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Apple revamps iTunes U and intros dedicated app (video) Jan 19 2012 14:48:00	Engadget
Apple revamps iTunes U and intros dedicated app (video) A facelift for iBooks wasn't the only change on Apple's agenda today, as the company's SVP Eddy Cue has just announced an overhaul of iTunes U. The service, mostly used as a means of delivering lectures to college students, has seen over 700 million downloads since its launch and is now gearing up to offer full online courses from the likes of Duke University, Yale, MIT, amongst others.As an example of this new remote method of learning, the company demoed a Chemistry course at its event, showin... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple announces free iBooks Author OS X app for publish... Jan 19 2012 14:21:00	Engadget
Apple announces free iBooks Author OS X app for publishing books to the App Store We're here at Apple's education-themed event at the Guggenheim museum in New York City, and the company's just followed up its long-awaited textbook announcement with something unexpected: iBooks Author, a free OS X program for creating books. The intent is really for teachers and other educators to produce educational materials, but Apple says the format can apply to any genre. Aside from the free part, the real story here is ease of use, with the ability to drag and drop photos, videos and eve... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple launches iBooks 2 e-Textbook platform (video) Jan 19 2012 14:10:00	Engadget
Apple launches iBooks 2 e-Textbook platform (video) We're here at Apple's education-flavored event at the Guggenheim museum in New York City. Phil Schiller has just taken to the stage and announced the first half of Apple's platform that's going to "reinvent the textbook:" iBooks 2. Saying that there were 1.5 million iPads currently in use in Education (using 20,000 specific apps), the revamped book-stand now includes education-specific features to help the budding students of the world. You'll be able to paw through content, stopping to flick t... Read the full article on Engadget »
Live from Apple's education event! Jan 19 2012 13:50:00	Engadget
Live from Apple's education event! Ready to get smart in the Big Apple? We are, and so is Apple. Since announcing today's event we've heard talk of a focus on digital books and personal publishing tools. Basically, Apple's looking to do to the textbook publishing market what it did to the music industry with iTunes. Is today a day that will change history for trees worldwide? Join us as we find out. We'll be starting at the time below. January 19, 2012 10:00 AM ESTLive from Apple's education event! originally appeared on Engad... Read the full article on Engadget »
Hack breaks Hulu Plus free from supported device chains... Jan 19 2012 13:42:00	Engadget
Hack breaks Hulu Plus free from supported device chains, embraces Androids of every shape and color It's not TV, it's Hulu Plus and it's coming to the Android device of your choosing -- somewhat, unofficially. While the main ad-supported, streaming video site may have failed to seek refuge in the arms of a new owner last year, its subscription mobile offshoot is now finding a home in all Googlefied phones and tablets via a modified .apk created by XDA Developers member Vgeezy. But before you get all hot and bothered, keep in mind this jailbroken app still requires a subscription to work, altho... Read the full article on Engadget »
Shogun Bros. Ballista MK-1 Gaming Mouse totes new snipi... Jan 19 2012 13:05:00	Engadget
Shogun Bros. Ballista MK-1 Gaming Mouse totes new sniping system, looks like it'll hit the spot The latest gaming mouse from Shogun Bros. doesn't double as a gamepad, but it does carry a heady list of extra features for sharpshooting gamers. These include independent X and Y DPi settings to stabilize targeting, thumb selector for speed shooting, 5,700 DPI accuracy and 11,570 frames per second movement tracking -- sidestepping those pesky jumps and stutters when moving that cursor in the midst of a melee. Indicators include X, Y and refresh rate, while you'll find 11 extra macro keys across... Read the full article on Engadget »
Genius DX-ECO wireless mouse has no battery, charges in... Jan 19 2012 12:46:00	Engadget
Genius DX-ECO wireless mouse has no battery, charges in three minutes anyway Hip on recharging your wireless rodent every single day? How about if it only takes three minutes? A single day's juice per charge might be unacceptable for most peripherals, but we're ready to make an exception for Genius' DX-ECO wireless mouse. This adjustable 800 / 1600 DPI clicker swaps out a recharge battery for a "gold," or electric double-layer capacitor -- you may know it as a super, or ultracapacitor. A step towards a battery-free existence not enough for you? Fine, bask in the knowledg... Read the full article on Engadget »
Virgin Mobile targets March 23rd to throttle data, take... Jan 19 2012 12:23:00	Engadget
Virgin Mobile targets March 23rd to throttle data, take candy from children It's been a long time coming, but after much backpedaling, Virgin Mobile is throwing down the gauntlet -- it'll begin throttling data speeds come March 23rd. Like expected, each month that a user exceeds 2.5GB of data usage, he or she will have their downloads capped at 256Kbps for the remainder of the billing cycle. Data hungry users will receive a text message once the governor kicks in, and for those who simply can't stand to be held back, Virgin Mobile will allow subscribers to begin a new m... Read the full article on Engadget »
Prada Phone by LG 3.0 arriving on T-Mobile UK next month Jan 19 2012 12:01:00	Engadget
Prada Phone by LG 3.0 arriving on T-Mobile UK next month Brits dripping in Prada won't have to wait much longer to get their smartphone fix. The awkwardly-named Prada Phone by LG 3.0 is looking to set sail from its native Korea -- where it's already launched -- and will be available on T-Mobile, half of the Everything Everywhere duo, some time in February. Sidling up to the UK carrier's coming soon page, the salient selling points appear to be that Prada styling and LG's 4.3-inch NOVA plus display. That subtle monochromatic skinning of the Gingerbread... Read the full article on Engadget »
TSMC profits down 22.5 percent, still able to afford a ... Jan 19 2012 11:29:00	Engadget
TSMC profits down 22.5 percent, still able to afford a new yacht It's not been a great year for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: the chip foundry behind Qualcomm and NVIDIA's silicon (amongst others) saw profits slump by 22.5 percent in the last quarter of 2011. Like everything in this world, however, trouble is relative: the business still made a net profit of just over a billion US dollars. CEO Morris Chang pointed a wealthy digit toward customers clearing out old inventory and said that new orders for phone and tablet CPUs would arrive shortly -... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sing hello to the iRig PRE, turns iOS devices into on-t... Jan 19 2012 10:45:00	Engadget
Sing hello to the iRig PRE, turns iOS devices into on-the-fly mic preamps IK Multimedia's never fallen short of giving you some of the better tools for all your on-the-go music-making utilizing your beloved iOS device as the main rig. Now, the peripheral connoisseur's taking the wraps off its iRig PRE, which aims to help you digitally process those glorious vocal chords by allowing you to plug in any XLR mic into it without the need for other adapters or cables. Furthermore, the dongle features a 3.5mm jack for audio monitoring, gain control and can squeeze a runtime ... Read the full article on Engadget »
ZTE Tania arrives in the UK: a budget phone for budget ... Jan 19 2012 09:40:00	Engadget
ZTE Tania arrives in the UK: a budget phone for budget buyers ZTE's showing off its new global ambitions, the OEM-smartphone maker brought a party bus to London and asked Professor Green (everyone's favorite nasally-challenged Grime MC) to spread the word about the Tania. It's a modestly-kitted 4.3-inch WVGA (800 x 480) Windows Phone, erm, phone, that's running Mango on a single-core 1GHz chip, 512MB of RAM and 4GB internal storage. 'Round back there's a five megapixel camera, but sadly nothing up top for impromptu video calling. It'll be available on cont... Read the full article on Engadget »
Microsoft spoiling Canadians, Germans as Xbox Live gets... Jan 19 2012 08:42:00	Engadget
Microsoft spoiling Canadians, Germans as Xbox Live gets more local stations Remember when Microsoft couldn't stop dropping names of companies it was partnering up with to bring media to your Xbox 360? Well, days after CES drew to its natural conclusion, Redmond's gaming division is throwing a few more "locally relevant" names out for users in Canada and Germany. If you live in the cold bit to the north of the United States, you can expect to see Astral Media's Disney XD and Real Sports / Maple Leaf Sports rolling up on your console from today, while German gamers will b... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony Ericsson swallows $317 million pre-tax loss as end... Jan 19 2012 07:58:00	Engadget
Sony Ericsson swallows $317 million pre-tax loss as end draws near Sony Ericsson's tearful breakup continues with more woe as as the venture had to eat a pre-tax loss of €247 million (roughly $317 million). Bosses cited "unfavorable macro-economic conditions" and the Thai flooding as the reasons for the loss. Ericsson probably won't mind having such an unfavorable penultimate quarter with the company, given that it's set to receive €1.05 billion (around $1.9 billion) when Sony buys out its share of the joint telecoms business within the next month.Con... Read the full article on Engadget »
GM teams with Future Lab on interactive Windows of Oppo... Jan 19 2012 07:02:00	Engadget
GM teams with Future Lab on interactive Windows of Opportunity, MI:4 tech lives on Wishing your vehicle had a better-integrated entertainment system than the iPad you're forced to futz with in the backseat? If GM has its way, you may be in luck. The auto manufacturer has joined forces with the Future Lab at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel to transform boring rear windows into interactive touchscreens. Since there are no plans to work the tech into production models right now, R&D gave the students a blank... er, clear canvas on which to create solutions.The res... Read the full article on Engadget »
Transformer Prime quietly gets GPS update, root killer Jan 19 2012 05:52:00	Engadget
Transformer Prime quietly gets GPS update, root killer If you're not quite ready to take up ASUS on its refund offer (or if you simply don't live in the UK), you're probably holding out for additional updates to dry your tears. Fortunately, Asus hasn't forgotten about you and your ilk. Early this morning, the Transformer Prime quietly received an OTA update that not only unroots the tablet, but also kicks the slab's GPS version up to 6.9.13. The folks on the XDA developers forums have restored their roots easily enough, and seem to be reaping the be... Read the full article on Engadget »
Kodak files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expects to complete ... Jan 19 2012 04:45:00	Engadget
Kodak files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expects to complete restructuring by 2013 Apparently suing Samsung (again) wasn't the only pressing business for Kodak today, as it just announced it has -- as expected -- filed for Chapter 11 business reorganization in New York. You can read the details in the press release after the break or at the Kodak Transforms website, where Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez is quoted saying he hopes Kodak will "emerge a lean, world-class, digital imaging and materials science company". The company has obtained $950 million debtor-in-possession fina... Read the full article on Engadget »
Behringer outs three iPad-housing USB mixers Jan 19 2012 03:43:00	Engadget
Behringer outs three iPad-housing USB mixers When it's not bringing the crazy that is iNuke, Behringer turns out some pretty serious audio gear. The latest offering? Three new mixers that throw an iPad into the EQuation. A dedicated app serves as an interface, while the iPad provides the brains and the power source. They're no dumb terminals though, as you'll also find a dedicated audio interface, mic pre-amps and a new dual-engine KLARK-TEKNIK FX processor, complete with 32 configurable "studio grade" presets (reverb, chorus, flange and s... Read the full article on Engadget »
China wants microbloggers to register with the governme... Jan 19 2012 02:56:00	Engadget
China wants microbloggers to register with the government, hand over real identity Thought that Facebook's and Google+'s requirements that you use your real name were draconian? Just be thankful you're not a weibo addict in China. The government is planning to expand a program that demands users register their real names and disclose their identity. Wang Chen, China's top internet regulation official, said the eventual goal would be to get all 250 million microbloggers registered, starting first with any new users signing up. The obvious privacy and free speech issues that cou... Read the full article on Engadget »
iPads replaced with clay, sold to unsuspecting Canadians Jan 19 2012 01:47:00	Engadget
iPads replaced with clay, sold to unsuspecting Canadians That fuzzy sensation we get when unboxing a new toy gadget is the fuel that keeps us going at Engadget. A feeling a few unlucky Canadian's were deprived of, after buying what they believed to be an iPad 2 actually turned out to be a slab of clay. In a calculated scam, crooks purchased real iPads, replaced them with terra-cotta tablets, then returned them to the store in re-sealed boxes. The fakes then found their way back on to the shelves, and into customer's baskets. It was Mark Sandhu who fir... Read the full article on Engadget »
Facebook launches Timeline Apps platform, socialites re... Jan 19 2012 00:46:00	Engadget
Facebook launches Timeline Apps platform, socialites rejoice Facebook, along with its launch partners, has finally let loose its Timeline Apps platform, setting Open Graph apps free to roam the web. Announced at the company's f8 conference in September, Timeline Apps allow third-parties to build Facebook applications that facilitate information sharing amongst users and their social network. While FB initially focused on the music and movie genre, Zuckerberg & Co. seem to have keyed-in on a variety of markets for today's launch, from travel (TripAdvis... Read the full article on Engadget »
SnapStream TV monitoring now lets OS X users keep tabs ... Jan 19 2012 00:38:00	Engadget
SnapStream TV monitoring now lets OS X users keep tabs on amusing video-blunders The Daily Show and Colbert Report famously rely upon SnapStream's high-power Windows DVR software to monitor the insanity at the fringes of America's cable spectrum. The media-monitoring software is also used by news services, educators and shadowy government agencies to keep tabs on the subjects discussed on TV. The latest edition (version five) opens the platform up to OS X users, enabling them to run it in Firefox without messy virtualization. The OS X web player comes with a plugin to watch ... Read the full article on Engadget »
RIM and Turkcell partner to bring NFC payments to Bold ... Jan 18 2012 23:38:00	Engadget
RIM and Turkcell partner to bring NFC payments to Bold 9900, Turkish pazars Turkcell subscribers looking to make a purchase from their favorite Istanbul bazaar now have one extra payment option -- if they're a BlackBerry Bold owners, that is. Research In Motion and Turkcell have announced the availability of touchless NFC payments for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 via Turkcell's Cep-T Cüzdan mobile application. Interested parties can visit their local Turkcell retailer to trade-up to an NFC-compatible SIM, load the Cep-T application and begin swiping their Berry whereve... Read the full article on Engadget »
AT&T to adjust data plans January 22nd, offers more... Jan 18 2012 21:32:00	Engadget
AT&T to adjust data plans January 22nd, offers more gigs for more money Good news and bad news here, folks: the good news is that AT&T will begin offering new data plans with a higher monthly allotment. The bad news is that, once again, it's going to cost you more. The plans, which will offer 300MB of data for $20, 3GB for $30 and 5GB (including mobile hotspot access) for $50, will take effect beginning this Sunday. Are you still on one of the older plans? Fortunately, you're still grandfathered in and won't have to change unless you absolutely want to. But reme... Read the full article on Engadget »
Adlink launches fanless quad-core Intel Core i7 compute... Jan 18 2012 21:20:00	Engadget
Adlink launches fanless quad-core Intel Core i7 computers, keeps its cool with mobile connectivity Adlink's announced a new series of quad-core computers that laugh in the face of overheating. Apparently forgoing the need for fan installation, its Matrix MXE-5300 line-up covers Intel Core i7, i5, and i3 processor setups and are tweaked especially for wireless optimization with 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. The MXE-5300 is peppered with six USB ports, four serial ports, ethernet, two Mini-PCIe and a single USIM slot. The embedded PCs are geared towards in-vehicle multimedia systems and the ever... Read the full article on Engadget »
Kodak says smile Samsung, you're being sued for infring... Jan 18 2012 20:28:00	Engadget
Kodak says smile Samsung, you're being sued for infringing five digital imaging patents Kodak's been in a bit of a financial bind lately, and has been exploring various options to maximize profitability and get its balance sheet back in the black. After recently filing actions against Apple and HTC in the International Trade Commission, Kodak's legal team now has Samsung in its sights. According to a press release, Kodak has filed a federal suit in the Western District of New York alleging that several Sammy slates are infringing five of Kodak's digital imaging patents. The patents... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google+ web app adds two new features, iOS and Android ... Jan 18 2012 19:51:00	Engadget
Google+ web app adds two new features, iOS and Android soon to follow Twitter recently revamped its web interface, and now Google has decided to do the same for the Google+ web app, bringing two new features that should be a boon for the Big G's thriving social network. You can now see who's been rolling out +1's to your latest Hello Kitty pics with a simple click of the +1 count near the button. There's also a "What's Hot" stream, a section focused on the most interesting shared content that's accessed by flicking your thumb right on the main Circles timeline. Th... Read the full article on Engadget »
3DS eShop to get free game demos, Nintendo throws users... Jan 18 2012 18:58:00	Engadget
3DS eShop to get free game demos, Nintendo throws users DLC bone Never let it be said that good things don't come to those who wait and wait and... well, you get the point. Having finally delivered a much-delayed firmware update to the 3DS last December, the Big N appears ready to make good on its DLC promises. Starting tomorrow, gamers visiting the eShop will be able to take a tour of Racoon City and fire off a few shots at its zombie denizens with a downloadable demo of Resident Evil Revelations. The company's only announced one other title, Mario & S... Read the full article on Engadget »
ASUS MeMic hits the FCC, reminds us of its existence Jan 18 2012 18:32:00	Engadget
ASUS MeMic hits the FCC, reminds us of its existence Remember the ASUS MeMic? It's okay if you don't -- after all, it's been nearly a year since we first saw the thing. But the transparent-screened handset that takes calls for the Eee Pad MeMO appears to have reared its little head over on the FCC's site. No word on whether this is the same MeMic we saw so many moons ago or an updated version, though the above image does look a fair amount like the rear of the device we saw back in February. There's also no word on what such a governmental visit c... Read the full article on Engadget »
LG's Magic Remote is powered by Nuance Jan 18 2012 18:09:00	Engadget
LG's Magic Remote is powered by Nuance It was Monday morning at CES when LG unveiled its Magic Remote: a television zapper that recognized Wii-style motion control and voice recognition -- stripping out the fiddly array of buttons that most TiVo users are familiar with. Nuance, of Dragon Dictation fame, got all excited and lifted the lid on which company's voice recognition technology was powering the unit (hint: it's Nuance). Thanks to the handy press release after the break, we've learnt that if you bellow "Lady Gaga" into the unit... Read the full article on Engadget »
LightSquared says obsolete devices used in 'rigged' tes... Jan 18 2012 17:46:00	Engadget
LightSquared says obsolete devices used in 'rigged' testing of its LTE network LightSquared's encountered many bumps on the road to winning clearance for its LTE network, but it's not ready to throw in the towel just yet. During a conference call today, Jeff Carlisle (Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs), Geoff Stearn (Vice President of Spectrum Development) and Ed Thomas (Former FCC Chief Engineer, now a LightSquared consultant) refuted the government's claims that the network interferes with GPS receivers, lambasting the use of "obsolete" devices and other te... Read the full article on Engadget »
Virgin Media suffers three hour outage days after annou... Jan 18 2012 17:22:00	Engadget
Virgin Media suffers three hour outage days after announcing super-fast broadband Less than a week after announcing it would double customers broadband speeds nationwide, Virgin Media suffered a nationwide blackout that sent the network dark for most of Tuesday evening. At 5:00, the service dropped after router hardware decided it couldn't go on streaming the same episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show to the nation. The company admitted to the fault and service was restored by 8:00pm. Had it been smarter, it could have gotten away with passing the whole thing off as a SOPA protest,... Read the full article on Engadget »
Tomorrow's Apple event to focus on digital textbook pub... Jan 18 2012 16:59:00	Engadget
Tomorrow's Apple event to focus on digital textbook publishing tools, says Bloomberg We've already seen some rumors about what Apple has in store for its education-minded announcement in New York City tomorrow, and now Bloomberg is out with a report of its own that backs up some of those earlier rumblings and offers a few new details. Citing two people with knowledge of the announcement, it says that the main focus of the event will be a set of tools that will "make it easier to publish interactive textbooks and other digital educational content." That not only includes tools fo... Read the full article on Engadget »
Grooveshark goes dark in Germany over 'unreasonably hig... Jan 18 2012 16:42:00	Engadget
Grooveshark goes dark in Germany over 'unreasonably high' license fees The masses of online music streamers in Germany have discovered that there's one less option for blasting Cee Lo Green. Grooveshark has pulled the plug on its services in the country due to the seemingly truckloads of cash it was shelling out to GEMA, the performance and reproduction rights organization. The US-based music streaming service is no stranger to licensing quarrels, though, as they've been in scuffles with Sony, Universal, Warner and EMI in the States.Grooveshark goes dark in Germany... Read the full article on Engadget »
Vote for the 2011 Engadget Awards! Jan 18 2012 16:00:00	Engadget
Vote for the 2011 Engadget Awards! With the nomination stage now complete, it's time for the real fun to begin -- let's get to voting! We've gathered your recommendations, adding the tops picks from each category in the 15 polls you'll find past the break. While we realize you may have several favorite gadgets for each award section, you're only permitted to vote for one in each category. You can, however, vote in as many different categories as you'd like, though you need to vote in each category individually. You have until 11:... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony dashes Dash development: is Bieber's favorite tabl... Jan 18 2012 15:50:00	Engadget
Sony dashes Dash development: is Bieber's favorite tablet on the way out? The towering cultural colossus that is Justin Bieber giveth, yet he must also taketh away. Merely days after appearing as the pitchman for dancing crotch-speaker robot Tosy mRobo, the last tech-product he was tasked with selling might have been quietly put to sleep behind Sony's barn. The Dash was a pseudo-tablet powered by Chumby OS that, perhaps inexplicably, never caught on, angering the floppy-haired Canadian infant. A developer who was signed up to produce apps for the platform received the... Read the full article on Engadget »
Chegg's online textbooks hope to captivate minds, marke... Jan 18 2012 15:42:00	Engadget
Chegg's online textbooks hope to captivate minds, market share (video) Someone's about to get schooled, and if it's not the youth of America, then it'll be one of the companies rushing to release educational products this week. While Kno takes the interactive approach, and Apple typically keeps us guessing, Chegg hopes its new online reader will capture students' imaginations. The HTML5, cloud-based platform clearly thinks it's portability the kids want, working on almost any connected device. There are interactive features, such as an "Always on Q&A" where que... Read the full article on Engadget »
Comcast's connected cable box making a run at the FCC? Jan 18 2012 15:12:00	Engadget
Comcast's connected cable box making a run at the FCC? Well, it's no secret that Comcast is starting to experiment with web-connected cable boxes, and now it looks like one of those set tops is moseying on through the FCC. The Pace-made "Parker" appears to have passed muster with regulators and you'll find both label examples and a user manual at the source link as evidence. There isn't much to learn about the tuner or, at least not much surprising. The usual bevy of coax, HDMI, composite and component ports are around back, as well as a CableCARD s... Read the full article on Engadget »
T-Mobile, Walmart do another kumbaya with contract-free... Jan 18 2012 14:39:00	Engadget
T-Mobile, Walmart do another kumbaya with contract-free unlimited family plan for 3G users Remember that 4G plan that T-Mobile and Walmart started collaborating on last year? Well, the two companies are making yet another announcement, teaming up on an improved Family Mobile Plan with unlimited 3G talk, text and web. For those who like cheap dates with no long-term commitments, the news gets even better at $45 per month for the first line ($35 for each additional line) with no contract necessary. There is a bit of a catch as your data speed gets throttled after you exceed your cap -- ... Read the full article on Engadget »
The Amazing Gecko-Man: a superhero future made possible... Jan 18 2012 14:15:00	Engadget
The Amazing Gecko-Man: a superhero future made possible by probable science There's no superhero origin story that begins with a bite (or a lick?) from a gecko. Plain 'ol wall climbing powers are, it seems, just not as sexy as wearing skintight suits, slinging webs and crawling up buildings. But if a few bright minds at the University of Southampton have anything to say about it, we could soon find ourselves walking like real-life lizard people (V, anyone?) and suctioning onto various surfaces using the managed properties of light. Lead researcher John Zhang and his UK ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Kno adds new smart textbook capabilities: Kno Me, gets ... Jan 18 2012 13:48:00	Engadget
Kno adds new smart textbook capabilities: Kno Me, gets to know you (video) Remember those iPad textbooks from Kno? Well, conveniently in advance of that other education announcement this week, the company has added two new features to the edu-party: Kno Me and Kno Flashcards. The former is an interactive graphical dashboard that details your learning habits, such as time spent in a book, understanding of key terms and test grades -- perfect for nosey moms. Kno Flashcards, on the other hand, puts a new spin on the classic analog memory-jogger. Key points are automagical... Read the full article on Engadget »
Recon partners with Scott and Smith, brings MOD to the ... Jan 18 2012 13:26:00	Engadget
Recon partners with Scott and Smith, brings MOD to the masses We love Recon's MOD system for Ski-goggles, especially now that it's open to developers. Starting soon, an avalanche of new winter-sports enthusiasts will be able to wear the multi-sensor based statistics system atop their eyeballs, thanks to a new partnership with both Scott and Smith. The GPS touting in-goggle display will be unveiled in the new family of eyeware at a slew of outdoor sports events this month. Of course, if you're still unsure the tech is up to your hardcore ski routine, have a... Read the full article on Engadget »
Samsung's Bada - Tizen merger still looking pretty likely Jan 18 2012 13:04:00	Engadget
Samsung's Bada - Tizen merger still looking pretty likely Last week, rumors began circulating around Samsung's Bada OS, with Forbes reporting that the platform would soon be merged with Intel's Tizen project. If finalized, the move would reportedly allow Bada apps to run on Tizen, though it remains unclear whether or not a decision has been made yet. On Monday, a company spokesman apparently confirmed these rumors to Reuters, though Samsung later denied these claims, in a statement provided to All Things D: Samsung and other members of Tizen Associat... Read the full article on Engadget »
June 6th 2012: IPv6 goes live Jan 18 2012 12:42:00	Engadget
June 6th 2012: IPv6 goes live When Vint Cerf and his friends at DARPA concocted a system that allowed for 4.3 billion IP addresses, it was never conceived that everyone's computer would be able to access the internet -- before the age when your telephone, fridge and air conditioning unit would too. The IPv4 system officially ran out of addresses last year, but fortunately the moment was prepared for: June 8th 2011 was "World IPv6 Day," where a host of sites including Google, Bing and Facebook quietly tried out the new system... Read the full article on Engadget »
HP India to expand web access with Vayu Internet Device Jan 18 2012 12:20:00	Engadget
HP India to expand web access with Vayu Internet Device The Internet is gradually seeping its way into homes across India, but there are many within the country who remain too poor to actually purchase a PC. Fortunately, HP India has just developed new technology known as the Vayu Internet Device, or VInD, that could dramatically lessen this gap. According to the Times of India, the company's new set top box will essentially allow users to access web content via traditional TVs, using standard remotes, rather than keyboards or mice. All they'd have t... Read the full article on Engadget »
ASUS offers refunds and extended warranties to piqued P... Jan 18 2012 11:59:00	Engadget
ASUS offers refunds and extended warranties to piqued Prime customers in the UK If the Ice Cream Sandwich update, bug fixes and piles of apologies from the folks at ASUS just aren't cutting it and you happen to live in the UK, then we've got some good news for you. You are free to take your Transformer Prime back to the shop for a full refund. Don't expect turn around and pick up that updated TF700T with your haul, though, it won't be hitting shelves in merry ol' England till at least June. If you choose to keep your dockable tablet, ASUS will offer an extended warranty of ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nielsen: Android still top dog, but Q4 buyers preferred... Jan 18 2012 11:01:00	Engadget
Nielsen: Android still top dog, but Q4 buyers preferred iPhone 4S Nielsen crunched Q4 numbers today, and the results will likely have Apple analysts jumping up and down. The findings, focused on those who've purchased a smartphone within the previous three months, indicate a huge spike -- from 25 percent in October to 45 percent in December -- in iPhone purchases since October as an obvious result of the launch of the 4S. Conversely, the number of recent Android buyers fell by 14 percent in the same period. Of course, these numbers are directly affected by App... Read the full article on Engadget »
Leaked Sony 2012 smartphone roadmap reveals potentially... Jan 18 2012 10:55:00	Engadget
Leaked Sony 2012 smartphone roadmap reveals potentially birdy, minty flagships Grab a bowl of salt and start pinching, folks. A sales report for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications India is floating around the internet that's purportedly packing a list of 2012's planned handsets along with suggested pricing. The 11-strong list is in Rupees, and whilst we've reproduced it in full above, it's worth bearing in mind that cellphones in the "developing world" (no offense intended) are often more expensive than the equivalent handset in the US (the 16GB iPhone 4S, for example cos... Read the full article on Engadget »
US Wi-Fi Xooms now getting Ice Cream Sandwich OTA Jan 18 2012 10:34:00	Engadget
US Wi-Fi Xooms now getting Ice Cream Sandwich OTA You might have thought being the first Honeycomb tablet, and offering a completely stock Android experience, would give the Motorola Xoom some sort of priority when it comes to updates to Android 4.0. Sadly and surprisingly for tablet early-adopters that was not the case, with the Transformer Prime first to hop the update train to Ice Cream Sandwich Town. A week later the Xoom is now catching up, with an OTA update percolating down from the cloud to users, but for the moment it appears only Amer... Read the full article on Engadget »
MakerBot releases free-to-download Playsets, will have ... Jan 18 2012 09:33:00	Engadget
MakerBot releases free-to-download Playsets, will have you printing a Captain Kirk Chair in no time So, you've always wanted to build a dollhouse out of ABS plastic? Well here's your chance. MakerBot has announced the release of its "MakerBot Playsets," a collection of free-to-download schematics used to create objects such as dolls, dollhouses and furnishings with the company's 3D printer. The files are available in .stl and .dxf formats for use with CAD programs, and take away the guesswork involved in coming up with a uniform design for larger projects. Take a look at the current collection... Read the full article on Engadget »
Canon EOS C300 cinema cam gets pre-order status, ships ... Jan 18 2012 08:24:00	Engadget
Canon EOS C300 cinema cam gets pre-order status, ships at month's end for $16,000 Back in November we joined Martin Scorsese and other Hollywood luminaries at Paramount Studios for the unveiling of Canon's latest cinema video camera, which is now available for pre-order. The EOS C300, that aims to compete directly against the Reds of the world, carries a Super 35mm CMOS sensor capable of up to 4K resolution 1080p capture, and should be helped in large part by the company's top-shelf lenses; like the 14.5 - 60mm and 30 - 300mm. When we first met the C300 we told you it'd be pr... Read the full article on Engadget »
Kindle Fire firmware update 6.2.2 brings full-screen br... Jan 18 2012 07:23:00	Engadget
Kindle Fire firmware update 6.2.2 brings full-screen browsing The fine folks over at Amazon have further flushed out the firmware on its fiercely popular Fire tablet. Upgrading your Kindle Fire to version 6.2.2 will bring a handful of small performance tweaks, bugs fixes and, most notably, add a full-screen mode to the device's Silk browser. If you've gone ahead and rooted your Fire, applying the firmware bump will kill superuser access -- although a fresh build of BurritoRoot 2 should get you back on the straight and narrow. The new code is being pushed o... Read the full article on Engadget »
pureSilicon announces Kage K1 SATA and USB SSDs, up for... Jan 18 2012 07:05:00	Engadget
pureSilicon announces Kage K1 SATA and USB SSDs, up for pre-order now It seems like only yesterday that pureSilicon released its new Nitro N2 and Renegade S4 SSDs. Today, the company followed up on that announcement with the Kage K1 USB SSD, and the Kage K1 SATA SSD. The former is a USB 3.0-based SSD drive that measures around 4.5mm in thickness and offers up to 240GB of MLC space. It's available for pre-order now, at a price of $230, with shipments expected to start up sometime during Q1 of this year. As for the Kage K1 SATA SSD, it's more in line with what you'l... Read the full article on Engadget »
CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 brings Ice Cream Sandwich to HP T... Jan 18 2012 06:19:00	Engadget
CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 brings Ice Cream Sandwich to HP TouchPads If you'd like to run Android 4.0 on your HP TouchPad in stead of watching videos of someone else doing it, your time is now, as an early Alpha 0 build of CyanogenMod 9 has just rolled out. Now, living on the bleeding edge will cause some discomfort when it comes to Market access, hardware accelerated video and using the slate's camera, but fixes are expected as the project continues on. Also fresh for this release is the full source code, if you'd like to truly roll your own edition of Ice Cream... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google, Wikipedia and others protest SOPA / PIPA Jan 18 2012 05:10:00	Engadget
Google, Wikipedia and others protest SOPA / PIPA At this point, SOPA needs no introduction. But if you've been diligently ignoring it up until this point, good luck getting through January 18th as an uninformed citizen. Google, Wikipedia and a host of other websites are either going dark or making huge, unmistakable statements on their homepages in protest. Google's tagline? "End Piracy, Not Liberty." Pretty much says it all, really. If you've spotted another site rebelling today, shout it out in comments below -- and while you're in the shout... Read the full article on Engadget »
Months after Gingerbread's arrival, HTC Sense remains f... Jan 18 2012 04:52:00	Engadget
Months after Gingerbread's arrival, HTC Sense remains fussy, users can't get no satisfaction Many HTC Sense users have experienced less than ideal conditions ever since their upgrade to Gingerbread. In an issue that's likely tied to the operating system's new memory management techniques, we've seen the launcher sporadically restart upon return to the home screen, and in rarer cases, cause Sense to revert entirely to its factory settings. While the glitch is hardly new, it's rather well documented and the longstanding nature demands a proper (and expedient) update from HTC. Until that m... Read the full article on Engadget »
YBUY allows impulse tech buyers to wonder, 'Why not?' Jan 18 2012 03:35:00	Engadget
YBUY allows impulse tech buyers to wonder, 'Why not?' It's always helpful when tech start-ups scheme new ways for you to burn through that bank account. Like YBUY, the membership-only site that charges a monthly fee in exchange for trying out the latest and greatest in gadgetry, like an iPad 2 or Xbox 360, sans shipping fees. The fresh-out-of-beta portal offers approved users the ability to return or purchase the pre-selected goods after a 30 day trial period, with that recurring charge going towards the full retail price if you choose to opt-in. ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Alienware announces X51 small form factor gaming PC, st... Jan 18 2012 03:24:00	Engadget
Alienware announces X51 small form factor gaming PC, starting at $699 Alienware may have just upgraded its Aurora gaming rig, but that's not to keep the company from giving more diminutive form factors some love. Just this evening, the subsidiary of Dell announced the X51, a slim gaming PC that's designed to orient itself either vertically or horizontally on the desktop -- complete with an Alienware logo that properly rotates depending on positioning. The system includes both Core i3 and i5 options, and features a slot-loading optical drive with an option for Blu-... Read the full article on Engadget »
ZTE reaches for the sky, aims to double phone shipments... Jan 18 2012 02:28:00	Engadget
ZTE reaches for the sky, aims to double phone shipments in 2012 Talk about a New Years Resolution: ZTE's head of handset strategy Lv Qianhao, in an interview with Reuters, mentioned that in 2012 his company expects to double the number of smartphone shipments made last year, as well as expand its Windows Phone efforts. While we're not completely certain as to what that specific number was, Lv stated that it far exceeded its target of 12 million. Regardless of how much it shipped last year, we can't imagine it would be terribly easy to double it, but it signi... Read the full article on Engadget »
LG makes Optimus Pad LTE official, 8.9-inch IPS tablet ... Jan 18 2012 01:39:00	Engadget
LG makes Optimus Pad LTE official, 8.9-inch IPS tablet coming first to South Korea You've already seen this little guy in the wild, but LG has gone ahead and made its first LTE tablet very official -- ladies and gentlemen, meet the Optimus Pad LTE. The 9.3mm thin slate packs a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm CPU and an 8.9-inch 1280 x 768 IPS display, along with an 8 megapixel camera on the rear and a 2 megapixel option up front. Users can expect an SD card slot that supports modules up to 32GB, and there's also HDMI connectivity and DLNA certification for good measure. It's powered... Read the full article on Engadget »
BMW's DesignworksUSA, Thermaltake reveal Level 10 M gam... Jan 18 2012 01:34:00	Engadget
BMW's DesignworksUSA, Thermaltake reveal Level 10 M gaming mouse concept Themaltake and BMW's DesignworksUSA are apparently a design-team match made in PC gaming heaven. After previously partnering up for the elegant (and functional) Level 10 modular PC case, the two are back at it again -- this time with a focus on peripherals. While details are sparse, the Level 10 M mouse concept you're looking at is the first of the bunch to be revealed, and it's said to arrive sometime during the spring. It's not exactly a shoo-in for MadCatz's Rats, but considering the wire and... Read the full article on Engadget »
Way-Go flashlight uses lasers to light your path, GPS t... Jan 18 2012 00:42:00	Engadget
Way-Go flashlight uses lasers to light your path, GPS to tell you where to go We love just about anything involving lasers or robotics here at Engadget, so naturally, we're intrigued by Sriranjan Rasakatla's Way-Go flashlight that combines the two. It's comprised of a laser pico projector, GPS module, altitude and heading reference system (AHRS) to not only light your path but also tell you which way to go. It can be used strictly as a flashlight, but users can also input starting and destination points to have the Way-Go guide them. There's also a wander mode that displa... Read the full article on Engadget »
Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case uses self-healing pai... Jan 17 2012 23:58:00	Engadget
Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case uses self-healing paint, won't un-crack your screen Well hey there, butterfingers. Do your smartphone cases often slip from grip, hitting the deck and resulting in a bevy of tiny nicks that leave you self-conscious about your inability to maintain a firm grasp? Well, Nissan (yes, that Nissan) may just have an answer, in the form of a self-healing iPhone case. Naturally, the Scratch Shield -- which we first heard of back in 2009 -- protects your device from garnering unwanted blemishes, but it also features a polyrotaxane-based finish that helps m... Read the full article on Engadget »
Samsung wasn't interested in buying RIM, still isn't in... Jan 17 2012 23:01:00	Engadget
Samsung wasn't interested in buying RIM, still isn't interested in buying RIM Samsung already passed on webOS, and now, it's passing on RIM. The flagging handset maker was reportedly in talks with Samsung about a buyout, but according to a fresh Reuters report, Sammy's "not interested" in taking over Research In Motion. Samsung spokesman James Chun said the following: "We haven't considered acquiring the firm and are not interested in (buying RIM)." Why even respond to a rumor? Well, RIM's shares surged some ten percent at just the whisper, further proving that stocks in ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Fujitsu M532 tablet rears head in video, promises Ice C... Jan 17 2012 22:58:00	Engadget
Fujitsu M532 tablet rears head in video, promises Ice Cream Sandwich and Tegra 3? Fujitsu hasn't been a major player in the mobile race on this side of the pond, but it looks like the company's working to change that -- better late than never, right? Last week we spent some time with its "world's thinnest smartphone," the F-07D, and now TechFokus claims to have gotten its hands on a Tegra 3-packing tablet from the Japanese manufacturer that's supposedly set to launch in May. Aside from the aforementioned NVIDIA processor, the slate's also said to come equipped with an "HD" (1... Read the full article on Engadget »
Verizon to sell $200 Droid RAZR, 16GB microSD card not ... Jan 17 2012 22:15:00	Engadget
Verizon to sell $200 Droid RAZR, 16GB microSD card not included this time The question of the day: is a 16GB microSD card worth $100? Verizon Wireless said it will sell the Droid RAZR for $200 with a two-year contract -- a $100 discount off the original price, but one that forces you to give up that complimentary 16GB microSD card. Otherwise, you'll find the same 'ol spes, including a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 CPU, 16GB of internal storage, a 4.3-inch AMOLED display and LTE connectivity. The microSD slot itself will be perfectly operational and accept up to 32GB in storage,... Read the full article on Engadget »
Screen Grabs: Serena's magically got herself an HP Envy... Jan 17 2012 21:50:00	Engadget
Screen Grabs: Serena's magically got herself an HP Envy 14 on Gossip Girl Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com. We'd be lying if we said we were frenemies with Gossip Girl's goings-on (one of them's in the Pretty Reckless, right?). Fom the picture above, it looks like Serena van der Woodsen's shipping magnate father must have lifted this HP Envy 14 Spectre off the back of one of his shipments, given that the glass-built Ultrabook do... Read the full article on Engadget »
Headphone-wearing pedestrian injuries triple as audioph... Jan 17 2012 21:34:00	Engadget
Headphone-wearing pedestrian injuries triple as audiophiles stop noticing onrushing trains The number of pedestrians injured or killed while wearing headphones has tripled in the last six years: 16 oblivious PMP users were offed in 2004, the number rising to 47 for last year. The research, carried out by Dr Richard Lichenstein at the University of Maryland found that headphone wearers became "inattentionally blind" to dangers such as passing cars and on-rushing trains. That's not us being flip either: 55 percent of the incidents involved locomotives. The majority of victims were male ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Yahoo's Jerry Yang quits the company he co-founded, wal... Jan 17 2012 21:08:00	Engadget
Yahoo's Jerry Yang quits the company he co-founded, walks away from Alibaba as well The long, drawn-out, oftentimes melodramatic saga revolving around Yahoo itself and co-founder Jerry Yang is well-documented. Perhaps too well. Thankfully for us all, that ends today. As of January 17th, he has resigned from Yahoo's Board of Directors and all other positions with the company, and moreover, has resigned from the Boards of Yahoo Japan Corporation and Alibaba Group Holding Limited. We most recently heard from Yang during his interview at AsiaD, where he sounded none too pleased abo... Read the full article on Engadget »
HP appoints Bill Veghte as chief strategy officer, will... Jan 17 2012 20:48:00	Engadget
HP appoints Bill Veghte as chief strategy officer, will lead 'cloud and webOS open source initiatives' Bill Veghte was already having his checks cut by HP (after cutting ties with Microsoft), but now he'll be filling a slightly different corner office. The company today announced that he has been appointed chief strategy officer, but somehow, he'll also have enough time to hold onto his current role as executive vice president of HP Software. We're told that he'll be working with HP's senior business and technology brass in order to innovate in ways that perhaps it hasn't lately, with newly-appoi... Read the full article on Engadget »
Lamar Smith: SOPA markup to resume in February Jan 17 2012 20:47:00	Engadget
Lamar Smith: SOPA markup to resume in February Thought the White House was able to put enough of smackdown on SOPA to kill the bill entirely? You thought wrong. We'd heard that the extremely controversial legislation would be delayed until a few concerns were ironed out, and according to House Judiciary Committee Chair Lamar Smith -- the author of the bill -- markup is expected to continue next month, as soon as both parties return from their retreats. Let's just hope that the "consensus" between Congress and the White House makes the bill l... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple patents clothes that track how you wear them, tel... Jan 17 2012 20:34:00	Engadget
Apple patents clothes that track how you wear them, tell you when it's time to update your wardrobe There's a huge problem with working out that has yet to be solved: when, precisely, do our workout clothes become too worn to wear anymore? Apple knows we can't be wasting endless minutes looking for holes and tears in our shirts and pants, so it's just obtained a method patent to let you know when your gear is past its prime. The patent claims sensor-equipped garments that can track how you use them, report that info back to a central database and alert you when the clothing has reached "its ex... Read the full article on Engadget »
Motorola planning 24-hour Droid RAZR Maxx longevity eve... Jan 17 2012 19:50:00	Engadget
Motorola planning 24-hour Droid RAZR Maxx longevity event for February 6th? Motorola's own website has pointed to a January 26th launch for the long-awaited Droid RAZR Maxx, but it looks like February 6th is the date to really pay attention to. With battery life becoming an even more serious concern due to the proliferation of life-sucking 4G networks, it's become obvious that companies are finally placing those longevity statistics atop their priority list. Samsung itself has already promised to significantly improve battery life in its phones during 2012, and we're no... Read the full article on Engadget »
Pink Samsung Galaxy S II makes UK bow on cupid's bow, i... Jan 17 2012 19:39:00	Engadget
Pink Samsung Galaxy S II makes UK bow on cupid's bow, is the new Godiva Pretty in pink, isn't it?! Sammy's already slapped a bit of rouge on the casing of its über-popular Galaxy S II for denizens of South Korea, making that special edition available for coloristas last November. But in an effort to share the "love," synchronize with a certain money-milking, greeting card holiday and maximize profits, the company's releasing this precious-hued wünderphone to our cousins across the pond on Phones4u and Very. Arriving just in time for you Brits to tell that... Read the full article on Engadget »
The Engadget Show returns Friday, January 20th! Jan 17 2012 19:13:00	Engadget
The Engadget Show returns Friday, January 20th! Sleep? Ha! We may have spent the past 10 days or so rocking the Las Vegas Convention Center, but that doesn't mean it's time to rest on our over overtired laurels. Nope, we're back this Friday with the first Engadget Show of 2012, and it's going to be a fun one -- we'll be taking a look at the biggest gadgets, interviews and stories to come out of this year's CES and offering up all sorts of surprises. Best of all, if you're in New York City, you can be a part of the live show -- just fire off ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Google launches PSA-style 'Good to Know' ad campaign, w... Jan 17 2012 18:49:00	Engadget
Google launches PSA-style 'Good to Know' ad campaign, wants to keep us safe Google's no stranger to privacy-related controversy, which may explain the motivation behind its latest ad campaign. On Tuesday, the company will launch a series of ads across major newspapers, magazines and billboards, as part of its new "Good to Know" initiative, designed to make the internet "a safer, more comfortable place." According to Google, these ads will offer tips and advice on how to secure your personal information online, including details on how to protect your passwords from web ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Microsoft introducing ReFS file system with Windows ser... Jan 17 2012 18:27:00	Engadget
Microsoft introducing ReFS file system with Windows server 8 Hungry for a shiny new file system? Windows 8's got your back, or at least, Windows server 8 will. In his latest Building Windows 8 post, Steven Sinofsky introduces the Resilient File System, or ReFS, as a "next generation file system" built on the foundations of the NTFS. By reusing NTFS' API / semantics engine, ReFS hopes to retain a high level of compatibility with NTFS features. Underneath the existing semantics engine, the new file system introduces a new storage engine that hopes to protec... Read the full article on Engadget »
Tango Networks offers cloud-based Google Voice integrat... Jan 17 2012 18:04:00	Engadget
Tango Networks offers cloud-based Google Voice integration to carriers Tango Networks is aiming to assuage the pain of US mobile users attempting to manage two phone numbers using a single device. Dubbed the Abrazo Multi-line Service, the cloud-based product aims to bring Google Voice integration to "all mobile phones" and allow wireless users to manage multiple numbers without the hassle of additional software -- meaning your RAZR 2 can join the fun. Calls placed to handsets utilizing Abrazo will ring all phones in your Google Voice roster and users can choose whi... Read the full article on Engadget »
Microsoft's Windows 8 hardware requirements: some good,... Jan 17 2012 17:41:00	Engadget
Microsoft's Windows 8 hardware requirements: some good, some not-so-good First, an apology: Microsoft released details of Windows 8's tablet hardware requirements back in December, but we were too preoccupied with Christmas and CES to notice. Now that the only thing we're suffering from is jet-lag, let's take a quick tour of some notable extracts from the documentation and what it'll mean for users when the operating system arrives towards the back end of the year.Continue reading Microsoft's Windows 8 hardware requirements: some good, some not-so-goodMicrosoft's Win... Read the full article on Engadget »
Steve Wozniak loves iOS, except when he doesn't Jan 17 2012 17:19:00	Engadget
Steve Wozniak loves iOS, except when he doesn't We've heard this one before, only to have it debunked. Steve Wozniak sits down with foreign press, talks tech and has his words misconstrued; hair pulling and epic fanboy wars ensue. While we were able to deflate that troll bait rather quickly, this time it appears the Woz is guilty of an OS crush. According to The Daily Beast, the Apple co-founder (and connoisseur of Segways) goes on record as preferring many aspects of Android's fussier-but-deeper UI to iOS' one size fits all, simplified appro... Read the full article on Engadget »
Samsung commits to improve smartphone battery life in 2012 Jan 17 2012 16:57:00	Engadget
Samsung commits to improve smartphone battery life in 2012 Sure, we all love having the latest and greatest smartphone from the likes of Samsung, but the power consumption driven by larger displays, LTE, and more use is making it increasingly harder to get through the day. Samsung's vice president of product innovation, Kevin Packingham, said in an interview with CNET that Korea's darling has set the lofty goal that smartphones coming out this year last an entire day under average to moderately heavy use. Samsung's plans include beefing up batteries, bu... Read the full article on Engadget »
VantagePoint delivers 132 inches of multitouch to HP's ... Jan 17 2012 16:33:00	Engadget
VantagePoint delivers 132 inches of multitouch to HP's business customers There are those out there that laugh at the idea of a 10-inch multitouch screen, and even some chuckle the thought of settling for a mere 40 inches. For those with such demanding requirements (primarily retailers and businesses), there's HP's VantagePoint. The main point of interaction with the video wall is six 47-inch Ultra-Micro Bezel displays that combine to offer 132 inches of diagonal real estate with a 4098 x 1536 resolution. That rather generous pile of pixels is pushed to the Gorilla Gl... Read the full article on Engadget »
iTunes Match launches in 19 more countries, shows Latin... Jan 17 2012 16:02:00	Engadget
iTunes Match launches in 19 more countries, shows Latin America some love from the cloud Once Apple let the iTunes Match genie out of the bottle it has actually been pretty quick to spread the love to our international friends. Australia, Canada, the UK and a host of other European nations came online last month, now a sizable chunk of Latin America (along with a few EU stragglers) are joining the party. In total, 19 new countries were added to the list this week, headlined by Central and South American nations like Argentina, Guatemala, Venezuela and Nicaragua. With a few Eastern B... Read the full article on Engadget »
Shuttle rolls out bantam XH61 barebones PC, dares you t... Jan 17 2012 15:41:00	Engadget
Shuttle rolls out bantam XH61 barebones PC, dares you to throw a Sandy Bridge at it It's been a hot minute since we've seen anything compelling from the folks at Shuttle, but there's nothing like a Sandy Bridge-enabled, three-liter PC to get us back on the bandwagon. The XH61 is barely seven centimeters high, and supports second-generation Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors for the LGA1155 socket. You'll get a pair of memory banks (up to 16GB of DDR3 can be thrown in), a foursome of SATA 3Gbps slots, six USB 2.0 ports, HDMI / VGA ports and room for a laptop-sized 2.5-inch HDD ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sony's Micro Vault MACH thumbdrives move fast, look goo... Jan 17 2012 15:19:00	Engadget
Sony's Micro Vault MACH thumbdrives move fast, look good doing it 120 MB/s reads and 90 MB/s writes are far from the fastest in the thumbdrive game, but they're nothing to sneeze at either. While Sony's Micro Vault MACH may not lead the pack in raw speed, it holds its own and looks damnably good doing it. The USB 3.0 stick is cased in a brushed aluminum shell and sports a red indicator LED that, if it moved, might make it look like you had a Cylon attached to your PC. The drives should be available later this month in 16, 32 and 64GB varieties, though, pricing... Read the full article on Engadget »

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