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- Is Japan's Prius Cup the world's most boring form of motorsports?
- LG Prada 3.0 sashays over to South Korea because Android phones are so hot right...
- Kinect sensor wants to guess astronauts' weight, tell them to hit the space gym
- Dropbox 'experimenting' with photo and video import, enables instant transfer to...
- After 36,000 solar-powered miles, MiniE driver ready to make the switch to BMW A...
- Pantech Pocket review
- The iPhone 4S Is Finally Cleared For Launch In Mainland China
- Intel's 32nm Medfield SoC specs and benchmarks leak
- Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer class...
- Asana Launches iPhone Version Of Its Group Task Manager
- Transformers Blu-ray 3D comes home January 31st in Ultimate and Collector's edit...
- AT&T completes acquisition of Qualcomm's FLO TV spectrum
- Mitt Romney: Chevy Volt an "idea whose time has not come"
- Engadget Primed: What is aperture, and how does it affect my photos?
- Half A Million Downloads Later, Social Discovery App Banjo Hits The Web
- 6.8 Million Android And iOS Devices Were Activated on Xmas Day, 242 Million Apps...
- Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 50,000 Published Apps
- Quad-core Meizu MX may arrive in May with revamped UI, says company founder
- China launches high-speed test train capable of 310 mph, shaped like an ancient...
- Giving Windows Phone A Chance
- Honda Civic Hybrid lawsuit could go guerrilla in small claims court
- Italy Fines Apple $1.2 Million Over AppleCare Sales
- Toshiba Thrive 7" review
- China begins trial operations of home grown Beidou GPS system
- Fox Car Report's Favorite Five of 2011
- Airtight Is Airplay For Your Google TV
- Visualized: IBM's 1956 HDD packs 5MB of storage, requires forklift for installation
- Spire: A New Legal Siri Port For Any iOS 5 Device
- 30-year-old corn ethanol subsidy nixed by Washington
- Air Dictate app brings Siri's voice control to Macs, makes you feel just a littl...
| Is Japan's Prius Cup the world's most boring form of motorsports? Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST Is Japan's Prius Cup the world's most boring form of motorsports?  Is Japan's Prius Cup the world's most boring form of motorsports? Filed under: Hybrid, MPG, Racing Drivers in Japan have once again taken to the track in an effort to wring maximum mileage from their Toyota hybrids. According to AutoWeek, the Prius Cup resumed this year after a two-year hiatus. Toyota officials said they have no plans to bring the hybrid competition to the U.S., but played up their promises to compete and win at Le Mans next June with a hybrid. Dealerships fielded teams... |
| LG Prada 3.0 sashays over to South Korea because Android phones are so hot right... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST LG Prada 3.0 sashays over to South Korea because Android phones are so hot right now  LG Prada 3.0 sashays over to South Korea because Android phones are so hot right now Do you take your Android phones with an extra dose of designer? Then LG's Prada 3.0 is probably already on your radar, ready to mix and match with your walk-in closet of wardrobe options. This respectably specced, luxe update is right on target to hit South Koreans' manicured mitts tomorrow, with first dibs going to SK Telecom and a release on KT to follow on January 5th.... |
| Kinect sensor wants to guess astronauts' weight, tell them to hit the space gym Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST Kinect sensor wants to guess astronauts' weight, tell them to hit the space gym Kinect sensor wants to guess astronauts' weight, tell them to hit the space gym How do you weigh yourself when there's no gravity keeping you down? Well, you can calculate your mass by sitting on an oscillating spring and comparing its standing frequency to your riding frequency (NASA's current method), or you could rig up a Kinect sensor to tell you when you're getting fat.... |
| Dropbox 'experimenting' with photo and video import, enables instant transfer to... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:42 PM PST Dropbox 'experimenting' with photo and video import, enables instant transfer to the cloud  Dropbox 'experimenting' with photo and video import, enables instant transfer to the cloud Dropbox is handing out yet another early peek at a fresh new tool for the early-adopting enthusiast crowd. The cloud-based storage service is introducing a feature that'll allow all your photo / video captured memories to be instantly transferred as soon as you plug in a device that houses your media, and you can have a raw look at the "experimental build" now.... |
| After 36,000 solar-powered miles, MiniE driver ready to make the switch to BMW A... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:57 PM PST After 36,000 solar-powered miles, MiniE driver ready to make the switch to BMW ActiveE (and an SUV)  After 36,000 solar-powered miles, MiniE driver ready to make the switch to BMW ActiveE (and an SUV) Filed under: EV/Plug-in, BMW, MINI The name Peder Norby should be familiar to anyone who's been involved with BMW's all-electric MiniE program. The driver of MiniE #183 has put 36,000 sun-powered miles on his EV and has long been a strong proponent of getting more people to make the shift to electric vehicles.... |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:57 PM PST Pantech Pocket review  Pantech Pocket review Hundreds of smartphones of all shapes, sizes and colors pass through the doors of Engadget HQ every year, so it's natural for a few oddball devices with crazy form factors to end up in our hands from time to time. The Motorola Flipout, LG DoublePlay, Kyocera Echo and Samsung DoubleTime are all instances of carriers trying something new, seeing what sticks.... |
| The iPhone 4S Is Finally Cleared For Launch In Mainland China Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST The iPhone 4S Is Finally Cleared For Launch In Mainland China  The iPhone 4S Is Finally Cleared For Launch In Mainland China Here in the States we've been chatting it up with Siri on the iPhone 4S for months, but the folks over in mainland China — the biggest mobile market in the world, mind you — have yet to hear that 42 is the meaning of life. The 4S launched in Hong Kong just last month, and since then we've heard that it would show up on the mainland in December.... |
| Intel's 32nm Medfield SoC specs and benchmarks leak Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST Intel's 32nm Medfield SoC specs and benchmarks leak  Intel's 32nm Medfield SoC specs and benchmarks leak Intel's Medfield may still be a ways from breaking into the smartphone and tablet market, but we're finally starting to get some concrete details on its specs and capabilities. VR-Zone got the bitty gritty on Chipzilla's first true SoC and it looks almost ready to run with the big dogs.... |
| Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer class... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer class action for $539 million  Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer class action for $539 million 'Tis the season for settling antitrust lawsuits, folks. Earlier this month, Sharp, Samsung, Hitachi and other LCD panel producers settled out their price fixing lawsuit with direct purchasers (read: TV and computer monitor manufacturers) for $388 million. So the story goes, the companies colluded to assure higher prices on LCDs sold between 1999 and 2006.... |
| Asana Launches iPhone Version Of Its Group Task Manager Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST Asana Launches iPhone Version Of Its Group Task Manager  Asana Launches iPhone Version Of Its Group Task Manager Group task manager startup Asana launched its first native mobile app last week. It's mostly a straight port of its existing mobile web app, so the main benefit at present is that switching back and forth with other apps is much faster than dealing with Safari. The company says it's planning to invest in native apps more over time, but the version available is already useful for me since I've been dumping... |
| Transformers Blu-ray 3D comes home January 31st in Ultimate and Collector's edit... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST Transformers Blu-ray 3D comes home January 31st in Ultimate and Collector's editions  Transformers Blu-ray 3D comes home January 31st in Ultimate and Collector's editions After a quickie Blu-ray dropped in the fall sans-extras, Transformers: Dark of the Moon is getting a full fledged release January 31st complete with 3D and four hours of bonus features. There's actually two versions coming, first up is the $39.99 four disc Ultimate Edition with a 2D copy on one disc, a Blu-ray full of extras, a Blu-ray 3D copy, and a DVD with the film in standard def plus... |
| AT&T completes acquisition of Qualcomm's FLO TV spectrum Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST AT&T completes acquisition of Qualcomm's FLO TV spectrum  AT&T completes acquisition of Qualcomm's FLO TV spectrum It's only been five days since it's gotten the official go ahead, but AT&T's wasted no time in completing its acquisition of a swath of 700MHz spectrum from Qualcomm. Those airwaves, which formerly powered FLO TV, were purchased for a cool $1.9 billion and will now be repurposed to bolster Ma Bell's LTE network.... |
| Mitt Romney: Chevy Volt an "idea whose time has not come" Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:35 AM PST Mitt Romney: Chevy Volt an "idea whose time has not come" Mitt Romney: Chevy Volt an "idea whose time has not come" Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Legislation and Policy, USA If you want to know exactly what Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney thinks about the Chevrolet Volt, listen to his laugh before he answers a question about the car posed to him during a radio interview on WRKO in Boston recently. Romney was asked what he thought about the car, and he responded with a dismissive-sounding laugh by labeling the plug-in hybrid an "idea... |
| Engadget Primed: What is aperture, and how does it affect my photos? Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:35 AM PST Engadget Primed: What is aperture, and how does it affect my photos? Engadget Primed: What is aperture, and how does it affect my photos? Primed goes in-depth on the technobabble you hear on Engadget every day -- we dig deep into each topic's history and how it benefits our lives. You can follow the series here. Looking to suggest a piece of technology for us to break down? Drop us a line at primed *at* engadget *dawt* com. Last week I wrote a piece for Engadget Primed on image sensors, a critical device of any digital... |
| Half A Million Downloads Later, Social Discovery App Banjo Hits The Web Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST Half A Million Downloads Later, Social Discovery App Banjo Hits The Web  Half A Million Downloads Later, Social Discovery App Banjo Hits The Web Banjo, the creepy/awesome cyber-stalking app (I mean social discovery service) that shows you who's nearby based on their Facebook and Foursquare check-ins, geotagged tweets, TwitPic and Instagram uploads, is now a web app, too. In case you haven't yet download the iOS or Android application to your mobile device (or are some kind of Windows Phone-using rebel), you can check out the service via the recently updated Banjo website instead. To use... |
| 6.8 Million Android And iOS Devices Were Activated on Xmas Day, 242 Million Apps... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST 6.8 Million Android And iOS Devices Were Activated on Xmas Day, 242 Million Apps Downloaded  6.8 Million Android And iOS Devices Were Activated on Xmas Day, 242 Million Apps Downloaded It was a very Android and iOS Christmas. Mobile apps research form Flurry released estimates on how many Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas day, as well as how many apps were downloaded. On a combined basis, 6.8 million devices were activated, up 353 percent from the 1.5 million average activations a day over the first 20 days of December.... |
| Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 50,000 Published Apps Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 50,000 Published Apps  Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 50,000 Published Apps With Microsoft and Nokia making a pronounced push to expand Windows Phone's reach, they need the support of their app developers to give the platform some staying power. Fortunately, it looks like Windows Phone is picking up steam on the app front — All About Windows Phone reports that 50,000 apps have been published in the Windows Phone Marketplace ahead of their initial predictions. There is, as always, a bit of catch... |
| Quad-core Meizu MX may arrive in May with revamped UI, says company founder Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST Quad-core Meizu MX may arrive in May with revamped UI, says company founder  Quad-core Meizu MX may arrive in May with revamped UI, says company founder We already knew that the dual-core Meizu MX will eventually meet its quad-core variant, but the question is when? Well, the ever elusive Jack Wong (who's actually taken a step back from the CEO position while acting as some sort of chairman) told fans on his forum that the new Android phone will probably arrive around May next year -- almost half way through the current one-year product cycle.... |
| China launches high-speed test train capable of 310 mph, shaped like an ancient... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST China launches high-speed test train capable of 310 mph, shaped like an ancient sword  China launches high-speed test train capable of 310 mph, shaped like an ancient sword According to an old "Simpsons" quote, there's nary a thing that can outrun a greased Scotsman. That's no longer the case, as Chinese train manufacturer CSR Corp Ltd. unveiled a 500 km/h (310 mph) high-speed test train over the weekend. The train, which consists of six cars, is shaped to look like an ancient sword, reinforced with carbon fiber, and has a maximum tractive power of 22,800 kilowatts.... |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:00 AM PST Giving Windows Phone A Chance  Giving Windows Phone A Chance If you take a look at Techmeme right now, you'll notice that the top conversation in the tech blogosphere is about Windows Phone, and more specifically why it has failed to catch on compared to Android smartphones in particular (according to Charlie Kindel, former GM of the product division). I've read people's different views on this with great interest, but I feel like something's missing: the opinion of an actual Windows... |
| Honda Civic Hybrid lawsuit could go guerrilla in small claims court Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:00 AM PST Honda Civic Hybrid lawsuit could go guerrilla in small claims court  Honda Civic Hybrid lawsuit could go guerrilla in small claims court Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, Honda, Legislation and Policy Think back to 2007, and the case of John True, the man who sued Honda for what he said were misleading claims about the fuel economy of the Civic Hybrid. The EPA said the car got 42 combined miles per gallon, but True got more like 32.... |
| Italy Fines Apple $1.2 Million Over AppleCare Sales Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:13 AM PST Italy Fines Apple $1.2 Million Over AppleCare Sales Italy Fines Apple $1.2 Million Over AppleCare Sales Today, Italy's antitrust body has fined Apple, Inc. $1.2 million (900,000 euros) for pushing customers to buy its AppleCare Protection Plan without adequately disclosing the support that already comes with their device. In Italy, companies are actually required by law to provide two years of free support to customers, which, according to the Italian Antitrust Authority, was not clearly explained to Apple customers either online or at the point-of-sale. The report, available via a... |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:13 AM PST Toshiba Thrive 7" review  Toshiba Thrive 7" review As 2011 draws to a close, it's fun to look back and think about how we began the year testing the first Honeycomb tablet, and are now ending it elbow-deep in me-too slates, many of them cut down to smaller sizes. So it should surprise no one, then, that Toshiba released the Thrive 7", a mini (and aptly named) version of the original Thrive, which went on sale last summer. But in... |
| China begins trial operations of home grown Beidou GPS system Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:13 AM PST China begins trial operations of home grown Beidou GPS system China begins trial operations of home grown Beidou GPS system The Russians have GLONASS, and the EU will eventually have Galileo, so China's probably been feeling left out of the GPS party so far. Not for much longer though, as the switch for its home grown Beidou system has just been flicked on, providing location and timing data to its home turf.... |
| Fox Car Report's Favorite Five of 2011 Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:25 AM PST Fox Car Report's Favorite Five of 2011 Fox Car Report's Favorite Five of 2011 Car of the year? Why settle for just one? |
| Airtight Is Airplay For Your Google TV Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:25 AM PST Airtight Is Airplay For Your Google TV Airtight Is Airplay For Your Google TV Proof of concept though this is, Airtight purports to be the first app that will enable Apple's Airplay on the Google TV. Priced at a mere 99 cents, the app allows you to stream non-DRMed movies to your TV via any Airplay-enabled device like an iPad or iPhone. Music and mirroring are not yet supported and you have to have an update Google TV with the Android Market available. Because of these... |
| Visualized: IBM's 1956 HDD packs 5MB of storage, requires forklift for installation Posted: 27 Dec 2011 08:25 AM PST Visualized: IBM's 1956 HDD packs 5MB of storage, requires forklift for installation  Visualized: IBM's 1956 HDD packs 5MB of storage, requires forklift for installation Check out IBM's 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) hard disk and those gripes about dragging around that USB thumb drive soon evaporate. This 1956 HDD was composed of 50 24-inch discs, stacked together and taking up 16 sq ft of real estate. The once-cutting-edge monstrosity was capable of commanding an annual fee of $35,000 and stored up to 5MB of data.... |
| Spire: A New Legal Siri Port For Any iOS 5 Device Posted: 27 Dec 2011 07:37 AM PST Spire: A New Legal Siri Port For Any iOS 5 Device Spire: A New Legal Siri Port For Any iOS 5 Device Well-know iOS hacker chpwn (aka Grant Paul) along with Ryan Petrich have released a new tool for installing Siri on jailbroken phones. The Siri port, called "Spire," works on any phone that can run iOS 5. However, because Apple only officially supports Siri requests coming from the iPhone 4S, a proxy server address is still required. Oh, there's one more thing: Spire is legal. While it's technically been possible to run Siri on non-iPhone 4S devices, as previous Siri ports... |
| 30-year-old corn ethanol subsidy nixed by Washington Posted: 27 Dec 2011 07:37 AM PST 30-year-old corn ethanol subsidy nixed by Washington  30-year-old corn ethanol subsidy nixed by Washington Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USA Corn-based ethanol is a controversial fuel in its own right, and a long-standing government subsidy for blending the biofuel with gasoline has been an additional source of consternation over the last 30 years. The United States Congress wrapped up its work for 2011 without extending the incentive, a move that's drawn praise from environmental groups and taxpayer advocates. Hand-in-hand with the discontinuation of the tax subsidy,... |
| Air Dictate app brings Siri's voice control to Macs, makes you feel just a littl... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 07:37 AM PST Air Dictate app brings Siri's voice control to Macs, makes you feel just a little more important  Air Dictate app brings Siri's voice control to Macs, makes you feel just a little more important Well, this was probably inevitable. Given that we've already seen Siri respond to custom commands, replace your remote and adjust the temperature in your house, it shouldn't come as a surprise that someone, somewhere has figured out how to make her control Macs. That's what's going on with Air Dictate by Avatron, a new app that allows you to dictate memos and other Very Important Business so that it appears in... |
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