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- Honda extends 2006-2011 Civic Hybrid warranty over gas leak
- Intel Shows Off Smartphone Reference Design, Claims Performance Gains Over ARM
- Ben Heck delivers holiday cheer to gamer with modded macro controller
- Kindle Fire stops blocking Android Market site, hijacking your browser
- Google Voice for iOS joins the mass texting party
- CES 2012 to feature 94 startup companies in 'Eureka Park TechZone'
- Spotify hits some BlackBerry smartphones, Angry Birds finally reaches the PlayBook
- Porsche approves development of third-generation 911 GT3 R Hybrid
- White Castle Considers Offering Beer and Wine
- Samsung Captivate Glide review
- Nokia Lumia 800 infiltrates Washington, succumbs to FCC teardown
- Swype Learns To Listen Better, Type More Accurately
- T-Mobile, Motorola respond to Senator Franken's Carrier IQ questions
- Man Wins Then Crashes $380G Lamborghini
- Where's the spectrum? This map will show you
- IRL: Spotify, Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 and Oakley's AP backpack 3.0
- Zappos Founder’s Customer Rewards App RNKD Now On Android
- Spotify For BlackBerry Officially Released, Only Supports Old Hardware
- Open Home Pro Helps Realtors Sell Homes Via Their iPads
- Tesla confirms Model S pricing and options: $49,900 and up after tax credits
- Verizon confirms LTE data services fully restored, 3G never affected
- Cricket LTE goes live in Tucson, introduces the Huawei Boltz
- Car2go solidifies Austin car-sharing program, will start in Washington, DC soon
- Sony PlayStation Vita review (Japanese edition)
- Sony divisions to elope in Vegas, celebrate the marriage of Television and Inter...
- Samsung releases CES 2012 teaser, hints at upcoming Smart TV products (video)
- Sweet Southern Christmas
- Microsoft's CES 2012 keynote won't deliver 'significant news,' more of 'a wrap-up'
- Gresso's Grand Premiere: an Avantgarde phone with a behind-the-times OS and a $5...
- Microsoft's final CES keynote will be in 2012, bad timing to blame
| Honda extends 2006-2011 Civic Hybrid warranty over gas leak Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST Honda extends 2006-2011 Civic Hybrid warranty over gas leak  Honda extends 2006-2011 Civic Hybrid warranty over gas leak Filed under: Hybrid, Honda When we hear words like "gas leak," we expect to hear words like "recall" shortly thereafter. That's not the case for 80,000 Honda Civic Hybrid models from the 2006 to 2011 model years that may experience small gas leaks. The New York Times reports that Honda has instead opted to extend the warranty of those models to satiate customers who may experience the problem. Honda spokesperson Chris Martin tells... |
| Intel Shows Off Smartphone Reference Design, Claims Performance Gains Over ARM Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST Intel Shows Off Smartphone Reference Design, Claims Performance Gains Over ARM  Intel Shows Off Smartphone Reference Design, Claims Performance Gains Over ARM We've been waiting for Intel's promised smartphone effort for a long, long time now. The few desultory pushes by the likes of Acer and niche OEMs has done little to dent the dominance of rival ARM, whose low-power chips have become an indispensable part of smartphone architecture. Just last week, though, Intel gave a private showing of a smartphone prototype that appears to be more or less feature complete and ready to... |
| Ben Heck delivers holiday cheer to gamer with modded macro controller Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST Ben Heck delivers holiday cheer to gamer with modded macro controller  Ben Heck delivers holiday cheer to gamer with modded macro controller Benjamin J. Heckendorn is no stranger to game pads designed for people with disabilities, but the macro controller he just whipped up for Patrick Crowley (pictured above) might be his most impressive accessibility hack yet. On the latest episode of his show the modding extraordinaire crafts a breakout box that allows a complex set of commands to be triggered with just the touch of a button or foot switch.... |
| Kindle Fire stops blocking Android Market site, hijacking your browser Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST Kindle Fire stops blocking Android Market site, hijacking your browser  Kindle Fire stops blocking Android Market site, hijacking your browser Some of you may have noticed, when perusing the interwebs on your Kindle Fire, that a certain Google-branded Market refused to load in the slate's Silk browser. In fact, it automatically redirected you to the Amazon App store in an unsettling bit of URL hijacking. Well, with the latest update to the tablet, that slightly befuddling restriction has been lifted and the questionable behavior rectified.... |
| Google Voice for iOS joins the mass texting party Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST Google Voice for iOS joins the mass texting party  Google Voice for iOS joins the mass texting party Well, it's about a month and a half behind its Android counterpart (and what feels like decades behind the web interface), but the iOS Google Voice app finally (finally!) has support for multi-recipient texting. Version 1.4.0.2372 adds few other nice tweaks, including one touch copy and paste on the dialpad and a larger text entry field with a character count but, obviously, the mass texting capabilities here steal the show.... |
| CES 2012 to feature 94 startup companies in 'Eureka Park TechZone' Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST CES 2012 to feature 94 startup companies in 'Eureka Park TechZone'  CES 2012 to feature 94 startup companies in 'Eureka Park TechZone' CES hasn't exactly been known as the place where small startup companies catch their big break, but the CEA seems intent on changing that notion this time around. The organization announced today that its new 'Eureka Park TechZone" will feature 94 startup companies occupying some 9,000 square feet of floor space at The Venetian -- up considerably from the 28 companies that were signed on when the new area was first... |
| Spotify hits some BlackBerry smartphones, Angry Birds finally reaches the PlayBook Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST Spotify hits some BlackBerry smartphones, Angry Birds finally reaches the PlayBook  Spotify hits some BlackBerry smartphones, Angry Birds finally reaches the PlayBook It may not exactly be the good news RIM fans have been hoping for, but those committed to the company's products do now at least have two more big-name apps at their disposal. First up is Spotify, which is now out of beta and available for GSM-based BlackBerry smartphones including the Bold 9780, Bold 9700, Curve 9300, Bold 9000, and Curve 8520.... |
| Porsche approves development of third-generation 911 GT3 R Hybrid Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:41 PM PST Porsche approves development of third-generation 911 GT3 R Hybrid  Porsche approves development of third-generation 911 GT3 R Hybrid Filed under: Hybrid, Porsche Porsche has announced that it will continue development on its innovative 911 GT3 R Hybrid, delivering a new third-generation model in 2012 in an effort "...to gain extra practical experience under racing conditions and make the hybrid drive even more efficient." The rolling race laboratory, as the automaker prefers to call it, ran the 2011 season in second-generation trim.... |
| White Castle Considers Offering Beer and Wine Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:41 PM PST White Castle Considers Offering Beer and Wine White Castle Considers Offering Beer and Wine White Castle, the 90-year-old hamburger chain known for its square "slider" burgers, is sipping on the idea of offering alcoholic beverages as it tests beer and wine sales at a restaurant in Indiana. |
| Samsung Captivate Glide review Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:41 PM PST Samsung Captivate Glide review  Samsung Captivate Glide review The QWERTY slider hasn't exactly gone the way of the dinosaur, but it's definitely approaching giant panda status. That is to say, it's become rare for a major device manufacturer to output anything other than candybar touchscreen smartphones. And why not? Slimmer, faster, beastlier is the mobile motto as of late and that's precisely what consumers seem to gravitate towards.... |
| Nokia Lumia 800 infiltrates Washington, succumbs to FCC teardown Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:41 PM PST Nokia Lumia 800 infiltrates Washington, succumbs to FCC teardown  Nokia Lumia 800 infiltrates Washington, succumbs to FCC teardown It's a rite of passage for any stateside-bound communications device, and now Nokia's darling Windows Phone handset has arrived at FCC HQ to lay disrobed alongside the agency's imposing L-square ruler. The Lumia 800 has been available through carriers in other countries since shortly after its Nokia World launch, but it has yet to land in the US with a carrier subsidy.... |
| Swype Learns To Listen Better, Type More Accurately Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST Swype Learns To Listen Better, Type More Accurately  Swype Learns To Listen Better, Type More Accurately If you haven't taken the time to play with Swype (the trace-to-type mobile keyboard alternative), you're missing out — and I'm not just saying that because it launched at one of our conferences. As evidenced by the fact that it's now built right into a ton of Android handsets, it's pretty damn good. This morning, it's getting even better.... |
| T-Mobile, Motorola respond to Senator Franken's Carrier IQ questions Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST T-Mobile, Motorola respond to Senator Franken's Carrier IQ questions  T-Mobile, Motorola respond to Senator Franken's Carrier IQ questions The deadline has passed for T-Mobile and Motorola to respond to Senator Al Franken's Carrier IQ questionnaire, and both companies' reports are in. We'll first tackle T-Mobile's letter: the carrier stated that it began installing CIQ last August, and nearly 450,000 Android and BlackBerry devices are infested with the IQ Agent software, which is used for individual troubleshooting cases and marketing purposes.... |
| Man Wins Then Crashes $380G Lamborghini Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST Man Wins Then Crashes $380G Lamborghini Man Wins Then Crashes $380G Lamborghini Same day accident as rare as the car. |
| Where's the spectrum? This map will show you Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST Where's the spectrum? This map will show you  Where's the spectrum? This map will show you We'll admit, trying to decipher wireless spectrum can be a frustrating and exhausting process. Who owns what, and where? Fortunately, Anthony Fiti of Spectrum Omega has put together a Rosetta Stone Google Map indicating how much spectrum each carrier owns in the lower 48 states, the frequencies they own and where it's all located.... |
| IRL: Spotify, Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 and Oakley's AP backpack 3.0 Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST IRL: Spotify, Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 and Oakley's AP backpack 3.0  IRL: Spotify, Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 and Oakley's AP backpack 3.0 Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. In this, our last edition of IRL before worldwide eat-Chinese-food-and-go-to-the-movies day, we're unpacking our gifts a few days early.... |
| Zappos Founder’s Customer Rewards App RNKD Now On Android Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST Zappos Founder's Customer Rewards App RNKD Now On Android  Zappos Founder's Customer Rewards App RNKD Now On Android RNKD, the customer rewards app and brainchild of Zappos founder Nick Swinmurn, is today arriving on Android. With the new mobile application, users can snap photos of the clothes and accessories they own, upload them to the RNKD website and receive rewards directly from brands. The idea with RNKD is that customers should get rewards for the things they actually bought, not just the things they "like" on Facebook, tweet about, or... |
| Spotify For BlackBerry Officially Released, Only Supports Old Hardware Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST Spotify For BlackBerry Officially Released, Only Supports Old Hardware  Spotify For BlackBerry Officially Released, Only Supports Old Hardware If you're a BlackBerry user and you've been waiting for a music service that's just a bit more compelling than BBM Music, then you may be in luck — emphasis on the "may." Spotify for BlackBerry was officially released today, but you'll only be able to use it under some specific circumstances. According to Spotify's blog, the newly released app will only work for users with the following BlackBerrys: the Bold 9780,... |
| Open Home Pro Helps Realtors Sell Homes Via Their iPads Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST Open Home Pro Helps Realtors Sell Homes Via Their iPads  Open Home Pro Helps Realtors Sell Homes Via Their iPads Open Home Pro has been quietly building a business that uses the iPad to solve a serious problem for a real-world industry. "My girlfriend would come back upset after showing people houses," founder Andrew Machado tells me, "because people wouldn't fill out their information. It's like the people standing outside of Whole Foods — you instinctively don't want to give them your information." The app offers a polished interface to help realtors... |
| Tesla confirms Model S pricing and options: $49,900 and up after tax credits Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST Tesla confirms Model S pricing and options: $49,900 and up after tax credits  Tesla confirms Model S pricing and options: $49,900 and up after tax credits Tesla Motors has talked a fair bit about pricing for its Model S sedan over the past couple of years, but it's now finally set things in stone. US pricing for the base model will start at $49,900, although that's only after you factor in the $7,500 federal tax credit.... |
| Verizon confirms LTE data services fully restored, 3G never affected Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST Verizon confirms LTE data services fully restored, 3G never affected  Verizon confirms LTE data services fully restored, 3G never affected Several hours after service issues were first reported this morning, Verizon Wireless has confirmed that 4G LTE service has been restored throughout the country, and that 3G CDMA services were never affected. So that miserable half-day of reliving the pain of 3G speeds is now behind us, hopefully never to return.Verizon confirms LTE data services fully restored, 3G never affected originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:17:00 EDT.... |
| Cricket LTE goes live in Tucson, introduces the Huawei Boltz Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST Cricket LTE goes live in Tucson, introduces the Huawei Boltz  Cricket LTE goes live in Tucson, introduces the Huawei Boltz Leap Wireless, the Cricket folks, told us we can expect to see LTE service go live in Tucson before the end of the year -- and by golly, they were bound and determined to do it. Sure 'nuff, the prepaid carrier is now ready to match wits against MetroPCS as it brings its first 4G market and device live with just ten days remaining in 2011.... |
| Car2go solidifies Austin car-sharing program, will start in Washington, DC soon Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:02 AM PST Car2go solidifies Austin car-sharing program, will start in Washington, DC soon  Car2go solidifies Austin car-sharing program, will start in Washington, DC soon Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, SMART, Daimler Daimler's open-ended Car2go car-sharing program has its deepest U.S. roots in the city of Austin, TX. That's where the first North American Car2go program was established and where a two-year pilot program just concluded. The trial's end doesn't mean the free-range Smart cars will go away, though.... |
| Sony PlayStation Vita review (Japanese edition) Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST Sony PlayStation Vita review (Japanese edition)  Sony PlayStation Vita review (Japanese edition) It's hard to believe that Sony's venerable first portable has just reached its seventh birthday. The PSP launched in 2004: a year when the Motorola RAZR V3 claimed top phone prizes and tablets were called tablet PCs. Since then, its closest rival has undergone several substantial transformations, but the PSP has remained largely untouched, aside from getting a little slimmer.... |
| Sony divisions to elope in Vegas, celebrate the marriage of Television and Inter... Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST Sony divisions to elope in Vegas, celebrate the marriage of Television and Internet at CES 2012  Sony divisions to elope in Vegas, celebrate the marriage of Television and Internet at CES 2012 Well, we can't decide if this is one of the cheesiest or most clever event invites in CE history. Sony's PR arm just sent us an e-vite to the marriage of Sony Electronics Home Division and Sony Entertainment Network, simplified to "Television and Internet" on the company's appropriately generic Wedsite wedding page.... |
| Samsung releases CES 2012 teaser, hints at upcoming Smart TV products (video) Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST Samsung releases CES 2012 teaser, hints at upcoming Smart TV products (video)  Samsung releases CES 2012 teaser, hints at upcoming Smart TV products (video) It's certainly not much, but with just a few words at the end of a YouTube clip, Samsung hopes to grab your interest. The Korean electronics giant has just released a "through the years" style clip that encapsulates over 50 years of advances with its television systems (i.e., the switch to color, rabbit ears, higher resolutions, DVR, 3D TVs, etc.).... |
| Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST Sweet Southern Christmas Sweet Southern Christmas Abundance is hallmark of the Southern, courtesy of the region's agricultural richness and the resourcefulness of its cooks. |
| Microsoft's CES 2012 keynote won't deliver 'significant news,' more of 'a wrap-up' Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST Microsoft's CES 2012 keynote won't deliver 'significant news,' more of 'a wrap-up' Microsoft's CES 2012 keynote won't deliver 'significant news,' more of 'a wrap-up' After learning of Microsoft's plans to stop holding CES keynotes following the 2012 edition, the immediate attention turned to this: would it use its last opportunity on the main stage to make a lasting impact? Evidently, that answer is "no." We've confirmed with the company that Steve Ballmer will be "focusing quite a bit on Windows Phone and the its Xbox / entertainment story," while also sharing "momentum from across the... |
| Gresso's Grand Premiere: an Avantgarde phone with a behind-the-times OS and a $5... Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST Gresso's Grand Premiere: an Avantgarde phone with a behind-the-times OS and a $50,000 price tag Gresso's Grand Premiere: an Avantgarde phone with a behind-the-times OS and a $50,000 price tag Whenever Gresso's not crafting expensive new threads for iDevices, the company makes its own featurephones from the finest materials mother nature has to offer. The new Grand Premiere is the latest from the company's Avantgarde collection and carries on this incongruous tradition. Its frame and keys are made from more than five ounces of 18-carat gold, with numbers and letters laser-etched on its sapphire crystal skin.... |
| Microsoft's final CES keynote will be in 2012, bad timing to blame Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST Microsoft's final CES keynote will be in 2012, bad timing to blame  Microsoft's final CES keynote will be in 2012, bad timing to blame Woo, boy. The CEA's none too happy about this, we're sure. Microsoft has just announced that its final CES keynote will happen in 2012. After that? "We'll continue to participate in CES as a great place to connect with partners and customers across the PC, phone and entertainment industries, but we won't have a keynote or booth after this year because our product news milestones generally don't align with the show's January... |
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