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- Video: Crash testing the Volvo FE Hybrid
- Arduino, magnet wire, and Android combine to create poor man's NFC (video)
- GM Reportedly Cancels Luxury Hybrid
- Fiat 875-cc TwinAir named International Engine of the Year
- Microsoft Has Made 5x More Money From Android Than They Have From Windows Phone 7
- Engadget Investigates: Samsung Nexus S 4G WiMAX performance issues
- Google Maps 5.5 for Android cops more Latitude, tweaks Places and transit pages
- HTC ThunderBolt, Google Nexus S 4G And More For Free On Amazon Monday
- Solazyme lets 10.975 million shares fly at $18 in IPO
- Engadget Podcast 241 - 05.27.2011
- It's payback time from your "Cashback Car"
- Hurt Locker lawsuit targets a record-breaking 24,583 IP addresses
- Ashley Judd on the Indy 500
- Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles?
- RIM Plans “Vigorous” Defense For “Meritless” Class-Action Suit
- EDTA to Congress: don't steal AVTM money to fund FEMA
- WatchESPN app upgraded for iPad, still restricted to just a few TV providers
- Diffus Solar Handbag charges your cell during the day, may actually leave the closet
- Honda joins E-KIZUNA to test impact of electric vehicles, scooters
- ASUS 'Padfone' to be the final name of the phone-docking tablet?
- HTC Sensation review
- Dr. Beach Picks America's Best Beaches for 2011
- Report: Volkswagen to sign major battery contract with Bosch
- Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet hits some online retailers, still not buy-able
- ZiiLabs unveils Jaguar family of Honeycomb tablets for OEMs to devour
- Small Cars Safer Than Ever
- Telecommuniations device for the deaf gets hitched to a rotary phone, hacked to run Zork
- Tesla Roadster owner breaks past 100,000-kilometer milestone
- NASA asteroid mission could explain how life began (and how ours might end)
- Estella Warren arrested after going berserk in Toyota Prius
| Video: Crash testing the Volvo FE Hybrid Posted: 27 May 2011 03:13 PM PDT Video: Crash testing the Volvo FE Hybrid  Video: Crash testing the Volvo FE Hybrid Filed under: Hybrid, Volvo Crash testing the Volvo FE Hybrid - Click above to watch video after the jump Before Volvo releases a vehicle, whether it be a passenger sedan or a heavy-duty hybrid truck, the automaker always subjects it to a rigorous set of crash tests. Well, the Volvo FE Hybrid is no exception.... |
| Arduino, magnet wire, and Android combine to create poor man's NFC (video) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:13 PM PDT Arduino, magnet wire, and Android combine to create poor man's NFC (video)  Arduino, magnet wire, and Android combine to create poor man's NFC (video) Jealous of your Nexus S-owning friends and their fancy NFC chips after yesterday's Google Wallet announcement? Well tech tinkerer Joe Desbonnet has whipped up what he dubs "poor man's NFC" using an Arduino, some magnet wire, and any compass-equipped Android smartphone (which is almost all of them). By placing a coil of wire on the phone and connecting it to the DIYer's favorite microcontroller, Desbonnet was able to send data, albeit... |
| GM Reportedly Cancels Luxury Hybrid Posted: 27 May 2011 03:13 PM PDT GM Reportedly Cancels Luxury Hybrid GM Reportedly Cancels Luxury Hybrid The Cadillac plug-in shared much of the same technology that GM developed for its battery-powered Chevrolet Volt. |
| Fiat 875-cc TwinAir named International Engine of the Year Posted: 27 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT Fiat 875-cc TwinAir named International Engine of the Year  Fiat 875-cc TwinAir named International Engine of the Year Filed under: MPG, Fiat Fiat 875-cc TwinAir engine The votes have been tallied and Fiat's turbocharged 875-cc TwinAir two-cylinder engine has captured the title of Best New Engine of 2011, Green Engine of the Year, Sub 1.0-liter Engine of the Year and even the big one: International Engine of the Year, a first for Fiat. It's only the second time - the first being Toyota's 1.0-liter VVT-i engine way back in 1999 - that... |
| Microsoft Has Made 5x More Money From Android Than They Have From Windows Phone 7 Posted: 27 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT Microsoft Has Made 5x More Money From Android Than They Have From Windows Phone 7  Microsoft Has Made 5x More Money From Android Than They Have From Windows Phone 7 Depending on how you're counting (whether or not you're including slightly varied models or not, for example), Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 partners have released either slightly over or slightly under 10 different handsets since the platform's debut. In that same time, how many Android phones has Microsoft released? No one would really expect Microsoft to release an Android phone, of course — but get this: Microsoft has likely made around 5x more... |
| Engadget Investigates: Samsung Nexus S 4G WiMAX performance issues Posted: 27 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT Engadget Investigates: Samsung Nexus S 4G WiMAX performance issues  Engadget Investigates: Samsung Nexus S 4G WiMAX performance issues In Engadget Investigates, we explore major issues, working with tech manufacturers and service providers to improve your experience with the gadgets we've all come to depend on. If you'd like us to look into an issue, please send us a tip, including "Investigate" in the subject line. Samsung's highly-anticipated Nexus S 4G joined the WiMAX family this month, pairing Google's popular Nexus handset with Sprint's 4G network.... |
| Google Maps 5.5 for Android cops more Latitude, tweaks Places and transit pages Posted: 27 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT Google Maps 5.5 for Android cops more Latitude, tweaks Places and transit pages  Google Maps 5.5 for Android cops more Latitude, tweaks Places and transit pages Last month we asked for a "funny pages" display in Google's next release of Maps that shows a thick dotted line depicting where we've traveled, but it appears the folks at El Goog had a different agenda in mind for version 5.5. This time around, we see a few redesigns as well as some streamlined Latitude features.... |
| HTC ThunderBolt, Google Nexus S 4G And More For Free On Amazon Monday Posted: 27 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT HTC ThunderBolt, Google Nexus S 4G And More For Free On Amazon Monday  HTC ThunderBolt, Google Nexus S 4G And More For Free On Amazon Monday Memorial Day isn't usually a gift-giving holiday, but Amazon's Memorial Day sale may put you in the mood to treat yourself. Almost 20 4G phones will be listed for free (with a contract, of course) on Amazon's site on Monday, including some pretty top-of-the-line devices like the HTC Thunderbolt, Samsung Droid Charge, LG Revolution, and Google Nexus S 4G.... |
| Solazyme lets 10.975 million shares fly at $18 in IPO Posted: 27 May 2011 01:32 PM PDT Solazyme lets 10.975 million shares fly at $18 in IPO  Solazyme lets 10.975 million shares fly at $18 in IPO Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies, Etc. Solazyme, a renewable algae-based fuels company, has priced its initial public offering (IPO) of 10.975 million shares of common stock at $18 per share, above the earlier estimated range of $15 to $17. Of the 10.975 million shares of common stock in the IPO, Solazyme is offering 10,375,000 shares and stockholders are putting forth 600,000 shares.... |
| Engadget Podcast 241 - 05.27.2011 Posted: 27 May 2011 01:32 PM PDT Engadget Podcast 241 - 05.27.2011 Engadget Podcast 241 - 05.27.2011 It's all about doing new stuff, right? This week, we're doing a lot of new stuff: paying for soda pop with our cell phones, reading books on E Ink displays, and waiting for Duke Nukem Forever. OK, well maybe none of those things are actually new, but we're doing them in new ways this week, kind of.... |
| It's payback time from your "Cashback Car" Posted: 27 May 2011 12:25 PM PDT It's payback time from your "Cashback Car"  It's payback time from your "Cashback Car" Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, AutoblogGreen ExclusiveConnected And Networked Electric Vehicles Have The Potential To Make EVs Viable Without Huge Incentives. The problem with lithium-ion batteries is that they're just still too costly. And heavy. And large. When the electric vehicles (EVs) that those batteries are installed in are actually being driven, their operating cost is unbeatable - about two to three cents per mile.... |
| Hurt Locker lawsuit targets a record-breaking 24,583 IP addresses Posted: 27 May 2011 12:25 PM PDT Hurt Locker lawsuit targets a record-breaking 24,583 IP addresses  Hurt Locker lawsuit targets a record-breaking 24,583 IP addresses It's been almost a year since the producers of The Hurt Locker filed a lawsuit against 5,000 alleged pirates suspected of distributing the film via BitTorrent. Now Voltage Pictures has updated its complaint, adding almost 20,000 IP addresses to the list of defendants. That makes it the largest file-sharing lawsuit of all time -- a crown previously held by the company behind The Expendables, according to Wired.... |
| Posted: 27 May 2011 12:25 PM PDT Ashley Judd on the Indy 500 Ashley Judd on the Indy 500 The actress and wife of driver Dario Franchitti on the great race. |
| Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles? Posted: 27 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles? Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles? A few years back, the Department of Transportation recommended that auto makers give car owners a heads up when they slip event data recorders -- also known as "black boxes" -- into new models. Now, it looks like the department is considering taking its policy a step (or several) further: a memo reveals that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to propose later this year that all new passenger vehicles... |
| RIM Plans “Vigorous” Defense For “Meritless” Class-Action Suit Posted: 27 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT RIM Plans "Vigorous" Defense For "Meritless" Class-Action Suit  RIM Plans "Vigorous" Defense For "Meritless" Class-Action Suit BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is not having the best year so far. The April launch of RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook received mixed reviews, to put it nicely, of what many called a "half-baked" product. And just a few days earlier, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis shut down an interview half-way through after a BBC reporter pushed questions on Indian security.... |
| EDTA to Congress: don't steal AVTM money to fund FEMA Posted: 27 May 2011 11:17 AM PDT EDTA to Congress: don't steal AVTM money to fund FEMA  EDTA to Congress: don't steal AVTM money to fund FEMA Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MPG, Legislation and Policy, USAOn Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY12 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (pdf). As part of this bill, the Committee pushed through an amendment that adds $1 billion in funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster relief fund. That's all fine and dandy, but not when the Committee offsets the increase in FEMA funds by swiping money from the Department of... |
| WatchESPN app upgraded for iPad, still restricted to just a few TV providers Posted: 27 May 2011 11:17 AM PDT WatchESPN app upgraded for iPad, still restricted to just a few TV providers  WatchESPN app upgraded for iPad, still restricted to just a few TV providers The free WatchESPN app that lets users tune into the family sports channels (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com) has been upgraded to version 1.1 on iOS (also available for Android) and in the process added a new UI designed just for the iPad. It sports a new tablet friendly UI, but the key restriction is still that you need to subscribe to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks or Verizon FiOS... |
| Diffus Solar Handbag charges your cell during the day, may actually leave the closet Posted: 27 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT Diffus Solar Handbag charges your cell during the day, may actually leave the closet  Diffus Solar Handbag charges your cell during the day, may actually leave the closet Sure, solar-paneled bags are occasionally practical and always geeky, but the women in our lives wouldn't dream of letting us walk around with one, let alone using one themselves. That soon may change. The Solar Handbag from Diffus, a Danish design studio, integrates 100 "solar sequins" in a pattern that ladies may actually find socially acceptable, perhaps even attractive.... |
| Honda joins E-KIZUNA to test impact of electric vehicles, scooters Posted: 27 May 2011 10:08 AM PDT Honda joins E-KIZUNA to test impact of electric vehicles, scooters  Honda joins E-KIZUNA to test impact of electric vehicles, scooters Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Honda, On Two Wheels, Japan Honda and the Japanese city of Saitama have signed an agreement to participate in the E-KIZUNA Project. E-KIZUNA is managed by the city in collaboration with numerous stakeholders and aims to help fight global warming through the popularization of electric vehicles. In Saitama, Honda will test the urban ability of electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid autos and electric scooters.... |
| ASUS 'Padfone' to be the final name of the phone-docking tablet? Posted: 27 May 2011 10:08 AM PDT ASUS 'Padfone' to be the final name of the phone-docking tablet?  ASUS 'Padfone' to be the final name of the phone-docking tablet? Padfone. Well, the name sure says for itself. Unearthed by our friends over at Pocketnow, this USPTO trademark document was filed by ASUS merely four days ago. Such timing suggests that this could very well be the final name of the eccentric "pad or phone" combo, which is to be unveiled at Computex next week.... |
| Posted: 27 May 2011 09:33 AM PDT HTC Sensation review  HTC Sensation review A hotly anticipated smartphone with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a "Super" 4.3-inch screen, and a manufacturer-skinned version of Android 2.3 -- we must be talking about the Samsung Galaxy S II, right? Not on this occasion, squire. Today we're taking a gander at HTC's Sensation, a handset that's just begun shipping in Europe under a short-term Vodafone exclusive and which should be making its way to T-Mobile in the USA early... |
| Dr. Beach Picks America's Best Beaches for 2011 Posted: 27 May 2011 09:33 AM PDT Dr. Beach Picks America's Best Beaches for 2011 Dr. Beach Picks America's Best Beaches for 2011 After years as a head-turning bridesmaid in the best-beach rankings, Sarasota's Siesta Beach is finally the bride. |
| Report: Volkswagen to sign major battery contract with Bosch Posted: 27 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT Report: Volkswagen to sign major battery contract with Bosch  Report: Volkswagen to sign major battery contract with Bosch Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volkswagen, Europe/EU Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion - Click above for high-res image gallery German automotive supplier Bosch is set to announce a major battery contract with Volkswagen, according to Reuters. By awarding Bosch the contract, VW, which previously inked a battery-related deal with Sanyo, will have at least two massive companies lined up to supply it with batteries for upcoming electric vehicles like the E-Up!... |
| Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet hits some online retailers, still not buy-able Posted: 27 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet hits some online retailers, still not buy-able  Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet hits some online retailers, still not buy-able Lenovo still hasn't officially confirmed it, but all signs are pointing to an imminent US launch of its Android-based IdeaPad K1 tablet. It just hit the FCC under the "K1" moniker earlier this month, and it's now gotten a full blown listing on Buy.com, complete with specs and some pictures that show off Lenovo's "custom-built Android interface." Those specs include a 10.1-inch display, a Tegra 2 processor (not a Snapdragon as... |
| ZiiLabs unveils Jaguar family of Honeycomb tablets for OEMs to devour Posted: 27 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT ZiiLabs unveils Jaguar family of Honeycomb tablets for OEMs to devour  ZiiLabs unveils Jaguar family of Honeycomb tablets for OEMs to devour Just a few weeks after unveiling its ZMS-20 and ZMS-40 StemCell processors, ZiiLabs has now designed a new family of slates to house them. Developed with the OEM market in mind, the company's new Jaguar Honeycomb tablets come in two breeds -- one with a seven-inch, 1024x600 LCD and another with a ten-inch 1280x800 display.... |
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| Telecommuniations device for the deaf gets hitched to a rotary phone, hacked to run Zork Posted: 27 May 2011 08:26 AM PDT Telecommuniations device for the deaf gets hitched to a rotary phone, hacked to run Zork  Telecommuniations device for the deaf gets hitched to a rotary phone, hacked to run Zork In today's episode of "But will it run Zork?" a chap named Ulysses got the vintage game to run on a TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) -- a project he built to show off at the Bay Area Maker Faire last weekend. In a move we truly respect, he hunted down a rotary phone lifted straight out of the era when Zork was at its most popular (that would be... |
| Tesla Roadster owner breaks past 100,000-kilometer milestone Posted: 27 May 2011 07:51 AM PDT Tesla Roadster owner breaks past 100,000-kilometer milestone  Tesla Roadster owner breaks past 100,000-kilometer milestone Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Europe/EU Hansjörg von Gemmingen, owner of the 83rd Tesla Roadster delivered to Europe, has driven more than 100,000 kilometers (62,137 miles) in his electric blue machine. To date, and as far as we know, that's the most miles of road covered by any Tesla Roadster. Gemmingen, a stockbroker who resides in southwest Germany, says that: Driving the Roadster is still thrilling and I enjoy every single ride.... |
| NASA asteroid mission could explain how life began (and how ours might end) Posted: 27 May 2011 07:51 AM PDT NASA asteroid mission could explain how life began (and how ours might end)  NASA asteroid mission could explain how life began (and how ours might end) There's a slight chance that the Earth could get hit by an asteroid in about 170 years, but don't you worry -- NASA's all over it. This week, the agency announced a new mouthful of a mission known as Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, for short. The $800 million initiative, part of NASA's New Frontiers Program, will send a spacecraft to link up with 1999 RQ36 -- a nearby asteroid... |
| Estella Warren arrested after going berserk in Toyota Prius Posted: 27 May 2011 07:17 AM PDT Estella Warren arrested after going berserk in Toyota Prius  Estella Warren arrested after going berserk in Toyota Prius Filed under: Etc., Hybrid, Toyota Estella Warren was named Maxim magazine's "Hottest Woman" back in 2000. However, she'll likely be remembered, at least for awhile, as the former Victoria's Secret model-turned-actress that recently went berserk in a Toyota Prius. The chaos occurred Monday just before midnight. Reports say that Warren was driving her Prius in Los Angeles when she struck not one, not two, but three parked vehicles.... |
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