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- Sony's new A, E, and S series Walkmans to get Music Unlimited freebie
- Nintendo's 3DS Ambassador Program line-up revealed, games available September 1st
- Lincoln Refreshes for the Future
- 2011 Chevrolet Aveo (Sonic) nabs 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating [w/video]
- HTC pushes a Windows Phone through FCC, Mango launch close at hand?
- The New Face of Ford Revealed
- Cadillac likely to approve flagship, more hybrid models
- Toyota smashes EV record on Nurburgring, speed rivals gas-powered cars (video)
- HTC Sensation Redux To Sport Beats By Dre Audio?
- Google offers free calls home from Gmail for American military
- HTC: The Thunderbolt And Droid Incredible Will Be Updated to Gingerbread In Sept...
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S hands-on (video)
- Mobile Ads Could “Theoretically” Absorb Online Display Spending This Year, But T...
- Toshiba Thrive to land in UK September 1st, now known as the AT100
- Meet the Land Rover DC100 Concept
- Designer Gordon Murray Joins Lotus
- Tesla posts record revenue of $58 million in 2nd quarter, stock price plummets
- HP promotes '$40 billion' PC business spin-off with new series of ads
- Sony Walkman Mobile Entertainment Player hands-on (video)
- Offline Google Mail hands-on
- Kanex's MHL HDMI adapter brings your smartphone content to an HDTV near you
- Openwave sues Apple and RIM for patent infringement
- Hands-on with the Sony Reader Wi-Fi (video)
- Stressed Out? Check Your House
- Skype outs Freetalk Connect-Me Home Phone Adapter, does VoIP for old fashioned h...
- 2011 Nissan Leaf "sells out" in two hours in Canada
- New TechCrunch Mobile Site: You Can’t Escape the Logo
- Samsung Galaxy S II logs confirm NFC support for AT&T, none for Sprint
- CNBC: Facebook to launch music service on September 22
- Sony HMZ-T1 headset hits IFA, we go hands-on (video)
| Sony's new A, E, and S series Walkmans to get Music Unlimited freebie Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT Sony's new A, E, and S series Walkmans to get Music Unlimited freebie  Sony's new A, E, and S series Walkmans to get Music Unlimited freebie For those that haven't yet gone down the iFaithful portable media player route, there's always the Walkman. Sony officially unveiled updates to its A, S and E series line of players just last month, and now plans to dole out a free trial of Music Unlimited to owners of the NWZ-A860, S760BT and E460 when they go on sale this September.... |
| Nintendo's 3DS Ambassador Program line-up revealed, games available September 1st Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT Nintendo's 3DS Ambassador Program line-up revealed, games available September 1st  Nintendo's 3DS Ambassador Program line-up revealed, games available September 1st Early 3DS adopters, your smorgasbord of throwback make-goods is now only a day away. Nintendo recently announced via its Twitter account the full line-up of ten Famicom / NES virtual console games headed for the company's Ambassador Program. Owners of the 3D handheld in Japan and North America can look forward to re-acquainting themselves with such 8-bit classics like Metroid, Super Mario Bros., Ice Climber, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II... |
| Lincoln Refreshes for the Future Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT Lincoln Refreshes for the Future Lincoln Refreshes for the Future Seven new or improved products will hit Lincoln dealers by 2014. |
| 2011 Chevrolet Aveo (Sonic) nabs 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating [w/video] Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:07 PM PDT 2011 Chevrolet Aveo (Sonic) nabs 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating [w/video]  2011 Chevrolet Aveo (Sonic) nabs 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating [w/video] Filed under: Chevrolet, Europe/EU, Videos The 2011 Chevrolet Aveo hatchback, to be sold in North America as the Chevy Sonic starting this fall, has received a five-star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP). According to NCAP, the Aveo hatchback scored 85 out of 100 points, which places it among the top performers in the NCAP's supermini segment.... |
| HTC pushes a Windows Phone through FCC, Mango launch close at hand? Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:06 PM PDT HTC pushes a Windows Phone through FCC, Mango launch close at hand?  HTC pushes a Windows Phone through FCC, Mango launch close at hand? Phones approved by the FCC are seldom so upfront about the OS they run on, but HTC decided to go against the status quo in its latest filing to the government agency. A quick perusal of the FCC filings show a handset tested for 850 / 1900 GSM -- standard 2G bands for AT&T and T-Mobile -- and no WCDMA frequencies in the US.... |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:06 PM PDT The New Face of Ford Revealed The New Face of Ford Revealed The automaker heads in a new direction with the Evos Concept. |
| Cadillac likely to approve flagship, more hybrid models Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT Cadillac likely to approve flagship, more hybrid models  Cadillac likely to approve flagship, more hybrid models Filed under: Hybrid, Cadillac According to The Detroit Bureau, Cadillac is aiming to produce a new high-end flagship on the massive Omega platform. The news comes in the wake of the exuberant public reaction to the company's Ciel Concept, and General Motors says that a hard-top version of the lengthy convertible is already in the works.... |
| Toyota smashes EV record on Nurburgring, speed rivals gas-powered cars (video) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT Toyota smashes EV record on Nurburgring, speed rivals gas-powered cars (video)  Toyota smashes EV record on Nurburgring, speed rivals gas-powered cars (video) Last week, Toyota's racing team set out to break the current EV record on the Nordschleife track, part of Germany's infamous Nürburgring -- and they've done it, clocking a swift 7:47.79 seconds with the P001 electric racing car. The Peugeot EX1 EV's previous 9:01.338 record seems like a distant memory as the new contender shaved more than a minute off the time, giving even gasoline-powered vehicles a run for their money.... |
| HTC Sensation Redux To Sport Beats By Dre Audio? Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT HTC Sensation Redux To Sport Beats By Dre Audio?  HTC Sensation Redux To Sport Beats By Dre Audio? Since HTC's purchase of a majority stake in Beats Electronics, the big question was which of their snazzy new handsets would be the first to benefit from an audio overhaul. Rumor had it that the Vigor may be the first to get a taste of the Dr. Dre treatment, but according to a leaked spec sheet, it may be a refreshed version of HTC's Sensation that nabs the distinction. Perhaps best known... |
| Google offers free calls home from Gmail for American military Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT Google offers free calls home from Gmail for American military  Google offers free calls home from Gmail for American military Google knows how valuable our service men and women are, and how hard it is to be away from home on long tours of duty. The company is giving back where it can, by offering free calls within Gmail to the states for people with a valid .mil email address.... |
| HTC: The Thunderbolt And Droid Incredible Will Be Updated to Gingerbread In Sept... Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT HTC: The Thunderbolt And Droid Incredible Will Be Updated to Gingerbread In September  HTC: The Thunderbolt And Droid Incredible Will Be Updated to Gingerbread In September Good news, HTC Thunderbolt/Droid Incredible owners! You're gettin' some Gingerbread! It's a bit late in the game (Gingerbread has been around for nearly 10 months, after all) but HTC has just announced that both the Incredible and the Thunderbolt should be updated to Android 2.3 sometime in September. As usual, there's no mention of a specific date — but hey, at least it's officially on the way! It's beyond disconcerting to think about... |
| Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S hands-on (video) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S hands-on (video)  Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S hands-on (video) The only way you missed Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc S at today's IFA press conference, is if the slim handset happened to be turned sideways at the time. The 4.2-inch phone was the one of the bigger announcements at the event, sporting a 1.4GHz processor, an 8.1 megapixel camera, a Reality Display and the ability to convert 2D images into 3D.... |
| Mobile Ads Could “Theoretically” Absorb Online Display Spending This Year, But T... Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:52 PM PDT Mobile Ads Could "Theoretically" Absorb Online Display Spending This Year, But They Won't  Mobile Ads Could "Theoretically" Absorb Online Display Spending This Year, But They Won't With more than 600,000 apps available for an estimated 350 million Apple and Android mobile devices, it's not difficult to see how mobile app advertising could soon eclipse online display advertising. In fact, app analytics company Flurryput this chart together to show how mobile app inventory is growing so fast that it could absorb all of the money spent on online display ads by the end of the year.... |
| Toshiba Thrive to land in UK September 1st, now known as the AT100 Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:52 PM PDT Toshiba Thrive to land in UK September 1st, now known as the AT100  Toshiba Thrive to land in UK September 1st, now known as the AT100 If you're a loyal citizen of the UK anxiously awaiting a Toshiba Thrive, your sleepless nights are nearly over. The less-than-slender tablet, rebranded as the AT100, will hit the United Kingdom on September 1st. Like its American cousin, it will ship with Android 3.1 and a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor -- not to mention all those ports: full-size HDMI and USB, along with an SD slot.... |
| Meet the Land Rover DC100 Concept Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:51 PM PDT Meet the Land Rover DC100 Concept Meet the Land Rover DC100 Concept It's the next Land Rover Defender, sort of. |
| Designer Gordon Murray Joins Lotus Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:51 PM PDT Designer Gordon Murray Joins Lotus Designer Gordon Murray Joins Lotus The designer of the McLaren F1 joins the Lotus team of advisors. |
| Tesla posts record revenue of $58 million in 2nd quarter, stock price plummets Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:14 PM PDT Tesla posts record revenue of $58 million in 2nd quarter, stock price plummets Tesla posts record revenue of $58 million in 2nd quarter, stock price plummets Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, USA On Wednesday, Tesla Motors, the U.S.-based electric automaker partially backed by Toyota and Daimler, announced second-quarter revenue of $58 million, marking the firm's highest reported revenue in a single quarter to date. In a conference call with analysts, a geeked Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive officer, stated: This was the best quarter in Tesla's history.... |
| HP promotes '$40 billion' PC business spin-off with new series of ads Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:14 PM PDT HP promotes '$40 billion' PC business spin-off with new series of ads  HP promotes '$40 billion' PC business spin-off with new series of ads Before today, HP had only expressed that it "will consider a broad range of options" for the future of its Personal Systems Group; and now, said company's released a series of ads to confirm its intention to spin it off into a separate company. Amidst the lovely (and ironic) mention of HP's long-lived success with its $40 billion PC business, the underlying message here is all about "staying focused on our... |
| Sony Walkman Mobile Entertainment Player hands-on (video) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:14 PM PDT Sony Walkman Mobile Entertainment Player hands-on (video)  Sony Walkman Mobile Entertainment Player hands-on (video) You may well have missed it in today's deluge of Sony product announcements, but the company showed off the latest device to carry its age-old Walkman brand. The 4.3-inch handset runs Android Gingerbread, and is still in its early stages at the moment, carrying the fairly uninspired Walkman Mobile Entertainment Player moniker.... |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:14 PM PDT Offline Google Mail hands-on  Offline Google Mail hands-on One of the things that made Google apps the web-based productivity suite to beat was the ability to access your information offline using Gears. When that experiment was killed, many of us let loose a single tear as we contemplated returning to our desktop apps. Well, as promised, HTML5 is finally returning Gmail to its former offline glory.... |
| Kanex's MHL HDMI adapter brings your smartphone content to an HDTV near you Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:36 AM PDT Kanex's MHL HDMI adapter brings your smartphone content to an HDTV near you  Kanex's MHL HDMI adapter brings your smartphone content to an HDTV near you Want to get content from your Samsung Galaxy S II to your HDTV, but don't want to shell out for the fancy new Toshiba Regza? Shortly after yesterday's announcement of the Australia-only WL800A, Kanex unveiled its $29 adapter, letting users connect their MHL-capable handsets to HDTVs via the HDMI port.... |
| Openwave sues Apple and RIM for patent infringement Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:36 AM PDT Openwave sues Apple and RIM for patent infringement  Openwave sues Apple and RIM for patent infringement Add one more to the tally of patent lawsuits involving Apple and RIM. This time it's Openwave Systems using the license-by-litigation technique, and it's alleging that multiple devices infringe five of its patents on mobile internet -- including offline email access, cloud computing, and secure server access. The company claims that Apple's iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4, the iPod Touch, both iPads, plus RIM's Blackberry Curve 9930 and the PlayBook all... |
| Hands-on with the Sony Reader Wi-Fi (video) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:36 AM PDT Hands-on with the Sony Reader Wi-Fi (video)  Hands-on with the Sony Reader Wi-Fi (video) The Sony Reader isn't all that much presence here in the States, where the market is largely dominated by Amazon, and, to a lesser extent, Barnes & Noble. The Sony Reader Wi-Fi does go a ways toward keeping up with the competition, offering up WiFi (as advertised), an infrared touchscreen, and the Pearl E-Ink display seen on past versions.... |
| Stressed Out? Check Your House Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:36 AM PDT Stressed Out? Check Your House Stressed Out? Check Your House If you're experiencing stress and tension in your life, especially when you are at home, your house itself could be the problem. |
| Skype outs Freetalk Connect-Me Home Phone Adapter, does VoIP for old fashioned h... Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:36 AM PDT Skype outs Freetalk Connect-Me Home Phone Adapter, does VoIP for old fashioned handsets  Skype outs Freetalk Connect-Me Home Phone Adapter, does VoIP for old fashioned handsets If you're still sporting a landline as your main connection to the outside world, Skype's now offering a more up-to-date way to use that dusty old handset. The VoIP platform has just introduced two new products that will bring Skype-specific internet calling to your home phone. Billed as a "hassle-free, plug-and-play solution" the Freetalk Connect-Me Home Phone Adapter connects to your landline and broadband allowing you to make free calls to... |
| 2011 Nissan Leaf "sells out" in two hours in Canada Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT 2011 Nissan Leaf "sells out" in two hours in Canada  2011 Nissan Leaf "sells out" in two hours in Canada Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan Over the weekend, Nissan Canada officially opened the reservation process for the all-electric Leaf. Within two hours, all Canada-bound Model Year 2011 Leafs were reserved. Wow! Two hours! Here's how the electrifying action went down: At noon on Saturday, Canadian residents who reside within the vicinity of one of the 27 Nissan Leaf certified dealers were invited to reserve the electric hatch for a refundable $99.... |
| New TechCrunch Mobile Site: You Can’t Escape the Logo Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT New TechCrunch Mobile Site: You Can't Escape the Logo  New TechCrunch Mobile Site: You Can't Escape the Logo If you've visited TechCrunch on your mobile you know it's been a generic experience…until now. With the introduction of our new look and snazzy/abominable logo it was time for something better: the all-new TechCrunch.com mobile site. The AOL Mobile web team have done a great job adapting our desktop experience for a plethora of small screens.... |
| Samsung Galaxy S II logs confirm NFC support for AT&T, none for Sprint Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:58 AM PDT Samsung Galaxy S II logs confirm NFC support for AT&T, none for Sprint  Samsung Galaxy S II logs confirm NFC support for AT&T, none for Sprint What's the point of investing $100 million in a mobile payment system if you don't have the goods to back it up? AT&T may be adopting this philosophy, beginning with the Galaxy S II. With the aid of eagle-eyed Android dev Francois Simond, we conducted an extended analysis of Ma Bell's latest gem and discovered it's rife with NFC.... |
| CNBC: Facebook to launch music service on September 22 Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:58 AM PDT CNBC: Facebook to launch music service on September 22  CNBC: Facebook to launch music service on September 22 The headline's about all we know at the moment, but CNBC is now confidently reporting that Facebook is set to launch a music service of some sort on September 22nd, which conveniently lines up with the company's F8 conference. Could that service also include a dash of Spotify? Maybe some Vibes?... |
| Sony HMZ-T1 headset hits IFA, we go hands-on (video) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:58 AM PDT Sony HMZ-T1 headset hits IFA, we go hands-on (video)  Sony HMZ-T1 headset hits IFA, we go hands-on (video) Easily the most unusual highlight of today's Sony IFA press conference, the HMZ-T1 goes where many other companies have tried and failed. The head-mounted display, first introduced as a prototype back in January at CES, has finally graduated into a real product. The device is aimed at gamers and TV watchers, generating a 3D image with use of a pair of 0.7-inch OLED panels, which each display separate images, doing away... |
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