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- How much is that road trip? Cost To Drive will let you know
- Magma ExpressBox 3T gives you 3 external PCIe slots over Thunderbolt
- Eric Schmidt: Ice Cream Sandwich coming in October or November
- Google’s Eric Schmidt Pegs Ice Cream Sandwich For Mid-Fall Release
- Mercedes Adding a Fifth Compact
- Beijing to levy congestion charge to ease traffic, reduce pollution
- Atari Arcade is the $60 answer to iCade (review)
- Report Says Cars Face Growing Threat of Hack Attacks
- Why the 2012 Chevrolet Volt actually costs more than last year's model
- Steam Trading steams out of beta in a cloud of, er, water vapor
- Opera promises cross-platform apps for Smart TVs, gives us little to complain about
- 8 Ingredients of the Perfect Football Party Room
- Jaguar C-X16 hybrid concept revealed [w/video]
- AMD ships 16-core Bulldozer chips for servers, makes consumers wait their turn
- Breezy Launches Partner Network, Lets You Print On The Go At 1,000 Locations
- Toyota Ending Camry Imports from Japan
- Verizon FiOS HD DVR review (1.9)
- Orange / Deezer strike mobile music streaming deal
- Smart Fortwo Electric Drive heads to Hong Kong for real-world trials
- Iridium AxcessPoint turns your satellite phone into a mobile hotspot
- Amazon Tries To Coax Developers Into Their Android App Store With Cloud-service...
- Sony's F65 CineAlta 4K camera now available for a paltry $65,000
- Protein-Packed Maggot Sandwiches Newest State Fair Food
- South Africa Wants Access To BBM Messages
- iCloud Communications drops lawsuit against Apple, decides to change name instead
- Velocity Micro Cruz T410 Gingerbread tablet will run you a penny under $300
- Increasing CAFE standards is only the second-best solution to greener cars
- IBM and 3M join forces to fab 3D microchips, create mini-silicon skyscraper valley
- Did Netflix just start limiting users to one movie stream at a time? No
- Fisker teases Surf shooting brake ahead of Frankfurt debut
| How much is that road trip? Cost To Drive will let you know Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:27 PM PDT How much is that road trip? Cost To Drive will let you know  How much is that road trip? Cost To Drive will let you know Filed under: Etc., MPGWe know, we know: there's an app for everything. If you want to calculate your fuel costs for an upcoming trip, then, well, there's a new app for that. Released last week, Cost2Drive is currently available at the introductory price of $1.99. The idea here is to do some math behind the scenes and calculate your vehicle's mile per gallon rating with the current gasoline costs along the way.... |
| Magma ExpressBox 3T gives you 3 external PCIe slots over Thunderbolt Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:27 PM PDT Magma ExpressBox 3T gives you 3 external PCIe slots over Thunderbolt  Magma ExpressBox 3T gives you 3 external PCIe slots over Thunderbolt Laptops aren't exactly renowned for their expandability, especially those beautiful slivers of aluminum from Apple. (Simply upgrading the RAM on your Air requires you break out the soldering iron.) Magma has a solution, the ExpressBox 3T. This silver case houses its own 220w power supply and a trio of PCIe 2.0 slots.... |
| Eric Schmidt: Ice Cream Sandwich coming in October or November Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:48 PM PDT Eric Schmidt: Ice Cream Sandwich coming in October or November  Eric Schmidt: Ice Cream Sandwich coming in October or November Got your sights set on the next version of Android, codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich? We knew it was coming near the end of the year, but we now at least have a slightly more specific time frame straight from the horse's mouth. Google's own Eric Schmidt revealed in an interview with Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff that ICS -- the highly-anticipated update to Android that will merge elements of Honeycomb and Gingerbread into... |
| Google’s Eric Schmidt Pegs Ice Cream Sandwich For Mid-Fall Release Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:48 PM PDT Google's Eric Schmidt Pegs Ice Cream Sandwich For Mid-Fall Release  Google's Eric Schmidt Pegs Ice Cream Sandwich For Mid-Fall Release While at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference, Google chairman Eric Schmidt let fly a juicy tidbit as he ran through how Android came to be. According to him, the next big version of Android is being prepared for release in the October/November timeframe. Quoth Mr. Schmidt: "We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone's really excited about." This quick blurb has... |
| Mercedes Adding a Fifth Compact Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:48 PM PDT Mercedes Adding a Fifth Compact Mercedes Adding a Fifth Compact The sporty, shooting-brake station wagon hits Europe in 2014. |
| Beijing to levy congestion charge to ease traffic, reduce pollution Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT Beijing to levy congestion charge to ease traffic, reduce pollution  Beijing to levy congestion charge to ease traffic, reduce pollution Filed under: Etc., Legislation and Policy, China Chronic traffic woes have led officials in Beijing to take action, again. A congestion charge will soon be levied on drivers wishing to travel on select roads in the Chinese capital. Xinhua news agency says the charge is to encourage residents of Beijing to use public transit or bicycles for inner-city jaunts.... |
| Atari Arcade is the $60 answer to iCade (review) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT Atari Arcade is the $60 answer to iCade (review)  Atari Arcade is the $60 answer to iCade (review) Yearning to relive the classics (Lunar Lander, anyone?) on your iPad, replete with that authentic arcade feel? It wasn't long ago that we reviewed ThinkGeek and Ion's formidable iCade, but at $100, it was -- and still is -- a pricey portion to stomach for an occasional retro gaming fix.... |
| Report Says Cars Face Growing Threat of Hack Attacks Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT Report Says Cars Face Growing Threat of Hack Attacks Report Says Cars Face Growing Threat of Hack Attacks Texting and driving are a bad combination, but according to a new report it could get a lot worse. |
| Why the 2012 Chevrolet Volt actually costs more than last year's model Posted: 07 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT Why the 2012 Chevrolet Volt actually costs more than last year's model  Why the 2012 Chevrolet Volt actually costs more than last year's model Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM The decontented-for-2012 Chevrolet Volt stickers at $39,995 (including an $850 destination charge). That's $1,005 less than the MSRP of the 2011 Volt. For the record, General Motors says the 2012 Volt's reduced price is due to a "wider range of options and configurations that come with the expansion of Volt production for sale nationally." But that's corporate speak, so what are the driving forces behind the... |
| Steam Trading steams out of beta in a cloud of, er, water vapor Posted: 07 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT Steam Trading steams out of beta in a cloud of, er, water vapor  Steam Trading steams out of beta in a cloud of, er, water vapor Steam Trading's emerged from the hot wet clouds of beta after more than a million in-game items were swapped in the first month of testing. Purchased in-game objects can now be bartered between all players of Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 or Spiral Knights and more games will be supported soon.... |
| Opera promises cross-platform apps for Smart TVs, gives us little to complain about Posted: 07 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT Opera promises cross-platform apps for Smart TVs, gives us little to complain about  Opera promises cross-platform apps for Smart TVs, gives us little to complain about Opera has some guts going up against the likes of Samsung in the emerging realm of Smart TV apps. Then again, its new storefront brings something different to the table: namely a dashboard that strictly adheres to HTML5 and other web standards so that apps can work across any platform.... |
| 8 Ingredients of the Perfect Football Party Room Posted: 07 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT 8 Ingredients of the Perfect Football Party Room 8 Ingredients of the Perfect Football Party Room Make game day even better with space for re-enactments, fist bumps and plenty of food. Get our tips and browse hundreds of media room photos |
| Jaguar C-X16 hybrid concept revealed [w/video] Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:49 AM PDT Jaguar C-X16 hybrid concept revealed [w/video]  Jaguar C-X16 hybrid concept revealed [w/video] Filed under: Hybrid, Jaguar, Frankfurt Motor Show, Videos Powered by a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 engine that spits out 376 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque, the Jaguar C-X16 "production concept" takes Jag into the future with the addition of the automaker's "Push to Pass" steering wheel-mounted button. "Push to Pass" is Jaguar speak for hybrid-on-demand.... |
| AMD ships 16-core Bulldozer chips for servers, makes consumers wait their turn Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:49 AM PDT AMD ships 16-core Bulldozer chips for servers, makes consumers wait their turn  AMD ships 16-core Bulldozer chips for servers, makes consumers wait their turn AMD's Interlagos, its server-styled Bulldozer chip -- Mr. Opteron 6200 to you and me -- is being pushed out to retailers and OEMs ready for an October launch. AMD is calling it the first 16-core x86 processor, although as we know from the required reading, it has eight two-core shared modules rather than 16 independent ones.... |
| Breezy Launches Partner Network, Lets You Print On The Go At 1,000 Locations Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:48 AM PDT Breezy Launches Partner Network, Lets You Print On The Go At 1,000 Locations  Breezy Launches Partner Network, Lets You Print On The Go At 1,000 Locations Breezy, the Oakland-based mobile printing startup, has been awfully busy since last we heard from them. What started as a BlackBerry-only solution to one man's mobile printing headache has gone mass market today with the announcement of their new Breezy Partner Network, which allows users to print documents from their smartphones to nearly 1,000 local printers. Here's how it works: load up a document, be it through the Mail app or Dropbox,... |
| Toyota Ending Camry Imports from Japan Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:48 AM PDT Toyota Ending Camry Imports from Japan Toyota Ending Camry Imports from Japan Toyota will soon sell only US-built Camrys in America. |
| Verizon FiOS HD DVR review (1.9) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:10 AM PDT Verizon FiOS HD DVR review (1.9)  Verizon FiOS HD DVR review (1.9) It seems most have never learned to truly appreciate a DVR, instead thinking of it merely as a tape-less VCR. If you're like us, you love your DVR, but wait with bated breath for the next -- that might be the great one. So it was with great anticipation that we ran the new FiOS HD DVR update (1.9) through its paces.... |
| Orange / Deezer strike mobile music streaming deal Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:10 AM PDT Orange / Deezer strike mobile music streaming deal  Orange / Deezer strike mobile music streaming deal When it comes to music subscription services, Spotify isn't the only game in town -- but you knew that already. Here in the States we've got Rhapsody and Rdio to name but a couple, and in Europe, Deezer has been making a bit of a name for itself over the past few years.... |
| Smart Fortwo Electric Drive heads to Hong Kong for real-world trials Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT Smart Fortwo Electric Drive heads to Hong Kong for real-world trials  Smart Fortwo Electric Drive heads to Hong Kong for real-world trials Filed under: EV/Plug-in, SMART, Asia, Daimler With the city of Hong Kong battling record levels of pollution, Daimler has worked up what it thinks is a partial solution. The German automaker says it will provide an undisclosed number of trial versions of its Smart Fortwo Electric Drive to select partners there. Daimler's mates in the trial, including the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Swire Coca-Cola HK, will use the electric two-seater for six... |
| Iridium AxcessPoint turns your satellite phone into a mobile hotspot Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT Iridium AxcessPoint turns your satellite phone into a mobile hotspot  Iridium AxcessPoint turns your satellite phone into a mobile hotspot Hello there traveler. Have you discovered that you sorely miss being connected to the internet while wandering the desert or adrift at sea? Sure, you could buy a satellite modem, but after dropping a cool grand on a satellite phone you're probably not looking to break the bank just to check your e-mail.... |
| Amazon Tries To Coax Developers Into Their Android App Store With Cloud-service... Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT Amazon Tries To Coax Developers Into Their Android App Store With Cloud-service Credit  Amazon Tries To Coax Developers Into Their Android App Store With Cloud-service Credit If you're an Android developer, there's not really any reason why you shouldn't submit your App to Amazon's alternative App Store. It's extra exposure, won't cost you a dime, and, because there's considerably less competition, you actually might have better results there than in Google's official app depot. Just make sure that if you agree to be the Free App of the Day, you completely understand what you're getting yourself into. Anyway,... |
| Sony's F65 CineAlta 4K camera now available for a paltry $65,000 Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT Sony's F65 CineAlta 4K camera now available for a paltry $65,000  Sony's F65 CineAlta 4K camera now available for a paltry $65,000 Sony's F65 CineAlta camera now has a price tag to match its name -- and its girth. The imager, which was first unveiled at this year's NAB Show, has now been officially released ahead of this week's IBC conference in Amsterdam. The newest member of the CineAlta family captures images in 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution and features a speedy 20.4 megapixel, Super 35mm CMOS sensor, capable of reaching up to... |
| Protein-Packed Maggot Sandwiches Newest State Fair Food Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT Protein-Packed Maggot Sandwiches Newest State Fair Food Protein-Packed Maggot Sandwiches Newest State Fair Food A California-based company is taking fair food to a whole new level: maggot sandwiches |
| South Africa Wants Access To BBM Messages Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:49 AM PDT South Africa Wants Access To BBM Messages  South Africa Wants Access To BBM Messages "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." And then times got worse, and worse, and worse. At least for RIM. After jumping through hoops for the Saudi Arabian government, and then doing the same in India, South Africa has decided to get in on the fun and ask for access to BBM messages.... |
| iCloud Communications drops lawsuit against Apple, decides to change name instead Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:49 AM PDT iCloud Communications drops lawsuit against Apple, decides to change name instead  iCloud Communications drops lawsuit against Apple, decides to change name instead iCloud Communications seemed mighty confident back in June, when it filed a lawsuit against Apple over the name of Cupertino's online storage service. But the Arizona-based company has now dropped the suit altogether, opting to change its own name, instead. On Thursday, the VoIP provider filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with a US District Court, effectively bringing an end to litigation.... |
| Velocity Micro Cruz T410 Gingerbread tablet will run you a penny under $300 Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:49 AM PDT Velocity Micro Cruz T410 Gingerbread tablet will run you a penny under $300  Velocity Micro Cruz T410 Gingerbread tablet will run you a penny under $300 Looks like the T408 has company. Velocity Micro today announced the Cruz T410, the bigger brother to the recently unveiled eight-inch T408. The 10-inch tablet rocks similar specs as its smaller sibling, including a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor, Android 2.3, a front-facing camera, WiFi, and pre-loaded Amazon content. The budget Android tablet will be available this month, running $299.99 -- $60 more than the T408, but still fairly affordable in the... |
| Increasing CAFE standards is only the second-best solution to greener cars Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:09 AM PDT Increasing CAFE standards is only the second-best solution to greener cars  Increasing CAFE standards is only the second-best solution to greener cars Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA Higher CAFE standards force manufacturers to build cars that get better mileage, or at least adjust the mix of vehicles they sell. In the decades since the first set of CAFE standards were imposed, we've gone from an average fuel economy of just 13.1 mpg to a less-awful 22.5 mpg.... |
| IBM and 3M join forces to fab 3D microchips, create mini-silicon skyscraper valley Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:09 AM PDT IBM and 3M join forces to fab 3D microchips, create mini-silicon skyscraper valley  IBM and 3M join forces to fab 3D microchips, create mini-silicon skyscraper valley 3D hype is fast wearing out its welcome, but there's at least one area of industry where the buzzed about term could usher in true innovation. Announced today as a joint research project, IBM and 3M will work towards the creation of a new breed of microprocessors. Unlike similar three-dimensional semiconductor efforts by Intel, the two newly partnered outfits plan to stack up to 100 layers of chips atop one another... |
| Did Netflix just start limiting users to one movie stream at a time? No Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:09 AM PDT Did Netflix just start limiting users to one movie stream at a time? No  Did Netflix just start limiting users to one movie stream at a time? No Over the last couple of days, some Netflix users have reported getting error messages whenever they tried to view Watch Instantly video streams on two different devices at the same time. While some reports have suggested that along with instituting a price hike September 1st it also decided to start cracking down on multiple streams, it turns out there's a simpler explanation.... |
| Fisker teases Surf shooting brake ahead of Frankfurt debut Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:28 AM PDT Fisker teases Surf shooting brake ahead of Frankfurt debut  Fisker teases Surf shooting brake ahead of Frankfurt debut Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Frankfurt Motor Show, Fisker Fisker's shooting brake based on the plug-in Karma has a name: Surf. The luxury wagon will make its worldwide debut on September 13 at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Fisker says it will pull the wraps off the "stunning" Surf, a vehicle that will "wow global audiences" in less than six day's time.... |
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