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Nissan Leaf joins up with Source London

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:16 PM PDT

Nissan Leaf joins up with Source London


Nissan Leaf joins up with Source London
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, UK Nissan has handed over the keys to a Leaf to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. With the Spring 2011 launch of London's city-wide plug-in vehicle membership scheme, Source London, it's fitting to have at least one Leaf on hand. Through Source London, Johnson champions plug-in vehicles and will supposedly install 1,300 public-use chargers across the sprawling city by the end of 2013....

Facebook to launch in-browser video chat powered by Skype?

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:16 PM PDT

Facebook to launch in-browser video chat powered by Skype?


Facebook to launch in-browser video chat powered by Skype?
Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype hasn't closed yet, but it looks like Redmond is already working behind the scenes to make the service even more ubiquitous. According to some anonymous sources interviewed by TechCrunch, Facebook is going to introduce video chat next week, and that service will be powered by none other than Skype....

Verizon data charges leak continues, $30 tethering for 4G customers

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Verizon data charges leak continues, $30 tethering for 4G customers


Verizon data charges leak continues, $30 tethering for 4G customers
The scan above purports to show a Verizon customer brochure that will appear in stores next Thursday, revealing nothing beyond the detailed leaks we've already reported but at least providing some reassuringly crinkled corroboration of the salient details. New customers will barred from the happy land of unlimited data, and will instead have to cough up tiered monthly fees ranging from $10 for 75MB up to $80 for 10GB, plus an...

Samsung drops counter suit against Apple -- Apple's still got a bone to pick

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT

Samsung drops counter suit against Apple -- Apple's still got a bone to pick


Samsung drops counter suit against Apple -- Apple's still got a bone to pick
Back in April, Samsung slapped back at Apple's claims of patent infringement with a healthy helping of ten claims of its own. Now Bloomberg is reporting that Samsung quietly dropped its counter suit against the Cupertino-based company on June 30th, in an attempt "to streamline the legal proceedings." Of course that doesn't mean the saga is over: Apple's smartphone infringement accusations stand, as do legal battles in South Korea, Japan, Germany,...

Livescribe axes developer developer program to focus on the cloud

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Livescribe axes developer developer program to focus on the cloud


Livescribe axes developer developer program to focus on the cloud
For the past several years one of the strangest and most interesting platforms with an app store all its own was the Livescribe series of smart-pens. Now, it's just another ditch to be dug in the development graveyard. After three years it will be closing up its SDK shop on July 22nd, and no more submissions too its app market will be accepted....

SAE International to hold 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit in Shanghai

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:12 AM PDT

SAE International to hold 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit in Shanghai


SAE International to hold 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit in Shanghai
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, China The SAE International 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit, to be held in Shanghai, China, will draw together some of the world's leading engineers, scientists and corporations to discuss breakthroughs in battery technology, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle commercialization efforts and China's pivotal role in the development of lithium-ion batteries. The 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit will build on the knowledge shared and in-depth discussions started at last year's summit....

MoviePass gets kicked out of theaters before it can get a ticket

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT

MoviePass gets kicked out of theaters before it can get a ticket


MoviePass gets kicked out of theaters before it can get a ticket
Here's a bad idea: announce a beta run for your discount subscription movie ticket service, but neglect to inform the 21 San Francisco-based theaters listed that they're part of the fun. That's essentially what Landmark, AMC, Camera Cinemas, and Big Cinemas are claiming MoviePass did earlier this week, and boy has the corn begun to pop....

Apple seeks preliminary injunction on Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:10 AM PDT

Apple seeks preliminary injunction on Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1


Apple seeks preliminary injunction on Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1
Drama. Rather than leaving well enough alone -- at least long enough for its lawyers to properly enjoy the Independence Day weekend -- Apple has seemingly kicked its ongoing legal battle with Samsung up a notch. According to a filing discovered by FOSS Patents, the perturbed in Cupertino have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction with the US District Court for the Northern District of California....

'Dr. Beach' Picks the 5 Best Great Lakes Beaches

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:10 AM PDT

'Dr. Beach' Picks the 5 Best Great Lakes Beaches


'Dr. Beach' Picks the 5 Best Great Lakes Beaches
Sleeping Bear Dunes is named best of the bunch.

West Japan Railway to launch diesel hybrid train in 2015

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 06:09 AM PDT

West Japan Railway to launch diesel hybrid train in 2015


West Japan Railway to launch diesel hybrid train in 2015
Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Transportation Alternatives, Japan West Japan Railway (WJR) says that its days of developing and testing diesel-electric hybrid prototype trains will soon come to a halt. This isn't because WJR has lost faith in the hybrid train. Rather, WJR says that its development work is nearly complete and says that a practical version of its hybrid train will be ready for operation by 2015, according to the Nikkei (sub....

iPad 2 jailbreak available now? (video)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:08 AM PDT

iPad 2 jailbreak available now? (video)


iPad 2 jailbreak available now? (video)
Can't say it happened at Mach 3, but the iPad 2 jailbreak that we saw teased back in mid-March seems to have made its way out into the wild at long last. According to the video hosted up just past the break, JailbreakMe 3.0 is now available with support for the iPad 2....

Modder outfits Nexus One with an Arduino-powered, pager-style display -- of course

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:36 AM PDT

Modder outfits Nexus One with an Arduino-powered, pager-style display -- of course


Modder outfits Nexus One with an Arduino-powered, pager-style display -- of course
Not satisfied with a Sony Ericsson LiveView as a secondary display for your Android phone, or a dual-screen device like the Kyocera Echo? Then you might want to consider something like this decidedly more homebrew approach from modder "follower," which uses the Android Open Accessory protocol to connect the Frankenpager-type contraption you see above to an otherwise ordinary Nexus One....

California carpool exemptions expire, quashing yellow-sticker envy

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:33 AM PDT

California carpool exemptions expire, quashing yellow-sticker envy


California carpool exemptions expire, quashing yellow-sticker envy
It looks like it's time to kiss that sweet HOV goodbye for lone California hybrid drivers. No, there hasn't been a spike in Clean Air Vehicle sticker thievery -- this time it's official. According to the California DMV, those little yellow stickers that once gave hybrid owners the right to ride solo in carpool lanes have expired, leaving some 85,000 drivers to fall in line with the rest of the state's...

Kodak granted reprieve in its ITC battle with Apple and RIM

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:58 PM PDT

Kodak granted reprieve in its ITC battle with Apple and RIM


Kodak granted reprieve in its ITC battle with Apple and RIM
Kodak scored a small victory this week in its International Trade Commission (ITC) case against Apple and RIM for their devices' infringement of Kodak's patent on picture previews. Back in January, an ITC administrative law judge (ALJ) made an initial determination that the patent was invalid and that iPhones and Blackberrys don't infringe Kodak's IP....

Screen Grabs: Google Street View car rolls on to set of Burn Notice

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:54 PM PDT

Screen Grabs: Google Street View car rolls on to set of Burn Notice


Screen Grabs: Google Street View car rolls on to set of Burn Notice
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com. It looks like somebody's got a new publicist. Sure, the Google Street View car's received its fair share of bad press lately -- what with all those invasion of privacy claims -- but we wouldn't feel too sorry for the little guy....

Droid 3 leaks reveal manual, confirm July 7th and 14th release dates

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:52 PM PDT

Droid 3 leaks reveal manual, confirm July 7th and 14th release dates


Droid 3 leaks reveal manual, confirm July 7th and 14th release dates
The oft-leaked Motorola Droid 3 is dripping information yet again, this time over on Droid-Life where an internal flyer confirms it will be available at retail locations July 14th, with direct fulfillment orders (upgrade in-store, get the phone by mail) starting a week earlier. If that's somehow not enough, there's also a PDF copy of the manual available for download but if you watched the tutorial videos there's probably not much...

Cincinnati Bell brings Froyo to Milestone XT720, holds your hand through rooting process

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:50 PM PDT

Cincinnati Bell brings Froyo to Milestone XT720, holds your hand through rooting process


Cincinnati Bell brings Froyo to Milestone XT720, holds your hand through rooting process
Rooting is the dark side of the Android platform. It opens your phone up to a world of unsanctioned opportunities and typically has carriers swatting you back with illegal network usage fees. So you'll understand how bizarre it is that Cincinnati Bell is offering Milestone XT720 users software and an instructional video how-to that boots Eclair out, for its Froyo successor....

Barnes & Noble offers 30 free e-books to switch to Nook -- that's one expensive carrot

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:19 PM PDT

Barnes & Noble offers 30 free e-books to switch to Nook -- that's one expensive carrot


Barnes & Noble offers 30 free e-books to switch to Nook -- that's one expensive carrot
It seems dangling deals to lure consumers away from competitors is all the rage these days, and Barnes & Noble has jumped on the make-the-switch bandwagon, offering $315 worth of e-books to prospective buyers of its Nook e-reader. Starting today, when owners of those other devices tote their current e-readers into a Barnes & Noble store and buy themselves a new Nook or Nook Color, they'll get 30 free eBooks, with...

Got range anxiety? Solar control glass lets you turn down the A/C

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:17 PM PDT

Got range anxiety? Solar control glass lets you turn down the A/C


Got range anxiety? Solar control glass lets you turn down the A/C
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in Hyundai Genesis fitted with solar control glass The EPGAA, an automotive glass industry association, says that solar control glass can "substantially" reduce the need for A/C, thus extending the range of an electric vehicle. Overcoming "range anxiety" is key to electric vehicle adoption, says the EPGAA....

Nokia pulls out of Japan, once again, nobody notices

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Nokia pulls out of Japan, once again, nobody notices


Nokia pulls out of Japan, once again, nobody notices
Okay, we've played this game before, but that was almost three years ago. This time, Nokia's really leaving Japan, and they're taking their fancy luxury phones with them. Actually, Nokia's high-end Vertu phones were all it had left in the land of the rising sun, and even those were only readily available in Tokyo's Shibuya and Ginza districts -- so out of Japan by the end of July?...

Car Sales Rose in June

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Car Sales Rose in June


Car Sales Rose in June
GM, Ford post sales gains as market rebounds from May slip.

Video: Pew Clean Energy makes cents (!) of up to 62 mpg

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Video: Pew Clean Energy makes cents (!) of up to 62 mpg


Video: Pew Clean Energy makes cents (!) of up to 62 mpg
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA Pew Clean Energy: Increase My MPG! - Click above to watch video after the jump The Pew Clean Energy Program has launched a video to raise awareness of the cost-saving benefits of increasing CAFE standards to up to 62 miles per gallon by 2025. Pew says that at 62 mpg, drivers could pocket an average net savings of $6,475 over the lifetime of the vehicle. Phyllis Cuttino,...

Quantum dots could coat the world in nano-sized solar panels

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Quantum dots could coat the world in nano-sized solar panels


Quantum dots could coat the world in nano-sized solar panels
We've long believed in the mystical power of quantum dots, so it makes perfect sense to us that one day they'll be used to fully harness the Sun God's rays and thereby save the planet. The nano-particles turn light into electricity, and could potentially be manufactured cheaply and abundantly enough to coat surfaces in current-generating paint....

OakTec's 100-mpg Honda Insight banned from Formula 1000 Rally Championship

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:13 PM PDT

OakTec's 100-mpg Honda Insight banned from Formula 1000 Rally Championship


OakTec's 100-mpg Honda Insight banned from Formula 1000 Rally Championship
Filed under: Hybrid, Honda, Racing Hit hard for being too dominant, Oaktec's fuel-sipping Honda Insight has been banned from the Formula 1000 Rally Championship. Developed exclusively for Formula 1000 rallying, Oaktec's tuned Insight returned 100 miles per gallon when pushed slowly and nearly 82 mpg when the pace quickened. Since Formula 1000 emphasizes both mileage and speed, the race-prepped Insight dominated the start of the 2011 season with two wins and a second-place...

Facebook, Hulu partnership accidentally clicks 'security breach' instead of 'Like'

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Facebook, Hulu partnership accidentally clicks 'security breach' instead of 'Like'


Facebook, Hulu partnership accidentally clicks 'security breach' instead of 'Like'
Even though there's a For Sale sign in the window Hulu isn't taking a break and today it unveiled a new partnership with Facebook to make its library of TV shows and movies more social. Adding Facebook Connect (competitor Netflix may be on the board, but it's still working on adding the button) should let the social network log you in, customize things based on preferences from you and your friends,...