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- ASUS quietly releases G74 gaming laptop, promptly puts it up for pre-order
- Video: Vancouver hockey fans destroy Car2Go Smart Fortwo
- Firefox 5 slips out ahead of schedule, gets official June 21st
- Nintendo says one Wii U controller per console, robs player two of extra screen
- BYD to supply city of Frankfurt with three electric eBUS-12s
- ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft's approval
- Manly Drinks for Manly Dads
- Insert Coin: Air Guitar Move for iPhone (video)
- NYU medical center goes sci-fi, scans patients' palms
- Sun's coronal ejections caused by magnetic ropes, galactic weathermen to predict solar storms?
- Plug-in hybrid conversion firm ALTe turns to Remy's HVH 250 electric motors
- Kobo eReader Touch Edition goes on sale in the US and Canada
- The Batmobile Goes Green
- Jelly Belly cases make your iPhone smell edible, come in BlackBerry flavor
- Razer ships $80 Orochi Black Chrome Edition mobile gaming mouse
- Dutch coins feature QR codes, promise 'surprises'
- Microsoft gets antitrust okay for Skype purchase, readies shockingly large wire transfer
- Netflix's day: Sony pulls movies, new bandwidth options, no more DVD API access and a lawsuit
- Manly Drinks for Manly Dads
- RIM shares hit a five-year low: oh, how the mighty have fallen
- Antiques Rev Up Truck Lovers at Annual Show
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 experiencing shipping delays, unavailable at some outlets
- Motorola says Droid 2 Global Gingerbread update isn't ready after all
- Volkswagen rolling out test fleet of 80 Golf Blue-e-motions
- 10 Cars for 10 Summer Adventures
- LightSquared and Sprint reportedly sign 15-year LTE agreement
- Honda logs 7,000 orders for Fit Shuttle in Japan
- Video: Nissan Leaf Nismo RC whines 'round the track at Le Mans
- Another Look At The Ulysse Nardin Chairman
- Time Warner Cable internal docs reveal TWCable TV iPad app, DVR upgrades on the way
| ASUS quietly releases G74 gaming laptop, promptly puts it up for pre-order Posted: 18 Jun 2011 03:24 PM PDT ASUS quietly releases G74 gaming laptop, promptly puts it up for pre-order  ASUS quietly releases G74 gaming laptop, promptly puts it up for pre-order We're pretty sure someone out there is snapping up gaming laptops with spray-painted red dragons and speaker grilles that look like belt buckles, but we suspect plenty of you just crave something that isn't going to embarrass you at your next LAN party. Grown-ups, meet the ASUS G74, that buttoned-up fellow you see there.... |
| Video: Vancouver hockey fans destroy Car2Go Smart Fortwo Posted: 18 Jun 2011 02:08 PM PDT Video: Vancouver hockey fans destroy Car2Go Smart Fortwo  Video: Vancouver hockey fans destroy Car2Go Smart Fortwo Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, SMART Vancouver riots on a Car2go Smart Fortwo - Click above to watch video after the jump Hey, Vancouverites, what's up with your riots? Just because some East Coast team beats you in some important game of hockey doesn't mean you need to go tear up your own town.... |
| Firefox 5 slips out ahead of schedule, gets official June 21st Posted: 18 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT Firefox 5 slips out ahead of schedule, gets official June 21st  Firefox 5 slips out ahead of schedule, gets official June 21st Mozilla promised a faster refresh cycle for its wily web browser, following the release of Firefox 4, and it's made good on that promise. We got word this morning that the final version of Firefox 5 is now available for download on Mozilla's ftp server, just 12 weeks after the last re-up.... |
| Nintendo says one Wii U controller per console, robs player two of extra screen Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT Nintendo says one Wii U controller per console, robs player two of extra screen  Nintendo says one Wii U controller per console, robs player two of extra screen Nintendo's tablet-esque Wii U controller raised a few questions when it was announced at E3. Questions like, "What kind of crazy games are going to use that thing," and "How much will a second controller cost me?" The latter, at least, has been answered. Nothing. You don't need one. Nintendo's Satoru Iwata recently said in an interview that games enlisting more than one Wii U controller aren't being considered just yet... |
| BYD to supply city of Frankfurt with three electric eBUS-12s Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:19 AM PDT BYD to supply city of Frankfurt with three electric eBUS-12s  BYD to supply city of Frankfurt with three electric eBUS-12s Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, Germany, BYD China-based BYD has signed a letter of intent with the city of Frankfurt, Germany to supply the city with three of its battery-powered eBUS-12s and two DC charging stations by the end of the first quarter of 2012. The trio of electrified buses will serve as shuttles at Frankfurt Airport and along public transportation routes that lead to the city's Gateway Gardens. BYD claims that its... |
| ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft's approval Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:19 AM PDT ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft's approval  ChevronWP7 Labs will jailbreak your Windows Phone with Microsoft's approval Microsoft just earned itself a boatload of geek-cred and made Apple and Sony look pretty bad in the process. We knew the Windows Phone team was playing nice with the jailbreakers from ChevronWP7, but we didn't realize just how cozy the two were going to get. Today the devs announced that ChevronWP7 Labs would open up soon, with the approval of Redmond, allowing users to load homebrew apps on their handsets.... |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2011 09:41 AM PDT Manly Drinks for Manly Dads Manly Drinks for Manly Dads Before pulling a tie off the rack or snagging a bottle of Tim McGraw's latest scent this Father's Day, consider one of these bottles instead. |
| Insert Coin: Air Guitar Move for iPhone (video) Posted: 18 Jun 2011 09:02 AM PDT Insert Coin: Air Guitar Move for iPhone (video)  Insert Coin: Air Guitar Move for iPhone (video) In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. We're not sure proper air guitarists would ever consider adding a bonafide pick to their cherished imaginary pastime, but what if a petite plastic plectrum could turn those strokes into stringed acoustics that more... |
| NYU medical center goes sci-fi, scans patients' palms Posted: 18 Jun 2011 08:24 AM PDT NYU medical center goes sci-fi, scans patients' palms  NYU medical center goes sci-fi, scans patients' palms NYU's Langone Medical Center is getting a jump on that whole 21st-century medical care thing by ditching the clipboards and paperwork for palm scans and digital databases. On June 5th the hospital threw the switch on an electronic patient-tracking program from Epic Systems and paired it with biometric identification technology from PatientSecure, which scans the veins in persons hands using near-infrared light.... |
| Sun's coronal ejections caused by magnetic ropes, galactic weathermen to predict solar storms? Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:08 AM PDT Sun's coronal ejections caused by magnetic ropes, galactic weathermen to predict solar storms?  Sun's coronal ejections caused by magnetic ropes, galactic weathermen to predict solar storms? Space weather gets nasty when the sun starts shooting plasma into the cosmos, and these solar storms wreak havoc on both satellites and gadgets here on earth. Scientists want to predict the sun's eruptions so we can protect our gear (and know the best time to go tanning), and George Mason University researchers have made a discovery that may help us do so.... |
| Plug-in hybrid conversion firm ALTe turns to Remy's HVH 250 electric motors Posted: 18 Jun 2011 06:30 AM PDT Plug-in hybrid conversion firm ALTe turns to Remy's HVH 250 electric motors  Plug-in hybrid conversion firm ALTe turns to Remy's HVH 250 electric motors Filed under: EV/Plug-in, HybridPlug-in hybrid conversion specialist ALTe Powertrain Technologies says that it has inked a three-year deal with Remy Electric Motors. Terms of the agreement call for Remy's HVH 250 electric motor (sure seems like this powerhouse of a motor is used in a fair amount of vehicles) to provide motive power and act as an on-board generator for ALTe's converted plug-in vehicles.... |
| Kobo eReader Touch Edition goes on sale in the US and Canada Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:13 AM PDT Kobo eReader Touch Edition goes on sale in the US and Canada  Kobo eReader Touch Edition goes on sale in the US and Canada At the moment, there are two very similar-looking e-readers with black-and-white Pearl E Ink touchscreens on the market, and now, the smaller and less expensive of the pair is up for grabs. The Kobo eReader Touch Edition went on sale today in the US and Canada for $129.99 (or $139.99 Canadian Dollars) at Best Buy, Borders, Walmart, and the Canadian bookseller Indigo.... |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2011 04:34 AM PDT The Batmobile Goes Green The Batmobile Goes Green A new Batmobile has been unveiled that will be featured in the "Batman Live" stage show that is touring Europe this summer, not in the upcoming Christian Bale film. |
| Jelly Belly cases make your iPhone smell edible, come in BlackBerry flavor Posted: 18 Jun 2011 03:56 AM PDT Jelly Belly cases make your iPhone smell edible, come in BlackBerry flavor  Jelly Belly cases make your iPhone smell edible, come in BlackBerry flavor There are 53 "official" Jelly Belly flavors available at present, few (if any) of which are MP3 compatible -- strange, really, in an era where pretty much everything else is capable of music playback. The company's new gadget cases are perhaps the next best thing, though despite the fact that they'll add a candy-like scent to your iPhone, iPod touch, nano, or BlackBerry (sadly not this guy), biting into them will... |
| Razer ships $80 Orochi Black Chrome Edition mobile gaming mouse Posted: 18 Jun 2011 02:02 AM PDT Razer ships $80 Orochi Black Chrome Edition mobile gaming mouse  Razer ships $80 Orochi Black Chrome Edition mobile gaming mouse It's an Orochi, but with 100 percent more gloss. Typically, a new hue on an old critter wouldn't do much for us, but given that Razer's oh-so-diminutive Orochi still remains our favorite travel mouse to date (for gaming, at least), we couldn't help but notice the striking young fellow above.... |
| Dutch coins feature QR codes, promise 'surprises' Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT Dutch coins feature QR codes, promise 'surprises'  Dutch coins feature QR codes, promise 'surprises' Governments cram all manner of bizarre imagery onto the back of currency, so really, what's a few little QR codes between treasury departments? And heck, who are we to suggest that these new coins from the Royal Dutch Mint aren't the beginning of a larger barcoded money trend? The mint is celebrating its centennial with two new QR-packing coins, a silver €5 and gold €10.... |
| Microsoft gets antitrust okay for Skype purchase, readies shockingly large wire transfer Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:03 PM PDT Microsoft gets antitrust okay for Skype purchase, readies shockingly large wire transfer  Microsoft gets antitrust okay for Skype purchase, readies shockingly large wire transfer Look out, world -- Microsoft just crossed another hurdle in its bid to swallow Skype whole. Earlier today, US antitrust approval was given on Microsoft's largest (proposed) acquisition, clearing the path for all sorts of Windows / Xbox / Zune-related VoIP shenanigans. While many are still questioning the logic here, Skype continually brought around 145 million users to the table per month even while it constantly bled money.... |
| Netflix's day: Sony pulls movies, new bandwidth options, no more DVD API access and a lawsuit Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:03 PM PDT Netflix's day: Sony pulls movies, new bandwidth options, no more DVD API access and a lawsuit  Netflix's day: Sony pulls movies, new bandwidth options, no more DVD API access and a lawsuit In an apparent ode to Rebecca Black, Ice Cube and any number of body switch movies, Netflix has had an incredibly active Friday, so sit back while we get you up to speed. Sony Pictures movies from Starz Play are no longer available (on any device, not just the Xbox 360 this time) due to a "temporary contract issue" according to the official blog.... |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:11 PM PDT Manly Drinks for Manly Dads Manly Drinks for Manly Dads Before pulling a tie off the rack or snagging a bottle of Tim McGraw's latest scent this Father's Day, consider one of these bottles instead. |
| RIM shares hit a five-year low: oh, how the mighty have fallen Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:34 PM PDT RIM shares hit a five-year low: oh, how the mighty have fallen  RIM shares hit a five-year low: oh, how the mighty have fallen There was a time when RIM owned the smartphone space with its revolutionary push email-equipped BlackBerrys. And there are still plenty of folks who can't live without a good physical keyboard and BBM. But, despite the company's $4.9 billion in revenue and $695 million in profits from Q1 2011, RIM's stock has tumbled to its lowest price in five years.... |
| Antiques Rev Up Truck Lovers at Annual Show Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:34 PM PDT Antiques Rev Up Truck Lovers at Annual Show Antiques Rev Up Truck Lovers at Annual Show The 32nd annual Antique Truck Club of America show is under way in Macungie, Pa., with more than 10,000 truck enthusiasts from all over the world expected to marvel at the magnificent antique commercial vehicles on display throughout the weekend |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 experiencing shipping delays, unavailable at some outlets Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:57 PM PDT Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 experiencing shipping delays, unavailable at some outlets  Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 experiencing shipping delays, unavailable at some outlets So, we knew the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was coming, but it looks like some shoppers eagerly anticipating the tablet's arrival will go home empty handed today. We just received word from a Samsung rep that there have been "shipping delays to some stores in certain regions." They went on to say, "We expect most retail locations to have inventory by tomorrow while supplies last." That's all we have at the moment,... |
| Motorola says Droid 2 Global Gingerbread update isn't ready after all Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:57 PM PDT Motorola says Droid 2 Global Gingerbread update isn't ready after all  Motorola says Droid 2 Global Gingerbread update isn't ready after all Verizon said otherwise earlier this week, but Motorola has now finally chimed in to say that a Gingerbread update for the Droid 2 Global is not, in fact, rolling out at the moment -- as Droid 2 Global owners have probably noticed. Unfortunately, it's not provided any indication as to when such an update will start rolling out, but it does seem like you can rest assured that it's still a... |
| Volkswagen rolling out test fleet of 80 Golf Blue-e-motions Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT Volkswagen rolling out test fleet of 80 Golf Blue-e-motions  Volkswagen rolling out test fleet of 80 Golf Blue-e-motions Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Volkswagen, Germany 2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion - Click above for high-res image gallery Volkswagen has begun to deliver its second batch of Golf Blue-e-motion test vehicles to customers in Germany. Of the 80 plug-in Golfs hitting the streets, 53 will be handed over to individuals and businesses in Berlin with the rest headed for Hannover and Wolfsburg. The electric Golfs will be distributed to businesses, public institutions, private motorists and corporations.... |
| 10 Cars for 10 Summer Adventures Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT 10 Cars for 10 Summer Adventures 10 Cars for 10 Summer Adventures There's a car for any summertime activity. |
| LightSquared and Sprint reportedly sign 15-year LTE agreement Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:44 PM PDT LightSquared and Sprint reportedly sign 15-year LTE agreement  LightSquared and Sprint reportedly sign 15-year LTE agreement Apparently Sprint's none too concerned about recent complaints from the likes of John Deere and the federal government about LightSquared's potential interference with GPS signals. A letter obtained by Bloomberg reveals that Sprint has signed a 15-year deal with Falcone and co., agreeing to share network expansion costs in return for a slice of the sweet LTE service.... |
| Honda logs 7,000 orders for Fit Shuttle in Japan Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT Honda logs 7,000 orders for Fit Shuttle in Japan  Honda logs 7,000 orders for Fit Shuttle in Japan Filed under: Hybrid, MPG, Honda, Japan Over a five-week period prior to its June 16th launch, Honda reportedly logged 7,000 orders for its Fit Shuttle over in Japan. That's a fraction of the number of 52,000 orders recorded by Toyota for the Prius Alpha hybrid MPV, a competitor to Honda's gas-electric version of the Fit Shuttle wagon. Of the 7,000 Fit Shuttle orders logged, 90 percent reportedly opted for the hybrid version, which... |
| Video: Nissan Leaf Nismo RC whines 'round the track at Le Mans Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT Video: Nissan Leaf Nismo RC whines 'round the track at Le Mans  Video: Nissan Leaf Nismo RC whines 'round the track at Le Mans Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Racing Nissan Leaf Nismo RC at Le Mans - Click to watch video after the jump Sit back, relax and enjoy the blissful whine emanating from its spinning electric motor. What we have here is a sitcom-length video of the battery-powered Nissan Leaf Nismo RC lapping the famed Circuit de la Sarthe prior to the running of the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.... |
| Another Look At The Ulysse Nardin Chairman Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT Another Look At The Ulysse Nardin Chairman Another Look At The Ulysse Nardin Chairman Sorry that I've so many of these videos but this offered a tighter and closer look at the Ulysse Nardin Chairman and, considering this is probably the wildest phone I've seen in years, it's worth a second look. Enjoy this quick run through of some of the basic features and a bit of time spent on the counterweight. |
| Time Warner Cable internal docs reveal TWCable TV iPad app, DVR upgrades on the way Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:29 PM PDT Time Warner Cable internal docs reveal TWCable TV iPad app, DVR upgrades on the way  Time Warner Cable internal docs reveal TWCable TV iPad app, DVR upgrades on the way Internal documents we've received show Time Warner Cable is planning a major update for both its live TV streaming TWCable TV iPad app and many of its set-top boxes. TWCable TV 2.0 is scheduled to arrive on June 28th with new features including a seven day program guide, and the ability to use it as a remote control or to schedule the DVR remotely.... |
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