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Lovefilm's movie streaming will switch from Flash to Silverlight on PCs in 2012

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST

Lovefilm's movie streaming will switch from Flash to Silverlight on PCs in 2012


Lovefilm's movie streaming will switch from Flash to Silverlight on PCs in 2012
As it prepares for Netflix's 2012 UK invasion Lovefilm appears to be taking a page out of its competitor's strategy, and it's all because of the studios. When streaming to Windows PCs and Macs it will only support Silverlight as of the first week in January (we should mention it's coincidentally timed alongside a particular electronics show), ditching Flash encodes for its video....

Future Nissan Leaf could be cheaper, may have more range, will have wireless cha...

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 02:38 PM PST

Future Nissan Leaf could be cheaper, may have more range, will have wireless charging option


Future Nissan Leaf could be cheaper, may have more range, will have wireless charging option
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Japan, USA We always expected that eventually the price of the Nissan Leaf would decrease as the numbers produced increased, and now there's word that Leaf prices will, ahem, fall with the arrival of the 2014 model. According to rumors being spread by Auto Express, the world's best-selling passenger car EV is to be slightly revised and will not only be cheaper two years hence, it...

LG Nitro HD Review: You Win Some, You Lose Some

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 02:38 PM PST

LG Nitro HD Review: You Win Some, You Lose Some


LG Nitro HD Review: You Win Some, You Lose Some
Short Version I find myself looking at the Nitro HD with mixed feelings. In some ways, it's exactly what I've been asking for from LG, and in others it simply brings about disappointment. The software, in particular, failed to impress me. Hopefully a much more clogged 4G LTE network from AT&T (compared to the like, seven people that are using it now) will still find a way to outweigh the lag on...

Kobo offers one free book a month, brings peashooter to the e-reader gunfight

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 01:50 PM PST

Kobo offers one free book a month, brings peashooter to the e-reader gunfight


Kobo offers one free book a month, brings peashooter to the e-reader gunfight
In a slightly underwhelming attempt to match Amazon's Lending Library proposition, Kobo will start to offer a free download each month to new Touch eReader owners. Starting in January, customers will be able to pick from the decidedly broad selection of Pride and Prejudice, HBR's 10 Must Reads: On Managing People and Star Wars Vs....

German researchers create smudge repellent coating from candle soot

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST

German researchers create smudge repellent coating from candle soot


German researchers create smudge repellent coating from candle soot
While they're working on the lack of feedback, and need for exposed skin problems for touch screens, that other gripe -- dirty smudges -- could soon be wiped-out permanently. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz obviously had enough of sleeve-cleaning their devices and created a coating that could usher in a smudge-free world....

Will Macarons Be the New Cupcake?

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:29 AM PST

Will Macarons Be the New Cupcake?


Will Macarons Be the New Cupcake?
Everyone is looking for the new cupcake. The macaron—a French sandwich cookie/biscuit that is as eye-catching as it is palate-pleasing—seems to be a strong contender.

Whaaa? The original Motorola LapDock can now be yours for $50

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 09:55 AM PST

Whaaa? The original Motorola LapDock can now be yours for $50


Whaaa? The original Motorola LapDock can now be yours for $50
Remember the good 'ol days (specifically, this past February) when the first Motorola LapDock cost as much as $500 up front and nearly got laughed out of AT&T stores? The sleek Webtop accessory compatible with the Motorola Atrix 4G -- and no other device whatsoever -- has come down a long way, as it's now available for a mere $50 (not counting the more expensive 4GB data plan AT&T requires you...

Refresh Roundup: week of November 28, 2011

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 07:28 AM PST

Refresh Roundup: week of November 28, 2011


Refresh Roundup: week of November 28, 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....

Honda E-Canopy is mobility minded trike

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

Honda E-Canopy is mobility minded trike


Honda E-Canopy is mobility minded trike
Filed under: MPG, Honda, On Two Wheels, Tokyo Motor Show Honda may be looking to take on the Hoveround in the competitive personal mobility segment. The company unveiled its E-Canopy three-wheeled scooter at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. Honda envisions the all-electric trike primarily for personal use, though the large optional trunk may also make the vehicle ideal for small delivery businesses that may need to cover short distances....

ThinkGeek and Aperture Science do what they must, intro more Portal-themed goods...

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

ThinkGeek and Aperture Science do what they must, intro more Portal-themed goods because they can


ThinkGeek and Aperture Science do what they must, intro more Portal-themed goods because they can
Been yearning for more Portal 2-inspired goods from ThinkGeek? Fret not, dear test subject, the company's got some products ways that should satiate your desire for Cave Johnson-approved chachkas. Newly up for grabs are a $15 Aperture Science shower curtain, a $35 motion-sensing plush turret and a $40 Cave Johnson talking portrait -- think Billy Bass, but with a Portal twist....

Google employees now testing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S, claim it's delicious

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

Google employees now testing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S, claim it's delicious


Google employees now testing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S, claim it's delicious
Damn them. As it turns out, Google employees are the lucky guinea pigs for testing Android 4.0 on the Nexus S, and Mountain View's minions have now begun crowing about their superiority. On the up side, this means that all users of Google's former prodigy are one step closer to receiving the official version of Ice Cream Sandwich onto their devices....

Tonchidot CEO Talks 3M Downloads, Augmented Reality, And New App

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

Tonchidot CEO Talks 3M Downloads, Augmented Reality, And New App


Tonchidot CEO Talks 3M Downloads, Augmented Reality, And New App
When I was in Japan earlier this week, I ran into Tonchidot CEO Takahito Iguchi at the TechCrunch Tokyo conference and dragged him back to my makeshift studio for an impromptu interview about the state of augmented reality and mobile apps. Tonchidot launched its Sekai Camera app at TechCrunch50 in 2008 before anyone really believed that augmented reality apps were possible....

Droid Xyboard accessories arrive at Verizon, can't hide from Mr. Blurrycam

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

Droid Xyboard accessories arrive at Verizon, can't hide from Mr. Blurrycam


Droid Xyboard accessories arrive at Verizon, can't hide from Mr. Blurrycam
If you've had any doubts regarding the likelihood Motorola Mobility's Xoom 2 LTE tablets arriving at Verizon under the Droid Xyboard moniker, Mr. Blurrycam would like you to have a gander at the picture above. Following the 8.2 and 10.1-inch variants being handled by CNET last week, and soon after caught passing through the FCC, a trio of snapshots have now been posted over at Droid-Life of what's said to be...

Ask Engadget: best network media player / streamer?

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

Ask Engadget: best network media player / streamer?


Ask Engadget: best network media player / streamer?
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 Mark, who needs the stream, If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "I'm tearing my hair out trying to find networked media players that meet my...

Engadget Mobile Podcast 115 - 12.03.2011

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

Engadget Mobile Podcast 115 - 12.03.2011



Engadget Mobile Podcast 115 - 12.03.2011
XXL times call for XXL podcasts. That's why we're here with you this week for more than two hours, with help straight from the center of the netbook universe, Taipei, in the form of netbooknews.com's Nicole Scott. What could possibly go wrong? Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen, Joseph Volpe Guest: Nicole Scott Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Tycho - Coastal Brake (Ghostly International) 00:01:55 - Which companies are on the Carrier IQ bandwagon? 00:31:28 - Android 4.0...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon LTE hands-on (video)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon LTE hands-on (video)


Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon LTE hands-on (video)
New Yorkers got a sneak peek at the Verizon LTE flavor of the Galaxy Nexus at the Samsung Experience in Columbus Circle today, and we dropped by to spend a few minutes with the Ice Cream Sandwich handset in the Manhattan showroom. Samsung had just four pre-production Nexus models on hand, which were running Android 4.0.1 -- not the final 4.1 version we're expecting to see shortly, with a baseband update...

Nome, Alaska facing possiblity of $9 gallons of gas this winter

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Nome, Alaska facing possiblity of $9 gallons of gas this winter


Nome, Alaska facing possiblity of $9 gallons of gas this winter
Filed under: Etc., North AmericaAlaska contributes a sizable percentage of the oil produced in the United States, but that doesn't mean that gas there is cheap. Not only are most refineries located half a continent away, some towns in Alaska are so isolated that transportation costs make up a large part of the overall price for everything available, including gas. Nome, a town of around 3,500 people located on the coast of...

Android Design Preview simplifies app mockups, developers' lives (video)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Android Design Preview simplifies app mockups, developers' lives (video)


Android Design Preview simplifies app mockups, developers' lives (video)
A new Java utility should help Android developers and designers who need to rapidly prototype application layouts. The appropriately named Android Design Preview mirrors part of your desktop on an Android device over USB -- just select area on your computer screen and it'll show up remotely using the Android Debug Bridge....

Syria bans iPhone in attempt to curb protests and silence citizen journalists

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Syria bans iPhone in attempt to curb protests and silence citizen journalists


Syria bans iPhone in attempt to curb protests and silence citizen journalists
Times are tough in Syria right now, but that isn't stopping the Assad government from making things a whole lot worse. The nation's customs department, a branch of the Syrian Finance Ministry, has officially banned the iPhone in an attempt to curb citizens from sharing news and videos of the massive protests and violent crackdowns throughout the nation....

Tips on How to Behave When Dining Out

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Tips on How to Behave When Dining Out


Tips on How to Behave When Dining Out
Restaurant veterans give advice on how to send things back and ask for the check.

Verizon apps crash the Galaxy Nexus party, are quickly shown the door

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Verizon apps crash the Galaxy Nexus party, are quickly shown the door


Verizon apps crash the Galaxy Nexus party, are quickly shown the door
The 4G-flavored Galaxy Nexus has been spotted by the gadget paparazzi yet again. This time, attention was focused on what the Verizon branding will add in the way of obligatory software detritus. Fortunately, these photos prove that the ICS-minted phone should be able to shrug off most of these annoyances....

Charter Cable boosts downloads to 100Mbps, keeps uploads limited to a modest 5Mbps

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Charter Cable boosts downloads to 100Mbps, keeps uploads limited to a modest 5Mbps


Charter Cable boosts downloads to 100Mbps, keeps uploads limited to a modest 5Mbps
Good news Charter customers, you're getting a speed bump! The DOCSIS 3.0-based cable service is boosting both download and upload speeds across all tiers of its service -- starting at the bottom with its Express package, which will be a 15 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up offering from now on....

Samsung's two-faced SCH-W999 Android plays the dual core, dual SIM game

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Samsung's two-faced SCH-W999 Android plays the dual core, dual SIM game


Samsung's two-faced SCH-W999 Android plays the dual core, dual SIM game
Remember Samsung's second-gen dual-screen Android clamshell we spotted about a month ago? Well, here it is at last: announced in partnership with China Telecom, this SCH-W999 flip phone packs two 3.5-inch 480 x 800 Super AMOLED panels back to back, along with a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8660, Android 2.3 with TouchWiz, HyperSkin back cover (as featured on the Galaxy Nexus for grip plus anti-smear), five megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi and...

Mobile Miscellany: week of November 28, 2011

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Mobile Miscellany: week of November 28, 2011


Mobile Miscellany: week of November 28, 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 28, 2011: Last week, the FCC announced that it had approved AT&T's request to purchase 700MHz spectrum from Qualcomm -- previously used to support MediaFLO service -- but it hasn't finalized...

Medium-duty truck fuel regulations under legal fire

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Medium-duty truck fuel regulations under legal fire


Medium-duty truck fuel regulations under legal fire
Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Legislation and Policy A legal firm representing a small group of construction companies, dump truck operators, and contractors has filed suit to block new fuel economy standards for medium-duty trucks. In August, the EPA and NHTSA jointly announced the first fuel economy standards that affect both medium and heavy duty trucks....

Carrier IQ VP says software poses no threat to user privacy, backs up his argume...

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Carrier IQ VP says software poses no threat to user privacy, backs up his argument with metaphor


Carrier IQ VP says software poses no threat to user privacy, backs up his argument with metaphor
The final chapter of the Carrier IQ saga has yet to be written, but at this juncture, even the rosiest of rose-tinted observers would be hard pressed to find a silver lining. The specter of federal investigation looms larger by the day. Implicated carriers and manufacturers are washing their hands with Macbethian fury....

UK courts to introduce tablets, vow to cut back on tree killing ways

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

UK courts to introduce tablets, vow to cut back on tree killing ways


UK courts to introduce tablets, vow to cut back on tree killing ways
It may not be retiring the powdered wigs just yet, but according to The Guardian, the British government is ready to replace traditional paper documents with tablets in UK courtrooms. Starting in April, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will give slates to Welsh and English prosecutors to store all forms and evidentiary items, later extending the offer to judges, jurors and defense lawyers....

Official Galaxy Nexus dock accessories play pre-order, CarDock and HDMI included...

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Official Galaxy Nexus dock accessories play pre-order, CarDock and HDMI included (video)


Official Galaxy Nexus dock accessories play pre-order, CarDock and HDMI included (video)
If holding one of the most pimpin' phones on the planet isn't enough to properly distinguish you from the pack, then it's time to accessorize that slab, ya dig? Four Samsung dock connectors for the Galaxy Nexus have entered pre-order phase, which include the standard horizontal station, a vertical option for HDMI, a CarDock that can be oriented in either direction, along with a simpler one that's used to charge an...

Sony brings the Holodeck to life, throws in giant sea monsters for free (video)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Sony brings the Holodeck to life, throws in giant sea monsters for free (video)


Sony brings the Holodeck to life, throws in giant sea monsters for free (video)
The Holodeck is real and there's no Lt. Barclay to make things awkward. Using a combination of a Steadicam, multiple EyeToy cameras, PlayStation Move controllers, projection mapping, motion tracking, spandex-clad actors and giant rubber sea monster tentacles, Sony Europe, Studio Output and Marshmallow Laser Feast shot three web videos to highlight the immersiveness of movies rented or purchased from the PlayStation Store....

Galaxy Nexus gets recovery images, for when your hacking joy turns to tears

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Galaxy Nexus gets recovery images, for when your hacking joy turns to tears


Galaxy Nexus gets recovery images, for when your hacking joy turns to tears
Like extreme stunts, hacking can be rather thrilling. Still, there will always be freak accidents when things don't go as planned, and thankfully, Google has released a safety net for you Galaxy Nexus adrenaline junkies. Specific to the HSPA+ model, the recovery images include the bootloader, radio, and full set of system files....