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NASA to launch Hubble space telescope successor in 2018, will clean its room later

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:52 PM PST

NASA to launch Hubble space telescope successor in 2018, will clean its room later


NASA to launch Hubble space telescope successor in 2018, will clean its room later
You know you're going to miss the Hubble Space Telescope once ceases operation and they let it simply burn up in orbit. But don't cry, dry your eye, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced plans to put its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, in orbit in 2018....

Interesting Use of Boxed Wine: Slap the Bag

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:52 PM PST

Interesting Use of Boxed Wine: Slap the Bag


Interesting Use of Boxed Wine: Slap the Bag
Boxed wine, sans box, is the ideal ski trip evening beverage. It's packable, un-breakable, light for it's volume (ever tried skiing in a bunch of wine bottles? Don't.) 

Xbox Live companion apps now available for Windows Phone and iOS

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:52 PM PST

Xbox Live companion apps now available for Windows Phone and iOS


Xbox Live companion apps now available for Windows Phone and iOS
As expected, Microsoft has made the latest version of its Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone available to coincide with the latest Xbox dashboard update -- what's not so expected is the iOS app that also rolled out today. Dubbed My Xbox Live, the iOS app (optimized for both iPhone and iPad) is expectedly a bit more limited than its Windows Phone counterpart, but it will let you read and send...

Facebook for Android update going live today, suggests Android 4.0 integration

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:02 PM PST

Facebook for Android update going live today, suggests Android 4.0 integration


Facebook for Android update going live today, suggests Android 4.0 integration
We already knew a much-needed update to Facebook's Android app was close at hand, but we finally have the confirmation from the horse's mouth that the upcoming refresh will go live at some point today. The new version of the app will offer photos and albums at double the speed, a new menu on the left-hand side, and the ability for messages to "float" above the rest of the screen rather...

Eyez 720p video streaming / recording glasses hands-on (video)

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:02 PM PST

Eyez 720p video streaming / recording glasses hands-on (video)


Eyez 720p video streaming / recording glasses hands-on (video)
Sure, you may already lead an exciting life, but wouldn't it be great if you could broadcast those daily escapades -- you know, to all of your internet friends? ZionEyez hopes to deliver a method for sharing your point of view -- quite literally -- in realtime, across the web....

House to hold investigative hearings on Chevy Volt fire "silence"

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST

House to hold investigative hearings on Chevy Volt fire "silence"


House to hold investigative hearings on Chevy Volt fire "silence"
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM Regular readers probably know the story of the Chevrolet Volt NHTSA post-crash fire by heart, but here are the important details as a refresher: The original car that triggered the investigation was crash tested by NHTSA in May. Three weeks later, in early June, the same car caught fire while in storage....

Snow Fight iOS Game Makes It Feel Like Christmas Every Day

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST

Snow Fight iOS Game Makes It Feel Like Christmas Every Day


Snow Fight iOS Game Makes It Feel Like Christmas Every Day
This morning I was feeling particularly dreary. The weather is gloomy today in the Big Apple, grey and rainy, and it's chillier than it was yesterday. I found a little comfort in the fact that the holidays are on their way, but looking out the window it simply doesn't feel like Christmastime....

Surprise! Microsoft Launches Xbox Live App For iPhone And iPad

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST

Surprise! Microsoft Launches Xbox Live App For iPhone And iPad


Surprise! Microsoft Launches Xbox Live App For iPhone And iPad
Whoa. Here's something I didn't think I'd be saying this morning: Microsoft is killin' it this week. In the past 48 hours, they've launched a massively overhauled interface for the Xbox 360, released a much improved Netflix 360 app, and debuted an app that lets you control your 360 from a Windows Phone 7 handset....

T-Mobile and Nokia announce December 14th event, Windows Phone coming?

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST

T-Mobile and Nokia announce December 14th event, Windows Phone coming?


T-Mobile and Nokia announce December 14th event, Windows Phone coming?
Big news from Bellevue, as T-Mobile and Nokia have just announced that a special event will be held the evening of December 14th, promising something "special in the works." The companies were too smart for us this time, choosing not to reveal any code names via the image file; however, the tiled design of the invite seems to be a rather strong indication that Windows Phone is in the mix here....

Zero1's VooMote Zapper remote control for iOS devices is now available

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST

Zero1's VooMote Zapper remote control for iOS devices is now available


Zero1's VooMote Zapper remote control for iOS devices is now available
Looking for yet another way to control your TV or home theater from your iOS-based device? Then you may be glad to know that Zero1's VooMote Zapper remote control is now available for $70. That buys you just the Zapper dongle itself -- you'll have to shell out $80 for the bundle including the iPhone case you see above, or $90 for one with an iPad case instead (both of which...

Artifact for iOS puts the power of Photoshop in the palm of your hand

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

Artifact for iOS puts the power of Photoshop in the palm of your hand


Artifact for iOS puts the power of Photoshop in the palm of your hand
So, you got a shiny new iPhone 4S, and with its spiffy new camera, you're itching to dabble in some Dada-esque picture composition. But, what if you're an on-the-go type with no time to fix your pics on a laptop? Worry not photog friend, Artifact is here to let you photoshop right on your phone and give Adobe some competition....

LG P940 phone gets benchmarked, is the Prada K2 ready to turn heads?

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

LG P940 phone gets benchmarked, is the Prada K2 ready to turn heads?


LG P940 phone gets benchmarked, is the Prada K2 ready to turn heads?
LG and Prada may have already renewed their wedding vows, but it's been pretty quiet on the designer phone front. However, a stream of benchmark results have surfaced over at Antutu, revealing an LG phone with a 1GHz CPU running Android Gingerbread -- version 2.3.7 to be precise. The handset is labelled up as the P940, suggesting that this could well be the fruits of labor from the fashion-phonemaker collaboration --...

Toshiba 55X3 4K 3DTV launches December 10th in Japan, no glasses necessary

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

Toshiba 55X3 4K 3DTV launches December 10th in Japan, no glasses necessary


Toshiba 55X3 4K 3DTV launches December 10th in Japan, no glasses necessary
Toshiba is finally ready to bring its 55-inch, 4K res 3DTV home in Japan, and buyers will have their first chance to part with 900,000 yen ($11,578 US) on December 10th. The 55X3 (ZL2 in Europe) still doesn't have a North American ship date, but we can still drool over its high res display and autostereoscopic (no glasses) 3D screen that adjusts for its viewers' location based on face tracking technology,...

Xbox 360-controlling “Xbox Companion” App Now Available For Windows Phone 7

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:23 AM PST

Xbox 360-controlling "Xbox Companion" App Now Available For Windows Phone 7


Xbox 360-controlling "Xbox Companion" App Now Available For Windows Phone 7
Microsoft's wonderfully shiny new Xbox 360 dashboard is now available to most, and, while it's a bit of a letdown in some ways (more on that later, probably), it has plenty of very, very cool new features. Cloud storage for game saves! New Netflix! HBOGO (Eventually!) One of the niftier features, however, is being saved solely for those rockin' Windows Phone 7 phones....

Motorola And Sony Ericsson Weigh In On The Android 4.0 Upgrade Process

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:23 AM PST

Motorola And Sony Ericsson Weigh In On The Android 4.0 Upgrade Process


Motorola And Sony Ericsson Weigh In On The Android 4.0 Upgrade Process
The era of Ice Cream Sandwich is upon us, and while some of us are waiting diligently for our Galaxy Nexuses to to arrive, others are left pondering a more different question: when will my device get Android 4.0? Sony Ericsson (soon to be just Sony) and Motorola have heard our pleas, and have both gone into lengthy tirades about how the Ice Cream Sandwich process actually works and how long...

Smart For-Us electric pickup making its world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:23 AM PST

Smart For-Us electric pickup making its world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show


Smart For-Us electric pickup making its world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, SMART, Detroit Auto Show The lads and lasses at Smart have teased numerous different versions of their urban two-door in an effort to get more Americans to pay more attention to it. Car2Go is a worthy attention getter, and the Smart For-Us concept might be another, because who among us red-blooded U.S....

Forecast: 1 Billion HTML5 Phones By 2013

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:23 AM PST

Forecast: 1 Billion HTML5 Phones By 2013


Forecast: 1 Billion HTML5 Phones By 2013
There will be one billion HTML5-capable phones sold in 2013, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The number represents a (huge, huge) increase from the 336 million units sold in 2011. As expected, much of the growth will be driven by sales in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as support from vendors like Apple, Adobe, Google and Microsoft. For clarification purposes, the firm defines an HTML5 phone as one...

Kobot personal EV concept collapses, lets Cat Woman park anywhere she wants (video)

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:22 AM PST

Kobot personal EV concept collapses, lets Cat Woman park anywhere she wants (video)


Kobot personal EV concept collapses, lets Cat Woman park anywhere she wants (video)
We've seen our fair share of folding cars, but here's where those concepts and the Kobot EVs differ -- these might actually come to market. These personal transportation vehicles are already far enough along to be rolling about the floor of the Tokyo Motor Show and Kowa Tmsuk (the joint venture between medical supply company Kowa and robot manufacturer Tmsuk) plan to have the first model out by fall of next...

Eric Schmidt: 'Android will be bigger than iOS'

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:22 AM PST

Eric Schmidt: 'Android will be bigger than iOS'


Eric Schmidt: 'Android will be bigger than iOS'
Eric Schmidt was addressing the crowd at Le Web in Paris and recounted a tale when an Android user asked why apps were often written for iOS first, and then ported over to Google's OS. His response? "My prediction is that six months from now, you'll say the opposite." After the uncomfortable silence had died down, he added that Android's "open" model meant the company had volume on its side --...

Sharp, Samsung and other LCD makers agree to pay $388 million in price fixing case

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:22 AM PST

Sharp, Samsung and other LCD makers agree to pay $388 million in price fixing case


Sharp, Samsung and other LCD makers agree to pay $388 million in price fixing case
The companies still aren't admitting to any wrongdoing, but Sharp, Samsung, Chimei Innolux, LG and four other LCD manufacturers have now reached a settlement in a price fixing case that began back in 2007 with a class action lawsuit. That suit specifically covers LCD panels sold between 1999 and 2006, which the companies are alleged to have driven the price up on, in turn driving up the prices on products that...

With Growth Accelerating, Socialcam’s Mobile Video App Passes 3 Million Downloads

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

With Growth Accelerating, Socialcam's Mobile Video App Passes 3 Million Downloads


With Growth Accelerating, Socialcam's Mobile Video App Passes 3 Million Downloads
We've been tracking Socialcam's foray into mobile video sharing since the app launched in March, so we have some context for the announcement today that it's passed 3 million downloads. Basically, the app is starting to take off. It took until July to reach 1 million downloads, so around five months....

With v2.0, Flud Wants To Do For Social News Reading What Spotify Is Doing For Music

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

With v2.0, Flud Wants To Do For Social News Reading What Spotify Is Doing For Music


With v2.0, Flud Wants To Do For Social News Reading What Spotify Is Doing For Music
You may be familiar with Flud as the news reader app that's trying to build an appealing alternative to Flipboard and Pulse. Flud launched iOS platform back at the end of 2010 with a heavy focus on design — and a simple user interface. Fast Company even gave Flud the 2010 Design Award of The Year....

Smart Unveils Petite Pickup Truck

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

Smart Unveils Petite Pickup Truck


Smart Unveils Petite Pickup Truck
What's the best way to America's heart? Build a pickup truck.

Holiday Recipes From Charleston Receipts

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

Holiday Recipes From Charleston Receipts


Holiday Recipes From Charleston Receipts
Holiday recipes from Charleston Receipts, the nation's oldest Junior League cookbook, published in 1950 and now in its thirty-fifth printing. 

Sharp AQUOS SH-01D's optical image stabilizer hands-on (video)

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

Sharp AQUOS SH-01D's optical image stabilizer hands-on (video)


Sharp AQUOS SH-01D's optical image stabilizer hands-on (video)
If you need further proof of how the Japanese keep the best to themselves, then here's yet another fine example to fuel your jealousy. Sharp's recently launched AQUOS SH-01D is one of the few -- if not the first -- Android phones that feature optical image stabilization, and this is all thanks to the company's new 12.1 megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module....

NVIDIA rebadges GeForce 500M chips in preparation for Ivy Bridge release in 2012

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

NVIDIA rebadges GeForce 500M chips in preparation for Ivy Bridge release in 2012


NVIDIA rebadges GeForce 500M chips in preparation for Ivy Bridge release in 2012
NVIDIA has released a new range of mobile graphics chips that bring the features of last year's 500M series down to a lower price point. Keen-eyed observers might notice the GT635M is remarkably similar to the GT555M, albeit with slightly faster memory bandwidth. The GT630M is a dead ringer for the GT540M/GT550M and the 48 CUDA core GT610M could be the GT520M if you squint at it in bad light....

Android NFC app makes Facebook friendships a touch easier

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

Android NFC app makes Facebook friendships a touch easier


Android NFC app makes Facebook friendships a touch easier
Imagine yourself in the awkwardly staged situation you see above: you're in club that's filled exclusively with girls. One's jumping around, shaking her hair, but you're desperately trying to recite the address of your Facebook page to her above the din. It's not working. Fortunately, Add Friend is here to ameliorate these tricky first social steps through the magic of Near Field Communication....

NHTSA Refutes Allegations it Dragged its Feet on Chevy Volt Fire Investigation

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST

NHTSA Refutes Allegations it Dragged its Feet on Chevy Volt Fire Investigation


NHTSA Refutes Allegations it Dragged its Feet on Chevy Volt Fire Investigation
Former administrator alleges the agency wanted to help boost sales of the plug-in hybrid.

Chevy Volt battery fix may cost $1,000, will hang on to top IIHS rating

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 09:25 AM PST

Chevy Volt battery fix may cost $1,000, will hang on to top IIHS rating


Chevy Volt battery fix may cost $1,000, will hang on to top IIHS rating
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM Spontaneous combustion concerns weeks after a crash may prompt General Motors to spend about $1,000 per Chevrolet Volt to fix, according to a report from Reuters. The proposed fixes, which would cost a total of $9 million, would likely include reinforcements around vulnerable areas of the car's battery pack, lamination of electric circuitry and better protection for the coolant system to stop leaks. After a severe crash...

Now On The iPhone: Opuss, An Instagram For Words

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 09:25 AM PST

Now On The iPhone: Opuss, An Instagram For Words


Now On The iPhone: Opuss, An Instagram For Words
Attention, hipsters: you can now take your poetry slams mobile. (Do hipsters still like poetry slams? I don't know). Anyway, there's a new iPhone app called Opuss, which describes itself as an "Instagram for words." But to be clear, it doesn't have to be just for poetry. It can also be used to save and share beloved quotes, jokes, recipes, reviews, stories or anything else you feel the need to write…but...