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- Move over Skype, calling from Gmail now supports 38 languages and cheaper calls
- 261 charging stations installed in Portugal; 1,350 coming soon
- Apple iCloud and iWork beta for iOS hands-on
- EV Connect, Fisker's official EVSE installer, worked to get the luxury feel
- MetroPCS will begin transition to VoLTE early next year
- Video: 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1
- OCZ's Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD offers 2,800MB/sec, 500,000 IOPS, plenty of thrills
- Hybrid sales rebound in July, Toyota Prius leads with 7,907
- Who should I follow? Engadget editors on Twitter
- RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear
- Report: data centers accounted for just 1 to 1.5 percent of electricity use last...
- Report: Hybrid Audi A6 coming to the U.S.
- “Cut The Rope” Sequel Will Be Called “Cut The Rope: Experiments”, Launching Augu...
- RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear
- SparkFun launches ProtoSnap, pre-wired Arduino kits for beginners (video)
- T-Mobile To Make Carrier Billing An Option For Online Purchases
- Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive offers 3TB of storage and a filling station for...
- Google sponsors $1.65 million NASA Green Flight Challenge
- Sprint Opens Up 4G Network to Wholesale Customers
- AMD's market share tiptoes higher, Intel still ruler of the roost
- Portable device can sniff out anthrax in an hour, won't bring the noise
- Electric Superiority: Nissan Leaf sales hit 931, Chevy Volt at 125 in July
- iPhone app makes learning to read music even less appealing (video)
- ESRB Game Ratings App Enters The Windows Marketplace
- Top Gear airs controversial Nissan Leaf segment, responds to critics
- T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide review
- Ford Recalls 1.1 Million Pickups
- Nissan GT-R Breaks 9 Seconds
- Autodesk adds DIY site Instructables to its stable
- Verizon Preps Compaq Mini, The First LTE-Enabled Netbook
| Move over Skype, calling from Gmail now supports 38 languages and cheaper calls Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:42 PM PDT Move over Skype, calling from Gmail now supports 38 languages and cheaper calls  Move over Skype, calling from Gmail now supports 38 languages and cheaper calls Kon'nichiwa, hola, and bonjour says Google, as it expands Gmail calling to support a total of 38 languages and four currencies including Euros, British pounds and Canadian / US dolla dolla bills y'all. The calling feature allows Gmail users to call landlines and mobile phones from within their Gmail browser for next to nothing, making the email center a one-stop shop for IMs, emails, video and voice calls.... |
| 261 charging stations installed in Portugal; 1,350 coming soon Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT 261 charging stations installed in Portugal; 1,350 coming soon  261 charging stations installed in Portugal; 1,350 coming soon Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EUThanks to AutoblogGreen tipster Marcos, we now know that at least 261 charging stations have been installed and are operational in Portugal. While that certainly seems like plenty, especially since only 100 or so electric vehicles are currently tooling around the streets of that country, there are apparently 1,000 additional chargers to come. Technically, Mobi.E is the "Portuguese electric mobility consortium," which basically means that it's more or less... |
| Apple iCloud and iWork beta for iOS hands-on Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT Apple iCloud and iWork beta for iOS hands-on  Apple iCloud and iWork beta for iOS hands-on We've had a few weeks to get accustomed to iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion, but one headlining feature has been notably inaccessible since it was unveiled earlier this summer. During his WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs touted iCloud as a service that will sync many of your Apple devices, for free.... |
| EV Connect, Fisker's official EVSE installer, worked to get the luxury feel Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT EV Connect, Fisker's official EVSE installer, worked to get the luxury feel  EV Connect, Fisker's official EVSE installer, worked to get the luxury feel Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Fisker, Plug In Conference We first caught wind that EV Connect would be the "exclusive EVSE services provider" for the Fisker Karma back in June, but the two companies were in discussions about working together for half a year before that. Brett Hauser, the chief operating officer of EV Connect, told AutoblogGreen during the Plug-In 2011 Conference in Raleigh, NC recently that formalizing the Fisker partnership took... |
| MetroPCS will begin transition to VoLTE early next year Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT MetroPCS will begin transition to VoLTE early next year  MetroPCS will begin transition to VoLTE early next year US carriers were quick to acknowledge their allegiance to Voice over LTE (VoLTE), a 4G VoIP-related technology first demonstrated in February. Ever since that time, however, talk of deployment plans have been replaced by crickets. MetroPCS was the first to break the silence, as CEO Roger Linquist announced at this morning's quarterly earnings call that his company's "planning to begin introducing VoLTE-capable handsets early next year to move voice as well... |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT Video: 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Video: 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Camaro engineer Al Oppenheiser introduces the supercharged ZL1. |
| OCZ's Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD offers 2,800MB/sec, 500,000 IOPS, plenty of thrills Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:06 PM PDT OCZ's Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD offers 2,800MB/sec, 500,000 IOPS, plenty of thrills  OCZ's Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD offers 2,800MB/sec, 500,000 IOPS, plenty of thrills Hard to believe that we spotted OCZ Technology's original Z-Drive at CeBIT 2009. Just over two full years have passed, and already we've seen the 600MB/sec claims offered on that fellow eclipsed by a few successors. Today, the latest in the line is making its debut, with the Z-Drive R4 offering 2,800MB/sec and over 500,000 IOPS with a single SuperScale controller; step up to a dualie, and you'll see 5,600MB/sec transfer... |
| Hybrid sales rebound in July, Toyota Prius leads with 7,907 Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT Hybrid sales rebound in July, Toyota Prius leads with 7,907  Hybrid sales rebound in July, Toyota Prius leads with 7,907 Filed under: Hybrid, Honda, Toyota, USA It's that time of month again. July 2011 sales in the U.S. have been tallied, including, of course, hybrid vehicles. It's worth pointing out that quake-related vehicle production issues have begun to subside, so output of most hybrids manufactured in Japan isn't nearly as restricted as prior months. This time 'round, Toyota Prius sales came in at 7,907 units, up tremendously from the 4,340 units sold in... |
| Who should I follow? Engadget editors on Twitter Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT Who should I follow? Engadget editors on Twitter  Who should I follow? Engadget editors on Twitter Twitter's a rad place to hang and scope out the latest debt ceiling debate or find out what's up with Tiger's ongoing caddy search, but sometimes you just need another place to totally nerd out, you know? A safe haven for rampant geekery -- that's what we strive to make our personal Twitter stream -- and we're here to help you with that. It's been awhile since we've updated this here list,... |
| RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear  RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear RIKEN's original RIBA healthcare robot was already fairly adept at lifting patients while not completely terrifying them but, as is the case with such things, it's now been succeeded by a new and improved model. While its outward, bear-like appearance hasn't changed, the new bot boasts a series of upgrades that now lets it bend over and lift patients up directly off the floor, not just off a bed or wheelchair.... |
| Report: data centers accounted for just 1 to 1.5 percent of electricity use last... Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT Report: data centers accounted for just 1 to 1.5 percent of electricity use last year, Google claims less than 1 percent of that  Report: data centers accounted for just 1 to 1.5 percent of electricity use last year, Google claims less than 1 percent of that You'd think, watching companies like Apple break ground on sprawling data centers, that the number of servers powering our untethered lives was on the rise. In a different decade, you might have been right. But not this one. According to a study prepared at the request of The New York Times, the number of servers in use has declined "significantly" since 2005.... |
| Report: Hybrid Audi A6 coming to the U.S. Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:02 PM PDT Report: Hybrid Audi A6 coming to the U.S.  Report: Hybrid Audi A6 coming to the U.S. Filed under: Hybrid, Audi 2012 Audi A6 - Click above for high-res image gallery Officially, Audi hasn't confirmed whether or not A6 hybrid will be sold in the U.S., but Car and Driver says that, almost without a doubt, the gas-electric sedan will make its way to the States in 2012. C/D cites the fact that Audi admitted the hybrid powertrain will only be offered in the sedan version of the A6 as... |
| “Cut The Rope” Sequel Will Be Called “Cut The Rope: Experiments”, Launching Augu... Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:02 PM PDT "Cut The Rope" Sequel Will Be Called "Cut The Rope: Experiments", Launching August 4th  "Cut The Rope" Sequel Will Be Called "Cut The Rope: Experiments", Launching August 4th While Angry Birds tends to get all the credit for being the game that has endlessly owned the App Store, it's not alone up at the top. ZeptoLab/Chillingo's Cut The Rope was the first game to come along and (temporarily) knock the Birds from their #1 spot back in October of 2010 — and in the months since, it's rarely spent any time not in the top ten. With the license still... |
| RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:02 PM PDT RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear RIKEN's original RIBA healthcare robot was already fairly adept at lifting patients while not completely terrifying them but, as is the case with such things, it's now been succeeded by a new and improved model. While its outward, bear-like appearance hasn't changed, the new bot boasts a series of upgrades that now lets it bend over and lift patients up directly off the floor, not just off a bed or wheelchair.... |
| SparkFun launches ProtoSnap, pre-wired Arduino kits for beginners (video) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT SparkFun launches ProtoSnap, pre-wired Arduino kits for beginners (video)  SparkFun launches ProtoSnap, pre-wired Arduino kits for beginners (video) Looking to get your start in the world of Arduino programming, but having trouble with that whole circuit prototyping thing? Well, the crafty guys and gals at SparkFun have whipped up something they call ProtoSnap -- pre-wired boards with an Atmel AVR processor and a small pile of components that are ready for experimenting.... |
| T-Mobile To Make Carrier Billing An Option For Online Purchases Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT T-Mobile To Make Carrier Billing An Option For Online Purchases  T-Mobile To Make Carrier Billing An Option For Online Purchases Every phone geek loves to debate how long it'll be before we've trashed our wallets in favor of paying for stuff with our phones in the real world — but what about online? Tailing a similar announcement by Verizon a few months back, T-Mobile has just announced that they're opening up their carrier billing system to online retailers, allowing T-Mobile customers to charge things purchased on the web (whether it's purchased on... |
| Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive offers 3TB of storage and a filling station for... Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive offers 3TB of storage and a filling station for your iPad  Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive offers 3TB of storage and a filling station for your iPad How to get a hefty new hard drive for your Mac without making your other gadgets jealous? Iomega is offering up a solution with the fairly elegant Mac Companion Hard Drive, a two or three terabyte external drive designed with Apple computers in mind that adds a high-powered charging port for your peripherals.... |
| Google sponsors $1.65 million NASA Green Flight Challenge Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:57 AM PDT Google sponsors $1.65 million NASA Green Flight Challenge  Google sponsors $1.65 million NASA Green Flight Challenge Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid The CAFE Foundation has announced that Google will sponsor the NASA Centennial Challenge flight competition known as the Green Flight Challenge (GFC). The CAFE Foundation (which here stands for Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency) will host the event from September 25 through October 2, 2011 at Charles M.... |
| Sprint Opens Up 4G Network to Wholesale Customers Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:57 AM PDT Sprint Opens Up 4G Network to Wholesale Customers  Sprint Opens Up 4G Network to Wholesale Customers The Verizon/Sprint 4G war has been shifting into high gear lately, and with Verizon's LTE network capable of faster performance, Sprint has had to play up some of their other accomplishments to try and pick up some momentum. They certainly won't be letting you forget that they 1) offer the first 4G wireless network from a national carrier, 2) have the most 4G devices, and 3) are apparently "America's favorite 4G... |
| AMD's market share tiptoes higher, Intel still ruler of the roost Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:57 AM PDT AMD's market share tiptoes higher, Intel still ruler of the roost  AMD's market share tiptoes higher, Intel still ruler of the roost Intel may still be king of the microprocessing hill, but from the looks of IDC's latest market report, scrappy underdog AMD is starting to claim more of the $9.5 billion dollar pie. The semiconductor stalwarts faced off in four separate market categories with runner-up AMD seeing gains in all, save for servers where its paltry 5.5 percent share dropped 0.6 percent versus Intel's commanding 94.5 percent lead.... |
| Portable device can sniff out anthrax in an hour, won't bring the noise Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:25 AM PDT Portable device can sniff out anthrax in an hour, won't bring the noise  Portable device can sniff out anthrax in an hour, won't bring the noise Got some mysterious white powder sitting on your coffee table? A new, suitcase-sized device can tell you whether you've got dandruff, or anthrax. Developed by researchers at Cornell and the University of Albany, the detector uses a microfluidic chip (pictured on the left) to collect and purify the DNA on a given sample, before conducting a series of polymerase chain reactions -- processes that can quickly identify biological materials.... |
| Electric Superiority: Nissan Leaf sales hit 931, Chevy Volt at 125 in July Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT Electric Superiority: Nissan Leaf sales hit 931, Chevy Volt at 125 in July  Electric Superiority: Nissan Leaf sales hit 931, Chevy Volt at 125 in July Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Nissan, USA In the battle for plug-in vehicle sales supremacy, the electric-only Nissan Leaf has emerged victorious for the month of July, beating out the Chevrolet Volt for the fourth consecutive month (April, May, June and July). Nissan says Leaf sales dropped to 931 units in the U.S.... |
| iPhone app makes learning to read music even less appealing (video) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT iPhone app makes learning to read music even less appealing (video)  iPhone app makes learning to read music even less appealing (video) From Paul McCartney to Irving Berling, the list of songwriters who famously never learned to read music before hitting it big is a long one indeed. Why? Because it's a hard, mostly. Of course, they've managed to have successful careers as songwriters, even without the aid of an iPhone app that could read music for them.... |
| ESRB Game Ratings App Enters The Windows Marketplace Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT ESRB Game Ratings App Enters The Windows Marketplace  ESRB Game Ratings App Enters The Windows Marketplace One look at Grand Theft Auto 4 and you're probably not thinking, "Little Timmy or Susie would just love that game." No one wants their kids desensitized to reasonless mass murder or the dreaded F-bomb, and understandably so. Let the kids be kids. Well it turns out if you own a Windows-powered phone, you now have access to the Entertainment Software Rating Board app, where you can check out a full... |
| Top Gear airs controversial Nissan Leaf segment, responds to critics Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:20 AM PDT Top Gear airs controversial Nissan Leaf segment, responds to critics  Top Gear airs controversial Nissan Leaf segment, responds to critics Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Peugeot Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson gets pushed in a Nissan Leaf We're not into spoiling the on-screen antics that make Top Gear one of the greatest automotive shows ever, but we're not gonna let slide the fact that the BBC aired last Sunday the much-anticipated Top Gear episode in which Jeremy Clarkson and James May embark on a journey in the Nissan Leaf and Peugeot iOn. Yes, the Top Gear... |
| T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide review Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:20 AM PDT T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide review  T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide review Not too long ago, things were pretty simple in T-Mobile's Android land. For us (the nerds, geeks, power users, early adopters, and other misbegotten social deviants) there was the G series of phones with plain Android, culminating recently with LG's delightful G2x. If you wanted to buy your mom an Android smartphone, you'd point her at the myTouch series of handsets with custom HTC Sense-based skins, like last winter's myTouch 4G.... |
| Ford Recalls 1.1 Million Pickups Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:20 AM PDT Ford Recalls 1.1 Million Pickups Ford Recalls 1.1 Million Pickups Recall concerns gas-tank straps that could corrode, possible fire danger. |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:20 AM PDT Nissan GT-R Breaks 9 Seconds Nissan GT-R Breaks 9 Seconds AMS Performance GT-R clocks 8.97 seconds, 169 mph for quarter-mile. |
| Autodesk adds DIY site Instructables to its stable Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:48 AM PDT Autodesk adds DIY site Instructables to its stable  Autodesk adds DIY site Instructables to its stable Autodesk has really decided to embrace the DIY community recently. First the company launched 123D, a free design tool for hobbyists, now it's snatched up Instructables, an online repository for everything from quadrocopter plans to bruschetta recipes. There's no need for amateur inventors out there to worry about the acquisition, though -- it doesn't sound like much will be changing at the site.... |
| Verizon Preps Compaq Mini, The First LTE-Enabled Netbook Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:48 AM PDT Verizon Preps Compaq Mini, The First LTE-Enabled Netbook  Verizon Preps Compaq Mini, The First LTE-Enabled Netbook Have you been itching some Verizon 4G love in a package that's just a hair more portable than their also-just-announced HP Pavilion dm1? I know I haven't, but Verizon has just announced their first 4G capable netbook, the Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr all the same. The Mini packs a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom processor, a 250GB hard drive, and 1 GB of DDR3 RAM into its svelte-ish frame.... |
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