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Facebook Vibes outed in video calling code, related music service seems a lock

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Facebook Vibes outed in video calling code, related music service seems a lock


Facebook Vibes outed in video calling code, related music service seems a lock
You never really know what you're onto until you look, but who knew "looking" involved "digging through source code?" Software guru Jeff Rose had his curiosity piqued yesterday with the proper launch of Facebook Video Calling, and rather than just being satisfied with things working, he took it upon himself to see how exactly things were coming together under the hood....

Confirmed: Subaru to launch first-ever hybrid vehicle in 2013

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Confirmed: Subaru to launch first-ever hybrid vehicle in 2013


Confirmed: Subaru to launch first-ever hybrid vehicle in 2013
Filed under: Hybrid, Subaru, Japan, USA Subaru Hybrid Tourer concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Subaru has officially confirmed it will enter the hybrid segment in 2013 with the launch of an undisclosed gas-electric vehicle. Reports point to some sort of Subaru vehicle, packed with Toyota's hybrid technology, debuting over in Japan in 2013....

Xperia Arc hits the US unlocked and ready for action

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT

Xperia Arc hits the US unlocked and ready for action


Xperia Arc hits the US unlocked and ready for action
The Xperia Arc is one the best handsets we've seen from Sony Ericsson, but US consumers have had to sit by and watch as the thing popped up in other markets around the world -- until now, that is. The unlocked quad-band 3G handset just hit Sony's store. The Gingerbread-packing smartphone has a 4.2-inch Reality Display, 512MB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera, and will start shipping tomorrow....

Apple iOS 4.3.4 software update may fix iPhone hole, block PDF jailbreak

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT

Apple iOS 4.3.4 software update may fix iPhone hole, block PDF jailbreak


Apple iOS 4.3.4 software update may fix iPhone hole, block PDF jailbreak
Remember that PDF exploit from last year that JailbreakMe 2.0 was using to unlock your iPhone with just a few taps? Well, Apple patched it. And now it's apparently back. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple acknowledged the exploit, and is working on an update at this very moment....

Recycled Motor Oil Hits the Shelves

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT

Recycled Motor Oil Hits the Shelves


Recycled Motor Oil Hits the Shelves
But will consumers lube their 'green' conscience with 'used' oil?

Motorola (Re)Posts Droid 3 Tutorial Videos

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:56 PM PDT

Motorola (Re)Posts Droid 3 Tutorial Videos


Motorola (Re)Posts Droid 3 Tutorial Videos
Where have we seen this video before? It was released today, but is still… oddly familiar. Oh, that's right, it was leaked about a month ago, and then abruptly pulled by Motorola. The star of the show, Motorola's Droid 3, made its way onto the market this morning, officially going live on Verizon's site for $199.99 on a two-year agreement....

The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:56 PM PDT

The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!


The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!
Engadget founder Peter Rojas had such a blast on the last episode of The Engadget Show that he's taken up Tim and Brian's offer to lend his voice to this week's podcast. We'll be talking more about the unfulfilled promise of the HP TouchPad and maybe setting up a Facebook / Skype meetup, since the Google+ thing went so well....

Mitsubishi i rated 112 MPGe with 62 to 98-mile range

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Mitsubishi i rated 112 MPGe with 62 to 98-mile range


Mitsubishi i rated 112 MPGe with 62 to 98-mile range
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi Mitsubishi i - Click above for high-res image gallery Mitsubishi is nearly ready to join North America's nascent all-electric parade. The 2012 Mitsubishi i will be available sometime early next year, and the automotive world has been speculating on the type of electron-powered economy one can expect to achieve when behind the wheel....

Roger's first LTE network is live in Ottawa, aims to become fastest in North America

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Roger's first LTE network is live in Ottawa, aims to become fastest in North America


Roger's first LTE network is live in Ottawa, aims to become fastest in North America
Good news for those of you waiting for Roger's first LTE network launch in Ottawa, Canada: it happened. Ottawa's LTE debut now puts Rogers firmly at the top of the heap amongst its chief rivals Bell and Telus -- at least where speed is concerned. To start, the only device on offer is the Sierra Wireless AirCard 313U, which retails at $79.99 on a three-year deal or $169.99 completely off-contract....

GM Offering Free Insurance With Purchase of a New Car

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

GM Offering Free Insurance With Purchase of a New Car


GM Offering Free Insurance With Purchase of a New Car
Want to eliminate your car insurance? Buy a new car. Huh?

New Hampshire Beach Named 'Superstar'

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

New Hampshire Beach Named 'Superstar'


New Hampshire Beach Named 'Superstar'
Consistently clean water at New Hampshire's Hampton Beach State Park has helped the beach receive a "superstar" beach ranking from a national group.

Motorola's LTE-infused Xoom 2 tablet caught skipping through the FCC?

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Motorola's LTE-infused Xoom 2 tablet caught skipping through the FCC?


Motorola's LTE-infused Xoom 2 tablet caught skipping through the FCC?
There's nothing but a photo, a few dimensions and confirmation that LTE / CDMA radios are onboard, but it's sure looking like the device linked down in the source is Motorola's elusive followup to the Xoom. For those camped out under a boulder the past day or so, the Xoom recently saw a permanent $100 price drop for the WiFi-only model, and eagle-eyed observers may recall a brief glimpse of what...

Visualized: 130 years of GE innovation, accentuated with 130-year old Instagram filters

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Visualized: 130 years of GE innovation, accentuated with 130-year old Instagram filters


Visualized: 130 years of GE innovation, accentuated with 130-year old Instagram filters
It may not pay any taxes, but General Electric sure knows how to use an iPhone 4 to upload photos to Tumblr. Hit the source link for a boatload of other shots that probably are as old as they look. But, not at all.Visualized: 130 years of GE innovation, accentuated with 130-year old Instagram filters originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:26:00 EDT....

U.S. Auto Industry on a Hiring Spree

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:53 PM PDT

U.S. Auto Industry on a Hiring Spree


U.S. Auto Industry on a Hiring Spree
As an employer, it's growing faster than airplane manufacturers, shipbuilders, health care providers and the federal government.

McDonald's to use its deep-fryer oil to fuel delivery trucks in UAE

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:22 PM PDT

McDonald's to use its deep-fryer oil to fuel delivery trucks in UAE


McDonald's to use its deep-fryer oil to fuel delivery trucks in UAE
Filed under: Biodiesel, Middle East Over in the United Arab Emirates, McDonald's will fuel up its delivery trucks with waste oil from its own deep fryers. This is not the first time that McDonald's has turned to its own vats of grease for fuel and likely won't be the last. Dubai-based Neutral Fuels has announced that it struck up a deal to convert McDonald's used oil into biodiesel to fuel the hamburger joint's...

HP TouchPad parts analyzed, manufacturing cost similar to the iPad 2

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:22 PM PDT

HP TouchPad parts analyzed, manufacturing cost similar to the iPad 2


HP TouchPad parts analyzed, manufacturing cost similar to the iPad 2
We know what's inside the TouchPad and we know just what it's like to live with the culmination of those parts, and now Isuppli is doing its best to figure out just what those individual components set HP back each time one rolls off the assembly line. According to that firm's analysis, the grand cost to build a single $599.99 MSRP, 32GB TouchPad is $328....

iPhone 5 / 4S: the rumor roundup

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:22 PM PDT

iPhone 5 / 4S: the rumor roundup


iPhone 5 / 4S: the rumor roundup
It's July, there is no new iPhone, and the analysts are restless. This time last year, Apple had already announced and begun shipping the iPhone 4 -- in fact, every single previous model has been announced in June, save for the first, which was unveiled in January 2007. So, now that the month has come and gone and WWDC with it, what are all of the tech publications out there to...

MSI's Brazos-powered WindPad 110w tablet officially up for pre-order, ships August 1st

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:50 AM PDT

MSI's Brazos-powered WindPad 110w tablet officially up for pre-order, ships August 1st


MSI's Brazos-powered WindPad 110w tablet officially up for pre-order, ships August 1st
It happened once before, but now it's in stone: MSI has just come clean with its WindPad 110w pre-order, with $599.99 grabbing you a place in line. For those who've forgotten, that price premium nets you a 10-inch panel (1280 x 800), 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 32GB solid state drive, a pair of full-size USB ports, a mini-HDMI socket, Windows 7 and AMD's Brazos processor platform....

Apple files ITC request to block import of select Samsung devices

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:50 AM PDT

Apple files ITC request to block import of select Samsung devices


Apple files ITC request to block import of select Samsung devices
And with that, yet another punch is thrown. The slugfest that is Apple vs. Samsung is getting uglier by the minute, as each one pushes the other's buttons in a presumed effort to get paid (or get the other to back down). Just as Apple was being told "no" in a request for a preliminary injunction, it's hoping for a more satisfactory outcome from its most recent filing....

Opel looking to launch fuel cell vehicle by 2016

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Opel looking to launch fuel cell vehicle by 2016


Opel looking to launch fuel cell vehicle by 2016
Filed under: Hydrogen, Opel, Europe/EU, UK, Germany 2012 Opel Ampera - Click above for high-res image gallery During a recent visit, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán questioned Opel to learn more of the German automaker's strategy for sustainable mobility. Reports claim that Opel execs quietly revealed the company is looking to launch a fuel cell vehicle by 2016....

Cornell University's microscopic camera makes photos with mathematics

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Cornell University's microscopic camera makes photos with mathematics


Cornell University's microscopic camera makes photos with mathematics
Megapixel, megaschmixel -- we're more impressed when camera tech goes the opposite way and shrinks down. A happy byproduct of his neural mapping research, Patrick Gill and his Cornell University team have engineered a cam so microscopic it could fit on the head of a pin. The lensless creation is only one 100th of a millimeter thick, looks more like a miniature CD and doesn't require any budget-breaking parts....

iOS Hacker Begins Porting Swype To (Jailbroken) iPhones

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

iOS Hacker Begins Porting Swype To (Jailbroken) iPhones


iOS Hacker Begins Porting Swype To (Jailbroken) iPhones
When it comes to Swype and their crazy drag-through-letters-to-type alternative keyboard of the same name, there's only one problem: it's really, really tough to give up once you've gotten used to it. Alas, I've gotta deal with the withdrawal symptoms each and every time I jump from an Android device back to my iPhone, due to restrictions inherent to iOS. While Swype was purportedly working on something for iOS in June of...

iPhone 4 SLR Mount lets you shoot 5-megapixel photos with your $3,000 lens

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 10:47 AM PDT

iPhone 4 SLR Mount lets you shoot 5-megapixel photos with your $3,000 lens


iPhone 4 SLR Mount lets you shoot 5-megapixel photos with your $3,000 lens
So you flew around the world for a photo assignment, camera bag packed full of high-end lenses, but forgot the DSLR on the kitchen counter. Not to worry! You never leave home without your iPhone 4 and its new must-have accessory: the iPhone SLR Mount. $190 scores you one of these aluminum bad boys, eager to pair with your multi-thousand dollar Canon or Nikon optic, bringing "powerful depth of field" and...

Nissan to test NV200 electric van in Japan

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Nissan to test NV200 electric van in Japan


Nissan to test NV200 electric van in Japan
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Japan Nissan has announced that it will begin testing an electrified version of the compact NV200 van in Japan by the end of July. For the first phase of testing, the Japan Post Service will use one battery-powered NV200 for postal collection and delivery tasks for approximately two months in the city of Yokohama, Japan....

Apple patent apps describe 'smart' pens for notetaking and long-distance doodling

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Apple patent apps describe 'smart' pens for notetaking and long-distance doodling


Apple patent apps describe 'smart' pens for notetaking and long-distance doodling
Apple's knack for filing patent applications has struck again, offering a pair of digital pens that could become a competitive one-up for HTC's Scribe pen. Both filed apps revealed by the USPTO involve styli for iOS displays, but if you're imagining a magical item that helps (or hinders) your typing, this is another ball of wax....

This Case Lets You Attach An SLR Lens To Your iPhone

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:43 AM PDT

This Case Lets You Attach An SLR Lens To Your iPhone


This Case Lets You Attach An SLR Lens To Your iPhone
Hello friends! Welcome to this week's edition of Because You Can! Why would you want to take a super huge telescoping SLR lens and attach it to your iPhone? Because You Can!™©® Well, you can now that this crazy iPhone SLR Lens mounting kit exists. Sure, the tiny sensor in your iPhone can't really take advantage of all of the benefits of a high quality lens — and sure, the size difference between a...

Samsung Series 3 and new Series 9 available for pre-order at J&R

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:43 AM PDT

Samsung Series 3 and new Series 9 available for pre-order at J&R


Samsung Series 3 and new Series 9 available for pre-order at J&R
We haven't even seen an official announcement yet regarding Samsung's Series 3 laptops and, already, one has popped up for pre-order at J&R. When we manhandled the 12.1-inch model at Digital Experience we were pretty impressed by the build quality, light weight, and the promise of a low price. Well, this wallet-friendly ultraportable is officially pegged at $750 with a reasonably powerful 2.3GHz Core i5, 4GB of RAM, and 500GB hard...

Video: Renault previews funky electric Frendzy concept

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Video: Renault previews funky electric Frendzy concept


Video: Renault previews funky electric Frendzy concept
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault, Europe/EU Renault Frendzy concept - Click above to watch video after the jump French automaker Renault has just unveiled its latest zany electric concept. Called Frendzy, this electrifying vehicle is a 14-foot-long whimsical design study that showcases some of the automaker's innovative technologies. For motivation, the Frendzy makes use of the electric gear that powers the Renault Kangoo Z.E....

Twitter For BlackBerry Ditches The Beta Tag

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Twitter For BlackBerry Ditches The Beta Tag


Twitter For BlackBerry Ditches The Beta Tag
If you've been just dying to blast out some tweets from the official BlackBerry Twitter client but were afraid that the Beta client might make your handset explode or something, two things: 1) You're kind of a strange one, and 2) It's go time! This morning, Twitter for BlackBerry had its Beta tag peeled off, and it was bumped from the BlackBerry App World (BlAppWorld!) Beta Zone into the full-fledged store....

WiFi Xoom sheds $100, could stand to lose a few more Benjamins

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT

WiFi Xoom sheds $100, could stand to lose a few more Benjamins


WiFi Xoom sheds $100, could stand to lose a few more Benjamins
Oh Xoom, you're but a few months old -- still only a babe -- and Motorola already has you on a diet. Sure, maybe it was a mistake to jump right into the deep end where big boys play, but you had to try right? Well, now that you've shed a $100 in weight, treading water alongside the rest of the WiFi tablets should be a little bit easier and, with...