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Didn't get the AppleCare+ with your iPhone? Worry not, you now have 30 days to c...

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 01:57 PM PST

Didn't get the AppleCare+ with your iPhone? Worry not, you now have 30 days to change your mind


Didn't get the AppleCare+ with your iPhone? Worry not, you now have 30 days to change your mind
AppleCare+, Cupertino's latest protection plan, debuted on the same day the iPhone 4S was unveiled, but anyone wanting to take advantage of the two-year warranty and accidental damage coverage was required to fork out an extra $99 at the same time they bought their phone. While Apple allowed early adopters to buy the service until November 14th because they weren't offered it upon pre-ordering, it appears the company's extended that window...

Wave Glider robots set out to explore the seven seas, break the Guinness record

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:26 PM PST

Wave Glider robots set out to explore the seven seas, break the Guinness record


Wave Glider robots set out to explore the seven seas, break the Guinness record
It's a bird, it's a plane, nope, it's Liquid Robotic's four Wave Gliders on a mission to snag the Guinness World Record for longest distance traveled on Earth by an automaton. Setting out today from the San Francisco Bay, the autonomous sea-faring crafts will travel far and wide to gather data about the world's oceans....

T-Mobile Vivacity unveiled for the UK, appears to be an adopted ZTE handset

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:39 AM PST

T-Mobile Vivacity unveiled for the UK, appears to be an adopted ZTE handset


T-Mobile Vivacity unveiled for the UK, appears to be an adopted ZTE handset
G'morning there good lady, and who might you be? Why, she's the UK-bound T-Mobile Vivacity, which, while pretty likely to be a ZTE-born smartphone, is still keeping her specification cards close to its chest. We do know, however, that she'll arrive with a 3.5-inch touchscreen and five megapixel camera on the back....

T-Mobile Vivacity unveiled for the UK, appears to be an adopted ZTE handset

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 10:53 AM PST

T-Mobile Vivacity unveiled for the UK, appears to be an adopted ZTE handset


T-Mobile Vivacity unveiled for the UK, appears to be an adopted ZTE handset
G'morning there good lady, and who might you be? Why, she's the UK-bound T-Mobile Vivacity, which, while pretty likely to be a ZTE-born smartphone, is still keeping her specification cards close to its chest. We do know, however, that she'll arrive with a 3.5-inch touchscreen and five megapixel camera on the back....

Sony's HMZ-T1 headset gets a DIY VR upgrade (video)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:21 AM PST

Sony's HMZ-T1 headset gets a DIY VR upgrade (video)


Sony's HMZ-T1 headset gets a DIY VR upgrade (video)
Sony's new HMZ-T1 headset may look like the virtual reality headset you always dreamed of back in the 1990s, but it's not -- at least, not out of the box. It's simply a wearable 3D display, with none of the head-tracking capabilities necessary for a truly immersive experience. Of course, that little drawback isn't going to stop the more DIY-minded individuals among us, one of whom has now paired the headset...

Mobile Miscellany: week of November 14, 2011

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:47 AM PST

Mobile Miscellany: week of November 14, 2011


Mobile Miscellany: week of November 14, 2011
This week was packed with news on the mobile front, so it was easy to miss a few stories here and there. Here's some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of wireless for the week of November 14, 2011: Sony Ericsson has teamed up with Ingram Micro, a distributor that ships phones to Amazon, Buy.com, Best Buy and Newegg, to expand the distribution of its Android lineup in...

Audi delaying A6 hybrid and diesel models, A8 hybrid

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:14 AM PST

Audi delaying A6 hybrid and diesel models, A8 hybrid


Audi delaying A6 hybrid and diesel models, A8 hybrid
Filed under: Hybrid, Audi Audi may claim that it's "not against hybrids," but it's certainly not hugely in favor of them, either. Any potential buyer of a hybrid version of the A6 or the A8, for example, had better get ready to wait a bit, because Audi wants to "minimize lineup complexity." So much for all this....

Wolfram Alpha search engine now tracks flight paths, trajectory information

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:14 AM PST

Wolfram Alpha search engine now tracks flight paths, trajectory information


Wolfram Alpha search engine now tracks flight paths, trajectory information
If you've ever looked up in the sky and wondered where a plane might be headed, Wolfram Alpha might just know the answer. The search engine, which recently began incorporating data from the FAA can now, with a five-minute delay from real-time data, use a flight's speed, heading and altitude to offer a projection of a plane's position....

Where the NFL Eats

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:27 AM PST

Where the NFL Eats


Where the NFL Eats
Find out where teams and city insiders say most NFL players fuel up.

Coda lowers price of electric sedan, sends it into production ahead of 2012 launch

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:41 AM PST

Coda lowers price of electric sedan, sends it into production ahead of 2012 launch


Coda lowers price of electric sedan, sends it into production ahead of 2012 launch
Coda Automotive has set some lofty goals for its forthcoming all-electric sedan, and this week, it began pursuing them. On Tuesday, the upstart manufacturer confirmed that production of its 2012 Coda Sedan is already underway, with the first deliveries scheduled to roll out in January. With an estimated range of 150 miles, the sedan will also be powered by a 36-kWh battery pack, providing it with 134 horsepower....

Sprint rides the Express to Budget Town, available now for $20

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 03:09 AM PST

Sprint rides the Express to Budget Town, available now for $20


Sprint rides the Express to Budget Town, available now for $20
Do you choo-choo-choose the Sprint Express, or does it choose you? The Now Network's mixing things up this holiday season by adding its own branded device -- in reality, a reworked Huawei Boulder that Sprint slapped its name on -- to the low end of its smartphone lineup. Known simply as the Express, it's a portrait QWERTY Android 2.3 handset that will set you back $20 with a two-year contract (after...

TV broadcasters hope to dominate the second screen with ConnecTV

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 03:09 AM PST

TV broadcasters hope to dominate the second screen with ConnecTV


TV broadcasters hope to dominate the second screen with ConnecTV
No one has quite figured it out yet, but there seems to be little doubt that tablet devices have their place on the couch to serve as a second screen while American's enjoy their favorite past time -- watching TV. In addition to many independent startups we've discussed in the past, the old guard, that already owns most of broadcast TV stateside, has a startup of its own called ConnecTV....

Jay Leno's Chevy Volt still has original tank of gas, 11,000 miles later

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 01:33 AM PST

Jay Leno's Chevy Volt still has original tank of gas, 11,000 miles later


Jay Leno's Chevy Volt still has original tank of gas, 11,000 miles later
What daily driver do you pick when you're rockin' a warehouse with over a hundred enviable whips? Well, if you happen to be a famous comedian named Jay Leno, apparently it's the Chevy Volt. Since procuring the plug-in chariot last year, the late night star has "yet to put gas in it," despite accumulating over 11,000 miles driving to and from what we'll assume is The Tonight Show....

Red Incredible 2 to hit Verizon on November 24th?

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:43 AM PST

Red Incredible 2 to hit Verizon on November 24th?


Red Incredible 2 to hit Verizon on November 24th?
Did you avoid the black original and the white redux of the Droid Incredible 2, because you wanted something just a little bit more spicy? Well, your patience may be rewarded as those dead-set on avoiding those colorless handsets may have another option come November 24th. That's when, per Droid Life, a red-hot edition of the existing incroyable goes on sale....

Bezos' New Shepard takes off and escorts itself back to the landing pad (video)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 11:54 PM PST

Bezos' New Shepard takes off and escorts itself back to the landing pad (video)


Bezos' New Shepard takes off and escorts itself back to the landing pad (video)
Since being awarded $22 million from NASA to develop a commercial space vehicle, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has been relatively quiet. There's been a couple of test flights, one of which didn't end so well for the water tank-shaped ship, but we haven't actually gotten to see the New Shepard (a nod to Alan Shepard) in action....

The AOC Aire Pro: a 23-inch IPS monitor for $199

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 10:14 PM PST

The AOC Aire Pro: a 23-inch IPS monitor for $199


The AOC Aire Pro: a 23-inch IPS monitor for $199
If your battalion of bargain-hunting web bots is doing its job properly, then you should already have been alerted to AOC's new sub-$200 IPS monitor. Oh, hold on, we're the bots? Right then, here are the key specs: you get Full HD at 60Hz spread over 23 inches, a meaninglessly high 50 million:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 5ms response time, twin HDMI sockets and built-in speakers, all housed in brushed aluminum shell...

NASA creates high-res Moon map, taunts you about your terrestrial tethers

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 09:29 PM PST

NASA creates high-res Moon map, taunts you about your terrestrial tethers


NASA creates high-res Moon map, taunts you about your terrestrial tethers
Chances are you will never set foot on the Moon. Sorry, we don't mean to rain on your parade (alright, maybe we do), but the closest you'll ever get is looking at pictures or traipsing around Google Moon. NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has been circling our rocky satellite capturing such images, and now 69,000 of them have been stitched together to create the highest resolution topographic map of the lunar...

Nintendo GameCube turns ten years dead, still in denial about the whole color pu...

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PST

Nintendo GameCube turns ten years dead, still in denial about the whole color purple thing


Nintendo GameCube turns ten years dead, still in denial about the whole color purple thing
For many hardcore gamers, it wasn't so hard to say goodbye to the Big N's purple box of yesteryear. But for those of us who stuck by Nintendo's side in 2001 and embraced the quirky StarCube GameCube, today's 10th anniversary is all too bittersweet. Sure, the house that Mario built may have misfired when it slapped the wrong coat of paint on an otherwise competent chunk of hardware, yet let us...

Faster-than-light neutrinos are back in the game

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PST

Faster-than-light neutrinos are back in the game


Faster-than-light neutrinos are back in the game
Back in September, CERN dropped the improbable news about its faster-than-light neutrinos, causing eggheads worldwide to cry foul. Understandable really, as if true, a lot of what we think we know about the universe essentially falls apart. So, expect severe bouts of head-scratching once more, as a second round of experiments from the same OPERA collaborative has reported similar results....

Google Swiffy extension exports Flash to HTML5, ActionScript fans rejoice

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PST

Google Swiffy extension exports Flash to HTML5, ActionScript fans rejoice


Google Swiffy extension exports Flash to HTML5, ActionScript fans rejoice
If you were bummed that you'd have to pick up some new coding skills when Adobe announced that Flash for mobile was finito, cheer up friends. Harken back to the summer months when Google unveiled its Swiffy conversion tool that turns those aging SWF files into browser friendly HTML5 animations....

Honda Crosses Over and Charges More

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 05:43 PM PST

Honda Crosses Over and Charges More


Honda Crosses Over and Charges More
All-new CR-V comes to 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, along with an EV Fit.

SlingPlayer for Facebook is okay, Chrome(book) compatibility is better

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 05:43 PM PST

SlingPlayer for Facebook is okay, Chrome(book) compatibility is better


SlingPlayer for Facebook is okay, Chrome(book) compatibility is better
Ready to let the world know all about your most intimate TV-viewing habits? Good, because the SlingPlayer Facebook app is now available, and prepared to do just that. Once installed, the app allows Slingbox Solo or Pro-HD owners to manage their DVRs and watch their favorite live or recorded shows, all from the comfort of their own social network....

Hot Beetle Concept Displayed at L.A.

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 05:43 PM PST

Hot Beetle Concept Displayed at L.A.


Hot Beetle Concept Displayed at L.A.
Volkswagen's new bug aimed at performance enthusiast crowd.

Hybrid drivers are safer from injury in a crash

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PST

Hybrid drivers are safer from injury in a crash


Hybrid drivers are safer from injury in a crash
Filed under: Hybrid Hybrid models don't just have the advantage of fuel economy over their gas-only siblings - it appears that batteries and electric motors make them safer as well. To find this out, the Highway Loss Data Institute studied 25 2003 to 2011 vehicles that featured both conventional and hybrid powertrains (example: Honda Accord and Honda Accord Hybrid)....

Netflix, Fox ready to resurrect Arrested Development as a streaming exclusive in...

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PST

Netflix, Fox ready to resurrect Arrested Development as a streaming exclusive in 2013


Netflix, Fox ready to resurrect Arrested Development as a streaming exclusive in 2013
The Bluth family has been off TV since Arrested Development was cancelled by Fox back in 2006, but after protracted rumors and a reported bidding war the show is ready to return as a Netflix-exclusive series. New episodes should be available in the first half of 2013 and represent another serious push into original content after Netflix signed up House of Cards, which will debut next year. ...developingContinue reading Netflix, Fox ready...

Minecraft turns 1.0, digital building blocks in beta no more

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PST

Minecraft turns 1.0, digital building blocks in beta no more


Minecraft turns 1.0, digital building blocks in beta no more
Minecraft mania has been in full swing for a while now, though lately, the hullabaloo surrounding the game was about its arrival (in somewhat neutered form) on both Android and iOS. However, fans of the full Minecraft experience can jump for joy because Mojang's title has officially left its beta days behind and has turned the big 1.0....

Kingston HyperX is an SSD soul stuck in a flash drive's body (video)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PST

Kingston HyperX is an SSD soul stuck in a flash drive's body (video)


Kingston HyperX is an SSD soul stuck in a flash drive's body (video)
Every time we get a free USB key, we wince at the memory of spending $70 on a measly four gigs back in '06. That's why a company like Kingston has to up its game with kit like the new Data Traveler HyperX 3.0. Far from your average thumb drive, this little monster is powered by the same HyperX technology that you find inside the company's premium SSD line....

SMK-Link releases Wireless Ultra-Mini Touchpad Keyboard for your inner sloth

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:09 PM PST

SMK-Link releases Wireless Ultra-Mini Touchpad Keyboard for your inner sloth


SMK-Link releases Wireless Ultra-Mini Touchpad Keyboard for your inner sloth
Exerting energy goes against the very fiber of our 21st century ethos -- which is why SMK-Link has come out with the Wireless Ultra-Mini Touchpad Keyboard. Available in both Mac- and PC-compatible versions, this little handheld allows users to surf the web, send texts, or control their home entertainment systems from up to 30 feet away....