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Yet another reason to switch to gallons per mile

Posted: 22 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Yet another reason to switch to gallons per mile


Yet another reason to switch to gallons per mile
Filed under: MPG Pop quiz: Say you split your driving evenly between a 21 mpg SUV and a 75 mpg Vespa scooter. What would your average miles per gallon be? If you answered 48 mpg you're not alone, as that's what Vespa came up with in their infographic we posted last week (reposted above)....

Lady Gaga uses Chrome, and here's the 91-second film to prove it

Posted: 22 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT

Lady Gaga uses Chrome, and here's the 91-second film to prove it


Lady Gaga uses Chrome, and here's the 91-second film to prove it
One of the world's most (in)famous names has picked a side in the browser battles -- last night saw the debut of a new Google Chrome commercial, starring Lady Gaga and her "little monsters." Spanning a minute and a half of Gaga and her fans singing and gyrating their way through her latest single, the ad is intended to illustrate the power of the web and its creative new modes of...

Switched On: Adding to Android's army

Posted: 22 May 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Switched On: Adding to Android's army


Switched On: Adding to Android's army
Android, as Andy Rubin (no relation) has pointed out on multiple occasions, plays a game of numbers. And at Google I/O, the company carrying on its development shared some large ones: 100 million activated devices with 400,000 being added each day. However, like in many games, different players can catch up or overtake each other at different points....

MF Doom Sneaker Speakers are perfect for the supervillain rapper who has everything (video)

Posted: 22 May 2011 11:14 AM PDT

MF Doom Sneaker Speakers are perfect for the supervillain rapper who has everything (video)


MF Doom Sneaker Speakers are perfect for the supervillain rapper who has everything (video)
Back in March, Nash Money showed off a pair of Nike Air Force 1s that he had turned into desktop speakers -- pretty rad, but hardly flashy enough for a supervillain / rapper. The professional sneaker customizer has significantly stepped up his game after being commissioned by Sneaker Freaker Magazine, creating two pairs of speakers from some giant suede Pumas....

Report: VW to launch electric Up!, Golf in Japan within 3 years

Posted: 22 May 2011 09:37 AM PDT

Report: VW to launch electric Up!, Golf in Japan within 3 years


Report: VW to launch electric Up!, Golf in Japan within 3 years
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volkswagen, Japan Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion - Click above for high-res image gallery Volkswagen aims to launch electric vehicles based on its subcompact Up! and compact Golf in Japan within three years, according to Gerry Dorizas, president and chief executive officer of VW Japan. It seems most likely that the electrified Golf will be called the Blue-e-motion, whereas the Up!...

The Protect IP Act: Google's Eric Schmidt squares off against RIAA and MPAA

Posted: 22 May 2011 09:37 AM PDT

The Protect IP Act: Google's Eric Schmidt squares off against RIAA and MPAA


The Protect IP Act: Google's Eric Schmidt squares off against RIAA and MPAA
Protecting intellectual property sounds like such a noble cause that you'd have to be a anarchistic free-market extremist to be against the idea, right? Actually, we don't think Google CEO Eric Schmidt is particularly extreme in any definable way, yet this past week he spoke with gusto, railing against the proposed Protect IP Act, which is was designed to "prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property." If...

Hyperkin's PS3 Remotext weds Blu-ray remote with keypad controller, DualShock 3 frets

Posted: 22 May 2011 07:26 AM PDT

Hyperkin's PS3 Remotext weds Blu-ray remote with keypad controller, DualShock 3 frets


Hyperkin's PS3 Remotext weds Blu-ray remote with keypad controller, DualShock 3 frets
With the PSN finally back up, it's time for important things -- you know, messaging your buds for a Black Ops pwning spree or hitting up Netflix. Hyperkin's Remotext for PS3 wants to help you get back into action with its hybrid remote / controller / chatpad. It features a slide-out Blu-ray remote panel, QWERTY keypad -- better positioned than SONY's offering -- and two analog nubs with a near-complete set...

Nissan, Mitsubishi establish minicar joint venture

Posted: 22 May 2011 06:21 AM PDT

Nissan, Mitsubishi establish minicar joint venture


Nissan, Mitsubishi establish minicar joint venture
Filed under: MPG, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Lightweight, Japan On Friday, Nissan and Mitsubishi announced the official establishment of a 50:50 joint venture related to their minicars sold in the Japanese market. The establishment of this joint venture builds upon an earlier agreement, signed in December of 2010, to expand the scope of cooperation between the two automakers. Officially, the joint venture won't be established until June 1, 2011....

TMS RamSan-70 SSD packs 2GB-per-second throughput, up to 900GB capacity

Posted: 22 May 2011 05:49 AM PDT

TMS RamSan-70 SSD packs 2GB-per-second throughput, up to 900GB capacity


TMS RamSan-70 SSD packs 2GB-per-second throughput, up to 900GB capacity
There are SSDs and then there are SSDs -- the Texas Memory Systems (TMS) RamSan-70 is definitely the latter, packing 900GB of high-speed SLC NAND flash onto a single half-length PCIe card. Boasting an incredible 2GB-per-second sustained external throughput, this near-terabyte solid state drive is clearly overkill for most of us, considering that it's guaranteed to have a sky-high price (once details are released)....

Apple Store celebrates 10th anniversary with 2.0 experience, iPads locked in Lucite (video)

Posted: 22 May 2011 04:12 AM PDT

Apple Store celebrates 10th anniversary with 2.0 experience, iPads locked in Lucite (video)


Apple Store celebrates 10th anniversary with 2.0 experience, iPads locked in Lucite (video)
We already wished the Apple Store a happy 10th anniversary, looking back to see what's changed (and what hasn't) in a decade of retail presence. Now Apple's tweaking things even more, launching the so-called Apple Store 2.0. iPads have been scattered throughout, deployed to run as mini-kiosks and providing information about various products on display....

Apple patent application reveals an LCD with switchable, privacy-protecting viewing angles

Posted: 22 May 2011 03:08 AM PDT

Apple patent application reveals an LCD with switchable, privacy-protecting viewing angles


Apple patent application reveals an LCD with switchable, privacy-protecting viewing angles
Don't you hate it when the guy next to you on the subway is looking over your shoulder, watching you screw up in Fruit Ninja? Well, Apple could have predicted your discomfort -- back in November 2009, before the iPad was anything more than a unicorn, the company applied for a patent on an LCD display with adjustable viewing angles, explicitly designed to "shield the display away from unintended viewers." According...

NC governor will let cable-backed bill restricting municipal broadband become law

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:25 PM PDT

NC governor will let cable-backed bill restricting municipal broadband become law


NC governor will let cable-backed bill restricting municipal broadband become law
We've repeatedly hammered Time Warner Cable (and its big-cable cronies) for crying to the North Carolina legislature about municipal broadband. TWC claims it can't compete with taxpayer-backed ISPs such as Wilson, NC's Greenlight -- and that it shouldn't have to. In fact, Greenlight and four other municipal providers came about specifically because corporate players refused to provide inexpensive, fast broadband....

Mimics helps you cope with your Sync-less existence (video)

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:18 PM PDT

Mimics helps you cope with your Sync-less existence (video)


Mimics helps you cope with your Sync-less existence (video)
Much as we hate to admit it, we can't all afford a fancy new car with Sync or Mini Connected inside -- I mean, come on, we're not made of money, people. Thankfully, it seems MP3Car has a pretty slick and affordable solution to the problem of fumbling with your iPhone when you should probably be focusing on the road and not crashing into things....

How would you change Samsung's Galaxy S 4G?

Posted: 21 May 2011 07:43 PM PDT

How would you change Samsung's Galaxy S 4G?


How would you change Samsung's Galaxy S 4G?
Oh, sure -- Samsung's Galaxy S II should be hitting American airwaves quicker than you can say "Where'd my weekend go?," but we're living in the here and now, aren't we? Now that you've survived whatever scare was scheduled for today, it's time to get back to what matters most: answering fictional questions....

Google's blocking Android Market movie rentals on rooted devices because of copy protection

Posted: 21 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Google's blocking Android Market movie rentals on rooted devices because of copy protection


Google's blocking Android Market movie rentals on rooted devices because of copy protection
Rooting your Motorola Xoom won't stop you from getting an LTE hardware upgrade, but it will throw up a roadblock if you're trying to watch movies rented from YouTube / Android Market. Android Central points out a Google support document that details the "Failed to fetch license for [movie title] (error 49)" message users will see when they try to play a movie on a rooted Android device....

US lags in broadband adoption and download speeds, still has the best rappers

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:29 PM PDT

US lags in broadband adoption and download speeds, still has the best rappers


US lags in broadband adoption and download speeds, still has the best rappers
U, S, A! We're number nine! Wait, nine? At least according to a recent broadband survey by the FCC, yes. The good ol' US of A ranked ninth (out of the 29 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) in fixed broadband penetration on a per capita basis, and 12th in terms of pure percentage -- behind the UK, South Korea, Iceland, the Netherlands, and plenty of others....