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- Plug-In 2011: Integro's Tutor is okay with your charging station cable breaking away
- AMD earnings continue to drop despite record CPU sales, GPU business loses $7 million
- Nintendo Video's 3DS app plays coy, is / is not launching in the US today
- J.K. Rowling, Google to bring Pottermania to your e-reader
- Report: Obama now among foreign motorists who owe £50M in unpaid London congestion charges
- BlackBerry PlayBook receives certification for US government use
- Apple: One million Lion downloads in first day
- The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!
- Microsoft Q4 FY11: revenue, earnings, and profits all up, beating expectations
- Ford's Twin-Turbo Truck
- NYC Approves Ford Transit Connect for Taxi Fleet
- Report: Launch of Yo Avto hybrid yo-mobiles delayed?
- 2degrees users overloaded with random late-night texts -- the alcohol apparently not to blame
- T-Mobile makes HTC Wildfire S official, available August 3rd for $80
- Ford's Twin-Turbo Truck
- Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century
- Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century
- KDDI's Mi-Look watches your elderly parents, treats them like prisoners (video)
- New survey finds the majority of likely US voters do not want an increase in gasoline tax
- Netflix patch arrives for rooted Asus Transformers, it's okay to be happy
- Microsoft reveals Droid-themed Xbox 360 bundle for Star Wars Kinect
- Official: FIA mandates electric-only propulsion for F1 grand prix pit lanes
- Poll: Did you download Mac OS X Lion (10.7)?
- Apple outpaces Nokia in global smartphone shipments
- AeroVironment to charge up Washington's Electric Highways
- Eliza is a doe-eyed, graceful dancing machine, lacks maniacal quality on the floor (video)
- Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month?
- London Slaps Obama Motorcade With $193 Congestion Charge
- Real-world results from CABLED electric vehicle trial; 81% battery is important threshold
- Motorola Droid 3 review
| Plug-In 2011: Integro's Tutor is okay with your charging station cable breaking away Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:19 PM PDT Plug-In 2011: Integro's Tutor is okay with your charging station cable breaking away  Plug-In 2011: Integro's Tutor is okay with your charging station cable breaking away Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Plug In Conference Today's electric cars are designed to be immobile when they are charging. But let's not forget that cars have wheels, and there are times when you can't stop a few thousand pounds from rolling away. If your EV is plugged in when it decides to go coasting away, something will have to give - and most likely that will be the charging... |
| AMD earnings continue to drop despite record CPU sales, GPU business loses $7 million Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:18 PM PDT AMD earnings continue to drop despite record CPU sales, GPU business loses $7 million  AMD earnings continue to drop despite record CPU sales, GPU business loses $7 million Poor AMD. While Chipzilla just keeps shattering its own earnings records, the little company that could from Sunnyvale is struggling to chug its way uphill. Its total revenue of $1.57 billion represents a two-percent drop from the last quarter and five percent from the same time last year. Total profits fell from half a billion in Q1 to just $61 million.... |
| Nintendo Video's 3DS app plays coy, is / is not launching in the US today Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:18 PM PDT Nintendo Video's 3DS app plays coy, is / is not launching in the US today  Nintendo Video's 3DS app plays coy, is / is not launching in the US today Is Nintendo Video launching in the US, or is it just coming soon? Someone over at the house that Mario built needs to make up their mind -- Reggie knuckle sandwich, anyone? The application was quietly announced this morning via Nintendo Download, then listed as a non-downloadable item on the eShop and featured on the company's official site with a release dated today.... |
| J.K. Rowling, Google to bring Pottermania to your e-reader Posted: 21 Jul 2011 02:46 PM PDT J.K. Rowling, Google to bring Pottermania to your e-reader  J.K. Rowling, Google to bring Pottermania to your e-reader Having a hard time parting ways with a certain plucky, lightning-scarred orphan? J.K. Rowling feels your pain (as she counts her money) and has teamed up with Google to help you fall in love with the world of Hogwarts all over again -- e-book style. The voluminous tomes will be making their exclusive electronic debut through Google's eBooks platform as part of the Sony-backed Pottermore site launching this October.... |
| Report: Obama now among foreign motorists who owe £50M in unpaid London congestion charges Posted: 21 Jul 2011 02:11 PM PDT Report: Obama now among foreign motorists who owe £50M in unpaid London congestion charges  Report: Obama now among foreign motorists who owe £50M in unpaid London congestion charges Filed under: Legislation and Policy, UK, USA According to The Daily Mail, the city of London has slapped President Barack Obama with a £120 fine for failing to pay congestion charges during his most recent visit to the UK capitol. The fine evens out to around $193 U.S. at current conversion rates.... |
| BlackBerry PlayBook receives certification for US government use Posted: 21 Jul 2011 02:11 PM PDT BlackBerry PlayBook receives certification for US government use  BlackBerry PlayBook receives certification for US government use The BlackBerry PlayBook may not have exactly won over consumers en masse, but it looks like RIM can now at least put a feather in its cap when it comes to one of its key customer bases: government agencies. The company announced today that the PlayBook is the first tablet to receive the so-called FIPS 140-2 certification which, according to RIM, means that the US federal government can "buy with confidence... |
| Apple: One million Lion downloads in first day Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT Apple: One million Lion downloads in first day  Apple: One million Lion downloads in first day You told us a lot of you had already downloaded Lion, but now Apple's gone ahead and put any doubts about this $29.99 update's popularity to rest. A cool one million downloads of Lion have been registered in the first day of availability. That's faster than any other OS release in the company's history, which lends perhaps a bit more weight to Apple's "best OS we've ever made" claim.... |
| The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET! Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!  The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET! Things are a little more manageable this week, after last week's Partycast. This time out, Tim and Brian are joined once again by Dana Wollman, who will recount her McDonald's drive-thru experiences from the past seven days. Or maybe we'll talk about some Apple stuff. Who knows?Continue reading The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!... |
| Microsoft Q4 FY11: revenue, earnings, and profits all up, beating expectations Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT Microsoft Q4 FY11: revenue, earnings, and profits all up, beating expectations  Microsoft Q4 FY11: revenue, earnings, and profits all up, beating expectations The news wasn't so good for Nokia this morning, but its new bedmate is in much, much better shape. Microsoft's Q4 earnings for the 2011 fiscal year have been posted, showing revenue of $17.37 billion -- up eight percent over the same period last year, and besting the $16.43 billion record Q3.... |
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| NYC Approves Ford Transit Connect for Taxi Fleet Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT NYC Approves Ford Transit Connect for Taxi Fleet NYC Approves Ford Transit Connect for Taxi Fleet The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission approved the vehicles Thursday. |
| Report: Launch of Yo Avto hybrid yo-mobiles delayed? Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:09 PM PDT Report: Launch of Yo Avto hybrid yo-mobiles delayed?  Report: Launch of Yo Avto hybrid yo-mobiles delayed? Filed under: Hybrid, MPG, Natural Gas, Lightweight, Europe/EU The numbers of pre-orders for Yo-Avto's trio of yo-mobiles (Yo CrossCoupe, Yo Microvan and Yo Furgon) are climbing. Car Advice reports that on the first day of accepting online reservations, Yo-Avto logged an astounding 51,188 orders and that total pre-orders have topped 138,800.... |
| 2degrees users overloaded with random late-night texts -- the alcohol apparently not to blame Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:09 PM PDT 2degrees users overloaded with random late-night texts -- the alcohol apparently not to blame  2degrees users overloaded with random late-night texts -- the alcohol apparently not to blame When we send out an embarrassing text message at 2am, at least we can -- in the words of Jaime Foxx -- blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol. Unfortunately for New Zealand mobile carrier 2degrees, pinning it on the Henney, just ain't gonna cut it this time. Early Wednesday morning, a few unlucky users were greeted by an influx of hundreds of unsolicited text messages.... |
| T-Mobile makes HTC Wildfire S official, available August 3rd for $80 Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:09 PM PDT T-Mobile makes HTC Wildfire S official, available August 3rd for $80  T-Mobile makes HTC Wildfire S official, available August 3rd for $80 True to earlier reports, the HTC Wildfire S finally has a home at T-Mobile. The carrier-phone relationship was formalized today as the magenta-colored mobile provider announced its availability on August 3rd. The device -- code-named Marvel -- will be $80 with two-year commitment and after $50 mail-in rebate. It has all the amenities we expected, including Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), a 3.2-inch HVGA display, 512MB RAM, a Qualcomm MSM7227 600MHz CPU, and... |
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| Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:09 PM PDT Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century Compact Cruze pushes Chevrolet to record first-half sales mark. |
| Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:09 PM PDT Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century Global Chevy Sales Highest in a Century Compact Cruze pushes Chevrolet to record first-half sales mark. |
| KDDI's Mi-Look watches your elderly parents, treats them like prisoners (video) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:38 PM PDT KDDI's Mi-Look watches your elderly parents, treats them like prisoners (video)  KDDI's Mi-Look watches your elderly parents, treats them like prisoners (video) KDDI's looking out for Japan's elderly, or putting them under house arrest -- it's hard to tell which. Hitting stores this September in the land of human-assistive tech, the Kyocera designed Mi-Look is a simplified GPS-capable, mobile-monitoring system that puts you in control of your Luddite parents. The waterproof device packs a strap-activated "I've fallen and I can't get up" buzzer and comes in an appealing shade of hospital white, all... |
| New survey finds the majority of likely US voters do not want an increase in gasoline tax Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:07 PM PDT New survey finds the majority of likely US voters do not want an increase in gasoline tax  New survey finds the majority of likely US voters do not want an increase in gasoline tax Filed under: Legislation and Policy, USAWhile people are pretty sure the U.S. government needs to do something about the country's mounting debt, raising gas taxes is not going to be a popular part of the solution. Recently, Rasmussen Reports conducted a national telephone survey and found that only 33 percent of U.S.... |
| Netflix patch arrives for rooted Asus Transformers, it's okay to be happy Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:07 PM PDT Netflix patch arrives for rooted Asus Transformers, it's okay to be happy  Netflix patch arrives for rooted Asus Transformers, it's okay to be happy If you've seen this handsome screen on your Asus Transformer, it means you've finally managed to root it. Congratulations. And yet, it's all so... anticlimactic. What was the point of it? In fact, what's the point of anything? Hey, don't go down that road. Install Netflix instead, courtesy of a new patch from XDA Developers at the source link below.... |
| Microsoft reveals Droid-themed Xbox 360 bundle for Star Wars Kinect Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:36 AM PDT Microsoft reveals Droid-themed Xbox 360 bundle for Star Wars Kinect  Microsoft reveals Droid-themed Xbox 360 bundle for Star Wars Kinect Yes, that's an R2-D2-themed Xbox 360 and accompanying gold C-3PO controller, which are both part of a new Star Wars Kinect bundle that Microsoft officially announced at Comic-Con today. Also included in the bundle is a matching white Kinect sensor, as well as a 320GB hard drive, and both the Star Wars Kinect and Kinect Adventures games -- all for $449.... |
| Official: FIA mandates electric-only propulsion for F1 grand prix pit lanes Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT Official: FIA mandates electric-only propulsion for F1 grand prix pit lanes Official: FIA mandates electric-only propulsion for F1 grand prix pit lanes Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Racing Go back into the history of grand prix racing, and the only green you'd expect to see was the color of a British racing car and the vast quantity of cash injected into the sport. But today, Formula One is a different scene, thanks in no small part to a push by the FIA for a more environmentally friendly form of motorsport.... |
| Poll: Did you download Mac OS X Lion (10.7)? Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT Poll: Did you download Mac OS X Lion (10.7)? Poll: Did you download Mac OS X Lion (10.7)? Apple confirmed Lion's big day during the company's Q3 earnings call this week, and Mac OS 10.7 hit the App Store right on schedule yesterday morning, allowing us to give Snow Leopard the boot and make room for the king of the jungle. We've already installed Lion on a half-dozen of our own systems, testing the new operating system with a variety of configurations for our review.... |
| Apple outpaces Nokia in global smartphone shipments Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT Apple outpaces Nokia in global smartphone shipments Apple outpaces Nokia in global smartphone shipments Today's "clearly disappointing" news from Nokia just got even more clear in its disappointment. As touched on during an earnings call this morning, the Finnish handset manufacturer's smartphone shipments took a 34 percent dip down from the same quarter last year, to 16.7 million units -- that's markedly fewer than the 20.3 million that Apple shipped during that same time period, as announced in its far more celebratory earnings report.... |
| AeroVironment to charge up Washington's Electric Highways Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT AeroVironment to charge up Washington's Electric Highways  AeroVironment to charge up Washington's Electric Highways Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA Within six months, drivers traveling along Interstate 5 and U.S. Route 2 in the state of Washington will find AeroVironment (AV) charging stations installed every 40 to 60 miles to make the journey a breeze for plug-in vehicles. The Washington State Department of Transportation turned to AeroVironment to transform Interstate 5 and U.S.... |
| Eliza is a doe-eyed, graceful dancing machine, lacks maniacal quality on the floor (video) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT Eliza is a doe-eyed, graceful dancing machine, lacks maniacal quality on the floor (video)  Eliza is a doe-eyed, graceful dancing machine, lacks maniacal quality on the floor (video) Unlike the last batch of bots we've seen, Eliza is actually quite graceful. The cartoonish humanoid got its start as a guide, shuttling people around shopping malls and the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010 Experience Center. Now it's finally getting a chance to show off what it's got -- namely some ill dance moves.... |
| Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month? Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:03 AM PDT Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month?  Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month? What Dell can give, it can taketh away. That's the story with the Streak, which has quietly vanished from retail as well as the outfit's online storefront. We first got wind of this when a tipster wrote in to say he had spoken to a company employee, who said the 5-inch Android tablet / phone had been discontinued.... |
| London Slaps Obama Motorcade With $193 Congestion Charge Posted: 21 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT London Slaps Obama Motorcade With $193 Congestion Charge London Slaps Obama Motorcade With $193 Congestion Charge President Barack Obama was fined $193 for not paying the London congestion charge during his state visit to Britain, The Sun reported Wednesday. |
| Real-world results from CABLED electric vehicle trial; 81% battery is important threshold Posted: 21 Jul 2011 09:01 AM PDT Real-world results from CABLED electric vehicle trial; 81% battery is important threshold Real-world results from CABLED electric vehicle trial; 81% battery is important threshold Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UK Having collated and analyzed 12 months of data from electric vehicle drivers, CABLED - the UK's long-term, low-carbon vehicle trial - reveals that, among other findings, the "range of electric vehicles more than covers most users' needs, with most drivers finishing their daily journeys still with over 40 percent charge remaining." Here's a rundown of some of the result from CABLED: Most journeys undertaken (77 percent) lasted less than... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 09:01 AM PDT Motorola Droid 3 review  Motorola Droid 3 review The third installment of a trilogy is typically the most satisfying. The Empire Falls, Frodo destroys the ring, Cinderella goes back in time. (Okay, that's a stretch.) Our protagonist in this tale is the Droid 3, which bears an uncanny resemblance to its dad and granddad-- but Verizon's added a few new components and made some minor design tweaks in attempt to improve the overall experience. Are these adjustments enough to save... |
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