
G-Shock prototype phone hides its craggy looks at CES, ... Jan 24 2012 19:03:00	Engadget
G-Shock prototype phone hides its craggy looks at CES, only fears your stares Like your phones tough? Casio's apparently crafted another hardy device and this one appears to be running Android Gingerbread. The unnamed device can handle ten-foot drops and ten meters of water, while scaring small children at the same time. Hiding under a bridge somewhere in Las Vegas, it somehow avoided our patrols of the CES showfloor. The rubberized smartphone holds on to those G-Shock looks, with nubs mimicking the layout of Casio's ubiquitous digital watch. Aside from the super-tough cr... Read the full article on Engadget »
UK Greenlights first marine-energy park in the heart of... Jan 24 2012 18:39:00	Engadget
UK Greenlights first marine-energy park in the heart of Brunel-country The West Country is home to some of the finest engineering anywhere in the UK, thanks to the region's historical patronage of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. That reputation will continue thanks to the Department of Energy and Climate Change naming it as the home of the nation's first marine energy park. Running from Bristol, past Cornwall and out to the Isles of Scilly, the tidal-power plant is expected to generate 27 Gigawatts of power, the equivalent of eight coal-fired power stations. Of course, ha... Read the full article on Engadget »
BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review Jan 24 2012 18:00:00	Engadget
BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review Research in Motion, regardless of how you may view its recent history or its long-term future, still has a stronghold on the corporate world. Its lineup of BlackBerry smartphones are known for great battery life, comfortable keyboards with intuitive shortcuts, top-notch native email and Enterprise clients and -- most important to businesses -- unrivaled security features. Sure, its influence is waning as competitors have caught up in some areas (and surpassed it in others), but there are plenty ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Boxee Box Live TV starts shipping, Boxee 1.5 software u... Jan 24 2012 17:37:00	Engadget
Boxee Box Live TV starts shipping, Boxee 1.5 software update now rolling out Both have been promised as coming soon in recent weeks, and now Boxee has confirmed that two fairly big new rollouts are underway. The first is the Boxee Box Live TV dongle, which is now shipping and will let you augment your Boxee Box with some OTA TV channels for $50. You can get a closer look at it in our hands-on from CES earlier this month. Alongside it, Boxee is also rolling out its Boxee 1.5 software update, which boasts a new UI and a number of other refinements including better search, ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Klipsch Mode M40 noise-cancelling headphones review Jan 24 2012 17:00:00	Engadget
Klipsch Mode M40 noise-cancelling headphones review Around these parts, we've generally had favorable opinions of Klipsch's audio products. Whether it's been something as small as its S4 line of smartphone oriented in-ears or grand speaker systems like its AirPlay-enabled G-17 Air, we've usually ended up awarding the brand our highest praise. If you'll recall, it was little over a year ago that Klipsch introduced its $150 Image One on-ear headphones -- the company's first set ever that weren't of the intra-aural variety, and a favorite of our own... Read the full article on Engadget »
Orange offers free Wikipedia access to mobile users in ... Jan 24 2012 16:41:00	Engadget
Orange offers free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East There are more than 70 million Orange customers across Africa and the Middle East, but only about 10 million are able to access the web from their handsets. That gap may be narrowing, though, now that the provider has decided to offer free mobile access to Wikipedia for users throughout the region. Under the program, users with an Orange SIM card and a web-enabled phone will be able to access the site as many times as they want, without incurring any data charges. Heralding the partnership as th... Read the full article on Engadget »
Researchers use lasers to supercool semiconductor membr... Jan 24 2012 16:22:00	Engadget
Researchers use lasers to supercool semiconductor membranes, blow your mind Ah, lasers. Those wonderful, super intense beams of light that we've seen used in headlights, projectors, and naturally, death rays. Like us, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen figure there's nothing lasers can't do, and have figured out a way to use them to cool a bit of semiconducting material. This bit of black magic works using a membrane made of gallium arsenide and is based upon principles of quantum physics and optomechanics (the interaction between li... Read the full article on Engadget »
Burn baby burn: HP pays out $425,000 to prevent a disco... Jan 24 2012 16:01:00	Engadget
Burn baby burn: HP pays out $425,000 to prevent a disco (laptop) inferno The Haus of Meg will pay $425,000 in order to settle a claim that it consciously flogged laptops with batteries that could overheat or catch fire. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission slapped the company on the wrist for not issuing a recall quickly enough. It claimed that HP knew about 22 incidents involving battery 'splosions by September 2007 -- including one instance of a user being hospitalized, but didn't begin issuing a recall until ten months later. By May 2011, the company had reca... Read the full article on Engadget »
Canon EOS C300 to hit Japanese stores on the 31st, PL v... Jan 24 2012 15:39:00	Engadget
Canon EOS C300 to hit Japanese stores on the 31st, PL version coming in March Do you have deep pockets? And do those pockets happen to be located in Japan? Well if you're also in the market for Canon's EOS C300 cinema camera, you might be in luck. The company has confirmed that its motion-picture-shooting flagship will be available in Japanese retail stores by January 31st -- exactly one week from today. As the story goes with expensive electronics in Japan, pricing is "open" at this point, meaning you might have to hit up a retailer for an amount before making two dozen ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Facebook Timeline feature, unflattering photos being pu... Jan 24 2012 15:16:00	Engadget
Facebook Timeline feature, unflattering photos being pushed out to all users in next few weeks Okay, so now that we've all had sufficient time to go on an untagging spree, Facebook is finally getting ready to begin pushing its new layout to all users. Timeline will be rolled out to everyone over the next few weeks, with the social network giving you seven days to preview it before going live, you know, just in case...Facebook Timeline feature, unflattering photos being pushed out to all users in next few weeks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:16:00 EDT. Please see o... Read the full article on Engadget »
Droid RAZR Maxx hits Verizon on January 26th for $299 o... Jan 24 2012 15:00:00	Engadget
Droid RAZR Maxx hits Verizon on January 26th for $299 on contract While good handsets do tend to come in small packages, longer lasting ones are undoubtedly a bit fatter. And so, dear chubby phone chasing fans, Verizon's girthy revamp on its branding mash-up -- the Droid Razr Maxx -- is set for an official bow. After softly leaking the handset's launch date on its site, the operator's finally ready to roll out the Big Red carpet for the Moto-made device on January 26th. For $299 on contract, you're still getting the same dual-core, Gingerbread handset and 4.3-... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple now the largest buyer of semiconductors according... Jan 24 2012 14:47:00	Engadget
Apple now the largest buyer of semiconductors according to Gartner No one would be shocked to learn that Apple is a major purchaser of semiconductors. Heck, hearing that the company is number one on that list might not even raise too many eyebrows. But, what if you we told you last year the Cupertino crew wasn't the biggest purchaser, or even the second. In 2010 the House that Jobs Built was a distant third behind Samsung and HP but, following a significant surge thanks to the iPad 2 and the updated MacBook Air, its bumped those companies back a slot. In 2011 A... Read the full article on Engadget »
Murtazin: 'Nokia Lumia 910 will arrive in May, pack 12M... Jan 24 2012 14:18:00	Engadget
Murtazin: 'Nokia Lumia 910 will arrive in May, pack 12MP camera' Ah, Eldar Murtazin. Sometimes he's (sort of) right, sometimes he's wrong. But he managed to predict the Nokia-WinPho love-in ahead of any official announcement and that still counts for something, right? His latest missive concerns the news of the Lumia 900's likely summer-time flight across the Atlantic. While it's not going to tout the LTE radios of the American edition, Eldar's more concerned about a phone that no-one's yet heard of. Yes, the Lumia 910, which according to the thorn in Nokia's... Read the full article on Engadget »
Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes to Blu-ray March ... Jan 24 2012 13:51:00	Engadget
Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes to Blu-ray March 6th, brings an iPad app Even in 2012 there are a number of classic films that have yet to be released on Blu-ray, but we can knock one off that list March 6th when Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes home from Sony Pictures. Beyond being remastered in HD and featuring a 5.1 DTS-HD MA soundtrack, the release will also bring exclusive Lost Animations, extended scenes and outtakes features running for over 30 minutes. iPad owners will also be able to snag a companion Second Screen app called The Holy Book of Days that i... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google + Nicknames = Hilarity Jan 24 2012 13:27:00	Engadget
Google + Nicknames = Hilarity Google's so desperate for the boys to come to its yard that it won't be long before it buys a milkshake factory. Until then, it's relaxing its ban on nicknames for Google+ users: now amusingly nicknamed composer W.G. "Snuffy" Walden can get back to being himself. Just remember that any name change will carry through Google's entire online service, so try to avoid anything too raunchy if you also use Gmail for work. If you use a pseudonym (say "Madonna") then you'll have to submit scanned copies ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Microsoft outlines Windows 8 wireless improvements Jan 24 2012 13:10:00	Engadget
Microsoft outlines Windows 8 wireless improvements It wasn't long ago that wireless networking in Windows was a hodgepodge mess of vendor-specific drivers and apps all conspiring against Microsoft's default interface. Windows 7 solved this in part by streamlining WiFi connectivity, but it appears once again that Microsoft wants to extend the idea to 3G and 4G networking in Windows 8 -- with built-in data activation and usage tools to boot. So, if you've been longing to show VZAccess Manager the door, you'll find more details in the source link b... Read the full article on Engadget »
Living la vita hacker: PS3 firmware exploit expands Vit... Jan 24 2012 12:50:00	Engadget
Living la vita hacker: PS3 firmware exploit expands Vita Remote Play options Those gosh-darned hackers just refuse to get off Sony's lawn, serving up yet another exploit for the outfit's latest baby, the PlayStation Vita. Well, sort of -- the Vita's own code hasn't been breached, but it sure plays nice with PlayStation 3 custom firmware 3.55. The PS3 tweak apparently recognizes the Vita as a mobile phone, which somehow allows it to Remote Play a wider assortment of PS3 games than normal. It's not all unicorns and double rainbows, however, as input lag appears to be an is... Read the full article on Engadget »
PlayStation 3 video editor to hit Europe in Q1, 10 euro... Jan 24 2012 12:34:00	Engadget
PlayStation 3 video editor to hit Europe in Q1, 10 euros at launch While Mr. Blurrycam already spotted the upcoming PlayStation 3 video editor at CES, he was unable to divulge any details on release dates. We were similarly unable to wring out much more when we hit the show floor ourselves. Now, Sony has finally outed a few key tidbits, including the fact that Europe can expect it to arrive by the end of Q1 and that you'll have to fork out for the pleasure -- priced at around €10 ($13). According to Electricpig, the PlayMemories Studio will offer up croppi... Read the full article on Engadget »
Verizon releases Q4 results, sees jump in revenue, broa... Jan 24 2012 11:52:00	Engadget
Verizon releases Q4 results, sees jump in revenue, broadband subscribers, net loss Verizon has just come out with its Q4 results this morning, ending the fiscal year with yet another solid revenue report, and a decidedly less rosy net loss. According to the provider, total revenue reached $18.3 billion during the final quarter of 2011, up 13 percent from last year. Verizon saw a particularly notable spike in data revenue, which reached $6.3 billion, representing a 19.2 percent increase over the year, and comprising nearly 42 percent of all revenue. Overall, though, VZW finishe... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nokia penalised for texting tips to Aussie users, regre... Jan 24 2012 11:31:00	Engadget
Nokia penalised for texting tips to Aussie users, regrets not adding unsubscribe option Here's a bit of bad news for those who actually enjoy receiving Nokia's regular tips via SMS: Reuters reports that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has slapped the Finnish company a hefty A$55,000 ($58,000) fine, with the reason being that there was no way to unsubscribe from said messages. This kind of flaw sure is a surprise at this day and age, but Nokia's already taken action by simply axing this spammy service entirely in Australia, while at the same time "ramping it down e... Read the full article on Engadget »
Dutch court rejects Apple appeal, says Samsung Galaxy T... Jan 24 2012 10:33:00	Engadget
Dutch court rejects Apple appeal, says Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is legal A court in the Hague has just cleared the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for sale in the Netherlands, rejecting Apple's requests for a nationwide ban. As NU.nl reports, a different Dutch court had already issued a similar ruling in October, which Cupertino promptly appealed, claiming that Sammy's slate was too similar to its own iPad 2. Today, though, the Court of the Hague shot down Apple's arguments, determining that there are enough differences between the two products to legally justify their coexi... Read the full article on Engadget »
Judge forces defendant to decrypt laptop, fuels debate ... Jan 24 2012 10:13:00	Engadget
Judge forces defendant to decrypt laptop, fuels debate over Fifth Amendment rights A judge in Colorado yesterday ordered a defendant to decrypt her laptop's hard drive at the prosecution's request, adding new fire to the ongoing debate surrounding consumer technology and the Fifth Amendment. The defendant, Ramona Fricosu, is facing charges of bank fraud, stemming from a federal investigation launched in 2010. As part of this investigation, federal authorities used a search warrant to seize her Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop. Fricosu's legal team had previously refused to decryp... Read the full article on Engadget »
NBC News grows a digital publishing arm, plans 30 title... Jan 24 2012 09:15:00	Engadget
NBC News grows a digital publishing arm, plans 30 titles for 2012 Because you can never have your fingers in too many media pies, the powers that be at NBC News are now extending their reach into the eReader space. Under the company's newly minted NBC Publishing imprint, coverage related to current events, docs and bios, in addition to content culled from other NBC Universal divisions, will get a second life as either digital singles (think: longer than an article, shorter than a few chapters) or straight-up eBooks, with about 30 titles slated for this year. T... Read the full article on Engadget »
Lumia 900 hits Carphone Warehouse, possibly coming to t... Jan 24 2012 08:04:00	Engadget
Lumia 900 hits Carphone Warehouse, possibly coming to the UK in June (update: no) We bet some of you over in the UK were just a wee bit little jealous when it was revealed that we here in the good ol' U-S-of-A would be getting first dibs on the Lumia 900 (a little payback for keeping the 800 all to yourselves). Well, lucky for you, we're not so greedy and you'll get your own shot at Nokia's latest and greatest... eventually. Carphone Warehouse has the dual-camera sporting Mango phone listed as "coming soon" with an expected launch date of June 2012. These plans are clearly st... Read the full article on Engadget »
Chevy Volt safe from fire hazard after all, says govern... Jan 24 2012 06:03:00	Engadget
Chevy Volt safe from fire hazard after all, says government The Chevy Volt isn't prone to catching fire after all, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The all-electric car came under scrutiny last year after one caught fire following a side-impact crash test. GM offered a buyback program for Volt owners concerned their cars might suddenly immolate, then the company made "enhancements" to the Volt's battery coolant system. That set things right, as far as the NHTSA is concerned: it says "no discernable defect trend exists" in the Volt... Read the full article on Engadget »
Ofcom: 'UK Lumia ads broke Broadcasting Code' Jan 24 2012 05:21:00	Engadget
Ofcom: 'UK Lumia ads broke Broadcasting Code' Nokia's burnt at least one bridge in the UK after Channel 5 (or five, or 5, or channel five -- whatever its called) received a slap on the wrist from Ofcom: the motherland's equivalent of the FCC. The channel inserted Lumia branding into its second-long station-ident clips (one of the longer blips is pictured above), too short to include a clear notification of the sponsorship relationship -- in contravention of rule 9.19 of the Broadcasting code. The channel objected on the grounds that it woul... Read the full article on Engadget »
SITA and Orange develop NFC-based airport check-ins, le... Jan 24 2012 04:16:00	Engadget
SITA and Orange develop NFC-based airport check-ins, let you bump the TSA (video) You've been there before -- fumbling in-front of a non-enthused security agent, trying to download your fancy mobile boarding pass over an uncooperative network. It's that kind of awkwardness that SITA and Orange are trying to avoid with their NFC-based check-in solution. In their joint proof-of-concept, the duo embedded ticket credentials into an NFC-capable SIM card -- meaning phones without NFC circuitry can also use the tech -- which enables airport plebes to check-in, get through security, ... Read the full article on Engadget »
VoiceUtils makes your iPhone 4S wish into a Siri comman... Jan 24 2012 03:12:00	Engadget
VoiceUtils makes your iPhone 4S wish into a Siri command (video) In the event you haven't tired of Siri hacks, here comes yet another unintended use of the ole robo-handmaiden. This time, however, her jailbroken powers of automation are strictly for vanilla iOS purposes, so you won't find any demonstrations of car stereo or TV channel changing here. Instead, recently liberated iPhone 4S owners can look forward to a software package called VoiceUtils, available through Cydia, that allows Cupertino's best gal to open first- and third-party apps, unlock your pho... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google, MIT bestow App Inventor to the unwashed masses Jan 24 2012 01:52:00	Engadget
Google, MIT bestow App Inventor to the unwashed masses Google must be feeling generous: it donated Sky Map to undeserving armchair astronomers and it's letting the great unwashed get at its App Inventor development platform. The software toolset was cooked up in partnership with MIT: a web-based interface that lets anyone build Android apps without getting elbows-deep in code. Those Massachusetts king-geeks won't be accepting submissions just yet, however: it's still got to work out how it's going to deploy the public server and foster a "robust and... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nook Simple Touch gets USB host mode support via hack, ... Jan 24 2012 00:58:00	Engadget
Nook Simple Touch gets USB host mode support via hack, plays nice with low-power devices (video) Codemonkeys exhibiting the kindness of strangers? Why, yes, this is such a tale. When XDA Developers member verygreen came across the pleas of one user obsessed with attaching an external USB keyboard to an eReader, he did what any decent hacker would and created a workable solution. Using a loaned Nook Simple Touch, this self-styled Make-A-Wish Hack was able to patch Barnes & Noble's existing kernel, which already supported USB host mode, and send commands over ADB to enable the connection.... Read the full article on Engadget »
Rollin' Justin learns to throw like a robot Jan 24 2012 00:11:00	Engadget
Rollin' Justin learns to throw like a robot Our pal Rollin' Justin proved the old adage about teaching old robots new robo tricks wrong back in April, when he learned to catch balls by tracking moving objects, calculating their flight paths and then snapping shut his cold metal claws at the moment of impact. Now he's besting himself, thanks to a handful of improvements imparted upon him by way of his fleshy masters at the German Aerospace Agency. Among the upgrades are are an improvement to old Justin's dynamic performance -- he's now 1.5... Read the full article on Engadget »
In the wake of Megaupload crackdown, fear forces simila... Jan 23 2012 23:42:00	Engadget
In the wake of Megaupload crackdown, fear forces similar sites to shutter sharing services? The Feds put the smackdown on Megaupload and its whole executive team last week, charging them with criminal charges for copyright infringement and racketeering in addition to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and money laundering. As a result, it appears that several other cloud locker companies have curbed their sharing ways to avoid similar DOJ entanglements. FileSonic and Fileserve have eliminated file sharing from their service menus, and Uploaded.to is no longer available to thos... Read the full article on Engadget »
HTC Velocity runs impressive speed test on Australia's ... Jan 23 2012 23:14:00	Engadget
HTC Velocity runs impressive speed test on Australia's new 4G network How fast is Telstra's new 4G network? Pretty darned fast, according to a recent speed test that Ausdroid ran on an HTC Velocity -- Australia's first 4G handset. As the above image clearly demonstrates, the device impressively managed to reach download speeds of 32.82Mbps, with upload rates of 11.26Mbps. Ausdroid was quick to point out that speeds will likely vary across Telstra's network, though it wasn't the only one to report astronomic numbers. Trevor Long, in fact, actually managed to top Au... Read the full article on Engadget »
Texas Instruments 2011 Q4 earnings: $3.42 billion in re... Jan 23 2012 22:38:00	Engadget
Texas Instruments 2011 Q4 earnings: $3.42 billion in revenue, $298 million in profit It's that special time of year after CES, when many tech companies regale us with their latest earnings reports. Texas Instruments is the most recent firm to divulge its financials, and while the company isn't breaking any records, it did beat Wall Street's expectations. TI pulled in $3.42 billion in revenue, a three percent dip from the previous year, and profit dropped to $298 million from the $942 million it made in Q4 2010. While the company's spinning the numbers as a positive, stating that... Read the full article on Engadget »
RIM stock falls eight percent following CEO transition Jan 23 2012 22:07:00	Engadget
RIM stock falls eight percent following CEO transition We rarely meddle with stock news around these parts, but this was a pretty significant piece of meat to chew on. After Research in Motion introduced Thorsten Heins as the new CEO last night and again in a conference call this morning, the company's stock price tumbled a whopping 8.47 percent. When it comes to what kind of difference the transition will make for the struggling company, we haven't had a high amount of confidence; while we hope for the best and want to see RIM turn things around, t... Read the full article on Engadget »
Must See HDTV (January 23rd - 29th) Jan 23 2012 21:56:00	Engadget
Must See HDTV (January 23rd - 29th) The new year is well underway and there's plenty to watch, including more Blu-ray discs with accompanying iPad apps like Real Steel and the season premiere of House. While we pause before the Super Bowl our normal football schedule finally comes to an end, with only the Pro Bowl available for viewing by the most diehard fans Sunday night. 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.TouchKiefer Suthe... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony Xperia Ion pricing revealed? Jan 23 2012 21:38:00	Engadget
Sony Xperia Ion pricing revealed? Yup, it's another crumb of information making its way from the decidedly leaky ship that is Sony Mobile Communications -- as with all these, let's keep our tinfoil helmets set to skeptical. This time it looks like we've got rumored pricing for the Xperia Ion handset we played with at CES. A pre-order page has appeared at Negri Electronics that offers the handset for $569.50 unlocked. That sum of money will get you the AT&T-LTE phone with 16GB storage, a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon C... Read the full article on Engadget »
Teenage Engineering introduces Oplab musical prototypin... Jan 23 2012 21:11:00	Engadget
Teenage Engineering introduces Oplab musical prototyping platform After finally getting the OP-1 up for order last January, Teenage Engineering is getting its second product to market -- Oplab. The latest offering is meant to compliment its slick synth, but we can see plenty people falling in love with it on its own. The Oplab is a tinker kit and DIY platform, akin to Arduino or Microsoft's .NET Gadgeteer, but designed explicitly for generating and manipulating sound. The main board, which retails for $299, is home to a trio of USB ports (two of them hosts), t... Read the full article on Engadget »
Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30 pm Jan 23 2012 20:45:00	Engadget
Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30 pm CES is over and we're back to our regular time when we let you peek into the recording booth where the Engadget HD podcast goes to mp3 at 5:30 pm. And we don't know about anyone else, but it sure feels good getting back to our old time slot. Embedded Ustream tools and a list of topics after the break.Continue reading Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30 pmJoin the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30 pm originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:45:00 EDT. Ple... Read the full article on Engadget »
KDJ-One: the Game Boy of music making is real(ly coming... Jan 23 2012 20:23:00	Engadget
KDJ-One: the Game Boy of music making is real(ly coming, in a bit) (video) Cyberstep sent our hearts aflutter-ish at last year's NAMM with its prototype KDJ-One, a Game Boy with gigantism that held a portable digital audio workstation inside. Now, twelve months later, the company's pulled the dust sheets from a version that's ready for prime-time. Inside its roomy bowels you'll find a 1.0GHz Intel Atom processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB SSD and a 5-inch WVGA (800 x 400) touchscreen that'll let you control that piano-roll score editor. There's also 15 chunky rubber LED-lit keys,... Read the full article on Engadget »
HP Mini 1104 tickles budgets, tackles on-the-go needs Jan 23 2012 20:04:00	Engadget
HP Mini 1104 tickles budgets, tackles on-the-go needs As Ultrabooks give us one more reason to eschew the cramped dimensions of low-powered netbooks, outfits like HP continue to churn out the little laptops that could've despite the deafening ring of that category's death knell. So, if you're a student on a crunched budget, a business-y type with low-cost computing needs or just a wee PC fetishist, this latest Mini should suit your tiny tastes just fine. Starting at $399, the 1104 runs Windows 7 Home Premium on a dual-core Intel Atom N2600 clocked ... Read the full article on Engadget »
AT&T and T-Mobile file request for FCC approval of ... Jan 23 2012 19:47:00	Engadget
AT&T and T-Mobile file request for FCC approval of spectrum transfer It looks like AT&T is ready to uphold its end of the bargain. As promised, the GSM giant is poised to hand over spectrum to T-Mobile valued at $1 billion as a result of the proposed merger failing, and once again the FCC is the gatekeeper that holds the keys to the success of the transfer. According to the Wall Street Journal, the companies need permission from the Commission in order to make the handover work out according to plan, though we haven't seen a specific deadline set for the tran... Read the full article on Engadget »
Comcast's extra ads ruin NFC championship game conclusi... Jan 23 2012 19:22:00	Engadget
Comcast's extra ads ruin NFC championship game conclusion in some areas It wasn't just RIM that had designs on the limelight during the football action last night. Comcast commercials appeared over the NFC Championship game last night, thoughtfully playing over the climax of the match 'twixt the Giants and the 49ers. Frustrated fans who missed out on parts of the fourth quarter and overtime promptly began voicing dissent on the company's support forums. The Washington Post has a quote from spokesperson Amiee Metrick indicating the problems were due to a possible "e... Read the full article on Engadget »
Is this an image of the LG Optimus 3D 2? Jan 23 2012 18:55:00	Engadget
Is this an image of the LG Optimus 3D 2? What you see before you is either the deranged rantings of a lunatic, or the second generation of LG's Optimus 3D, erm, 3D smartphone. Currently codenamed "CX2," the handset's packing a new NOVA autostereoscopic display for better brightness, an unnamed 1.2GHz dual-core TI CPU and an NFC module. What isn't changing is the dual five-megapixel cameras, the 8GB storage or the display's size or resolution. Our biggest gripe with the device was its heft, but if the rumors are true, it's slimmed down ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 Micro Four Thirds camera review Jan 23 2012 18:00:00	Engadget
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 Micro Four Thirds camera review It's no surprise that the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera category is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. These compact, pro-featured ILCs undoubtedly have a strong future, with mass consumer appeal and a widening assortment of price points. We're particularly taken with the technology's compact footprint -- we're focusing our camera reviews on mirrorless models, and even outfitted our entire CES team with Sony's NEX-C3. But long before the likes of Sony and Fujifilm launched their first ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Epson's iProjection wireless projection app: wireless p... Jan 23 2012 17:27:00	Engadget
Epson's iProjection wireless projection app: wireless projection using an app Facetious headlines aside, Epson's produced iProjection: an app that lets you display those awkward holiday snaps on any wirelessly connected (Epson branded) projectors from your iOS device. All you need is to make sure your iPod/Pad/Phone is on the same network as the projector, launch the app and make sure the first thing on show isn't that candid shot of you on a beach. You'll be able to pull PDF, JPEG and PNG image files from your handheld, Dropbox and Gmail from the cloud and via Word, Powe... Read the full article on Engadget »
KDDI putting ads in the notification bar on Android phones Jan 23 2012 16:55:00	Engadget
KDDI putting ads in the notification bar on Android phones Imagine you're walking down the block when, suddenly, your phone goes off. You take it out of your pocket, unlock that sucker and pull down the notification bar to reveal... an ad! The idea of such a travesty is enough to make our blood (which is primarily just liquid caffeine and taurine at this point) boil. Disturbingly enough though, this isn't some terrifying dystopian Android future -- this is the reality for at least some KDDI au customers. The Japanese carrier bundles the au one Market on... Read the full article on Engadget »
PSP games get ESRB rating for PlayStation certified dev... Jan 23 2012 16:26:00	Engadget
PSP games get ESRB rating for PlayStation certified devices, coming soon to Sony phones and tablets? It looks like Sony's been reading our daily email missives, bemoaning the state of its PlayStation certified gaming selection. The message appears to be getting through, with several PSP titles getting spotted over at the Entertainment Software Rating Board with PlayStation certification. Ahead of any official fanfare, there's no big hitters here just yet, but titles like Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and Daxter are likely to be more resonant with gamers than the pitiful offering we've seen so far ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony's new cameraphone CMOS jams bigger gear into the s... Jan 23 2012 15:56:00	Engadget
Sony's new cameraphone CMOS jams bigger gear into the same space (video) Sony's done gone and developed a new back-illuminated CMOS designed to improve the state of your casual camerawork. Traditional units mount a merged pixel-sensor and circuit on a supporting substrate -- the innovation here is to produce the two separately and layer them without any additional material. This makes manufacturing easier and without a mount, you're able to lever-in bigger kit into the same space. It's also packing HDR Movie, which like the still-image version, will produce better mo... Read the full article on Engadget »
Supreme Court says police must get search warrant to us... Jan 23 2012 15:30:00	Engadget
Supreme Court says police must get search warrant to use GPS tracking devices The US Supreme Court ruled today that police must first obtain a search warrant before using GPS devices to track a suspect's vehicle, agreeing with an earlier appeals court ruling but rejecting the Obama administration's position on the case. In delivering the decision, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the court holds "that the government's installation of a GPS device on a target's vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle's movements, constitutes a 'search,'" and therefore v... Read the full article on Engadget »
Mystery Sony-branded Arc appears in Resident Evil trail... Jan 23 2012 14:59:00	Engadget
Mystery Sony-branded Arc appears in Resident Evil trailer, Umbrella Corp. doesn't comment on rumor or speculation (video) While most rumors of a high-definition Arc were laid to rest with the reveal of the LTE'd Xperia Ion and the sumptuous Xperia S at CES, it hasn't quite stopped smartphone fans poring over the web for a sniff of its possible existence. This time -- get that salt shaker ready -- it's a cameo in the trailer for the latest cash-in release from the Resident Evil franchise. The hardware is certainly that of an Xperia Arc, but it's the first time we've seen a Sony-branded version -- no Ericsson here. A... Read the full article on Engadget »
Olympus turns to Sony to help it get its feet back on t... Jan 23 2012 14:35:00	Engadget
Olympus turns to Sony to help it get its feet back on the ground (updated) Olympus might have some good news soon: it might have found a hero to rescue it from its woes. The "troubled" (read: it hid $1.7 billion worth of accounting losses, was nearly de-listed from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is currently suing its leadership team for fraud) company is reportedly about to negotiate a capital-and-business alliance with Sony. The TSE gave the optics-maker three years to clean up its act, which it's hoping Big S (that already owns a 0.03 percent stake in the company) wil... Read the full article on Engadget »
PSA: Pantech Element and Burst get bundled together at ... Jan 23 2012 14:03:00	Engadget
PSA: Pantech Element and Burst get bundled together at AT&T, $250 on contract In case you forgot, both Pantech's new dual-core smartphone and waterproof tablet have arrived and Ma Bell's bundled the pair together to form some kind of middleweight Android tag-team. The price of a matching tablet and smartphone? Expect to pay $250 on contract, and you'll need plans for both the Element and Burst. Those feeling flush can grab the full details at the source.PSA: Pantech Element and Burst get bundled together at AT&T, $250 on contract originally appeared on Engadget on Mon... Read the full article on Engadget »
iPhone 4S and iPad 2 get Corona command line jailbreak ... Jan 23 2012 13:37:00	Engadget
iPhone 4S and iPad 2 get Corona command line jailbreak tool If you're a little too impatient to wait for the Absinthe jailbreak tool to make its way to Windows, good news, there's another option. The iPhone Dev Team has released Corona, a command line-based option for Mac and Windows 7 that will deliver Cydia to your iOS 5.0 or 5.0.1-running iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Obviously, you'll want to be comfortable with the terminal and command prompt but, if you can handle a little CTRL+c and CTRL+v action, jailbreaking your brand new iOS device shouldn't prove too ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Canadian researchers aim to build a more life-like robo... Jan 23 2012 13:13:00	Engadget
Canadian researchers aim to build a more life-like robot, one piece at a time It may not be all that human-like in its current state, but a team of researchers at the University of Ottawa are promising that this robot will get there sooner or later. Dubbed "Pumpkin," the bot will apparently have its parts replaced piece-by-piece with more life-like counterparts over time, including parts that make use of a new artificial skin the researchers have developed. It not only includes the usual array of sensors that give the robot some degree of tactile sensitivity, but a networ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Brutus 2.0 electric bike appears with moody paint job, ... Jan 23 2012 12:51:00	Engadget
Brutus 2.0 electric bike appears with moody paint job, helmet and goggles not included Electric bikes just got a cool new poster boy. This deceptively battery-powered bike is a sequel, matching the five-speed transmission found on the original, but now gifted with a shadowy new look and some appealing chrome licks. The Brutus 2.0 also plumps for a lithium battery over the lead battery of earlier models. A chain setup replaces the belt of its predecessor, which presumably helps it power through 0-60 in just under five seconds. Top speeds remain as dark and mysterious as the bike's ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Pew: Tablet, e-reader ownership nearly doubled over the... Jan 23 2012 12:29:00	Engadget
Pew: Tablet, e-reader ownership nearly doubled over the holiday season The number crunchers over at the Pew Research Center have released another batch of market statistics today, this time, with a focus on tablets. According to the Center's latest survey, 19 percent of all adult Americans now own some form of tablet, marking a nearly twofold increase over figures from a poll conducted in mid-December. E-reader ownership, meanwhile, increased by exactly the same margin over this period, jumping from 10 percent to 19 percent. These numbers also signal a healthy acce... Read the full article on Engadget »
RIM's Thorsten Heins formally introduced: liveblogging ... Jan 23 2012 11:58:00	Engadget
RIM's Thorsten Heins formally introduced: liveblogging the media call If you missed it, RIM attempted to interrupt the Giants vs. 49ers matchup last night by dropping a wee bit of news: it's co-CEOs are gone, and taking the solo CEO badge is former COO Thorsten Heins. The new head honcho will be formally introduced in a media call slated to begin at 8:00AM ET on January 23rd, 2012, and we'll be liveblogging every moment of it for those who can't tune in. We've already learned a fair amount about the gentleman's plans courtesy of an introductory video, but we'll be... Read the full article on Engadget »
YouTube hits 4 billion views per day, deals with 60 hou... Jan 23 2012 11:45:00	Engadget
YouTube hits 4 billion views per day, deals with 60 hours of uploaded content every minute (Update: Count it in nyans) It looks like that redesign was worth it. The Google-owned video site has recently revealed that it's now streaming 4 billion videos every day, up 25 percent on daily views from eight months earlier. According to Reuter's report, the site now has to deal with around 60 hours of uploaded video every minute. As long as those education videos are kept separate and the cat content keeps coming, we'll be happy. Update: Check out the official stats on Google's YouTube blog post, in the video embedded... Read the full article on Engadget »
Report: Apple sees 350,000 textbook downloads within th... Jan 23 2012 11:18:00	Engadget
Report: Apple sees 350,000 textbook downloads within three days after iBooks 2 debut Apple has yet to release any official numbers, but early returns on its new iBooks textbook store are looking pretty promising. According to Global Equities Research, more than 350,000 textbooks were downloaded within three days of the store's debut, along with some 90,000 downloads of the iBooks Author platform. As All Things D explains, Global Equities Research used a proprietary system to compile these numbers and hasn't revealed much about its methodology, but its figures, if accurate, would... Read the full article on Engadget »
Acer's Aspire One 722 kitted with HSPA+, sold by AT&T Jan 23 2012 11:07:00	Engadget
Acer's Aspire One 722 kitted with HSPA+, sold by AT&T Sleek and svelte Ultrabooks and tablets might have stolen the limelight from ye old netbook, but that doesn't mean the less glamorous category is completely bereft of all signs of life. Take for example, Acer's Aspire One 722. Sure, the 1GHz AMD C-50 powered, Radeon HD 6250 wielding netbook's internals got more pizzazz in an updated Europe-only edition, but that didn't stop AT&T from taking the original and giving it a new beginning thanks to shiny new internal WWAN module. Up-to-date silico... Read the full article on Engadget »
Hitachi to halt domestic production of Wooo LCD and pla... Jan 23 2012 10:20:00	Engadget
Hitachi to halt domestic production of Wooo LCD and plasma TVs, Mitsubishi to axe optical discs? Hitachi's line of domestically produced Wooo TVs is coming to an end, now that the manufacturer has confirmed plans to close a major plant in central Japan. In an announcement issued today, Hitachi said it will shutter its factory in Gifu, where some 100,000 LCD and plasma TVs are produced each month. Citing industry-wide price competition as the deciding factor, the company went on to clarify that the facility will shut down by September of this year, and that it will instead be used to manufac... Read the full article on Engadget »
Scientists produce stronger T-rays, bring Tricorders cl... Jan 23 2012 09:22:00	Engadget
Scientists produce stronger T-rays, bring Tricorders closer to reality A group of scientists from Imperial College London and Singapore's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) have developed a new technique that could have far reaching impacts for Star Trek fans everywhere. It all involves something known as Terahertz (THz), or T-rays: electromagnetic rays that have already been used in full-body airport scanners and have the potential to be used across a much broader range of medical and environmental applications. Because every molecule can be un... Read the full article on Engadget »
Scosche cellControl locks your device while driving, ta... Jan 23 2012 08:11:00	Engadget
Scosche cellControl locks your device while driving, tattles on your text habit Trying to keep the points off your record, but just can't resist the urge to tweet, text and talk behind the wheel? Maybe it's time you gave up on that whole "self-restraint" schtick and leaned on technology to keep your cellular inhibitions in check. Scosche's cellControl might do the trick, it pairs bit of bluetooth-enabled automotive hardware with a feature-blocking smartphone app to keep your handset under lockdown when you're on the go. It even rats you out if you deactivate or uninstall th... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony VAIO series get minor processor refresh, Z series ... Jan 23 2012 06:06:00	Engadget
Sony VAIO series get minor processor refresh, Z series grabs LTE option on the way Ahead of any possible Ultrabook announcements, Sony's looking to give its existing VAIO catalogue a (relatively underwhelming) shot in the arm with a bundle of hardware retweaks. The Z series looks to gain the most out of the Spring refresh, with a new off-white Carbon Fiber Silver color option set to be offered up alongside an optional LTE modem. The series also gets a processor step-up, with new Intel Core i5 and i7 options rounded off with the choice of SSD storage. Including the connectable... Read the full article on Engadget »
Editorial: RIM's new CEO isn't the shakeup it needed Jan 23 2012 04:32:00	Engadget
Editorial: RIM's new CEO isn't the shakeup it needed For a brief moment, I had hopes that RIM had made a move that would unseat it from the funk it's been sitting in for years. And then I watched the introductory video of newly-appointed CEO Thorsten Heins. Anyone who assumes that a simple CEO swap is the answer to all of RIM's issues is woefully misinformed, or worse, just blinded by false hope. Sure, removing Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis -- both of which have been rightly criticized for not responding to market pressures quickly enough -- is... Read the full article on Engadget »
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy box points to first paid DLC ... Jan 23 2012 03:54:00	Engadget
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy box points to first paid DLC for Nintendo 3DS 3DS owners have been waiting (and waiting) for a chance to take advantage of a downloadable content market, and while Nintendo already accomplished the tough part (read: launching it) a few days back, there's still been no word on when paid content would make an appearance. Pushing those freebies aside is Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which is seemingly destined to be the first 3DS title in existence to offer up enhancements in exchange for a few yen. The box here is actually an "early retail dummy... Read the full article on Engadget »
How would you change ASUS' Zenbook UX31? Jan 23 2012 02:27:00	Engadget
How would you change ASUS' Zenbook UX31? This week's How Would You Change stars ASUS' UX31 Zenbook, the benchmark that all of 2011's Ultrabooks should aspire to. We loved its striking design, good performance, battery life and that fantastic display. We weren't so hot on some of the frilly-script branding, annoying trackpad and a keyboard that required hammer-typing to register our presses. It's a shame to think that so many companies are producing great thin'n'light designs that are always hamstrung by one jarring error -- which is wh... Read the full article on Engadget »
RIM's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO... Jan 23 2012 01:28:00	Engadget
RIM's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license BlackBerry 10 After months upon months of investor backlash, RIM's making some significant changes. And by "significant," we mean the co-chief executives (and founders) are out. As of tomorrow, both Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis will be stepping away from the top posts, enabling "a little-known company insider" to take over, according to The Wall Street Journal. Purportedly, this is all part of "a board and management shuffle," with COO Thorsten Heins (seen above) to step into what many expect to be an imp... Read the full article on Engadget »
Switched On: Connected Electronics Show Jan 23 2012 00:30:00	Engadget
Switched On: Connected Electronics Show Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Compared to CES 2011, which featured an explosion of tablets and high-powered smartphones poised to jump on emerging 4G networks, this year's edition of Gear and Gloating in Las Vegas was a more muted affair when it came to mobile devices. Sure, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile trotted out a few devices and there were even a few standouts, such as the Transformer Primesque Lenovo IdeaTab S2 with its its docking keyb... Read the full article on Engadget »
Inhabitat's Week in Green: 300 passenger bus, babyloid ... Jan 23 2012 00:30:00	Engadget
Inhabitat's Week in Green: 300 passenger bus, babyloid robot and a jellyfish-esque LED chandelier 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. Sustainable transportation broke new boundaries by land and sea this week as Inhabitat reported that China launched the first 300 passenger bus and the world's largest solar ship closed in on completing its first trip around the globe. We also saw Drayson unveil a turbocharged 850 horsepower all-electric supercar while Mercedes announced plans to bring its... Read the full article on Engadget »
PlayStation Vita gets updated 3G data plan, offers an e... Jan 22 2012 23:09:00	Engadget
PlayStation Vita gets updated 3G data plan, offers an extra gigabyte for a Lincoln We can't say we were overly concerned about busting through the Vita's 2GB monthly data threshold when the handheld's 3G variant hits AT&T next month, but the network, it seems, isn't taking any chances. According to the Vita's AT&T page, Ma Bell's making sure you'll never be blocked from nabbing those download-capped PlayStation Minis by upping the previously announced 2GB for $25 plan to 3GB for $30. Surprised? Don't be -- this change just brings Sony's next generation handheld in-line... Read the full article on Engadget »
Refresh Roundup: week of January 16, 2012 Jan 22 2012 21:42:00	Engadget
Refresh Roundup: week of January 16, 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 from the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find someth... Read the full article on Engadget »
Leaked Sony image: Is this the ST25i Kumquat? Jan 22 2012 20:14:00	Engadget
Leaked Sony image: Is this the ST25i Kumquat? What's this? If this is true, it looks like one of the jilted partners in the Sony Ericsson split is doing all it can to ruin the nice surprises planned for next month's MWC. An image has appeared at Xperia Blog that purports to be of the ST25i Kumquat, which, if you've been paying attention is the cheapest of the three phones due in April listed on the leaked roadmap from a few days ago. The design language matches the Nozomi and the Xperia S we played with at CES, but the on-screen icons are c... Read the full article on Engadget »

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