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Mitsubishi lops $15,000 off price of 2012 i-MiEV in Australia

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:22 PM PDT

Mitsubishi lops $15,000 off price of 2012 i-MiEV in Australia


Mitsubishi lops $15,000 off price of 2012 i-MiEV in Australia
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, Pacific Region Mitsubishi i-MiEV - Click above for high-res image gallery Mitsubishi Motors Australia has announced the price of its 2012 i-MiEV and it's a shocker. At $48,800 Australian ($51,444 U.S. at the current exchange rate), the 2012 i-MiEV is $14,977 less than the outgoing 2011 model. Now that's one heck of a discount (some simple math shows that the discount is 22.5 percent). The 2012 i-MiEV will launch in...

Strange clues hint at a new Samsung Galaxy S II running Windows Phone 7

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:22 PM PDT

Strange clues hint at a new Samsung Galaxy S II running Windows Phone 7


Strange clues hint at a new Samsung Galaxy S II running Windows Phone 7
The image above is unfortunately just a Photoshop special, designed to sucker you in. But there is evidence to suggest that a WP7 version of the overwhelmingly popular Galaxy S II might be just around the corner. What type of evidence, you ask? The numerological type: if you take the Galaxy S II's model number, SGH-927, then add 10, you get "SGH-937." Now, a device bearing that name has just cropped...

Leaked HP presentation hints at faster 64GB TouchPad in August, Pre 3 in fall?

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Leaked HP presentation hints at faster 64GB TouchPad in August, Pre 3 in fall?


Leaked HP presentation hints at faster 64GB TouchPad in August, Pre 3 in fall?
Go grab the Morton -- you're gonna need a grain or two. According to a "confidential HP product brief" sent anonymously to PreCentral, HP is on track to launch a new 64GB TouchPad next month, complete with a white glossy cabinet and a "processor bump," along with support for AT&T's HSPA+ network....

iriver P8 player pops up on Russian site, packs prodigious battery life

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:49 PM PDT

iriver P8 player pops up on Russian site, packs prodigious battery life


iriver P8 player pops up on Russian site, packs prodigious battery life
It's been a while since iriver last updated its P series of large-screen portable media players, -- so long in fact, that we thought the series had simply been retired. Imagine our surprise, when this five-incher popped up on the company's Russian site, sporting a long list of supported file formats, and an even longer battery life (up to nine hours of video and 40 hours of audio)....

AT&T to offer standard insurance for iPhone owners starting July 17th

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:18 PM PDT

AT&T to offer standard insurance for iPhone owners starting July 17th


AT&T to offer standard insurance for iPhone owners starting July 17th
If you have an AT&T iPhone in your possession, there's a good chance you've quickly glanced at available insurance options and noticed they're... well, a tad on the spendy side. Big Blue's only solution requires a $12 monthly asking price -- considering that's before the deductible gets factored in, we just can't imagine it selling like hotcakes....

Leaked AMD roadmap reveals next-gen Fusion tablet chips

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Leaked AMD roadmap reveals next-gen Fusion tablet chips


Leaked AMD roadmap reveals next-gen Fusion tablet chips
Until recently, AMD has kept pretty mum on its tablet plans, with it only officially entering the fray last month. It's clear that the first batch of Z-Series chips, codenamed Desna, are are not terribly different from the rest Fusion line but, according to a leaked roadmap, that will all change with its successor -- Hondo....

Joey Chestnut Wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Joey Chestnut Wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition


Joey Chestnut Wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition
Joey Chestnut has scarfed down 62 wieners to win his fifth consecutive July Fourth hot dog eating contest at New York's Coney Island.

Apple to allow license-free virtualization with OS X Lion, developers roar with delight

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:14 AM PDT

Apple to allow license-free virtualization with OS X Lion, developers roar with delight


Apple to allow license-free virtualization with OS X Lion, developers roar with delight
Developers and IT managers have reason to smile today, because it looks like Apple is changing its approach to virtualization. According to Mac Rumors, users who download the client version of OS X Lion will be able to run one or two virtualized copies on a single Mac, using tools like VMware or Parallels....

BYD says 2011 Q1 profit tumbled 84.4%

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:44 AM PDT

BYD says 2011 Q1 profit tumbled 84.4%


BYD says 2011 Q1 profit tumbled 84.4%
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, China, BYD Chinese automaker BYD, backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, says its net profit for the first quarter of 2011 fell 84.4 percent year-on-year. In a filing last Wednesday, BYD reported its 2011 Q1 net profit of 266.74 million yuan ($41.2 million U.S. at the current exchange rate), compared to 1.70 billion yuan ($263 million U.S.) for the first quarter of 2010. The decrease, according to BYD chairman...

Sony PSN 'Welcome Back' promotion extended... for one more day

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:12 AM PDT

Sony PSN 'Welcome Back' promotion extended... for one more day


Sony PSN 'Welcome Back' promotion extended... for one more day
Welcome back. Again. Chances are, anyone planning to grab those PSN freebies took their share when the promotion launched last month, but just in case you've been holding out, Sony's giving you another 24 hours (from now) to download your pair of free PS3 or PSP games, 100 virtual items from PlayStation Home, and 30 days of PlayStation Plus....

Google Circles knockoff hits Facebook courtesy of unofficial plug-in

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Google Circles knockoff hits Facebook courtesy of unofficial plug-in


Google Circles knockoff hits Facebook courtesy of unofficial plug-in
Have a bad case of Google+ envy? Here's a little something that should help hold you over until the site fully opens its flood gates. Circle Hack is a self-described "one-night experiment with Javascript" created by a few Facebook engineers in a non-affiliated capacity, which unofficially brings Google Circles-like functionality to the top social network....

Windows Phone 7 Foursquare app re-released, tweet counts rise rapidly

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Windows Phone 7 Foursquare app re-released, tweet counts rise rapidly


Windows Phone 7 Foursquare app re-released, tweet counts rise rapidly
Bummed about the myriad issues surrounding the original Foursquare app for Windows Phone 7? The troublesome program was pulled due to lacking features and a rather sub-par user experience, leaving mayors everywhere unable to verify their credentials for hard-earned discounts. Well fret no more, friends. A new version of the mobile check-in application has been released, showing off a retooled interface that takes full advantage of Microsoft's panoramic UI....

Illinois city makes getting an electric car a little more Normal

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:04 AM PDT

Illinois city makes getting an electric car a little more Normal


Illinois city makes getting an electric car a little more Normal
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy When you're about to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a plug-in vehicle, getting $300 off probably won't sway your purchasing decision one way or the other. But, every little bit helps in this economy and that's why Normal, IL is putting a bit of its own money into a small-scale electric vehicle tax incentive program. The exact value of the inventive will vary from vehicle...

Samsung Drops One Of Its Many Law Suits Against Apple

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:04 AM PDT

Samsung Drops One Of Its Many Law Suits Against Apple


Samsung Drops One Of Its Many Law Suits Against Apple
It's looking like Samsung and Apple got a bit carried away there for a while. Apparently the web of litigation surrounding the mobile giants has become too complicated for Samsung, who has chosen to drop one of its counter-suits against Apple. Specifically, the South Korea-based company will dismiss its counter-suit against Apple's original April filing alleging that the Galaxy line of phones and tablets mimic the iPad and iPhone. Nam Ki Yung,...

SleepWell forces WiFi to wait its turn, keeps gadgets well-rested

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:04 AM PDT

SleepWell forces WiFi to wait its turn, keeps gadgets well-rested


SleepWell forces WiFi to wait its turn, keeps gadgets well-rested
Ever feel like your WiFi devices' battery-lives are better off when not surrounded by peers and passersby? According to Duke University grad student Justin Manweiler and assistant professor Romit Roy Choudhury, this phenomenon is due to gadgets constantly fighting to retrieve the same data. Their Systems Networking Research Group has created a program dubbed SleepWell to alleviate the congestion; it puts WiFi to rest until the path is clear for accessing...

BBQ Tips From an Ex-Vegan Butcher

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT

BBQ Tips From an Ex-Vegan Butcher


BBQ Tips From an Ex-Vegan Butcher
Joshua Appleton is at the forefront of the local butcher shop revival.

Zune Originals shut down, humans revert to being average and uncreative

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT

Zune Originals shut down, humans revert to being average and uncreative


Zune Originals shut down, humans revert to being average and uncreative
Hard to believe that Microsoft's been offering consumers the ability to customize their Zune purchases for the better part of four years now, but as they say, all unbelievable things must one day face reality. Er, something to that effect. Without so much as a heads-up, the designers in Redmond have apparently decided to shutter the Zune Originals storefront....

Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: cancer experts say 'What, me worry?'

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:31 AM PDT

Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: cancer experts say 'What, me worry?'


Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: cancer experts say 'What, me worry?'
If you haven't already gotten whiplash from the ongoing cellphone-cancer debate, a freshly released scientific review might just do the trick. In the paper, published Friday, a panel of experts from Britain, Sweden and the US conducted a thorough survey of previous studies, before concluding that existing literature is "increasingly against" the theory that cellphone use causes brain tumors in adults....

PlayStation Store, Qriocity returning to Japan this week, completing global PSN restoration

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:00 AM PDT

PlayStation Store, Qriocity returning to Japan this week, completing global PSN restoration


PlayStation Store, Qriocity returning to Japan this week, completing global PSN restoration
Sony's 'Welcome Back' campaign may have drawn to a close a bit early, but the PlayStation Network won't make its full return to Japan until later this week. As of July 6th, Japanese gamers will once again be able to access the PlayStation Store and Qriocity, bringing an end to a nearly three-month suspension enacted after April's widespread data breach....

Caffenol turns Folgers into DIY film developer -- decaf won't do (video)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:57 AM PDT

Caffenol turns Folgers into DIY film developer -- decaf won't do (video)


Caffenol turns Folgers into DIY film developer -- decaf won't do (video)
We knew instant coffee was good for something. The folks at Make just demoed a rather novel method for developing negatives from a roll of black and white film -- you remember film, don't you? Known as Caffenol, the process involves a smattering of household substances, including Vitamin C powder, instant coffee (caffeinated only), good ole H2O, and Cascade....

Nokia Says Sayonara To Japan – Again

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:27 AM PDT

Nokia Says Sayonara To Japan – Again


Nokia Says Sayonara To Japan – Again
That was a long sayonara: in November 2008, Nokia decided to pull the plug on their Japan operations, at the same time announcing they will re-enter the market with their luxury sub-brand Vertu. They started offering those phones (and the services that come with them) in September 2009, but now decided to give up on this business in Japan, too. Nokia had been operating two Vertu stores in Japan, one in trendy...

Toshiba Thrive WiFi tablet hitting Best Buy on July 10th?

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Toshiba Thrive WiFi tablet hitting Best Buy on July 10th?


Toshiba Thrive WiFi tablet hitting Best Buy on July 10th?
Toshiba's Thrive -- the Honeycomb tablet that went so long without a name -- has evidently snagged itself a July 10th street date courtesy of Best Buy's inventory database. If you'll recall, pre-orders for the 10.1-inch pad got underway June 13th, but its release date was only loosely slated for mid-July....

Quadrocopters reined in by Kinect leash, we feel safer already

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:22 PM PDT

Quadrocopters reined in by Kinect leash, we feel safer already


Quadrocopters reined in by Kinect leash, we feel safer already
It seems like the folks over at the Flying Machine Arena are finally starting to catch on -- those quadrocopters are going to kill us all. Thankfully, after teaching them to juggle and tap out some tunes, the researchers came to their senses and put the flying machines on a Kinect-controlled leash....

LG RoboKing vacuum bot can self-diagnose, ask for help after colliding with your Roomba

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:50 PM PDT

LG RoboKing vacuum bot can self-diagnose, ask for help after colliding with your Roomba


LG RoboKing vacuum bot can self-diagnose, ask for help after colliding with your Roomba
Sick of all those one-way chats with your Roomba 700? LG's got you covered with its latest self-diagnosing robotized cleaning assistant. The newest RoboKing -- the VR6172LVM -- will set you back 779,000 Won (around $730), and apparently sports a low noise 48dB design (when it's not talking, we presume)....

How would you change Samsung's Series 9 laptop?

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 07:48 PM PDT

How would you change Samsung's Series 9 laptop?


How would you change Samsung's Series 9 laptop?
We know, Samsung already took the wind out of your "price cut!" sails, but hey -- we're pretty certain you've still got a few things you'd like to see changed on the altogether lovely Series 9. Sammy's sexiest laptop to date has surely found its way into the homes of quite a few ultraportable aficionados, boasting a Core i5 chip, USB 3.0 and lovely all-in-one trackpad....

Inhabitat's Week in Green: IKEA's massive solar array, climate-controlled clothing and ultra-green yachts

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 06:17 PM PDT

Inhabitat's Week in Green: IKEA's massive solar array, climate-controlled clothing and ultra-green yachts


Inhabitat's Week in Green: IKEA's massive solar array, climate-controlled clothing and ultra-green yachts
The summer sun supercharged green technology this week as Inhabitat reported that IKEA flipped the switch on a massive 65,000 square foot solar array and designer Markus Kayser unveiled an awesome self-sufficient solar-powered laser cutter. We also spotted a clever off-grid Tropicana billboard that is juiced by oranges, and we learned about a new piezoelectric film that could lead to laptops powered by typing....

Galaxy Tab 10.1 update coming soon, ushers TouchWiz into the Honeycomb era

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:46 PM PDT

Galaxy Tab 10.1 update coming soon, ushers TouchWiz into the Honeycomb era


Galaxy Tab 10.1 update coming soon, ushers TouchWiz into the Honeycomb era
That "future software upgrade" Samsung promised us for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is "coming soon" according to the company's site, though, when exactly "soon" might be is anyone's guess. When it does start trickling its way on to Sammy's slate, it'll be bringing with it a host of new features, including that Honeycomb edition of TouchWiz that's sure to be just as divisive as its smartphone ancestor....

Switched On: webOS wherever

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:13 PM PDT

Switched On: webOS wherever


Switched On: webOS wherever
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. This week's release of the HP TouchPad, the first device other than a handset to feature webOS, aptly demonstrates the promise and perils of HP's adopted operating system. The 4:3 tablet provides the large canvas that webOS seemed born to cover....