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- Revenge of the Electric Car plugs in for widespread release this fall
- Mozilla Firefox 5 For Android Goes Live On The Android Market
- Hulu reportedly retains investment bankers and renews Fox deal, will go on sale soon
- Rep. Eshoo intros 4G disclosure act, hopes to turn consumers into techies
- Apple granted broad patent for 'portable multifunction devices' with multitouch screens
- Toyota to sell G-Station chargers starting in July
- Vizio, your favorite low-cost TV leader introduces... a light bulb (video)
- Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant
- Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers
- Fattening Fried Kool-Aid Debuts in San Diego
- Google TV 2.0 'Fishtank' developer kit revealed running Honeycomb and apps
- Microsoft's NUAds interactive advertising to harness powers of Kinect, 'change television as we know it'
- Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant
- 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe–Flash Drive
- ESC Comes to Motorcycles
- Virgin Airlines orders 30 Airbus A320neos with fuel-saving LEAP-X engines
- Samsung Series 5 lands in Europe June 24th, starting at 399 euros
- Nokia N950 pictures: a gallery's worth of MeeGo to tell the story
- BAPCo calls 'liar, liar' on AMD, Intel still its golden prince
- Fisker Automotive now hiring in Delaware
- Dutch net neutrality first in EU, mobile operators side-eye KPN
- Video: The Nokia N950, Or The MeeGo Phone You’ll Never Have
- Verizon's 'DataGate' plans leaked in excruciating detail
- Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers
- Congress Considers Bill Requiring Carriers To Explain Their Definition Of “4G”
- Nokia N9 to ship in Sweden on September 23rd, saith awkwardly translated release
- Report: Think Global files for bankruptcy
- MightyText pushes messages and incoming call alerts to your computer (hands-on)
- Motorola Triumph Coming To Virgin Mobile On July 19th, Says… People Magazine
- Games at Google revealed in job posting, takes a stab at social gaming
| Revenge of the Electric Car plugs in for widespread release this fall Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT Revenge of the Electric Car plugs in for widespread release this fall  Revenge of the Electric Car plugs in for widespread release this fall Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green CultureRevenge of the Electric Car got its official premiere this past Earth Day at the 2011 Tribeca International Film Festival but most of the country has not had the opportunity to see the movie. This is about to change. The filmmaking team announced today that Revenge will be shown across the U.S.... |
| Mozilla Firefox 5 For Android Goes Live On The Android Market Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT Mozilla Firefox 5 For Android Goes Live On The Android Market  Mozilla Firefox 5 For Android Goes Live On The Android Market Mozilla's Firefox 5 for Android is now available from the Android Market, carrying over some of the same features as the new desktop browser. Most of the upgrade involved under-the-hood bug fixes and enhancements, but there are still a couple cool new features to get excited about. For one, Mozilla included the Do Not Track function that was added to the desktop browser, giving the user more control over their data and... |
| Hulu reportedly retains investment bankers and renews Fox deal, will go on sale soon Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:17 PM PDT Hulu reportedly retains investment bankers and renews Fox deal, will go on sale soon  Hulu reportedly retains investment bankers and renews Fox deal, will go on sale soon Following yesterday's rumor that Hulu had received an a buyout offer from Yahoo, the usual "people familiar with the matter" have informed the LA Times and a reporter for CNBC that the sale process could begin within two weeks. The word is investment banks Guggenheim Partners and Morgan Stanley have been tabbed to make the sale happen and prospective bidders are already on notice, as its owners seek to separate themselves... |
| Rep. Eshoo intros 4G disclosure act, hopes to turn consumers into techies Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:47 PM PDT Rep. Eshoo intros 4G disclosure act, hopes to turn consumers into techies  Rep. Eshoo intros 4G disclosure act, hopes to turn consumers into techies We're gonna shoot from the hip here -- wireless carriers have gotten a little out-of-hand with their 4G marketing. Even industry standard setter, the ITU, can't figure out a way to keep the story straight. This consumer disinformation loop is exactly what Rep. Anna Eshoo plans to undo with her "Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act." Like its title says, the bill would force carriers to be absolutely, unfalteringly crystal clear on... |
| Apple granted broad patent for 'portable multifunction devices' with multitouch screens Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:47 PM PDT Apple granted broad patent for 'portable multifunction devices' with multitouch screens  Apple granted broad patent for 'portable multifunction devices' with multitouch screens Avid watchers of tech know that Apple is almost as good at requesting patents (though, its record of defending them is somewhat less impressive) as it is at actually creating compelling products. Three years after initially filing for the design of a "portable multifunction device" with a multitouch interface, the USPTO has awarded the Cupertino crew a rather broadly worded patent that's sure to raise few eyebrows amongst its competitors.... |
| Toyota to sell G-Station chargers starting in July Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT Toyota to sell G-Station chargers starting in July  Toyota to sell G-Station chargers starting in July Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota, Japan Toyota has unveiled its duo of G-Station plug-in vehicle charging systems. Set to launch in Japan this July, the G-Station chargers feature a contact-less smart-card recognition setup and can connect, via the Internet, with the Toyota Smart Center, which utilizes the Windows Azure platform - a cloud computing system from which Toyota owners can access telematics services around the globe. Both G-Stations (Type A and Type B)... |
| Vizio, your favorite low-cost TV leader introduces... a light bulb (video) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT Vizio, your favorite low-cost TV leader introduces... a light bulb (video)  Vizio, your favorite low-cost TV leader introduces... a light bulb (video) It's a busy week for Vizio. The budget TV manufacturer flaunted its flashy new tablet in front of our cameras yesterday, and had us hopping across town this afternoon for a chance to go hands-on with its latest entrant into a mysterious brand-new product category (for Vizio, at least). Reps were mum on details, so we had no choice but to return to the CEA LineShows in NYC to see what... |
| Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant Plug-in hybrid automaker gets into gear. |
| Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers It's the first of several high-tech, sleek amenities guests encounter at the Yotel, a new hotel that aims to provide a trendy stay at an affordable price. |
| Fattening Fried Kool-Aid Debuts in San Diego Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT Fattening Fried Kool-Aid Debuts in San Diego Fattening Fried Kool-Aid Debuts in San Diego Move over funnel cakes and corn dogs, deep-fat fried Kool-Aid is here. Your mouth may love the taste, but your arteries may start screeching |
| Google TV 2.0 'Fishtank' developer kit revealed running Honeycomb and apps Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT Google TV 2.0 'Fishtank' developer kit revealed running Honeycomb and apps  Google TV 2.0 'Fishtank' developer kit revealed running Honeycomb and apps As Google TV gears up for a Honeycomb-based v2.0, the team announced at the I/O event that developers could get access to "Fishtank" hardware for them to test their apps on and here it is, revealed by Geek.com. The hardware itself is a relatively nondescript box packing an Intel CE4100 processor (no ARM...yet) and a Logitech Revue wireless keyboard that connects wirelessly via a USB dongle, plus a few more ins... |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT Microsoft's NUAds interactive advertising to harness powers of Kinect, 'change television as we know it'  Microsoft's NUAds interactive advertising to harness powers of Kinect, 'change television as we know it' The folks over at Microsoft Advertising are quite fond of their latest brainchild, so much so that they're calling the Kinect-enabled advertising platform "irresistibly interactive." NUAds -- which snaked the NU in NUI -- feeds off our need for interactivity, allowing advertisers to lure us in by enabling points of gesture and voice control.... |
| Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant Fisker Automotive to Begin Hiring Workers at Delaware Plant Plug-in hybrid automaker gets into gear. |
| 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe–Flash Drive Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe–Flash Drive 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe–Flash Drive Staffers at MSN Autos take a spin in the sexy, new Cadillac CTS coupe. |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT ESC Comes to Motorcycles ESC Comes to Motorcycles Electronic stability control makes you faster, not just safer. |
| Virgin Airlines orders 30 Airbus A320neos with fuel-saving LEAP-X engines Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:16 PM PDT Virgin Airlines orders 30 Airbus A320neos with fuel-saving LEAP-X engines  Virgin Airlines orders 30 Airbus A320neos with fuel-saving LEAP-X engines Filed under: Etc., MPG Saving fuel takes to the skies with Virgin Airlines' purchase of 30 Airbus A320neo commercial jets equipped with LEAP-X engines. That revolutionary LEAP-X engine is manufactured by CFM International and makes use of composite materials and other proprietary advancements to improve the fuel efficiency of existing jet technology.... |
| Samsung Series 5 lands in Europe June 24th, starting at 399 euros Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:16 PM PDT Samsung Series 5 lands in Europe June 24th, starting at 399 euros  Samsung Series 5 lands in Europe June 24th, starting at 399 euros The US has already tasted its first piece of the Chromebook pie, and now Samsung's serving up a slice to our friends across the pond. That's right, the Samsung Series 5 will grace European soil starting this Friday, and will set our European brethren back €399 (or £349) for the Wi-Fi model and €449 (or £399) for the 3G version.... |
| Nokia N950 pictures: a gallery's worth of MeeGo to tell the story Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:45 PM PDT Nokia N950 pictures: a gallery's worth of MeeGo to tell the story  Nokia N950 pictures: a gallery's worth of MeeGo to tell the story At long (long!) last, the N950 is upon us. While "announced" via a nondescript text document earlier this week, we still had no clear indication of what Nokia's second MeeGo device would truly look like just a day ago. Despite years of leaks and an inestimable amount of visions tip-toeing around in our brains, we never could nail down a solid image of the thing.... |
| BAPCo calls 'liar, liar' on AMD, Intel still its golden prince Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:45 PM PDT BAPCo calls 'liar, liar' on AMD, Intel still its golden prince  BAPCo calls 'liar, liar' on AMD, Intel still its golden prince Benchmarks can be a bit of a back and forth schoolyard screaming match -- there's plenty of yelling, but not always much brute force to back it up -- so let's take this case of 'he said / she said' with an even coarser grain of salt. BAPCo, a non-profit whose members include major tech industry heavyweights, slapped back at AMD today for publicly dissing the SYSmark 2012 benchmark it had... |
| Fisker Automotive now hiring in Delaware Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT Fisker Automotive now hiring in Delaware  Fisker Automotive now hiring in Delaware Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, USA, Fisker Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Back in October of 2009, Fisker Automotive bought General Motors' closed down Boxwood Road facility in Wilmington, Delaware. Now, nearly two years later, Fisker is gearing up to get the re-commissioned factory ready for production of Project Nina. This means that Fisker will need to hire some employees and it has announced that it's ready to do just that.... |
| Dutch net neutrality first in EU, mobile operators side-eye KPN Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT Dutch net neutrality first in EU, mobile operators side-eye KPN  Dutch net neutrality first in EU, mobile operators side-eye KPN KPN may have shot itself in the foot, but the Dutch parliament certainly helped pull the trigger. Following a very public brag earlier this year that the operator was using deep packet inspection to throttle service and charge users for unintended network usage comes a massive industry buzz kill in the form of mobile net neutrality legislation.... |
| Video: The Nokia N950, Or The MeeGo Phone You’ll Never Have Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT Video: The Nokia N950, Or The MeeGo Phone You'll Never Have  Video: The Nokia N950, Or The MeeGo Phone You'll Never Have When product shots of the MeeGo-powered Nokia N9 leaked out on Monday, something caught us a bit off guard. No, it wasn't that it was runnin' MeeGo — nor was it the device's funky Salmon-pink hue. The weird bit? It didn't have a keyboard. For months now, whispers and leaks around the rumor mill pinned the N9 as a MeeGo-powered device with a slide-out QWERTY handset.... |
| Verizon's 'DataGate' plans leaked in excruciating detail Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT Verizon's 'DataGate' plans leaked in excruciating detail  Verizon's 'DataGate' plans leaked in excruciating detail With each and every passing day, the rumors surrounding Verizon's new "usage plans" are getting tougher to ignore. It's only been two days since we initially heard Big Red was ready to ride its unlimited data plans into the sunset in favor of switching to a newer, more usage-friendly model, and the leaks continue to flood in.... |
| Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers Budget NYC Hotel Using Robot Luggage Handlers It's the first of several high-tech, sleek amenities guests encounter at the Yotel, a new hotel that aims to provide a trendy stay at an affordable price. |
| Congress Considers Bill Requiring Carriers To Explain Their Definition Of “4G” Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:44 AM PDT Congress Considers Bill Requiring Carriers To Explain Their Definition Of "4G"  Congress Considers Bill Requiring Carriers To Explain Their Definition Of "4G" All 4G is not created equal. You see, each carrier seems to be defining 4G as they see fit. Verizon's got their new LTE network. Sprint's got WiMax. AT&T and T-Mobile have upgraded their 3G networks to a faster (but still technically 3G) technology called HSPA+. Each carrier's network has widely varied speed capabilities, and are at different points in their nationwide coverage rollout — and yet, all of them are wrapped... |
| Nokia N9 to ship in Sweden on September 23rd, saith awkwardly translated release Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:44 AM PDT Nokia N9 to ship in Sweden on September 23rd, saith awkwardly translated release  Nokia N9 to ship in Sweden on September 23rd, saith awkwardly translated release As much as we love Google Translate, we're pretty sure the Nokia N9 won't be packing a side of gorilla flavored desert when it ships later this year -- but that Swedish release date? Sure, we'll take a salty look. According to an official press release from European carrier 3 Group, Nokia's flagship handset should be landing in Sweden on September 23, 2011.... |
| Report: Think Global files for bankruptcy Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:14 AM PDT Report: Think Global files for bankruptcy  Report: Think Global files for bankruptcy Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, Europe/EU, Th!nk (Think) When Ener1 abruptly ended its four-year-long deal with Think Global, saying that its investment was "impaired," we had reason to worry. Now comes word that the struggles continue to mount at Think Global and that the automaker has filed for bankruptcy. Again. According to a statement released by Ener1, Think Global will liquidate its assets in an attempt to pay back its creditors.... |
| MightyText pushes messages and incoming call alerts to your computer (hands-on) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:14 AM PDT MightyText pushes messages and incoming call alerts to your computer (hands-on)  MightyText pushes messages and incoming call alerts to your computer (hands-on) Have you ever missed an extremely important phone call or text because you were too busy finishing those TPS reports on your personal computing machine? There's a Chrome add-on for that. We went hands-on with a new extension (and accompanying Android app) called MightyText, a free notification service launched today that syncs your phone's texts and calls to your computer in real-time.... |
| Motorola Triumph Coming To Virgin Mobile On July 19th, Says… People Magazine Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:13 AM PDT Motorola Triumph Coming To Virgin Mobile On July 19th, Says… People Magazine  Motorola Triumph Coming To Virgin Mobile On July 19th, Says… People Magazine When Virgin Mobile announced the Blur-free and surprisingly-high-end-for-a-prepaid-phone Motorola Triumph, they neglected to mention two little details: the price, and the launch date. Thanks to the always resourceful gadget huntsters over at… wait, what? People Magazine? Anyway, thanks to a little blerp in People Magazine's "StyleWatch Concierge" section, it's lookin' like the Triumph will launch on July 19th.... |
| Games at Google revealed in job posting, takes a stab at social gaming Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:43 AM PDT Games at Google revealed in job posting, takes a stab at social gaming  Games at Google revealed in job posting, takes a stab at social gaming Well, one of the few remaining sectors that Google has yet to conquer, gaming, will be Big G free no longer. The tech giant is looking for a product manager to man a new property called Games at Google. Obviously, with just a job posting to work with, details are scant, but we can tell you that the gaming platform will boast some social features -- an area where the Goog... |
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