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Nook Tablet's Read and Record hands-on (video)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:55 PM PST

Nook Tablet's Read and Record hands-on (video)


Nook Tablet's Read and Record hands-on (video)
The multimedia features on the new Nook Tablet mean more than just watching video and listening to music -- they actually give a bit of a boost to the reading experience, as well. One of the best implementations of this is the new Read and Record feature, an update to the Nook Color's Read and Play feature, which takes advantage of the Tablet's new mic to let users (parents in most...

Microsoft installs 'biggest Windows Phone ever' in NYC's Herald Square (video)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:55 PM PST

Microsoft installs 'biggest Windows Phone ever' in NYC's Herald Square (video)


Microsoft installs 'biggest Windows Phone ever' in NYC's Herald Square (video)
Thousands of smartphones pass through New York City's Herald Square each day, but few tower higher than a few inches, or run Windows Phone 7.5. In celebration of three new Windows Phones hitting stores -- the Samsung Focus S, Focus Flash and HTC Radar 4G -- Microsoft has constructed a monstrous six-story "Windows Phone" just a few feet away from the world's largest Macy's store, right in the middle of one...

Cyberdyne turns its HAL exoskeleton into an anti-radiation suit

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:54 PM PST

Cyberdyne turns its HAL exoskeleton into an anti-radiation suit


Cyberdyne turns its HAL exoskeleton into an anti-radiation suit
The original Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) suit was designed to help those with muscle diseases, but it's now been upgraded to cope with a very different type of problem: handling radioactive substances. One of the few wearable materials that can stop radiation is tungsten, which is extremely heavy: a typical tungsten vest weigh up to 132 pounds....

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

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:59 PM PST

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...

Microsoft taps Samsung VP Gavin Kim to be new Windows Phone GM

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:59 PM PST

Microsoft taps Samsung VP Gavin Kim to be new Windows Phone GM


Microsoft taps Samsung VP Gavin Kim to be new Windows Phone GM
The last Windows Phone General Manager, Charlie Kindel, may have been a longtime Microsoft vet, but the company's looked beyond Redmond for his permanent replacement. As BGR reports, Microsoft has snagged Samsung's VP of of consumer and enterprise services, Gavin Kim, to lead the Windows Phone product team. In describing his new role, Kim tells BGR that he'll "be responsible to help set the future direction for the Windows Phone platform...

Fixes Coming for MyFord Touch

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:58 PM PST

Fixes Coming for MyFord Touch


Fixes Coming for MyFord Touch
Ford CEO Mulally says new version will be simpler, more reliable.

Calculating Cost of Car Ownership

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:58 PM PST

Calculating Cost of Car Ownership


Calculating Cost of Car Ownership
Energy Dept. has a Web tool for that – but do you want to know?

The 2011 Milan International Motorcycle Show will be electric

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST

The 2011 Milan International Motorcycle Show will be electric


The 2011 Milan International Motorcycle Show will be electric
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, Europe/EU, USA There are forecasts that the electric scooter and motorcycle market will see significant growth over the next few years and the 2011 edition of the Milan International Motorcycle show (EICMA) looks set to bear witness to those predictions. Of course, we've seen some awesome reveals there before, but it seems as though this year the floodgates will truly open up. There are quite a number...

Samsung VP Gavin Kim Jumps Ship, Joins Windows Phone Team

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST

Samsung VP Gavin Kim Jumps Ship, Joins Windows Phone Team


Samsung VP Gavin Kim Jumps Ship, Joins Windows Phone Team
Samsung can't be too pleased about this. Gavin Kim, the company's VP of Consumer and Enterprise Services, has just announced that he will be leaving in order to join up with Microsoft as general manager of the Windows Phone team. Kim has been with Samsung for several years, and was VP of Content Services before taking up his most current role....

AAA Testing Mobile Electric Car Charging Service

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST

AAA Testing Mobile Electric Car Charging Service


AAA Testing Mobile Electric Car Charging Service
15 miles' worth of charge in 10 mins.

Eating a Trail Through Paris

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST

Eating a Trail Through Paris


Eating a Trail Through Paris
French cuisine is so renowned that last year it was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List, that doesn't mean every restaurant is a gem.

Netflix, MGM strike licensing agreement ahead of launch in the UK, Ireland

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST

Netflix, MGM strike licensing agreement ahead of launch in the UK, Ireland


Netflix, MGM strike licensing agreement ahead of launch in the UK, Ireland
When Netflix makes its debut in the UK and Ireland next year, it'll do so with MGM Studios by its side. Today, the two companies announced a new licensing agreement that will give Netflix exclusive regional streaming rights to "most first-run feature films from MGM." Included on that list of movies are The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the prequels to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and 21 Jump Street,...

Nook Simple Touch upgrade hands-on (video)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST

Nook Simple Touch upgrade hands-on (video)


Nook Simple Touch upgrade hands-on (video)
The Tablet may have gotten most of the glory at today's Nook event, but there was plenty of love to go around across the line. The Color got some solid multimedia upgrades, courtesy of Hulu Plus, Pandora, Rhapsody and the like, and the Nook Touch -- now known as the Nook Simple Touch -- received a few bumps of its own, beyond that price drop to $99....

Google Ventures Takes A Sip Of Milk, Invests In Kevin Rose’s New Startup

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

Google Ventures Takes A Sip Of Milk, Invests In Kevin Rose's New Startup


Google Ventures Takes A Sip Of Milk, Invests In Kevin Rose's New Startup
Kevin Rose's mobile lab, Milk, has a new investor: Google Ventures. The startup raised $1.5 million in a seed round last April from investors including Chris Sacca, Evan Williams, Dave Morin, Joshua Schachter, Ron Conway, Chamath Palihapitiya, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, First Round Capital, and True Ventures. The total amount now raised in the seed is $1.7 million. "We started talking to Google after we closed our round," says Rose, "but decided...

Swann releases Freestyle HD, begs you to capture 1080p underwater via LCD viewer

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

Swann releases Freestyle HD, begs you to capture 1080p underwater via LCD viewer


Swann releases Freestyle HD, begs you to capture 1080p underwater via LCD viewer
Looking to step your game up when capturing surfing footage from atop your longboard? Swann is aiming to lend a helping hand with its newfangled Freestyle HD wearable video camera. This offering is the company's first that sports a detachable 1.5-inch LCD viewer for taking a peek at your 1080p video capture in real-time -- which you can capture at up to 30 fps....

New nanotube battery technology leads to blisteringly fast recharges, improved s...

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

New nanotube battery technology leads to blisteringly fast recharges, improved safety features


New nanotube battery technology leads to blisteringly fast recharges, improved safety features
Some day, your restroom break may be enough time to charge your [insert nifty gadget here] halfway. A group of researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has discovered that nanotubes composed of titanium dioxide can switch their phase as a battery is cycled, gradually boosting their operational capacity....

YouMail Hits 3 Million Downloads, Gets Backed By CrunchFund And Tech Coast Angels

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:43 AM PST

YouMail Hits 3 Million Downloads, Gets Backed By CrunchFund And Tech Coast Angels


YouMail Hits 3 Million Downloads, Gets Backed By CrunchFund And Tech Coast Angels
It's kind of hard to believe: even 4 years after the launch of the iPhone, visual voicemail still isn't ubiquitous. That's where YouMail comes in. Filling in the gaps where most platforms fall short, YouMail brings visual voicemail (and myriad other features, like visual caller ID and smart greetings) to BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, and Android. Come Wednesday morning, YouMail will be making two landmark announcements: they've surpassed 3 million downloads, and...

CARB giving huge rebates on purchase of Transit Connect Electrics

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:43 AM PST

CARB giving huge rebates on purchase of Transit Connect Electrics


CARB giving huge rebates on purchase of Transit Connect Electrics
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, Legislation and Policy The Ford Transit Connect Electric comes with a window sticker that carries a somewhat daunting price of $57,400. However, with a generous rebate from the California Air Resources Board, purchasers of the electric van can carve a hefty $15,000 off that price. That's on top of the $7,500 federal rebate, so California business owners have a chance to haul their goods in electric silence for...

Rumor: The Quad-Core HTC Edge Breaks Cover

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:43 AM PST

Rumor: The Quad-Core HTC Edge Breaks Cover


Rumor: The Quad-Core HTC Edge Breaks Cover
Dual-core processors? How passé. If the story surrounding this leaked render holds true, then HTC is already hard at work on their first quad-core powerhouse of a smartphone: the Edge. At first glance, it doesn't look much different than any other device HTC has put out in recent memory. The Edge reportedly sports a 4.7-inch 720p display and 1GB of RAM, which is great but let's face it — that's not why...

Nintendo patent posits Wiimote touchpad extension, looks like plumbing schematic

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:43 AM PST

Nintendo patent posits Wiimote touchpad extension, looks like plumbing schematic


Nintendo patent posits Wiimote touchpad extension, looks like plumbing schematic
This patent from Nintendo envisions how it could bring a touch interface to its Wiimotes through an (admittedly unwieldy-looking) controller extension. While the Wii U already looks set to bring touchscreen fun to all things big-screened and Nintendo-themed, this concept offers up touch functionality to existing Wiis through an infrared LED that picks up the location of your finger and transmits it periscope-style to the IR sensor on the Wiimote....

Want a Nokia N9 in the US? Expansys has some, but it'll cost ya

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:43 AM PST

Want a Nokia N9 in the US? Expansys has some, but it'll cost ya


Want a Nokia N9 in the US? Expansys has some, but it'll cost ya
So you have a hankerin' for a new phone and seven Benjamins burning a hole in your pocket. What's a person to do? Even though Nokia won't be selling the N9 -- the company's one and only MeeGo device -- in the US through official channels, you can at least pick up one with relative ease courtesy of Expansys for a mere $690....

iVerse Media Receives $4 Million Investment to Grow Its Comics+ App

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:57 AM PST

iVerse Media Receives $4 Million Investment to Grow Its Comics+ App


iVerse Media Receives $4 Million Investment to Grow Its Comics+ App
Cross-publisher digital comics distributor iVerse Media today announced a $4 million private equity investment from PS&J Group. The money will go towards expanding marketing and product development for its iOS comics reader app Comics+. While publishers such as Archie Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, and Marvel maintain standalone reader apps, Comics+ aggregates content from dozens of publishers to offer a one-stop comics purchasing and reading experience. PS&J's investment indicates its belief that the newsstand...

JTT Chobi Cam Pro is the Napoleon of cheap miniature cameras

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:57 AM PST

JTT Chobi Cam Pro is the Napoleon of cheap miniature cameras


JTT Chobi Cam Pro is the Napoleon of cheap miniature cameras
Unlike JTT's cutesy miniature DSLR, this new ¥6,000 ($76) Chobi Cam Pro could potentially be used for home monitoring or perhaps even wildlife photography. In addition to recording 12 megapixel stills and 720p motion JPEGs onto microSD, it also has a motion detector that can hold the camera in a state of readiness for up to two months....

Google+ launches Pages for businesses and brands

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:57 AM PST

Google+ launches Pages for businesses and brands


Google+ launches Pages for businesses and brands
It may have taken a while, but Google has now officially opened up Google+ to business and brands, not just individuals. It's calling it Google+ Pages, but there appears to be little difference between a Page and an individual account in practice -- you're able to add Pages to any of your regular Circles, and Page owners are able to post as usual and take part in Hangouts....

iHome goes retro futurist with new iP4 boombox speaker dock

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:57 AM PST

iHome goes retro futurist with new iP4 boombox speaker dock


iHome goes retro futurist with new iP4 boombox speaker dock
We've seen a number of companies put a modern spin on the venerable boombox, but nothing quite like this new iP4 speaker dock from iHome. While it's unmistakingly a boombox, it looks more like a circa-1980s attempt to create a futuristic boombox than simply a modern boombox -- an unused prop from Back to the Future II, perhaps....

High-Tech Fingerprint Scanner Replaces Keys for Automobiles

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:12 AM PST

High-Tech Fingerprint Scanner Replaces Keys for Automobiles


High-Tech Fingerprint Scanner Replaces Keys for Automobiles
Tired of losing the keys to your bike? Well, now you can lose them altogether.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Availability Leaks: Web-Only Launch On November 21

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:12 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Availability Leaks: Web-Only Launch On November 21


Samsung Galaxy Nexus Availability Leaks: Web-Only Launch On November 21
The pending launch date of the next Google phone, Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, has been a bit of a mystery up until now. "November" has always been a sure thing, but when exactly we'd be able to get up close and personal was as yet unknown. However, Droid-Life seems to have stumbled upon a Verizon roadmap, which should give us a clear peek at the Nexus' availability, as well as that of...

Vineyards Look to Tap China Wine Market

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:12 AM PST

Vineyards Look to Tap China Wine Market


Vineyards Look to Tap China Wine Market
As growth slows in their traditional markets, wine makers from around the world are eager to tap demand in China but industry players say the increased competition and a lack of wine drinking culture mean it won't be easy money. 

NYT: Disney, YouTube strike new content partnership, will launch kid-friendly ch...

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:12 AM PST

NYT: Disney, YouTube strike new content partnership, will launch kid-friendly channel


NYT: Disney, YouTube strike new content partnership, will launch kid-friendly channel
Disney is certainly no stranger to YouTube, but the company is looking to strengthen those ties today, with a new video partnership. According to the New York Times, Disney Interactive Media and YouTube have struck a deal that will bring original, kid-friendly content to a new co-branded online channel. Under the agreement, slated to be announced later today, the two parties will devote a combined $10 million to $15 million to...

Verizon to begin offering double the data for your buck tomorrow as a limited ti...

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:12 AM PST

Verizon to begin offering double the data for your buck tomorrow as a limited time promo


Verizon to begin offering double the data for your buck tomorrow as a limited time promo
The blazing-fast speeds you get from LTE are absolutely wonderful, but the joyride you're relishing can be over rather quickly when you have a capped data plan. Verizon's reportedly offering new and existing 4G-wielding (read: 3G excluded) customers a nice holiday bonus beginning tomorrow: for the same monthly cost, Big Red will give you twice as much data....