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Local Mitsubishi dealer gets a head start on promoting the all-electric i

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Local Mitsubishi dealer gets a head start on promoting the all-electric i


Local Mitsubishi dealer gets a head start on promoting the all-electric i
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi With all the attention given the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, you'd easily be forgiven for completely overlooking the diminutive Misubishi i-MiEV. First, the small EV has yet to roll into the driveway of a U.S. customer. Second, until recently, Mitsubishi's national advertising has been just as hard to find as the vehicle....

This giant military spy blimp is really hard to miss

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 04:14 PM PDT

This giant military spy blimp is really hard to miss


This giant military spy blimp is really hard to miss
What's this spy blimp doing next to an 18-wheeler? We're not entirely sure, but it's certainly not being subtle about it. This jumbo-sized floater, codenamed "Blue Devil Block 2," measures some 370 feet in length and comprises a whopping 1.4 million cubic feet. Originally inflated in September, the definitely-not-blue Blue Devil took flight for the first time last week in North Carolina and, if all goes to plan, should head to...

Must See HDTV (October 10th - 16th)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Must See HDTV (October 10th - 16th)


Must See HDTV (October 10th - 16th)
Baseball playoffs are in full effect and altering TV schedules, so if you're digging Fox's lineup then too bad -- it's going to be mostly on ice for the next couple of weeks. We've still got a few major fall premieres trickling in, but the most significant addition are the first Blu-ray titles with Ultraviolet (Horrible Bosses, Green Lantern)....

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus up for pre-order: $399 16GB, $499 32GB

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus up for pre-order: $399 16GB, $499 32GB


Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus up for pre-order: $399 16GB, $499 32GB
Korea's finest have been very coy on the dual-core and Honeycomb update to the Galaxy Tab 7, the 7 Plus. We knew that Austria and Indonesia would get it by the end of October but didn't know when it was likely to land in the States, or how much it would cost when it got here....

We're live from CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011!

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:33 PM PDT

We're live from CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011!


We're live from CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011!
We're gathering at the San Diego Convention Center to attend the fall edition of CTIA Wireless, also known as CTIA Wireless Enterprise & Applications 2011. Sure, the name's a mouthful, but we can't wait to check out the show floor and get a handful of the latest and greatest gadgets....

World's Oldest Car Sells for $4.6M

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:33 PM PDT

World's Oldest Car Sells for $4.6M


World's Oldest Car Sells for $4.6M
The 1884 steam-powered car sets world record at auction.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk gives Reddit community candid answers about the future

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:54 PM PDT

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk gives Reddit community candid answers about the future


Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk gives Reddit community candid answers about the future
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Videos Chief executive officer of Tesla Motors. Chairman of SolarCity. CEO of SpaceX. Co-founder of Paypal. Inspiration for Iron Man's Tony Stark. Those are a handful of titles that apply to American entrepreneur Elon Musk. Elon Musk is a go-big-or-go-home type of guy. Recently, Musk agreed to answer questions directly from the Reddit community and the video after the jump contains his answers, including his grand ideas for...

BlackBerry Tag: touch-to-share for... multimedia?

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:54 PM PDT

BlackBerry Tag: touch-to-share for... multimedia?


BlackBerry Tag: touch-to-share for... multimedia?
Research in Motion's Jim Balsillie's currently in Dubai, gassing about how amazing the latest update to BlackBerry 7 OS will be -- probably between trips to the beach. When it arrives, those crackberries equipped with NFC (Bold 9900 / 9920 and Curve 9350 / 9360 / 9370) will get BlackBerry Tag....

Disney Mobile DM010SH Android phone hits Softbank stores in Japan, we go hands-o...

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:54 PM PDT

Disney Mobile DM010SH Android phone hits Softbank stores in Japan, we go hands-on (video)


Disney Mobile DM010SH Android phone hits Softbank stores in Japan, we go hands-on (video)
Disney Mobile's first Android-powered smartphone hit Softbank Mobile stores in Japan earlier this month, with 0 JPY (about $0) due up front. You won't be getting off that easy though -- expect to pay just shy of 74,000 JPY (about $965) off contract, or 24 monthly installments of 880 JPY (about $11) if you opt for the two-year agreement....

Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:14 PM PDT

Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM


Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM
It's Monday, and we're still here to help by letting you peek into the recording booth when the Engadget HD podcast goes to mp3 at 5:30PM. We're back at our regular time, so take a peek at the live stream, chat and list of topics after the break.Continue reading Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PMJoin the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM originally appeared on...

Google, Vocre, Apple, And Now Raytheon Diving Into Cloud Speech Recognition

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:14 PM PDT

Google, Vocre, Apple, And Now Raytheon Diving Into Cloud Speech Recognition


Google, Vocre, Apple, And Now Raytheon Diving Into Cloud Speech Recognition
If you were following along at Disrupt SF, perhaps you caught Vocre's impressive demonstration of their near-real-time spoken translation app. As I was watching, I was picturing the gears turning behind the veneer of the app, though: the cloud transcription, translation, and speech APIs, and how there's a nice big market for this kind of thing....

The iPad gets a Facebook app, finally

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:14 PM PDT

The iPad gets a Facebook app, finally


The iPad gets a Facebook app, finally
Kind of like eating a peanut butter sandwich with no jelly, the most obvious app missing from the iPad has been Facebook -- until today. The New York Times reports that the site has finally confirmed the app's availability just in time for eager social networkers to like, subscribe and stalk from their slates....

Ford goes cuckoo for coconuts with Scotts Miracle-Gro

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Ford goes cuckoo for coconuts with Scotts Miracle-Gro


Ford goes cuckoo for coconuts with Scotts Miracle-Gro
Filed under: Etc., Ford Ford and the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are researching the use of coir (coconut fiber) as a reinforcement for the automaker's molded plastic components. The coconut coir (or husks, as they are more commonly called) currently make up a waste stream from Scotts' soil and seed division. Once the "waste" arrives at Ford, engineers combine it with various plastics to make coir-reinforced parts....

The Faraday electric bike shows us all how retro the future will be

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

The Faraday electric bike shows us all how retro the future will be


The Faraday electric bike shows us all how retro the future will be
This ain't no fixie with a minty fresh paint job, this is the Faraday. Built for the Oregon Manifest design competition, ideas factory Ideo teamed up with bike builders Rock Lobster Cycles to produce this retro-technotastic electric bike. Everything futuristic has been hidden inside the frame: those parallel top tubes hold a series of lithium-ion batteries which juice up the front-hub motor -- all controlled from the green box tucked beneath...

BlackBerry Internet Outage Hits Europe, Middle East, Africa

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

BlackBerry Internet Outage Hits Europe, Middle East, Africa


BlackBerry Internet Outage Hits Europe, Middle East, Africa
RIM seems to be learning very quickly that when it rains, it pours. Word of a BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) outage quickly began making the rounds this morning, leaving (once) loyal customers in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East without email and web access. This is the second outage RIM has dealt with in as many months: their popular BBM service went down this past September, shortly after the company released their...

Google takes steady aim at web programming with Dart

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Google takes steady aim at web programming with Dart


Google takes steady aim at web programming with Dart
Google has brought its arm up, narrowed its focus and let Dart fly. The new programming language focuses on web apps, and the internet giant is hoping that Dart will feel "familiar and natural" to developers raised on a diet of rival programming languages. The ability to execute code in either a native virtual machine (which emulates how it'd work in real-life) or a JavaScript engine means that anything can be...

Sonim introduces trio of rugged phones, including one with NFC support

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:54 PM PDT

Sonim introduces trio of rugged phones, including one with NFC support


Sonim introduces trio of rugged phones, including one with NFC support
Sonim's established a rather solid reputation in the rugged phone genre, with its XP3300 Force claiming the Guinness World Record for surviving the longest freefall this past February. Now it's branching out by announcing three more mil-spec devices at this week's CTIA, two of which will be available in the US starting today....

GM not adding second shift at Chevy Volt plant; will keep production target

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:14 PM PDT

GM not adding second shift at Chevy Volt plant; will keep production target


GM not adding second shift at Chevy Volt plant; will keep production target
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Chevrolet, GM Earlier this year, word was General Motors would add something like 900 to 1,000 jobs and a second shift to its Detroit-Hamtramck plant to increase production of the Chevy Volt from 16,000 a year to 60,000. With Volt sales not exactly smashing records, the AP is now reporting that GM will delay adding that second shift until mid-2012....

TomTom Go Live Top Gear edition brings Clarkson onboard as navigator, Stig speec...

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:14 PM PDT

TomTom Go Live Top Gear edition brings Clarkson onboard as navigator, Stig speechless


TomTom Go Live Top Gear edition brings Clarkson onboard as navigator, Stig speechless
We'd assume a sizable share of fans may consider themselves God's gift to road navigation, but that hasn't stopped TomTom launching a special edition Top Gear flavor of its GPS device. Navigation is narrated by the voice of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, directing clueless drivers "with the aid of 32 satellites......

UK 4G network auction delayed, spectrum sell-off pushed back to the end of 2012

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:14 PM PDT

UK 4G network auction delayed, spectrum sell-off pushed back to the end of 2012


UK 4G network auction delayed, spectrum sell-off pushed back to the end of 2012
The dizzying world of 4G speeds remains a distant prospect for Britons, with telecoms regulator Ofcom deciding to delay the auction for the next generation of mobile spectrum. It was looking to sell off two potent bands of wireless network by the end of this year, but those plans have been put on hold by some legal jostling and desk-banging from UK carriers, with the British equivalent of the FCC saying...

Chevrolet Unveils Convertible Version of 580 HP Camaro ZL1

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Chevrolet Unveils Convertible Version of 580 HP Camaro ZL1


Chevrolet Unveils Convertible Version of 580 HP Camaro ZL1
Maybe its time to get that mullet trimmed.

Chicago’s Lost Racetrack

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Chicago's Lost Racetrack


Chicago's Lost Racetrack
MSN Autos takes its favorite Lotus to Windy City's old speed park.

Car2go Smart Fortwos headed to France with Europcar partnership

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Car2go Smart Fortwos headed to France with Europcar partnership


Car2go Smart Fortwos headed to France with Europcar partnership
Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, SMART, Europe/EU, Daimler The simple, amazing, but not quite perfect Daimler Car2go car-sharing program is headed to France with the assistance of Europcar. Within a month, Lyon will become the first city in France to participate in Car2go with a fleet of 200 on-demand Smart Fortwo commuter cars....

Details on the Samsung Galaxy S III leak out: 1.8GHz dual-core CPU and 12MP camera?

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Details on the Samsung Galaxy S III leak out: 1.8GHz dual-core CPU and 12MP camera?


Details on the Samsung Galaxy S III leak out: 1.8GHz dual-core CPU and 12MP camera?
We're still awaiting the release of the Samsung Galaxy S II on T-Mobile this week, and yet it's already starting to look like yesterday's half-eaten breakfast. That's because some fuzzy details are now leaking out about its inevitable successor, the mystical Galaxy S III. The leaked presentation slide above, uncovered by Phandroid, shows a phone that's packing a 1.8GHz dual-core Exynos 4212 CPU with 2GB of RAM and a 12 megapixel...

Sony PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset review

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Sony PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset review


Sony PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset review
Oh hey, Sony, how nice of you to join the party! The console gaming headset party, that is (no, Bluetooth earpieces don't count). Over a year ago the company had us yearning for a PS3-oriented headset after letting loose its duo of Ultimate Weapons headgear for PC gamers. Then in May, a glimmer of hope shone upon us when its PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset was announced for the DualShock-wielding gamers --...

Motorola Hints At October 18 Debut For The Spyder (Or Droid RAZR)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Motorola Hints At October 18 Debut For The Spyder (Or Droid RAZR)


Motorola Hints At October 18 Debut For The Spyder (Or Droid RAZR)
Samsung and Google got some considerable mileage out of their Nexus teaser video, and Motorola apparently wants to join in on the fun. Their own mysterious video went live earlier today, and hints pretty strongly at some impressive hardware due to be unveiled soon. As with most teaser videos, Motorola's latest is heavy on imagery but light on detail....

Shocker! Microsoft to produce dual-core, LTE Windows Phones, other modern things

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Shocker! Microsoft to produce dual-core, LTE Windows Phones, other modern things


Shocker! Microsoft to produce dual-core, LTE Windows Phones, other modern things
This just in: Microsoft is ready to take the plunge into mobile modernity... at its own pace. During a recent interview with All Things D, Windows Phone President Andy Lees revealed a few details about Redmond's future crop of handsets, which will apparently include both LTE capabilities and dual-core processors....

Microsoft Is Getting More Serious About Daily (Bing) Deals

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Microsoft Is Getting More Serious About Daily (Bing) Deals


Microsoft Is Getting More Serious About Daily (Bing) Deals
Microsoft appears to be readying the formal launch of a Bing-branded daily deals website powered by white-label group buying platform service provider Tippr, a well-informed source tells me. You don't have to take my word for it: Microsoft and Tippr are testing the service right now, and the Bing-exclusive daily deals site is hiding in plain sight (see here and here, or check screenshots below). For the record, this offering is notably...

Dodge to Kill Its Minivan in 2013

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Dodge to Kill Its Minivan in 2013


Dodge to Kill Its Minivan in 2013
Dodge is cutting off one of the hands that has fed it well for the past quarter century.

Is rapeseed biodiesel worse for the environment than diesel?

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Is rapeseed biodiesel worse for the environment than diesel?


Is rapeseed biodiesel worse for the environment than diesel?
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Europe/EU As one might expect, Europe's biodiesel industry rejected the findings of a draft study showing that the cultivation of rapeseed for biodiesel is likely significantly worse for the environment than manufacturing conventional diesel, i.e., from petroleum. On Friday, the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) stated that the European Union's study's was "highly debatable and unscientific." At a news conference in Belgium, EBB secretary general Raffaello Garofalo stated: Can an industry...