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- Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video)
- Carlos Ghosn receives coveted FISITA medal for contributions to sustainable mobility
- Acer's AC700 Chromebook coming to the US this month for $350, 3G model arriving later this summer
- OliPad 110 video preview makes us wish we'd paid attention in Italian class
- Chrysler Vows to Rebuild SRT
- Obama pledges $500 million to accelerate emerging technologies
- Sprint wants enterprise customers to consider WiMAX, ditch the T-1
- HTC Plans Full-Scale Attack On Mainland China, Looks To Triple Its Retail Presence
- NVIDIA teases a pair of mystery laptop GPUs running Crysis 2 (video)
- Denmark to test Nuvve vehicle-to-grid technology
- Apple's A6 processor may come courtesy of TSMC, Samsung left to wonder why
- Porsche Takes Its Employees Racing
- Best Cars for Young Drivers
- Star Wars Operation lets you get to the bottom of the R2-D2 booster rocket debate
- 11-year-old girl drives lightweight diesel concept to 1,325-mpg
- Apple To Samsung: If You Copy Us, We Won’t Let You Build Our Chips (So There!)
- Mitsubishi's new all-in-one set crams 500GB HDD and Blu-ray recorder into tiny package
- Low-cost Andy Pad tablet spotted in the wild, Andy Pad Pro said to be following
- Star Wars prequels inspire EDWARD, a most unusual electric vehicle [w/video]
- Microsoft-led consortium to trial super WiFi network across the pond
- "Bumblebee" Edition Chevrolet Camaro Revealed
- Travel Gadgets: Tech to Take With You
- Prius-badged vehicles to become Toyota's best-selling model?
- LaCie introduces Porsche-designed, aluminum-framed USB 3.0 HDDs
- Apple Steps Up Their Game with iOS 5, Makes Jailbreaking More Difficult
- African-designed VMK Gingerbread tablet eager to show its face, shipping in September
- New Details On Google’s Next Nexus: Now Known As Nexus “Prime,” Built By Samsung
- Boingo teams with Gogo for in-flight internet magic, leaves us wanting more
- Why the Senate ethanol vote is less than it seems
- US Supreme Court strikes down California law, says video games are protected as free speech
| Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:44 PM PDT Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video)  Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video) Make no mistake, Microsoft isn't playing coy in the smartphone market any longer. The folks in Redmond are making a significant jump forward in the mobile arena, announcing that the upcoming version of Windows Phone, codenamed "Mango," will be heading to a device near you in time for the holidays.... |
| Carlos Ghosn receives coveted FISITA medal for contributions to sustainable mobility Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT Carlos Ghosn receives coveted FISITA medal for contributions to sustainable mobility  Carlos Ghosn receives coveted FISITA medal for contributions to sustainable mobility Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, has received the coveted 2011 FISITA medal for his achievements in "building a cross-cultural partnership and for his work in favor of sustainable mobility for all through a complete range of 100-percent electric vehicles." In a statement, Ghosn said: One of the greatest honors one can aspire to is to be singled out as a leader in innovation and sustainability.... |
| Acer's AC700 Chromebook coming to the US this month for $350, 3G model arriving later this summer Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT Acer's AC700 Chromebook coming to the US this month for $350, 3G model arriving later this summer  Acer's AC700 Chromebook coming to the US this month for $350, 3G model arriving later this summer Samsung's beautiful-but-pricey Series 5 Chromebook too rich for your blood? Fear not, cloud-dwellers. Acer just announced that its Chromebook, dubbed the AC700, will go on sale in the states this month for $349.99, to be followed by a 3G-equipped version later this summer. If you're part of the niche market that would happily live in Chrome OS in exchange for instant-on access, be advised that it runs on an Atom N570... |
| OliPad 110 video preview makes us wish we'd paid attention in Italian class Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT OliPad 110 video preview makes us wish we'd paid attention in Italian class  OliPad 110 video preview makes us wish we'd paid attention in Italian class Looking for a little more insight into the second tablet from Italy's first consumer tablet manufacturer? Olivetti's product manager Richard Jelmini was caught on camera extensively demoing the Honeycomb-running device, and like the 100 before it, the OliPad 110 looks like a pretty solid piece of hardware. The tablet has a 10-inch touchscreen, front and rear-facing cameras, and 16GB of built-in memory.... |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT Chrysler Vows to Rebuild SRT Chrysler Vows to Rebuild SRT Promises high-end audio, electronics along with tuned engines. |
| Obama pledges $500 million to accelerate emerging technologies Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT Obama pledges $500 million to accelerate emerging technologies  Obama pledges $500 million to accelerate emerging technologies Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA On Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national initiative designed to intertwine industry, universities and the federal government to advance emerging technologies. The President's plan calls for more than $500 million to jumpstart AMP, with significant investments to be made in these key areas: Building domestic manufacturing capabilities in critical national security industries Reducing the time needed... |
| Sprint wants enterprise customers to consider WiMAX, ditch the T-1 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:37 PM PDT Sprint wants enterprise customers to consider WiMAX, ditch the T-1  Sprint wants enterprise customers to consider WiMAX, ditch the T-1 Sprint seems to think its 4G tech would make an excellent replacement for the old-school T-1 lines many businesses have been relying on to keep them connected to the web since the 1970s. You may remember that WiMAX was originally pitched as a "last mile" solution as well as the next generation of mobile broadband.... |
| HTC Plans Full-Scale Attack On Mainland China, Looks To Triple Its Retail Presence Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:01 PM PDT HTC Plans Full-Scale Attack On Mainland China, Looks To Triple Its Retail Presence  HTC Plans Full-Scale Attack On Mainland China, Looks To Triple Its Retail Presence Ambitious goals are nothing new to HTC. As last year came to a close, the Taiwan-based phone maker promised to sell 60 million handsets in 2011, three times what it sold in 2010. With a good six months left before we see if that last goal will be met, HTC has vowed to add another 1,370 retail stores in mainland China, bringing its total to 2,000. Again, this is a rather lofty... |
| NVIDIA teases a pair of mystery laptop GPUs running Crysis 2 (video) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:01 PM PDT NVIDIA teases a pair of mystery laptop GPUs running Crysis 2 (video)  NVIDIA teases a pair of mystery laptop GPUs running Crysis 2 (video) Did someone say controlled leak? NVIDIA's come clean about the fact that it has some news to share tomorrow, but until then, it's being oh-so demure about what it has up its sleeve. Behold, an unnamed GPU -- two of 'em, in fact! -- running Crysis 2 in SLI mode.... |
| Denmark to test Nuvve vehicle-to-grid technology Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT Denmark to test Nuvve vehicle-to-grid technology  Denmark to test Nuvve vehicle-to-grid technology Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU Luxgen EV MPV - Click above for high-res image gallery Most vehicles are parked nearly 95 percent of the time. This means that those expensive battery packs in electric vehicles are sitting useless most of the time. Or does it? Why not put battery packs in parked vehicles to work?... |
| Apple's A6 processor may come courtesy of TSMC, Samsung left to wonder why Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT Apple's A6 processor may come courtesy of TSMC, Samsung left to wonder why  Apple's A6 processor may come courtesy of TSMC, Samsung left to wonder why Apple's fondness for anorexic handhelds knows no bounds, and if this alleged deal with the Asian foundry holds water, expect to see its waistband tighten further. Rumoured back before the iPad 2 launch, the house-that-Steve-built's reportedly been eyeing Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp to produce an 'A6' for its upcoming iPhone refresh.... |
| Porsche Takes Its Employees Racing Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT Porsche Takes Its Employees Racing Porsche Takes Its Employees Racing This weekend's Carrera Cup Nürburgring race featured a new twist. |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT Best Cars for Young Drivers Best Cars for Young Drivers 8 vehicles that are cool, reasonably priced, fuel efficient and reliable. |
| Star Wars Operation lets you get to the bottom of the R2-D2 booster rocket debate Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:52 PM PDT Star Wars Operation lets you get to the bottom of the R2-D2 booster rocket debate  Star Wars Operation lets you get to the bottom of the R2-D2 booster rocket debate Let's face it kids, you weren't going to be a doctor. Time to give up on that dream. But what about the equally exciting and significantly less bloody world of droid repair? We all know that robots will soon have a major presence in our society, piloting our spaceships and mingling with our Wokiees (good luck getting into our cantinas, though), so it's probably best to get a jump on these... |
| 11-year-old girl drives lightweight diesel concept to 1,325-mpg Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:19 PM PDT 11-year-old girl drives lightweight diesel concept to 1,325-mpg  11-year-old girl drives lightweight diesel concept to 1,325-mpg Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Lightweight Pictured above is an innovative hypermiling concept vehicle - developed by Cambridge Design Partnership - that can travel up to 1,325 miles on a single gallon of gas. Perhaps more impressive is that, yes, an eleven-year-old named Kitty Foster is driving it. The lightweight proof-of-concept vehicle, which doesn't seem to have been given a proper name, was driven by Kitty at the UK's annual Mileage Marathon Challenge... |
| Apple To Samsung: If You Copy Us, We Won’t Let You Build Our Chips (So There!) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:19 PM PDT Apple To Samsung: If You Copy Us, We Won't Let You Build Our Chips (So There!)  Apple To Samsung: If You Copy Us, We Won't Let You Build Our Chips (So There!) Just a couple months ago, Apple and Samsung were basically BFFs. Of course, they were still competitors, but their relationship was symbiotic. Samsung produced the A4 chips that run Apple's iPhone 4 and the A5 chips found in the iPad 2, and in return, Apple became Samsung's largest customer, providing the South Korea-based company with millions of dollars in revenue. But the seas have grown rough between Cupertino and Seoul, with the... |
| Mitsubishi's new all-in-one set crams 500GB HDD and Blu-ray recorder into tiny package Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:19 PM PDT Mitsubishi's new all-in-one set crams 500GB HDD and Blu-ray recorder into tiny package  Mitsubishi's new all-in-one set crams 500GB HDD and Blu-ray recorder into tiny package Mitsubishi's new Real LCD-22BLR500 TV is hardly the first set packed with a built-in Blu-ray recorder and hard drive, but it's certainly one of the smaller ones we've seen. The 22-inch 1,366 x 768 LED-backlit display is probably too tiny for your average living room, but cramming the 500GB HDD and optical dive in the base helps it keep a thin profile and a stable footprint that could fit perfectly in... |
| Low-cost Andy Pad tablet spotted in the wild, Andy Pad Pro said to be following Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:38 AM PDT Low-cost Andy Pad tablet spotted in the wild, Andy Pad Pro said to be following  Low-cost Andy Pad tablet spotted in the wild, Andy Pad Pro said to be following UK-based Andy Pad has been teasing its eponymously-titled Android tablet for a little while now, but it was just recently spotted in the wild for the first time at an apparently private launch event, where those in attendance were also apparently told that it will be available in two versions: an 8GB model for £129, and a 16GB for £169 (or roughly $200 and $270).... |
| Star Wars prequels inspire EDWARD, a most unusual electric vehicle [w/video] Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:03 AM PDT Star Wars prequels inspire EDWARD, a most unusual electric vehicle [w/video]  Star Wars prequels inspire EDWARD, a most unusual electric vehicle [w/video] Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in The Hailfire Droid from Star Wars is one slick vehicle. The only downside is the closest you could get to driving one is by buying the Lego version. The EDWARD, on the other hand, is a diwheel that actually exists. An acronym standing for Electric Diwheel With Active Rotation Damping, EDWARD was developed over several years at the University of Adelaide. This futuristic vehicle is propelled entirely by... |
| Microsoft-led consortium to trial super WiFi network across the pond Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:03 AM PDT Microsoft-led consortium to trial super WiFi network across the pond  Microsoft-led consortium to trial super WiFi network across the pond British mobile bandwidth hogs won't have to curb their data enthusiasm anytime soon if a scheduled 'super WiFi' trial minds it manners. Led by Microsoft and backed by the UK's biggest TV providers, this roided-up wireless network surfs along the spare 150MHz spectrum that terrestrial television avoids. Christened the 'white spaces,' networks abroad (and in the US) maintain these unused frequencies to prevent signal interference, but with MS' Dan Reed calling... |
| "Bumblebee" Edition Chevrolet Camaro Revealed Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:03 AM PDT "Bumblebee" Edition Chevrolet Camaro Revealed "Bumblebee" Edition Chevrolet Camaro Revealed $3,000 appearance package is a fanboy's dream. |
| Travel Gadgets: Tech to Take With You Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:03 AM PDT Travel Gadgets: Tech to Take With You Travel Gadgets: Tech to Take With You In my teens, I never went on vacation without my yellow Sony Walkman. These days, travel gear has become a little more sophisticated but the premise is the same: some high tech toys can help you relax when it comes to time for some R&R. |
| Prius-badged vehicles to become Toyota's best-selling model? Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT Prius-badged vehicles to become Toyota's best-selling model?  Prius-badged vehicles to become Toyota's best-selling model? Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota 2012 Toyota Prius V - Click above for high-res image gallery Set to quadruple its Prius-badged vehicle lineup with the addition of the Prius V, Prius Plug-in and Prius C, Toyota says that autos bearing the Prius nameplate may soon become the company's best-selling vehicles in the U.S., surpassing the Corolla and Camry. While speaking at a Prius V media event, Ed Larocque, Toyota's national marketing manager for advanced technology... |
| LaCie introduces Porsche-designed, aluminum-framed USB 3.0 HDDs Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT LaCie introduces Porsche-designed, aluminum-framed USB 3.0 HDDs  LaCie introduces Porsche-designed, aluminum-framed USB 3.0 HDDs LaCie, a company that's no stranger to employing aluminum and high profile designers on its external storage drives, is back at it today with the announcement of a pair of new HDDs. The P9220 Mobile and P9230 Desktop drives -- one's thin and portable, the other's chunkier and stores more data, guess which is which -- harness the creative minds at Porsche Design to deliver...... |
| Apple Steps Up Their Game with iOS 5, Makes Jailbreaking More Difficult Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT Apple Steps Up Their Game with iOS 5, Makes Jailbreaking More Difficult  Apple Steps Up Their Game with iOS 5, Makes Jailbreaking More Difficult The iOS hacking world is full of all kinds of crazy terms and phrases. "Cydia". "DFU Mode". "Saving your blobs." That last one — the blob one — is a particularly important idea for those on the cutting edge of the jailbreak scene. To break down the concept as simply as I can: by saving a record of a few chunks of data (the SHSH "blob") uniquely generated for your iPhone during... |
| African-designed VMK Gingerbread tablet eager to show its face, shipping in September Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT African-designed VMK Gingerbread tablet eager to show its face, shipping in September  African-designed VMK Gingerbread tablet eager to show its face, shipping in September This is the upcoming tablet from Congolese company VMK -- or, rather, this is the back of the upcoming tablet. We received a note from the company's CEO explaining that, while the Gingerbread slate is making its internet debut, the front isn't quite ready for public consumption, seeing as how the company is a bit worried about getting poached by copycats as it attempts to register a few trademarks.... |
| New Details On Google’s Next Nexus: Now Known As Nexus “Prime,” Built By Samsung Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:53 AM PDT New Details On Google's Next Nexus: Now Known As Nexus "Prime," Built By Samsung  New Details On Google's Next Nexus: Now Known As Nexus "Prime," Built By Samsung When we reported on the Nexus 4G, Google's first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, we weren't sure whether or not it would be a "pure Google" device or a handset made by one of the tech giant's manufacturing partners. The inside source promised a "monster-sized" 720p display, a 4G radio of some kind, an an OMAP440 processor, but none of the leaked specs hinted at who would make the device. Today, however, BGR's... |
| Boingo teams with Gogo for in-flight internet magic, leaves us wanting more Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:52 AM PDT Boingo teams with Gogo for in-flight internet magic, leaves us wanting more  Boingo teams with Gogo for in-flight internet magic, leaves us wanting more So, here's the good news: Boingo Wireless has teamed up with Aircell, a company that provides WiFi in the skies. Now, the bad news: it barely matters. At first blush, we assumed a Boingo / Gogo tie-up would allow monthly subscribers to the former to get gratis access to the latter; in fact, that's not at all the case.... |
| Why the Senate ethanol vote is less than it seems Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:21 AM PDT Why the Senate ethanol vote is less than it seems  Why the Senate ethanol vote is less than it seems Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USA It's not often that you find environmental writers applauding the actions of Republicans in the Senate, but when 40 Republicans joined 33 Democrats in a bipartisan vote to shut down funding for ethanol subsidies earlier this month, even some on the left were cheering.... |
| US Supreme Court strikes down California law, says video games are protected as free speech Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:21 AM PDT US Supreme Court strikes down California law, says video games are protected as free speech  US Supreme Court strikes down California law, says video games are protected as free speech It's already been found unconstitutional by lower courts, and now the Supreme Court of the United States has finally weighed in on the infamous California state law that sought to ban the sale of violent video games to minors. In a seven-to-two ruling on the Brown v. The Entertainment Merchants Association case, the Supreme Court said that video games are indeed protected as free speech under the First Amendment, and noted... |
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