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Report: Mitsubishi expects to profit on sales of plug-in vehicles in 2 years

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Report: Mitsubishi expects to profit on sales of plug-in vehicles in 2 years


Report: Mitsubishi expects to profit on sales of plug-in vehicles in 2 years
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, Japan, USA How much money can you make selling a $20,000 electric car? Mitsubishi Motors thinks you can make plenty and, according to Japan's Nikkei business daily, expects its plug-in vehicles to turn a profit in two years. In the U.S., the company's i EV will cost $27,990 (or just $20,490 after the federal tax incentive is factored in)....

MSI tablet moseys on through the FCC, exposes its inner secrets

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT

MSI tablet moseys on through the FCC, exposes its inner secrets


MSI tablet moseys on through the FCC, exposes its inner secrets
What we have here, is a decidedly low-end Android tablet from the folks at MSI (possibly a member of the Enjoy family) flying through the FCC as fast as its single-core 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU and 512MB of RAM will carry it. Inside you'll find Bluetooth and WiFi antennas, as well as enough room for a full-sized SD card, though oddly the user manual says this model (listed as MS-N0Y1) only...

Gerber Steady multi-tool includes tripod, puts Bear Grylls and Ken Rockwell on common ground

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:31 PM PDT

Gerber Steady multi-tool includes tripod, puts Bear Grylls and Ken Rockwell on common ground


Gerber Steady multi-tool includes tripod, puts Bear Grylls and Ken Rockwell on common ground
Ever been on a six-mile hike and needed a miniature tripod to snap a picture of you and your fellow explorers? Yeah, we've been there too. As luck would have it, Gerber is throwing the much needed, but usually too cumbersome, camera accessory into one of its next multitools. Behold the Steady, a new member of the company's jack of all trades tool family....

Mac OS X Lion: what's broken (or working) for you?

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT

Mac OS X Lion: what's broken (or working) for you?


Mac OS X Lion: what's broken (or working) for you?
Funny -- we (almost) asked this same exact question in August of 2009, just after Snow Leopard had been loosed on the unsuspecting public. But as fate seems to have it, each and every OS overhaul brings gobs of issues, and regardless of how hard the problem finders in Cupertino work, there's simply too many unchecked variables to squash each and every bug prior to release....

California Energy Commission launches alt-fuel vehicle website Drive

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:56 AM PDT

California Energy Commission launches alt-fuel vehicle website Drive


California Energy Commission launches alt-fuel vehicle website Drive
Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Natural Gas, USA The California Energy Commission (CEC) has launched Drive - a website designed to educate industry professionals, fleet managers and consumers about greener transportation choices for the 21st century. The Drive site details a wide swath of transportation projects, from producing renewable fuels, to installing "fueling" stations for alternative fuel vehicles, to the ever-evolving transportation industry....

Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:56 AM PDT

Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating


Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating
Is that an intergalactic wave pool, or just a hungry, hungry quasar? Turns out it's a bit of both -- well, not the wave pool bit, but it's watery. A NASA-funded peep into the farthest reaches of the cosmos has uncovered this "feeding black hole" 12 billion light years away....

Google acquires PittPatt, wants to know you on a face-to-face basis

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:54 AM PDT

Google acquires PittPatt, wants to know you on a face-to-face basis


Google acquires PittPatt, wants to know you on a face-to-face basis
Google's quietly pitter-pattering its acquisitive ways back into the controversial realm of facial recognition technology. To do that, the company busted out its oversized wallet to fold Pittsburgh-based PittPatt into the Mountain View borg. Founded by a trio of PhD's from Carnegie Mellon University, this three-man strong outfit specializes in the sort of object recognition software you've come to know as "tagging." Is this a reversal of the Do No Evil...

Google Music Manager dusts off tuxedo, makes Linux debut

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:52 AM PDT

Google Music Manager dusts off tuxedo, makes Linux debut


Google Music Manager dusts off tuxedo, makes Linux debut
Odds seem pretty good that, if you're a Linux user who's been aching to give Google Music a spin, you haven't been sitting idly by, waiting to upload your content through official channels. If you have, in fact, been waiting Google's blessing, however, the time is now. The software giant has released the official Linux version of its Music Manager application for your cloud-listening pleasure....

Navistar sues EPA over Clean Air Act's diesel emissions rules

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:19 AM PDT

Navistar sues EPA over Clean Air Act's diesel emissions rules


Navistar sues EPA over Clean Air Act's diesel emissions rules
Filed under: Diesel, Legislation and Policy, USA In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Navistar, a U.S.-based manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engines, accused U.S. Environmental Protection Agency director, Lisa Jackson, of not upholding the Clean Air Act and the Agency of not acting to protect public health. If what Navistar is claiming turns out to be true, heavy-duty trucks manufactured in 2010 and beyond will not be subject to guidelines for nitrogen oxides...

Pix-Star FotoConnect HD is a 10-inch digiframe ripe for regifting

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:19 AM PDT

Pix-Star FotoConnect HD is a 10-inch digiframe ripe for regifting


Pix-Star FotoConnect HD is a 10-inch digiframe ripe for regifting
Are you ready to meet your next regift? This is the Pix-Star FotoConnect HD, a 10.4-inch, 800 x 600 digital photo frame with a WiFi radio inside. This little display can pull in pics from Picasa, Facebook, Smugmug, Shutterfly, Flickr, and MobileMe amongst others, and show off images sent straight to a special e-mail address....

BlackBerry Bold 9790 Bellagio offers unsanctioned tutorial (video)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:44 AM PDT

BlackBerry Bold 9790 Bellagio offers unsanctioned tutorial (video)


BlackBerry Bold 9790 Bellagio offers unsanctioned tutorial (video)
Well BlackBerry fans, yet another variation of the Bold is now making the rounds on the internet: it's the 9790, otherwise known as the Bellagio. Although the device was first leaked in late May -- where we learned it would feature BlackBerry 7 OS, 8GB of internal memory, a touchscreen, and NFC -- RIM's latest QWERTY companion has remained below the radar ever since....

LG promises 55-inch OLED TV in 2012, just in time the next b'ak'tun

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:11 AM PDT

LG promises 55-inch OLED TV in 2012, just in time the next b'ak'tun


LG promises 55-inch OLED TV in 2012, just in time the next b'ak'tun
LG is apparently tired of this tiny OLED stuff. 15-inch TVs and 4-inch cellphones? What is this, 2009? The company has decided it's time to super-size the organically-powered panels and plans to introduce a 55-inch HDTV in mid 2012. We've got faith it can deliver too -- last summer the Korean manufacturer was showing off a 31-inch model (above) and it sounds like it's shifting focus completely towards larger sizes....

Guitar Hero to be resurrected, retooled, and launch reunion tour

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:38 AM PDT

Guitar Hero to be resurrected, retooled, and launch reunion tour


Guitar Hero to be resurrected, retooled, and launch reunion tour
Stop mourning wannabe rock stars -- Guitar Hero is coming back. We heard the rumors of its demise were greatly exaggerated, but now word has come straight from Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick that the game is currently being reinvented for a modern, more demanding audience. As he told Forbes, "we're going to take the products out of the market, and we're not going to tell anybody what we're doing for...

Purported shot of Nikon's mirrorless mount surfaces, camera remains shy

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Purported shot of Nikon's mirrorless mount surfaces, camera remains shy


Purported shot of Nikon's mirrorless mount surfaces, camera remains shy
We've already heard plenty of talk about Nikon's forthcoming entry into the world of mirrorless cameras, and it looks like we now have our first real peek at the actual goods. Unfortunately, it's just a look at the mount, not the whole camera (said to be codenamed X810), but it does appear to be the real deal (and was apparently removed from the Chinese forum it surfaced on, Xitek, at Nikon's...

Charlie Miller finds MacBook battery security hole, plans to fill with Caulkgun

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:01 PM PDT

Charlie Miller finds MacBook battery security hole, plans to fill with Caulkgun


Charlie Miller finds MacBook battery security hole, plans to fill with Caulkgun
Those batteries have probably met a worse fate than the white MacBook line they came from. According to Forbes, Charlie Miller's managed to render seven of them useless after gaining total access to their micro-controllers' firmware via a security hole. Evidently, the Li-on packs for the line of lappies -- including Airs and Pros -- are accessible with two passwords he dug up from an '09 software update....

Google celebrates Alexander Calder and spinning things with HTML5 doodle

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:59 PM PDT

Google celebrates Alexander Calder and spinning things with HTML5 doodle


Google celebrates Alexander Calder and spinning things with HTML5 doodle
How to honor the life's work of an artist who has been dead for more than a quarter-century? Why, an HTML5 doodle on the Google homepage, of course. The search giant paid homage to Alexander Calder, the celebrated inventor of the mobile sculpture with its first doodle created entirely in HTML5 canvas....

Atrix gets Gingerbread update, sideloading support, new outlook on life

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:27 PM PDT

Atrix gets Gingerbread update, sideloading support, new outlook on life


Atrix gets Gingerbread update, sideloading support, new outlook on life
Its evil cousin the Bionic may be lurking just around the bend, with its too-long sideburns and its crazy eyes, but that doesn't mean the Atrix 4G is ready to hang up its hat just yet. AT&T's wunderphone with the woven back is just now receiving a 2.3.4 update, bringing it all the sensuous flavors of Gingerbread and finally, finally, the ability to sideload apps....

MotoGP: Fast Bikes, Big Leans

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:27 PM PDT

MotoGP: Fast Bikes, Big Leans


MotoGP: Fast Bikes, Big Leans
Four Americans are in the hunt at the U.S. Grand Prix in Laguna Seca.

Samsung studies 3D viewing discomfort, finds out bloggers don't read

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Samsung studies 3D viewing discomfort, finds out bloggers don't read


Samsung studies 3D viewing discomfort, finds out bloggers don't read
Judging by the headlines today, Samsung's 3D R&D department made a huge mistake, just check them out: "Who Could Have Guessed: 3D Hurts Your Eyes", "Samsung-funded study finds 3D video causes extra eye strain, fatigue", "Samsung study finds that 3D video causes eye strain, fatigue". It seems obvious that Samsung's research grant financing a UC Berkeley study published in the Journal of Vision was wasted, except for one minor issue --...

Apple expands iOS and Mac App Store into 33 new territories, Tuvalu strangely absent

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:54 PM PDT

Apple expands iOS and Mac App Store into 33 new territories, Tuvalu strangely absent


Apple expands iOS and Mac App Store into 33 new territories, Tuvalu strangely absent
Brought that shiny new unlocked iPhone 4 home to Tanzania, only have your first App Store experience end in tears? We certainly sympathize, and apparently Apple's heard your plea. Interested developers can now head on over to the iTunes Connect portal, where they'll tick some new checkboxes and soon be on their way, peddling their wares to an additional 33 locales -- but not the home of .tv, unfortunately....

Video: Fully Charged drives the Vauxhall Ampera

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Video: Fully Charged drives the Vauxhall Ampera


Video: Fully Charged drives the Vauxhall Ampera
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, UK Fully Charged drives the Vauxhall Ampera - Click above to watch video after the jump The latest episode of Robert Llewellyn's plug-in-centric show Fully Charged has hit the Internet and this time 'round Llewellyn takes the Vauxhall Ampera for a spin. The UK version of the Chevrolet Volt, the Vauxhall Ampera, is priced at £33,995 ($55,419 U.S....

Sports Cars on a Budget

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Sports Cars on a Budget


Sports Cars on a Budget
Here are the 10 best used late-model sports cars you can buy.

Leaked LG Roadmap Points To Five Android Smartphones And One Mango Fantasy

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Leaked LG Roadmap Points To Five Android Smartphones And One Mango Fantasy


Leaked LG Roadmap Points To Five Android Smartphones And One Mango Fantasy
The only thing better than a leak is six leaks, which is exactly what we have for you today. Bundled nicely in the form of a 2011 LG Roadmap (discovered by PocketNow), five Android smartphones and one Mango-powered handset have found their way to the web. Along with the recently announced Optimus Pro and Optimus Net, LG has quite a bit more in store for the rest of the year....

Apple’s iOS 5 Beta 4 Update Now Available, First To Be Released Over-The-Air

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Apple's iOS 5 Beta 4 Update Now Available, First To Be Released Over-The-Air


Apple's iOS 5 Beta 4 Update Now Available, First To Be Released Over-The-Air
It's been just 11 days since Apple released Beta 3 of iOS 5 to developers, but a new Beta is already up in the air — literally. iOS 5 Beta 4 has just gone live, and it appears to be the first update to support installation via iOS 5′s new over-the-air update system. We can't actually get the update to work over the air right now, but the patch notes specifically define...

Mi-Look: Cell Phone For The Elderly, Pedometer And Mobile Alarm System In One

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Mi-Look: Cell Phone For The Elderly, Pedometer And Mobile Alarm System In One


Mi-Look: Cell Phone For The Elderly, Pedometer And Mobile Alarm System In One
Kyocera did what a clever cell phone manufacturer whose home market has the oldest society in the world (over 20% of the Japanese people are 65 or older) has to do: it manufactured a cell phone specifically designed for the elderly. While the basic concept isn't new, the way the so-called Mi-Look [JP] works certainly is. The Mi-Look is essentially three devices rolled into one....

Carl Icahn In Talks With Motorola About Its Massive Patent Portfolio

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Carl Icahn In Talks With Motorola About Its Massive Patent Portfolio


Carl Icahn In Talks With Motorola About Its Massive Patent Portfolio
In the land of mobile, patents have never been more crucial. He with the most patents has the most power. Period. In the last few months alone we've seen Apple and Samsung duke it out, Apple and HTC take it to the mat, Google chat it up with InterDigital, and I won't even start on Nortel. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn — notorious for pumping money into companies and then bossing them around...

Where Is My Magical NFC Phone Wallet?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Where Is My Magical NFC Phone Wallet?


Where Is My Magical NFC Phone Wallet?
According to Gartner Group report, there are 141.1 million mobile payment-ready devices in circulation and that the vast portion of the world's population (mostly in Asia) is actively using NFC and other techniques to pay for items via mobile. However, the US is lagging wildly in this regard, with nearly no activity in the space at present even though two-thirds of young people would be happy to wave their phones in...

T-Mobile’s Motorola Defy Gets An AT&T-Bound Successor?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

T-Mobile's Motorola Defy Gets An AT&T-Bound Successor?


T-Mobile's Motorola Defy Gets An AT&T-Bound Successor?
I've never really been a fan of anything "rugged" — all that heft and rubber tends to push me in another direction. However, the Motorola Defy for T-Mobile did spark my interest with its bright, sharp screen, nice size and shape, and the ability to swim. This was a strong seller for T-Mobile priced at just $100 on-contract (and $50 elsewhere)....

Android vs. iOS: The Heated Battle Over Mobile Advertising [Infographic]

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Android vs. iOS: The Heated Battle Over Mobile Advertising [Infographic]


Android vs. iOS: The Heated Battle Over Mobile Advertising [Infographic]
With U.S. mobile ad revenues expected to hit $2.8 billion by 2015, according to BIA/Kelsey, it's becoming pretty clear that mobile advertising is growing like gangbusters. This is largely thanks to the rising ubiquity of smartphones, as comScore showed in its May report, which included the eye-grabbing fact that 76.8 million Americans now own a smartphone. Of course, the big players in mobile OSes, Android, iOS, RIM, Symbian, and Windows, continue to...

T-Mobile Employee Perk: Gingerbread G2Xs That Don’t Have Narcolepsy

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT

T-Mobile Employee Perk: Gingerbread G2Xs That Don't Have Narcolepsy


T-Mobile Employee Perk: Gingerbread G2Xs That Don't Have Narcolepsy
Remember that one time that you bought the T-Mobile G2x and it randomly restarted? And you were like, "Whoa, that's weird," and then it did it again! And again. And again. For three months. Yeah, we're done with that. You should soon have a phone that doesn't reboot for no reason whatsoever, as T-Mobile employees are now sporting Android 2.3 Gingerbread on their G2x models in a pilot test....