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Nissan Leaf 6-month service is a simple tire-rotating, coffee-drinking pit stop

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 02:33 PM PDT

Nissan Leaf 6-month service is a simple tire-rotating, coffee-drinking pit stop


Nissan Leaf 6-month service is a simple tire-rotating, coffee-drinking pit stop
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan Most vehicles today require routine maintenance at predetermined intervals. For the Nissan Leaf, the first required check-up comes at the 15,000-mile (or one year) mark. But Nissan North America still "recommends" a six-month service stop. Why at six-months? Well, it's more for the company than the car, really....

Switched On: Android's tablet traversal

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Switched On: Android's tablet traversal


Switched On: Android's tablet traversal
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. At AsiaD this week, Google's Andy Rubin noted that there were at least six million Android tablets in use. That number included only those running Google services. One could question whether the briskly selling Nook Color -- which is not open to Android apps at large -- is relevant to that tally, at least from a developer perspective....

Engadget Mobile Podcast 109 - 10.23.2011

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Engadget Mobile Podcast 109 - 10.23.2011



Engadget Mobile Podcast 109 - 10.23.2011
We get excited. More specifically, we get excited about phones. Most specifically, we get excited about dead mobile phone platforms and the hardware they inhabit. Does that make us weird? We would say yes, but combine that with the fact that we also get excited about very alive, very dessert-influenced mobile platforms and you'll have us giving ourselves a "5" on the scale of totally weird to not weird at all....

Nikon D300s travels to the edge of space, survives to share the results

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Nikon D300s travels to the edge of space, survives to share the results


Nikon D300s travels to the edge of space, survives to share the results
If you're going to go to the trouble of sending a camera to the edge of space, you might as well send one capable capable of doing the trip justice, right? That hasn't always been the case with similar DIY attempts (for obvious reasons), but the team behind the so-called Cygnus "spacecraft" decided to go all out when they sent their weather balloon / beer cooler contraption aloft this month to...

The iPod turns 10, celebrates a decade of destroying physical media

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:00 AM PDT

The iPod turns 10, celebrates a decade of destroying physical media


The iPod turns 10, celebrates a decade of destroying physical media
It's hard to believe, but it's been exactly ten years since the iPod was first unveiled, ultimately changing the music industry forever. The iPod wasn't the first, it wasn't the smallest, it didn't have the largest hard drive, but it did have an iconic style and simple to use interface that led march away from CDs....

Cellulosic ethanol "floodgates" will open in 2013

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Cellulosic ethanol "floodgates" will open in 2013


Cellulosic ethanol "floodgates" will open in 2013
Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USAOutput of cellulosic ethanol will surge starting in 2013, according to the U.S.' largest corn-based biofuel production firm, Poet LLC. Poet says 2013 marks the start of commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production in the U.S. and predicts its lone facility will "open the floodgates" for the advanced biofuel. Come 2013, Poet will start producing up to 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year at its site in...

15 Insects You Won't Believe Are Edible

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT

15 Insects You Won't Believe Are Edible


15 Insects You Won't Believe Are Edible
From grasshoppers to cockroaches, creepy crawly things are consumed for their high protein content, appealing crunchiness, and straight-up taste. In many societies, insects are considered a delicacy. 

Food Day Hopes to Get Americans to 'Eat Real'

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:33 AM PDT

Food Day Hopes to Get Americans to 'Eat Real'


Food Day Hopes to Get Americans to 'Eat Real'
The nation's first Food Day Food Day 2011 is hoping all Americans will soon start to "eat real" and support healthy, affordable food grown in a sustainable, humane way. 

Sony's 3D HMD goes exclusive for Harrods, leaves America waiting

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 08:50 AM PDT

Sony's 3D HMD goes exclusive for Harrods, leaves America waiting


Sony's 3D HMD goes exclusive for Harrods, leaves America waiting
Sony's Personal 3D Viewer's finally found its way off the showroom floor and on to the shelves of Harrods? That's right, the dual screen 1280 x 720 0.7-inch OLED sporting headset'll initially be a limited exclusive to the well-heeled UK retailer, with a general country-wide release set for later this month....

Refresh Roundup: week of October 17, 2011

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:23 AM PDT

Refresh Roundup: week of October 17, 2011


Refresh Roundup: week of October 17, 2011
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix....

We'll see a "lot more diesels" in U.S. by 2014

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 05:56 AM PDT

We'll see a "lot more diesels" in U.S. by 2014


We'll see a "lot more diesels" in U.S. by 2014
Filed under: Diesel, USA As the number of automakers selling diesel vehicles rise, the amount of motorists buying the oil-burning machines will increase, too, claims Jeff Breneman, executive director of the U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars. That statement seems to be simple common sense, right? Well, not so much in recent times here in the U.S. Automakers selling diesel vehicles in the U.S....

Samsung Stratosphere, Motorola Droid RAZR to be first Verizon LTE phones with Mi...

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 05:56 AM PDT

Samsung Stratosphere, Motorola Droid RAZR to be first Verizon LTE phones with Micro SIMs?


Samsung Stratosphere, Motorola Droid RAZR to be first Verizon LTE phones with Micro SIMs?
Looks like Verizon's got a hardware-crush on teensy 3FF Micro SIMs. The carrier's two latest 4G handsets, Samsung's Stratosphere and Motorola's Droid RAZR, both appear to make do with the diminutive cards. Neither, however, would be the first, as that honor was bestowed upon the carrier's version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1....

AmtrakConnect WiFi now available on at least one Northeast Regional train

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 03:48 AM PDT

AmtrakConnect WiFi now available on at least one Northeast Regional train


AmtrakConnect WiFi now available on at least one Northeast Regional train
Okay, so it's a little later than expected, but we're happy to report that at least some Northeast Regional trains have now been augmented by AmtrakConnect. This (free) WiFi has been available on Acela trains for some time now, and in a few lucky Regional trains in the Northwest. Amtrak still hasn't confirmed the existence of this connectivity, so we can't say for sure just how many of its trains have...

Coby Kyros MID7012 tablet gets an FCC teardown, flaunts a roomy case

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:59 AM PDT

Coby Kyros MID7012 tablet gets an FCC teardown, flaunts a roomy case


Coby Kyros MID7012 tablet gets an FCC teardown, flaunts a roomy case
Coby's latest in budget slates hit the federal testing tables on Friday, getting the customary teardown and tell-all photo shoot. The Coby Kyros MID7012 comfortably fits a 800Mhz processor, 256MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, WiFi and a microSD card slot into its case. The seven-inch Gingerbread tablet hasn't landed on Coby's US website yet, but nimble fingered Googlers can find the slab for about $100.Coby Kyros MID7012 tablet gets...

Bret Taylor: “A Few Years From Now, Most Every Single Person At Facebook Is Goin...

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 11:37 PM PDT

Bret Taylor: "A Few Years From Now, Most Every Single Person At Facebook Is Going To Be Working On Mobile"


Bret Taylor: "A Few Years From Now, Most Every Single Person At Facebook Is Going To Be Working On Mobile"
How important is mobile to Facebook? Already, 350 million of its 800 million monthly active users are on mobile devices, and that number is just going to get bigger. "Fundamentally we view it as a really big shift for our company, as fundamental as the shift from desktop apps to the Internet," Facebook CTO Bret Taylor tells me in the TCTV interview above (which was shot at the Web 2.0 Summit...

Ask Engadget: best AirPlay speakers for travel?

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Ask Engadget: best AirPlay speakers for travel?


Ask Engadget: best AirPlay speakers for travel?
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Christian, who seems to be into the idea of traveling sans wires. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "I am looking for some AirPlay-enabled speakers...

Sharp FanLabs goes inside soccer fans' minds, measures loyalty with brainwaves (...

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 07:32 PM PDT

Sharp FanLabs goes inside soccer fans' minds, measures loyalty with brainwaves (video)


Sharp FanLabs goes inside soccer fans' minds, measures loyalty with brainwaves (video)
No matter what country you're in, you'll find at least one body-painted sports nut willing to act a fool in the name of fandom. To figure out what makes these hooligans tick, Sharp's setting up trucks outside EuroCup 2012 matches to measure fans' brainwaves using biometric technology. Once inside these mobile FanLabs, volunteers will watch the game while wearing the company's NeuroSky headsets -- a super sensitive EEG that uses dry...

Motorola Xoom will get updated with Ice Cream Sandwich, but when?

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:30 PM PDT

Motorola Xoom will get updated with Ice Cream Sandwich, but when?


Motorola Xoom will get updated with Ice Cream Sandwich, but when?
Now that Ice Cream Sandwich is real, the inevitable next step is a parade of announcement that certain devices will / won't experience the latest and greatest flavor of Android. Xoom owners can breathe easy however, as a support forum mod (totally reliable source) confirms Moto will issue an update for its family-friendly tablet, but can't say when we'll see it....