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- 2011 Holiday Gift Guide: iPhone Accessories For Every Type
- LG Nitro HD hands-on
- Which companies are on the Carrier IQ bandwagon?
- YouTube goes under the knife, new homepage and social integration emerge (video)
- Suzuki Q Concept is long on cute, short on range
- Braille-It Labeler brings low-cost printing, 'sightless construction' to the blind
- Ladder-climbing robot brings us one step closer to extinction (video)
- 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show
- Galaxy Nexus goes on sale early in Germany, makes itself Handy
- GM May Buy Back Chevrolet Volts, Redesign Battery Pack Due to Fires
- The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!
- MasterCard and mFoundry partner to offer NFC payments within mobile banking apps
- Apple: We Don’t Use Carrier IQ… In Most Of Our Products… Anymore.
- VW's Chattanooga plant awarded LEED Platinum status
- Color for Facebook iPhone app hands-on
- 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show
- Sharp's slim 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor to further trim smartphone silhouettes
- Chevy Volt Tops Satisfaction Survey
- MR2 lives on with Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II
- Designer Picks: 7 Wacky Christmas Tree Ornaments
- Chevy May Redesign Volt Battery Due to Fire Concerns
- Sprint Inks Deal To Support Clearwire With $1.6 Billion
- Verizon confirms CEO Lowell McAdam will succeed Ivan Seidenberg as Chairman
- Insert Coin: ODDIO1 straps an iPod shuffle to your head, makes you inexplicably...
- LG updates eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays, learns to love the hyphen
- Man on vacation confused for a Russian spy, almost restarts cold war
- BMW and Toyota agree to collaborate on future green technology
- Sprint gives Clearwire $1.6 billion golden parachute, lovers of WiMAX rejoice
- Barnes & Noble's Q2 earnings reveal Nook to be a $220 million business, Nook Tab...
- Carrier IQ: What it is, what it isn't, and what you need to know
| 2011 Holiday Gift Guide: iPhone Accessories For Every Type Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:40 PM PST 2011 Holiday Gift Guide: iPhone Accessories For Every Type  2011 Holiday Gift Guide: iPhone Accessories For Every Type Apple has sold over 17 million iPhones in this past quarter alone, so chances are that someone you'll have to buy a holiday present for will already have one. Instead of the usual "cheesy card and sweater" combination, why not give them something that takes advantage of their constant electronic companion?... |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:40 PM PST LG Nitro HD hands-on  LG Nitro HD hands-on AT&T stole some of LG's thunder earlier this week when it unveiled the company's LTE flagship -- the Nitro HD -- before the handset's official coming out soirée. Well, tonight LG's gone and thrown that fete anyway, introducing us (once again) to its 4.5-incher. But you have to wonder why the company's even bothering to roll out yet another Gingerbread-baked device when Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is already out of the gate... |
| Which companies are on the Carrier IQ bandwagon? Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:39 PM PST Which companies are on the Carrier IQ bandwagon?  Which companies are on the Carrier IQ bandwagon? If you have the feeling somebody's watching you, it's not a bad idea to keep a close eye on your phone -- after all, it may be keeping one on you. The more we find out about Carrier IQ, the mysterious Mountain View company recently brought into the spotlight for its smartphone tracking software, the more curious we become about which carriers and manufacturers are playing along.... |
| YouTube goes under the knife, new homepage and social integration emerge (video) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:39 PM PST YouTube goes under the knife, new homepage and social integration emerge (video) YouTube goes under the knife, new homepage and social integration emerge (video) Falling into lockstep with Google's quest to redesign everything, YouTube officially unveiled a radical new look for its twenty billion strong video site. Now sporting a more somber look, the homepage is now dominated by a center feed hosting content, which is flanked on its left by a list of channels in a quasi-navigation bar.... |
| Suzuki Q Concept is long on cute, short on range Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST Suzuki Q Concept is long on cute, short on range  Suzuki Q Concept is long on cute, short on range Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Suzuki, Tokyo Motor Show If this year's Tokyo Motor Show is going to live up to its reputation for wacky, it's because of the Suzuki Q Concept. Looking like an oversized portable CD player rolling around on two sets of Apple earbuds, the electric Q is nothing if not cute. It's also different, with seating that's configurable for two adults in tandem fashion, or an adult up front with two... |
| Braille-It Labeler brings low-cost printing, 'sightless construction' to the blind Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST Braille-It Labeler brings low-cost printing, 'sightless construction' to the blind  Braille-It Labeler brings low-cost printing, 'sightless construction' to the blind It's certainly not the first Braille label printer we've seen, but Ted Moallem's Braille-It Labeler does bring notably unique element to the table -- namely, "sightless construction." Presented at this year's A Better World by Design conference, this compact device allows blind or visually impaired users to print out adhesive labels in Braille, thanks to a simple six-button design that's compatible with any Braille alphabet.... |
| Ladder-climbing robot brings us one step closer to extinction (video) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST Ladder-climbing robot brings us one step closer to extinction (video)  Ladder-climbing robot brings us one step closer to extinction (video) Will finding high ground save you when SkyNet becomes self-aware and Terminators annihilate the human race? Doubtful, thanks to Japanese robotics company Muscle Corp., which has built a robot that can climb ladders...and other stuff. "Dream Robo" certainly isn't the first wall-climbing robot, but its eerie anthropomorphic shape is guaranteed to send its victims into paroxysms of terror when it slowly, inexorably make its way up the side of a building... |
| 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show Our picks for the hottest rides from the show floor in Tokyo |
| Galaxy Nexus goes on sale early in Germany, makes itself Handy Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST Galaxy Nexus goes on sale early in Germany, makes itself Handy  Galaxy Nexus goes on sale early in Germany, makes itself Handy Ein Handy to rule them all? If you're living in the Googleverse, then yes. The Galaxy Nexus has already offered itself up for rabid consumption throughout the UK and now, it's sending das Deutsche Volk into a tizzy. Various reports have the handset leapfrogging its German release date by a week and landing on shelves at consumer electronics chain, Media Markt, although prices seem to be all over the place --... |
| GM May Buy Back Chevrolet Volts, Redesign Battery Pack Due to Fires Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST GM May Buy Back Chevrolet Volts, Redesign Battery Pack Due to Fires GM May Buy Back Chevrolet Volts, Redesign Battery Pack Due to Fires Big setback for the car of the future. |
| The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM! Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!  The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM! It's that time again! Sure, Tim, Brian and Terrence aren't all in the same city, but at least they're on the same coast for once. They've got a lot of extra calories to burn off after last week's turkey hiatus, so get ready and follow along in the chat after the jump.Continue reading The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!... |
| MasterCard and mFoundry partner to offer NFC payments within mobile banking apps Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST MasterCard and mFoundry partner to offer NFC payments within mobile banking apps  MasterCard and mFoundry partner to offer NFC payments within mobile banking apps Hoping to add more punch to the standard mobile banking app, mFoundry has announced that it will be making MasterCard's NFC feature PayPass available in its financial apps. What that translates to for the mobile banking user is a quick and easy way to pay without having to use an additional service like Google Wallet or whatever Isis has up its sleeve.... |
| Apple: We Don’t Use Carrier IQ… In Most Of Our Products… Anymore. Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:12 PM PST Apple: We Don't Use Carrier IQ… In Most Of Our Products… Anymore.  Apple: We Don't Use Carrier IQ… In Most Of Our Products… Anymore. The tech world is up in arms this week about Carrier IQ, the mobile data logging software that comes pre-installed (and rather well hidden) on an increasingly huge number of handsets. It's still entirely unclear as to what's being logged and, more importantly, what (if anything) is being sent off the handset — but one thing's for sure: people don't like it. As the controversy swells, companies are rushing to distance themselves... |
| VW's Chattanooga plant awarded LEED Platinum status Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:12 PM PST VW's Chattanooga plant awarded LEED Platinum status  VW's Chattanooga plant awarded LEED Platinum status Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, Volkswagen Today, Volkswagen's manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, TN was officially named a Platinum LEED-certified facility. This makes VW the first automaker to reach the notoriously difficult highest level of LEED certification. Situated on a former brownfield site, VW's Chattanooga plant is where the new 2012 Passat (aka Motor Trend's 2012 Car of the Year) is built.... |
| Color for Facebook iPhone app hands-on Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:12 PM PST Color for Facebook iPhone app hands-on  Color for Facebook iPhone app hands-on Color failed to live up to the massive level of hype that surrounded its launch, as CEO and Lala-cofounder Bill Nguyen will be the first to tell you. So, naturally, the company went into hiding, only to relaunch as something different entirely. The fruits of that hibernation are finally starting to surface, in the form of Color for Facebook, which is now in closed beta.... |
| 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:12 PM PST 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show 2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Best of Show Our picks for the hottest rides from the show floor in Tokyo |
| Sharp's slim 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor to further trim smartphone silhouettes Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:12 PM PST Sharp's slim 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor to further trim smartphone silhouettes  Sharp's slim 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor to further trim smartphone silhouettes Mobile waistbands are about to get tighter. Sharp's taking that whole thin is in thing to the extreme with its just outed 12.1 megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module. Measuring in at 5.47 millimeters thick, this component's set to ship out to manufacturers for ¥1,200 apiece (about $154) starting tomorrow and is, apparently, the result of overwhelming demand for anorexic handsets -- we're looking at you, dear readers.... |
| Chevy Volt Tops Satisfaction Survey Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:12 PM PST Chevy Volt Tops Satisfaction Survey Chevy Volt Tops Satisfaction Survey Volt hybrid edges out Porsche, Dodge in Consumer Reports survey. |
| MR2 lives on with Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:24 PM PST MR2 lives on with Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II  MR2 lives on with Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Tokyo Motor Show With everyone predictably swarming over the Toyobaru Twins here at the Tokyo Motor Show, one bit of performance geekery has been largely overlooked. Toyota brought out the second iteration of its MR-S/MR2-based GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept, with an all-new look, more carbon fiber and a reworked hybrid powertrain.... |
| Designer Picks: 7 Wacky Christmas Tree Ornaments Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST Designer Picks: 7 Wacky Christmas Tree Ornaments Designer Picks: 7 Wacky Christmas Tree Ornaments "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas," as the song goes, and its time to start pulling out the old ornaments and possibly adding to the collection. |
| Chevy May Redesign Volt Battery Due to Fire Concerns Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST Chevy May Redesign Volt Battery Due to Fire Concerns Chevy May Redesign Volt Battery Due to Fire Concerns GM to delay European introduction of the car. |
| Sprint Inks Deal To Support Clearwire With $1.6 Billion Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST Sprint Inks Deal To Support Clearwire With $1.6 Billion  Sprint Inks Deal To Support Clearwire With $1.6 Billion Sprint put on its knight-in-shining-armor hat this morning, agreeing to pay $1.6 billion over the next few years to access Clearwire's WiMax network. Without it, Clearwire would have had to choose between paying up on a $237 million interest payment or continuing to build out its LTE network — a necessity in terms of competition for both Clearwire and Sprint.... |
| Verizon confirms CEO Lowell McAdam will succeed Ivan Seidenberg as Chairman Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST Verizon confirms CEO Lowell McAdam will succeed Ivan Seidenberg as Chairman  Verizon confirms CEO Lowell McAdam will succeed Ivan Seidenberg as Chairman It certainly doesn't come as the biggest of surprises, but Verizon confirmed today that its current CEO, Lowell McAdam, will succeed its former CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, as Chairman when the latter retires on December 31st. McAdam, as you may recall, took over as CEO when Seidenberg stepped down from the position in July of this year, with Seidenberg remaining on as Chairman to aid in the transition, which has apparently gone... |
| Insert Coin: ODDIO1 straps an iPod shuffle to your head, makes you inexplicably... Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST Insert Coin: ODDIO1 straps an iPod shuffle to your head, makes you inexplicably cooler  Insert Coin: ODDIO1 straps an iPod shuffle to your head, makes you inexplicably cooler In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Micro music players like the iPod shuffle are great when you're shredding the powder, but long cords can be a health hazard, even in the office -- if one wraps itself 'round your coffee... |
| LG updates eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays, learns to love the hyphen Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST LG updates eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays, learns to love the hyphen  LG updates eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays, learns to love the hyphen We hope you're not too attached to that 20-inch DX2000 you got from LG back in July. (You did rush out and buy one, right?) 'Cause the Korean manufacturer has just updated its line of eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays with the 25-inch DX2500! Just like its smaller sibling, the DX2500 has a parallax barrier over the screen and an embedded camera for tracking head and eye movement.... |
| Man on vacation confused for a Russian spy, almost restarts cold war Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST Man on vacation confused for a Russian spy, almost restarts cold war  Man on vacation confused for a Russian spy, almost restarts cold war Threats of Russian espionage can come from the unlikliest of sources, as Jim Mimlitz, owner of Navionics Research, a small integrator firm, knows only too well. Curran Gardner Public Water District, just outside of Springfield, Illinois, employed Mimlitz's firm to set up its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA), and the spy games began when Mimlitz went on vacation in Russia.... |
| BMW and Toyota agree to collaborate on future green technology Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST BMW and Toyota agree to collaborate on future green technology  BMW and Toyota agree to collaborate on future green technology Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, BMW, Toyota BMW has confirmed the German automaker will join forces with Toyota to create new green technologies. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation lithium-ion battery technology, with the option to expand the partnership into additional areas. BMW has also announced the company will supply Toyota with 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter diesel engines beginning in 2014.... |
| Sprint gives Clearwire $1.6 billion golden parachute, lovers of WiMAX rejoice Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST Sprint gives Clearwire $1.6 billion golden parachute, lovers of WiMAX rejoice  Sprint gives Clearwire $1.6 billion golden parachute, lovers of WiMAX rejoice LTE may be Sprint's future network of choice, but WiMAX will be with us for a while longer. Clearwire provides the Now Nework's waves of WiMAX, but it's had recent financial troubles that it claimed could prevent it from making a required $237 million interest payment due today. However, Sprint has come to Clearwire's rescue by agreeing to to pay $926 million to keep the WiMAX network running through 2015.... |
| Barnes & Noble's Q2 earnings reveal Nook to be a $220 million business, Nook Tab... Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST Barnes & Noble's Q2 earnings reveal Nook to be a $220 million business, Nook Tablet said to be fastest-selling yet  Barnes & Noble's Q2 earnings reveal Nook to be a $220 million business, Nook Tablet said to be fastest-selling yet Barnes & Noble's second quarter earnings weren't all good news for the company -- it reported a net loss of $6.6 million and an ever-so-slight dip in total sales from $1.90 billion to $1.89 billion -- but it did have a fair bit to boast about on the technology side of things.... |
| Carrier IQ: What it is, what it isn't, and what you need to know Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST Carrier IQ: What it is, what it isn't, and what you need to know  Carrier IQ: What it is, what it isn't, and what you need to know Carrier IQ has recently found itself swimming in controversy. The analytics company and its eponymous software have come under fire from security researchers, privacy advocates and legal critics not only for the data it gathers, but also for its lack of transparency regarding the use of said information. Carrier IQ claims its software is installed on over 140 million devices with partners including Sprint, HTC and allegedly, Apple and Samsung.... |
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