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Mercedes creates "aero trailer" concept to improve big rig fuel efficiency

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PST

Mercedes creates "aero trailer" concept to improve big rig fuel efficiency


Mercedes creates "aero trailer" concept to improve big rig fuel efficiency
Filed under: MPG, Mercedes Benz Every time you drive by a semi and feel your car get pushed away from the rig, it reinforces the reality that tractor trailers punch a big, ragged hole in the air around them. It takes a lot of power to force those big boxes through the wind, and Mercedes-Benz is working to please both fleet operators and the environmentally conscious by taking some of these heavy...

Must See HDTV (November 28th - December 4th)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PST

Must See HDTV (November 28th - December 4th)


Must See HDTV (November 28th - December 4th)
Welcome to the midseason break -- while many shows are either already on hiatus or getting ready for one, cable favorites like The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles are just getting restarted. Of course, given the season that's not all there is to watch with a slew of movie debuts and one-off events like the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and Grammy nominations taking place as well....

Caption Contest: KIRF Facebook shop clicks 'like' on fashion

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PST

Caption Contest: KIRF Facebook shop clicks 'like' on fashion


Caption Contest: KIRF Facebook shop clicks 'like' on fashion
Apple isn't the only one to get some shop-based imitation flattery -- now it looks like Facebook's got its first retail homage. Yep, this clothing store in Nablus, Palestine is unlikely to be a Zuckerberg-sanctioned outlet. A giant Facebook sign hangs over several mannequins, although we're not exactly sure what angle they're trying to work here....

Show Off Your iPhone’s Guts With iFixit’s Cyber Monday Deal

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Show Off Your iPhone's Guts With iFixit's Cyber Monday Deal


Show Off Your iPhone's Guts With iFixit's Cyber Monday Deal
When Cyber Monday rolls around, everyone's eyes dart to the big boys like Amazon and Newegg for cheap goods, but niche retailers have their own deals too. Case in point: the DIY repair nuts at iFixit have whipped together a nifty bundle for aspiring iPhone modders who would like to see the fruits of Apple's design savvy instead of an opaque black panel. For $29, you get one of iFixit's transparent rear...

Mazda Introducing Capacitor-Powered Cars

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Mazda Introducing Capacitor-Powered Cars


Mazda Introducing Capacitor-Powered Cars
Innovative regenerative braking system is simpler, cheaper than typical hybrid tech.

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

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 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 almost as regular an occurrence as the day itself, we're here to help by letting you listen into the recording booth when the Engadget HD podcast goes to mp3 at 5:30PM. Please be a part of it by reviewing the list of topics after the break, then participating in the live chat as you listen in.Continue reading Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PMJoin the...

eBay Sold Four iPad 2s Per Minute This Cyber Monday Morning

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

eBay Sold Four iPad 2s Per Minute This Cyber Monday Morning


eBay Sold Four iPad 2s Per Minute This Cyber Monday Morning
Online commerce giant eBay this morning ran a Cyber Monday deal for a white Apple iPad 2 WiFi 16GB, selling the popular tablet for $449 or exactly $50 off the MSRP (+ free shipping). Turns out a lot of people figured that was a great deal. And they were right, too....

Insert Coin: Prototype peripherals incorporate no moving parts, multitouch funct...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Insert Coin: Prototype peripherals incorporate no moving parts, multitouch functionality and freaking lasers


Insert Coin: Prototype peripherals incorporate no moving parts, multitouch functionality and freaking lasers
When in doubt, strip out the moving parts and see what you wind up with. This is the idea inventor Jason Giddings is following as he turns to Kickstarter to help fund the prototype creation for a glass keyboard and mouse, both sporting multitouch functionality. The design uses the same biometric systems that currently capture fingerprints on assorted trackpads and keyboards, and uses a technique known as Frustrated Total Internal Reflection...

Recipe: Frankies' Classic Meatballs

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Recipe: Frankies' Classic Meatballs


Recipe: Frankies' Classic Meatballs
How to cook Frankies Classic Meatballs.

Recipe: The Meatball Shop's Reuben Balls With Thousand Island Dressing

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Recipe: The Meatball Shop's Reuben Balls With Thousand Island Dressing


Recipe: The Meatball Shop's Reuben Balls With Thousand Island Dressing
Recipe: The Meatball Shop's Reuben Balls with Thousand Island Dressing

Feds Probe Chevy Volt Battery Fire

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Feds Probe Chevy Volt Battery Fire


Feds Probe Chevy Volt Battery Fire
GM contacts Volt owners to reassure them that the EV is safe.

Sergio Scaglietti: 1920-2011

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Sergio Scaglietti: 1920-2011


Sergio Scaglietti: 1920-2011
The last of Ferrari's classic design patriarchs has passed.

10 World-Changers and Their Cars

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

10 World-Changers and Their Cars


10 World-Changers and Their Cars
Some of history's most significant individuals and what they drove.

Google offers its own brief history of search (video)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:25 PM PST

Google offers its own brief history of search (video)


Google offers its own brief history of search (video)
Wondering how we got from there to here? It's not the most exhaustive or objective history, but Google has released a new video today that it describes as the "evolution of search in six minutes." It includes contributions from the likes of Google's Ben Gomes, Amit Singhal and Marissa Mayer, and it traces the company's search history from its beginnings as a research project in 1996 to its current technologies like...

Samsung Wave 3 crashes onto French shores

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:25 PM PST

Samsung Wave 3 crashes onto French shores


Samsung Wave 3 crashes onto French shores
Samsung's new Bada flagship has just docked into our illustrative French port. Announced back in the summer, the Wave 3 arrives on the refreshed Bada 2.0 OS, powered by a 1.4GHz processor and packing a four-inch 800 x 480 Super AMOLED display. Storage matches the watery iteration, with 3GB of memory baked-in, with expansion possible through microSD....

GM will loan free cars to Chevy Volt owners who have "fire anxiety"

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:36 PM PST

GM will loan free cars to Chevy Volt owners who have "fire anxiety"


GM will loan free cars to Chevy Volt owners who have "fire anxiety"
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Legislation and Policy GM may have designed the Chevrolet Volt to cancel out potential "range anxiety," but the company is responding to a new type of worry today: fear that the Volt's battery will catch fire. The problem? A Volt that had been crash tested in May caught fire three weeks after the crash conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration....

Google catalogs brings all of your holiday perusing to your Android tablet or iPad

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:36 PM PST

Google catalogs brings all of your holiday perusing to your Android tablet or iPad


Google catalogs brings all of your holiday perusing to your Android tablet or iPad
Looking for a way to stay up to date on your favorite retailers this holiday season without amassing a mountain of soon-to-be trash? Google has announced Catalogs, an app that keeps all of your favorite look books current and in one place. The tablet application is now available for Android slates and the iPad, giving you another option when shopping from the couch....

Galaxy Note gets LTE turned on in South Korea, ready to cross the Pacific?

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:36 PM PST

Galaxy Note gets LTE turned on in South Korea, ready to cross the Pacific?


Galaxy Note gets LTE turned on in South Korea, ready to cross the Pacific?
Many of us are smitten with Samsung's Galaxy Note, in no small part because of its stunning 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen. It's also enticed us with the inclusion of an LTE radio on spec sheets, and now Sammy has flipped the switch on that high speed capability, giving us another reason to drool over the jumbo handset....

Rovio Said To Have Turned Down $2.25 Billion Acquisition By Zynga

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:47 AM PST

Rovio Said To Have Turned Down $2.25 Billion Acquisition By Zynga


Rovio Said To Have Turned Down $2.25 Billion Acquisition By Zynga
Ready for this week's tale of someone turning down an absurd mountain of money in exchange for their company? According to a report by the New York Times, Rovio — makers of the Angry Birds series (and the accompanying heap of Angry Birds merchandise so plentiful that they've started opening up retail stores) — turned down $2.25 billion this past summer....

Chevy Offering Volt Owners Loaner Cars Until Fire Investigation is Resolved

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:47 AM PST

Chevy Offering Volt Owners Loaner Cars Until Fire Investigation is Resolved


Chevy Offering Volt Owners Loaner Cars Until Fire Investigation is Resolved
Effort to ease concerns of owners during ongoing probe.

iPhone 4 combusts on Australian flight, looks madder than a spurned Qantas employee

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:47 AM PST

iPhone 4 combusts on Australian flight, looks madder than a spurned Qantas employee


iPhone 4 combusts on Australian flight, looks madder than a spurned Qantas employee
On an airline that's actually serving the great country of Australia these days, an iPhone 4 decided enough was enough. Shortly after Regional Express flight ZL319 landed in Sydney from Lismore, "a passenger's mobile phone started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow." What happened next is a bit of an Aussie mystery, but it seems at some point that the glow was "extinguished successfully." No...

Mazda reveals i-ELOOP capacitor-based regenerative braking system

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:59 AM PST

Mazda reveals i-ELOOP capacitor-based regenerative braking system


Mazda reveals i-ELOOP capacitor-based regenerative braking system
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Mazda Batteries aren't the only technology mankind has invented to store electricity, and Mazda is working on a solution to the energy storage needs of electrified vehicles with a new system it's calling i-ELOOP. While we wish it didn't have such a cumbersome moniker, the technology behind i-ELOOP is intriguing. Mazda claims that its i-ELOOP system will be featured in the first production passenger vehicle with recaptured energy...

AT&T’s LG Nitro HD Gets Official: LTE, 720p Display, $249

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:59 AM PST

AT&T's LG Nitro HD Gets Official: LTE, 720p Display, $249


AT&T's LG Nitro HD Gets Official: LTE, 720p Display, $249
AT&T sure isn't wasting any time on shoring up their LTE lineup: just a few weeks after the HTC Vivid and Samsung GSII Skyrocket hit the scene, AT&T has announced that the LG Nitro HD will hit the streets on December 4 for $249.99. Better known as the Optimus LTE outside of the United States, the Nitro HD sports a pretty impressive spec sheet....

Rovio Impersonators Try To Scam Angry Birds Fans In Android Market

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:59 AM PST

Rovio Impersonators Try To Scam Angry Birds Fans In Android Market


Rovio Impersonators Try To Scam Angry Birds Fans In Android Market
With Angry Birds, Rovio found a way to transform normal, healthy people into raging bird-flinging addicts. This isn't really that big of a deal — at least not in most cases — unless some shady app developers begin impersonating Rovio and selling fake apps on the Android Market. Did I mention that some shady app developers have started impersonating Rovio and selling fake apps on the Android Market? Google has been notified...

AMD's getting into the DRAM game, isn't afraid to shoot the outside J

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:59 AM PST

AMD's getting into the DRAM game, isn't afraid to shoot the outside J


AMD's getting into the DRAM game, isn't afraid to shoot the outside J
Don't you wish every component in your computer were made by the same company? That's AMD's thinking behind a range of desktop DRAM -- leaping into bed with VisionTek and Patriot Memory who will build the branded modules to Sunnyvale's specifications, tweaked for speed with OverDrive tuning tools. You'll be able to pick up DIMMs in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB flavors -- a low-end "entertainment" model running at 1333MHz and 1600MHz,...

Rumor mill: next gen Xboxes + Kinect 2 to read lips, track fingers, make unicorn...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:59 AM PST

Rumor mill: next gen Xboxes + Kinect 2 to read lips, track fingers, make unicorns real


Rumor mill: next gen Xboxes + Kinect 2 to read lips, track fingers, make unicorns real
Pinches of salt at the ready, folks. According to the latest speculation, Microsoft's sequel to the Xbox 360 will actually be two models, a pared down set-top box for casual gamers and a heftier model for the hardcore. Either way, Xbox 720 / Xbox Loop's getting paired up with a revised version of the magnificent Kinect hardware....

Sharp AQUOS SH-01D appears on NTT DoCoMo, offers up glasses-free 3D

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:09 AM PST

Sharp AQUOS SH-01D appears on NTT DoCoMo, offers up glasses-free 3D


Sharp AQUOS SH-01D appears on NTT DoCoMo, offers up glasses-free 3D
Not content with brandishing a medley of LTE-packed smartphones this season, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has confirmed a December release for Sharp's AQUOS SH-01D. While it lacks any 4G chops, the Android phone is cocooned in waterproof protection and packs a 12.1 megapixel camera on the back. An OMAP 4430 1GHz dual-core processor runs Gingerbread on the 3D-capable 1280 x 720 ASV display -- all crammed inside a waifish 9.7mm frame....

AT&T officially adds LG Nitro HD to its LTE fold on December 4th for $250

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:09 AM PST

AT&T officially adds LG Nitro HD to its LTE fold on December 4th for $250


AT&T officially adds LG Nitro HD to its LTE fold on December 4th for $250
This may take a bit of steam out of LG's announcement this Thursday night, but AT&T has gone ahead and clicked "submit" on its press release for the LG Nitro HD, its version of the Optimus LTE. As we were expecting, the new arrival on AT&T's network offers a 4.5-inch HD (1,280 x 720) IPS display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm APQ8060 CPU, LTE and an 8MP camera with a 1.3MP front-facing...

Microsoft Updates Windows Phone 7 Connector For Mac, Makes It Less Broken

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:20 AM PST

Microsoft Updates Windows Phone 7 Connector For Mac, Makes It Less Broken


Microsoft Updates Windows Phone 7 Connector For Mac, Makes It Less Broken
If you've been having trouble getting your Windows Phone 7 handset to connect with your Mac (I'm sure the hybrid Mac/WP7-owner exists out there somewhere, right?), it's time to give it another spin — after you've taken a trip to the Mac App Store for an update, that is. Microsoft's latest release of the Windows Phone 7 Connector is said to fix a number of bugs, including the spotty connectivity that a...

Toyota, BMW may build green cars together

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:20 AM PST

Toyota, BMW may build green cars together


Toyota, BMW may build green cars together
Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, BMW, Toyota Toyota and BMW have reportedly begun discussions on swapping their signature green technologies. The Japanese automaker would open up its hybrid tech to BMW, while the Germans would provide diesel engines for Toyotas. This is a little different than the recent memorandum of understanding signed between Ford and Toyota, since that partnership - if it comes to fruition - would see both companies jointly developing a...