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- Think says GSA electric vehicle contract is "game changing"
- More malware in the Android Market: Google removes 26 deleterious app doppelgangers
- ASUS Eee Pad Transformer gets Android 3.1 update right on schedule
- Bond Mixology for iOS Helps You Booze Like Bond
- Netcom shows off microSD card with integrated NFC goodness (video)
- Lian Li PC-U6 Cowry desktop case hands-on
- 30+ New Malicious Apps Spotted In The Android Market
- Short Supplies Limit U.S. Auto Sales in May
- Dow Chemical orders 100+ plug-in hybrid Ford F-150s from Quantum
- LG W300 all-in-one hands-on at Computex 2011 (video)
- Gecko-inspired water-powered robot scales glass, washes windows (sort of)
- Gadgets for Allergy Sufferers
- Stanton's SCS.4DJ Digital DJ Mix Station up for Best Buy pre-order this month, in stores by July
- NHK develops ultra high-def camcorder with single 33 megapixel sensor (video)
- Electric Boogaloo: Nissan Leaf tallies 1,141 May sales to Chevy Volt's 481
- The Engadget Show - 021: Joystiq's Chris Grant and Justin McElroy, Babycastles, gadgets, gaming
- Notion Ink Adam update overhauls UI, provides a smidgen of extra stability (video)
- LG P220 ultraportable hands-on at Computex 2011 (video)
- HP's Leo Apotheker totally open to licensing webOS to other handset makers
- Lark's silent alarm clock hitting Apple Stores on June 14, promises not to wake your bedmate
- AN Columnist: Why "zero emission" really does mean zero
- BMW, Porsche, others announce support for HomePlug's EV networking spec
- Live from D9: HP CEO Leo Apotheker takes the stage
- Twitter announces integrated photo-sharing service, improved search
- HTC ChaCha coming to Phones 4u in the UK, free on contract
- Renault launches automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project"
- Motorola Droid X Gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread OTA Update
- Samsung Chromebook goes on sale early at Gilt
- ASUS Mars II and Matrix GTX580 Platinum eyes-on
- AMD confirms tablet-friendly Z-series APU, next-gen Trinity APU for bigger devices
| Think says GSA electric vehicle contract is "game changing" Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT Think says GSA electric vehicle contract is "game changing"  Think says GSA electric vehicle contract is "game changing" Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, Th!nk (Think), USAAre you ready for Think's so-called "significant announcement?" Ready or not, here it is: Think, the world's leading dedicated electric vehicle manufacturer, announced that it was awarded a contract to supply pure electric, zero-emission vehicles to the federal government. With a contract in hand from the U.S.... |
| More malware in the Android Market: Google removes 26 deleterious app doppelgangers Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT More malware in the Android Market: Google removes 26 deleterious app doppelgangers  More malware in the Android Market: Google removes 26 deleterious app doppelgangers Ideally, we'd do our smartphone software shopping free from the specter of malicious apps masquerading as useful ones. This past weekend, however, 26 apps in the Android Market were discovered to be packing pernicious code called Droid Dream Light. Apparently, the dastardly devs who made the malware took existing apps and modified them to send details (including IMEI and IMSI info) about the infected handset to a remote server upon receiving... |
| ASUS Eee Pad Transformer gets Android 3.1 update right on schedule Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT ASUS Eee Pad Transformer gets Android 3.1 update right on schedule  ASUS Eee Pad Transformer gets Android 3.1 update right on schedule It's here! We've received word that owners of ASUS' shape-shifting Eee Pad Transformer woke up this morning to find a nice big hunk of an over-the-air Honeycomb 3.1 update awaiting them. We first caught wind of the Android upgrade at Google IO less than a month ago, and just one week later ASUS was boasting of a June rollout on its Italian Facebook page.... |
| Bond Mixology for iOS Helps You Booze Like Bond Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT Bond Mixology for iOS Helps You Booze Like Bond  Bond Mixology for iOS Helps You Booze Like Bond Uh oh. It's your turn to host your crew's weekly Movie Night, and you've gotta come up with a theme. The Austin Powers guy made bangers and mash and forced everyone to speak in a British accent. Harry Potter girl pulled out all the stops with a wand-making craft hour and lightning-shaped temporary tattoos.... |
| Netcom shows off microSD card with integrated NFC goodness (video) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT Netcom shows off microSD card with integrated NFC goodness (video)  Netcom shows off microSD card with integrated NFC goodness (video) Here's an interesting idea from a Chinese company called Netcom: adding NFC capability to existing phones via microSD. That's right, rather than relying on external add-ons that occupy ports, Netcom decided to fit NFC chips plus their antennas onto ordinary microSD cards, yet still managing to cram in up to 8GB of NAND memory at the same time.... |
| Lian Li PC-U6 Cowry desktop case hands-on Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT Lian Li PC-U6 Cowry desktop case hands-on  Lian Li PC-U6 Cowry desktop case hands-on As usual, Taiwan-based Lian Li showed up at Computex with a whole bunch of desktop chassis, and this year's highlight is none other than the eccentric PC-U6 Cowry. From our brief hands-on, we'd say that this seashell-like case looked even more gorgeous in real life than in its renderings, especially how the internals and the spiral grooves were lit up by the red LED strip.... |
| 30+ New Malicious Apps Spotted In The Android Market Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT 30+ New Malicious Apps Spotted In The Android Market  30+ New Malicious Apps Spotted In The Android Market Over the holiday weekend, another batch of malicious apps were found in the official Android Market. According to the Lookout Security Blog (who, it should be disclosed, makes an anti-malware product for Android), at least 34 applications have been infected with a variation of DroidDream, the same malware found in the Android Market back in March.... |
| Short Supplies Limit U.S. Auto Sales in May Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT Short Supplies Limit U.S. Auto Sales in May Short Supplies Limit U.S. Auto Sales in May Despite a raft of bad economic data in the past few days, automakers are still optimistic for the year. |
| Dow Chemical orders 100+ plug-in hybrid Ford F-150s from Quantum Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:18 PM PDT Dow Chemical orders 100+ plug-in hybrid Ford F-150s from Quantum  Dow Chemical orders 100+ plug-in hybrid Ford F-150s from Quantum Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Ford Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies has announced that Dow Chemical placed a 100-plus unit order for it's plug-in hybrid Ford F-150. This order, according to Quantum, marks the official launch of its F-150 PHEV. The plug-in F-150 utilizes Quantum's "F-Drive" hybrid system and a Dow Kokam-supplied 26-kWh lithium-ion battery pack.... |
| LG W300 all-in-one hands-on at Computex 2011 (video) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:18 PM PDT LG W300 all-in-one hands-on at Computex 2011 (video)  LG W300 all-in-one hands-on at Computex 2011 (video) The eye-catching P220 ultraportable isn't the only system LG is showcasing at Computex -- the Korean manufacturer is also gracing Intel's booth with the W300, an all-in-one with a few tricks up its sleeve. Not only is that 23-inch display using a beautiful IPS panel (full HD), but it's even 3D-capable and includes a touchscreen in some versions.... |
| Gecko-inspired water-powered robot scales glass, washes windows (sort of) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:18 PM PDT Gecko-inspired water-powered robot scales glass, washes windows (sort of)  Gecko-inspired water-powered robot scales glass, washes windows (sort of) We've seen some pretty impressive Spidey-like robots in our time, but honestly, crawling walls isn't always enough to pique or interest. A robot that can scale buildings and wash windows -- now that's something to get excited about. Like this little wall climber, the gecko-inspired machine enlists the Bernoulli principle, using the flow of water through fluidic vacuum generators that allow the reptilian robot to get a grip on smooth surfaces.... |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:18 PM PDT Gadgets for Allergy Sufferers Gadgets for Allergy Sufferers While a dose of antihistamines can provide quick relief, you may also be able keep your symptoms at bay with a few allergy-zapping gadgets around the house. |
| Stanton's SCS.4DJ Digital DJ Mix Station up for Best Buy pre-order this month, in stores by July Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:42 PM PDT Stanton's SCS.4DJ Digital DJ Mix Station up for Best Buy pre-order this month, in stores by July  Stanton's SCS.4DJ Digital DJ Mix Station up for Best Buy pre-order this month, in stores by July When technology meets music, interesting things can happen -- for better or worse. In the case of Stanton's standalone SCS.4DJ Digital DJ Mix Station, anyone can try their hand at DJing. Notable hardware features include two weighted slabs with touch sensitivity, a 4.3-inch LCD, four USB ports for hooking up HDDs (two of which are hidden in handy storage slots), and a mic input for spitin' and spinnin'.... |
| NHK develops ultra high-def camcorder with single 33 megapixel sensor (video) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:42 PM PDT NHK develops ultra high-def camcorder with single 33 megapixel sensor (video)  NHK develops ultra high-def camcorder with single 33 megapixel sensor (video) As still cameras go, a 33MP sensor is rather insignificant, considering you may already be walking around with 200 megapixels on your shoulder. When it comes to camcorders, however, this is the real deal, especially when each and every one of those 33 million pixels is captured by a single, ultra high-def sensor.... |
| Electric Boogaloo: Nissan Leaf tallies 1,141 May sales to Chevy Volt's 481 Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT Electric Boogaloo: Nissan Leaf tallies 1,141 May sales to Chevy Volt's 481  Electric Boogaloo: Nissan Leaf tallies 1,141 May sales to Chevy Volt's 481 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Nissan Once again, General Motors is burying the monthly sales totals for the Chevy Volt. In a press release headlined "May U.S. Retail Sales Rise 9 Percent on Demand for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles," the Volt's sales numbers are not disclosed. Instead, the total - 481 - is in the detailed PDF of the Chevrolet brand sales totals and shows the car is suffering from another month-to-month drop; GM... |
| The Engadget Show - 021: Joystiq's Chris Grant and Justin McElroy, Babycastles, gadgets, gaming Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT The Engadget Show - 021: Joystiq's Chris Grant and Justin McElroy, Babycastles, gadgets, gaming  The Engadget Show - 021: Joystiq's Chris Grant and Justin McElroy, Babycastles, gadgets, gaming It's another episode of The Engadget Show, in which we keep on keepin' on and give you a taste of what's to come next week. That's when the Electronics Entertainment Expo happens, and we just couldn't keep from going all gaming for this month's episode. It all starts when Tim and Brian take a look over some of the month's biggest gadgets, like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the iCade. Then,... |
| Notion Ink Adam update overhauls UI, provides a smidgen of extra stability (video) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT Notion Ink Adam update overhauls UI, provides a smidgen of extra stability (video)  Notion Ink Adam update overhauls UI, provides a smidgen of extra stability (video) We'd be lying if we said the Notion Ink Adam tablet wasn't a major disappointment, but the tiny Indian company that brought us the slate hasn't packed it in yet -- this week, Rohan Shravan announced a new round of sales, and issued a massive software overhaul for all existing Adams to go along with it.... |
| LG P220 ultraportable hands-on at Computex 2011 (video) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT LG P220 ultraportable hands-on at Computex 2011 (video)  LG P220 ultraportable hands-on at Computex 2011 (video) What would happen if you took a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro and shrunk it down a notch into a 12.1 or 11.6-inch ultraportable but decided to keep the box shape instead of using a MacBook Air-like wedge design? We're pretty sure you'd end up with something like this sexy LG P220.... |
| HP's Leo Apotheker totally open to licensing webOS to other handset makers Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:30 PM PDT HP's Leo Apotheker totally open to licensing webOS to other handset makers  HP's Leo Apotheker totally open to licensing webOS to other handset makers We just wrapped up our liveblog of HP CEO Leo Apotheker's appearance here at D9, and while he certainly spoke far too frequently about printers, there was one nugget that we just couldn't overlook. When speaking casually about the future of webOS on non-HP handsets, he noted that the firm was looking to license webOS to various other hardware manufacturers.... |
| Lark's silent alarm clock hitting Apple Stores on June 14, promises not to wake your bedmate Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:30 PM PDT Lark's silent alarm clock hitting Apple Stores on June 14, promises not to wake your bedmate  Lark's silent alarm clock hitting Apple Stores on June 14, promises not to wake your bedmate Remember the Lark Up, that alarm clock that's likely to scare the bejesus out of you by sending vibrations through your unsuspecting wrist? The company's already taking pre-orders, but come June 14, you'll finally be able to waltz into an Apple store and handle one in person. For $129, it promises its silent vibrations won't wake your bedfellow, but if you've got a New Agey streak you can spend an extra... |
| AN Columnist: Why "zero emission" really does mean zero Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT AN Columnist: Why "zero emission" really does mean zero  AN Columnist: Why "zero emission" really does mean zero Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in Nissan Leaf: The Value of Zero commercial Automotive News' (sub. req.) Lindsay Chappell argues that "if zero isn't zero" then emissions for all vehicles must be recalculated. Of course, Chappell is referring to vehicles like the Nissan Leaf, which is touted by the automaker as a "zero-emissions" vehicle.... |
| BMW, Porsche, others announce support for HomePlug's EV networking spec Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT BMW, Porsche, others announce support for HomePlug's EV networking spec BMW, Porsche, others announce support for HomePlug's EV networking spec The HomePlug Powerline Alliance already wants to tether your entire household to the Internet, and it may soon extend its reach to your garage, as well. At Computex today, the company announced that Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen have all agreed to support its HomePlug Green PHY (GP) technology as their EV charging interface of choice.... |
| Live from D9: HP CEO Leo Apotheker takes the stage Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT Live from D9: HP CEO Leo Apotheker takes the stage  Live from D9: HP CEO Leo Apotheker takes the stage D9's rolling right along here in California, and HP's head honcho is on deck. With the Pre 3 and TouchPad just around the bend (right?), we're hoping to hear some pretty potent stuff surrounding the next iteration of webOS. Of course, we could be in for a solid hour of printer and blade server discussion.... |
| Twitter announces integrated photo-sharing service, improved search Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT Twitter announces integrated photo-sharing service, improved search  Twitter announces integrated photo-sharing service, improved search Well, it's not exactly a good day for anyone that placed their bets on a Twitter-linked photo service. As expected, Twitter today announced its own integrated photo-sharing service, which will launch "over the next several weeks" and let folks upload an image and attach it directly to their tweet from Twitter.com -- the same functionality is also said to be coming to its official mobile apps "soon." The service isn't completely... |
| HTC ChaCha coming to Phones 4u in the UK, free on contract Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT HTC ChaCha coming to Phones 4u in the UK, free on contract  HTC ChaCha coming to Phones 4u in the UK, free on contract Didn't think the HTC ChaCha's 2.6-inch screen and dedicated Facebook button were reasons enough to shell out £249.99 off contract? Well, UK friends, you might want to try this on for size. The lilliputian, Gingerbread-powered phone is landing on Phones 4u tomorrow, June 2nd, and will cost nothing -- so long as you sign a two-year agreement, naturally.... |
| Renault launches automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project" Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:18 AM PDT Renault launches automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project"  Renault launches automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project" Filed under: Solar, Renault, Europe/EU In cooperation with Gestamp Solar, Renault is launching what it hails as the automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project." By installing solar roof panels at six of its French plants, Renault hopes to harness the power of the sun to cut its CO2 emissions by 30,000 tons a year.... |
| Motorola Droid X Gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread OTA Update Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:17 AM PDT Motorola Droid X Gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread OTA Update  Motorola Droid X Gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread OTA Update Earlier this week, Android 2.3 Gingerbread became available to Droid X owners online, as a tethered manual install. For some, manual updates are a walk in the park, and for others, a complete nightmare. Anyone's whose impatience led to a bricked phone knows exactly what I'm talking about. Luckily, Motorola's Droid X will be receiving an OTA (over-the-air) update to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread, starting today. Features of the updated OS aren't... |
| Samsung Chromebook goes on sale early at Gilt Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:17 AM PDT Samsung Chromebook goes on sale early at Gilt  Samsung Chromebook goes on sale early at Gilt We can't say we expected Gilt to be the first place to offer Samsung's new Chromebook but, well, here we are. Google's now sending out emails like the one above to at least some folks that were a part of the Cr-48 pilot program, telling them that they can join a "limited time" sale on the high-end discount site starting today, June 1st.... |
| ASUS Mars II and Matrix GTX580 Platinum eyes-on Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:41 AM PDT ASUS Mars II and Matrix GTX580 Platinum eyes-on  ASUS Mars II and Matrix GTX580 Platinum eyes-on If you thought the original Mars graphics card from ASUS was a little bit ridiculous, get ready to see what a lot of ridiculous looks like. The company's Mars II that was recently teased alongside a fresh new Matrix GTX580 Platinum card, squeezes two GeForce GTX 580 chips on the same board and overclocks them for good measure.... |
| AMD confirms tablet-friendly Z-series APU, next-gen Trinity APU for bigger devices Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:41 AM PDT AMD confirms tablet-friendly Z-series APU, next-gen Trinity APU for bigger devices  AMD confirms tablet-friendly Z-series APU, next-gen Trinity APU for bigger devices AMD likes to take its time before stepping inside the ring, but it's turned up at Computex with its gown off and mouthguard in. Its much-leaked Z-series Fusion APU (aka "Desna") for tablet devices is now official and could well steal some of ARM's thunder. Whereas ARM chips will get along with the next version of Windows, AMD's Z-series is already tuned into the here-and-now.... |
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