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- Quick Spin: Amp ML EV puts the luxury of Ohio coahbuilders onto Iceland's roads
- Hulu Plus on TiVo promos pop up in stores and online, suggest launch soon
- HP gives TouchSmart 610 a second crack, this time with Sandy Bridge CPU options
- Report: EPA and DOT drop letter grades from window stickers
- EV Cup electric racing series delayed until 2012 (well, sort of)
- Why Apple is trademarking Thunderbolt and why Sony might be left out
- 5 Places to Vacation Like a Pirate
- HTC Evo 3D, View 4G available for pre-order at Sprint
- Chevy Volt makes its Japanese debut
- Google's CR-48 apparently shipping again, doing the prototype death rattle
- HP rolls out budget-minded Pavilion g6s laptop with Sandy Bridge
- Product portal, tweets suggest 'Thrive' moniker for Toshiba's Honeycomb tablet
- Clickfree C2 Rugged hard drive can fall down, backup
- Bookeen does real time web browsing and scrolling on standard E Ink screen (video)
- Google News Archives stops digitizing old newspapers, picks great day to do it
- Ask Engadget: best extended battery for power-hungry smartphones?
- Sharp Aquos Android clamshell tricks friends into thinking you can't afford a smartphone
- 2011 Chrysler 300: First Drive
- Bill Ford editorial sings praises of electric car, information technology
- Flyer Friday: Best Buy starts selling HTC's seven-inch slate today
- Full-Size Fuel Sippers
- 2012 Saab 9-4X — First Drive
- Think to make "significant announcement" within "10 days"
- Toyota upping Prius production; 36,000 units headed to U.S. this summer
- Flottille unfolding origami is anti-nanotechnology, pro-chilaxing (video)
- Honda Recalls 2012 Civic Models
| Quick Spin: Amp ML EV puts the luxury of Ohio coahbuilders onto Iceland's roads Posted: 21 May 2011 02:56 PM PDT Quick Spin: Amp ML EV puts the luxury of Ohio coahbuilders onto Iceland's roads  Quick Spin: Amp ML EV puts the luxury of Ohio coahbuilders onto Iceland's roads Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Amp Electric VehiclesThe right vehicle to start moving a country off gasoline Amp Electric Mercedes-Benz ML EV - Click above for high-res image gallery Amp isn't the first company to figure out that luxury vehicles can better hide the cost of an expensive battery pack than an econobox - Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive pioneered this strategy - but this is a case where you don't have to... |
| Hulu Plus on TiVo promos pop up in stores and online, suggest launch soon Posted: 21 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT Hulu Plus on TiVo promos pop up in stores and online, suggest launch soon  Hulu Plus on TiVo promos pop up in stores and online, suggest launch soon Although TiVo announced it would offer Hulu Plus back in September we're still waiting for it to arrive on those Premiere DVRs. Twitter user @dlayphoto spotted these materials in their local Best Buy promising six months of the $7.99 / month service for free with the purchase of a new box -- with a new price tag -- although it's hard to see if this will apply to existing users as... |
| HP gives TouchSmart 610 a second crack, this time with Sandy Bridge CPU options Posted: 21 May 2011 11:13 AM PDT HP gives TouchSmart 610 a second crack, this time with Sandy Bridge CPU options  HP gives TouchSmart 610 a second crack, this time with Sandy Bridge CPU options HP may have announced its TouchSmart 610 all-in-one just a shade too soon for it to ship with Core 2011 processors, but that doesn't mean the company was above pushing out a refresh just a few months later. Now, this 23-inch beast is on sale with a variety of quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 Sandy Bridge CPUs.... |
| Report: EPA and DOT drop letter grades from window stickers Posted: 21 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT Report: EPA and DOT drop letter grades from window stickers  Report: EPA and DOT drop letter grades from window stickers Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA EPA/DOT Proposed Fuel Economy Labels - Click above for high-res versions It seems that the Average Joe isn't the only one who thinks that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed letter grades on windows stickers are not only confusing, but too subjective for the government to assign, as well. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Obama administration has scrapped plans to assign letter grades - ranging... |
| EV Cup electric racing series delayed until 2012 (well, sort of) Posted: 21 May 2011 10:09 AM PDT EV Cup electric racing series delayed until 2012 (well, sort of)  EV Cup electric racing series delayed until 2012 (well, sort of) Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UK, USA, Racing EV Cup, the world's first racing series dedicated solely to zero-emissions vehicles, was scheduled to kick off in August with an inaugural race in the UK, followed by events in Spain, Portugal and the U.S. Well, that schedule has been altered, and the official launch has effectively been pushed back to 2012. More specifically, one event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and another at Auto Club Speedway... |
| Why Apple is trademarking Thunderbolt and why Sony might be left out Posted: 21 May 2011 09:04 AM PDT Why Apple is trademarking Thunderbolt and why Sony might be left out  Why Apple is trademarking Thunderbolt and why Sony might be left out Thunderbolt (formerly known as Light Peak) may have been developed by Intel, but it's Apple that's been snatching up all the trademark glory. The company first filed in November of 2010 in Jamaica, then followed up in February of this year by securing the rights to the name in Canada, before registering similar claims in Europe, China, and now the US.... |
| 5 Places to Vacation Like a Pirate Posted: 21 May 2011 09:04 AM PDT 5 Places to Vacation Like a Pirate 5 Places to Vacation Like a Pirate So what if Jack Sparrow, Barbossa and the rest really existed? Where would swashbuckling travel writer Jack Sparrow send his cohorts? |
| HTC Evo 3D, View 4G available for pre-order at Sprint Posted: 21 May 2011 07:59 AM PDT HTC Evo 3D, View 4G available for pre-order at Sprint  HTC Evo 3D, View 4G available for pre-order at Sprint Sprint customers holding out for the HTC Evo 3D can now inch slightly closer to that glasses-free display -- without dropping by RadioShack. The carrier has confirmed that you can reserve the WiMAX handset by visiting a Sprint-owned retail store and plunking down $50 for a gift card. There's still no word on when you'll be able to get the device in-hand (and the 3D's exclusive carrier is mum on pricing),... |
| Chevy Volt makes its Japanese debut Posted: 21 May 2011 06:23 AM PDT Chevy Volt makes its Japanese debut  Chevy Volt makes its Japanese debut Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Japan On Wednesday, the Chevrolet Volt made its Japanese debut at the opening of the annual Spring Congress of the Japan Society of Automotive Engineers in Yokohama. The Volt will be on display at Chevrolet's stand throughout the three-day event, which is expected to draw some 70,000 visitors from industry, academia, government and media.... |
| Google's CR-48 apparently shipping again, doing the prototype death rattle Posted: 21 May 2011 06:23 AM PDT Google's CR-48 apparently shipping again, doing the prototype death rattle  Google's CR-48 apparently shipping again, doing the prototype death rattle Reports are trickling in that Google has begun shipping the CR-48 to eager testers who've thus far been empty-handed after signing up for the units back in December. Could it be? Is the plucky prototype Chrome OS laptop getting a stay of execution after being declared all dried up back in March?... |
| HP rolls out budget-minded Pavilion g6s laptop with Sandy Bridge Posted: 21 May 2011 04:04 AM PDT HP rolls out budget-minded Pavilion g6s laptop with Sandy Bridge  HP rolls out budget-minded Pavilion g6s laptop with Sandy Bridge HP has already rolled out a few new Sandy Bridge laptops this month, but it's now back with yet another: the Pavilion g6s. Like the still-available g6t and g6x, this one packs a 15.6-inch display with a rather lowly 1,366 x 768 resolution, but you can now get that paired with your choice of Core i3, i5 or i7 Sandy Bridge processors.... |
| Product portal, tweets suggest 'Thrive' moniker for Toshiba's Honeycomb tablet Posted: 21 May 2011 01:52 AM PDT Product portal, tweets suggest 'Thrive' moniker for Toshiba's Honeycomb tablet  Product portal, tweets suggest 'Thrive' moniker for Toshiba's Honeycomb tablet "What's in a name?" We'd ask Toshiba, but the company hasn't been able to give its upcoming 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet one in five months -- or has it? If you'll recall, Toshiba registered the name Thrive for trademark and related domain names last month, and now evidence is mounting that all of that work wasn't in vain.... |
| Clickfree C2 Rugged hard drive can fall down, backup Posted: 21 May 2011 12:14 AM PDT Clickfree C2 Rugged hard drive can fall down, backup  Clickfree C2 Rugged hard drive can fall down, backup There's just something about the phrase "built to strict U.S. military standards" that makes us want to go positively medieval on a rugged device. Sadly, the aforementioned qualifier doesn't mean that Clickfree's new C2 Rugged Back-up Drive is capable of withstanding, say, a hail of gunfire, but the rubberized disk will continue to work after being dropped from four feet.... |
| Bookeen does real time web browsing and scrolling on standard E Ink screen (video) Posted: 20 May 2011 11:41 PM PDT Bookeen does real time web browsing and scrolling on standard E Ink screen (video)  Bookeen does real time web browsing and scrolling on standard E Ink screen (video) Bookeen has already taunted us with an E Ink Pearl display hacked to playback clips of chubby bunnies without so much as a hicup, now it's showing off web browsing and scrolling on the same screen. It's a little stuttery, as you can see in the video below, but considering this is the same tech found in the Kindle it's quite impressive.... |
| Google News Archives stops digitizing old newspapers, picks great day to do it Posted: 20 May 2011 10:04 PM PDT Google News Archives stops digitizing old newspapers, picks great day to do it  Google News Archives stops digitizing old newspapers, picks great day to do it Ain't like you'll be reading 'em anyway after today's over.Google News Archives stops digitizing old newspapers, picks great day to do it originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 May 2011 00:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Reuters, MSNBC | AFP / Yahoo! News | Email this | Comments... |
| Ask Engadget: best extended battery for power-hungry smartphones? Posted: 20 May 2011 07:55 PM PDT Ask Engadget: best extended battery for power-hungry smartphones?  Ask Engadget: best extended battery for power-hungry smartphones? We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Chuck, who seems to be having an unusual level of difficulty getting his phone through an entire day on a single charge.... |
| Sharp Aquos Android clamshell tricks friends into thinking you can't afford a smartphone Posted: 20 May 2011 06:19 PM PDT Sharp Aquos Android clamshell tricks friends into thinking you can't afford a smartphone  Sharp Aquos Android clamshell tricks friends into thinking you can't afford a smartphone Looking for a handset that harkens back to simpler, pre-smartphone era, without losing the Googley luster of Android? We've got the perfect phone for you, and all you've got to do is move to Japan and get a Softbank Mobile account. Sharp, one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in its native country, rolled out the retro-future Gingerbread-packing Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH, an Android 2.3 flip phone with a 180-degree swiveling touchscreen... |
| 2011 Chrysler 300: First Drive Posted: 20 May 2011 06:19 PM PDT 2011 Chrysler 300: First Drive 2011 Chrysler 300: First Drive Chrysler's redesigned full-size flagship sedan is a home run. |
| Bill Ford editorial sings praises of electric car, information technology Posted: 20 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT Bill Ford editorial sings praises of electric car, information technology  Bill Ford editorial sings praises of electric car, information technology As for why Bill Ford is such a technology booster, he himself points at the price of oil. Ford Motor Company may be one of the world's oldest automakers, but that doesn't mean it's stuck in the past. William Clay Ford Jr., 54-year-old Executive Chairman of the Ford Board of Directors and great grandson of company founder Henry Ford, has penned a forward-looking editorial for Fortune that shows there's innovative ideas at... |
| Flyer Friday: Best Buy starts selling HTC's seven-inch slate today Posted: 20 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT Flyer Friday: Best Buy starts selling HTC's seven-inch slate today  Flyer Friday: Best Buy starts selling HTC's seven-inch slate today We thought HTC's Flyer wasn't going on sale until May 22nd, but it appears a certain big box retailer has changed its plans. Our tipsters have told us that stores with the device in stock have started selling it today, May 20th, despite the somewhat confusing text you see in the picture above.... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT Full-Size Fuel Sippers Full-Size Fuel Sippers Ten full-size rides that offer the fuel economy of much smaller vehicles. |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT 2012 Saab 9-4X — First Drive 2012 Saab 9-4X — First Drive The Swedish automaker enters the ever-grossing crossover arena. |
| Think to make "significant announcement" within "10 days" Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT Think to make "significant announcement" within "10 days"  Think to make "significant announcement" within "10 days" Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Th!nk (Think) Think City - Click above for high-res image gallery In mid-April, Valmet Automotive halted production of the electric Think City. At the time, a Think spokesperson told us that: We have asked Valmet to temporarily stop production in Finland, while we rebalance our parts inventory in Europe. The stoppage in Finland has had little effect on our U.S.... |
| Toyota upping Prius production; 36,000 units headed to U.S. this summer Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT Toyota upping Prius production; 36,000 units headed to U.S. this summer  Toyota upping Prius production; 36,000 units headed to U.S. this summer Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota 2011 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery U.S. sales of the Toyota Prius slipped from 18,605 in March of 2011 to 12,477 in April, a decline that's largely attributed to a shortage in supply related to the quake and tsunami that rattled Japan on March 11.... |
| Flottille unfolding origami is anti-nanotechnology, pro-chilaxing (video) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT Flottille unfolding origami is anti-nanotechnology, pro-chilaxing (video)  Flottille unfolding origami is anti-nanotechnology, pro-chilaxing (video) Turn the lights off, crank up your Music for Airports LP, and clear your appointments for the rest of the afternoon -- it's time to get your relaxation on with Flottille, tiny paper snowflakes that unfold as they're exposed to water. French artist Étienne Cliquet uses a computer to design the machine-cut pieces, folds them by hand, and then gingerly dips them into the water with a pair of tweezers.... |
| Honda Recalls 2012 Civic Models Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT Honda Recalls 2012 Civic Models Honda Recalls 2012 Civic Models Potential fuel leak problem prompts limited recall of new model. |
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