Shops Online |
- Polaris may sell electric vehicles in India
- WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video)
- New Fujifilm camera pictures leak, shooter scheduled for CES debut?
- The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block
- Developer pairs robot with gaming controllers for remote cat grooming, affection...
- Bajaj RE60 may take World's Cheapest Car title from Tata Nano
- Insert Coin: Timelapse+ is the intervalometer you've been waiting for (video)
- Google buoys its patent portfolio with 217 more filings acquired from IBM
- Cadillac Builds a Near Theft-Proof Escalade
- Rossmorr i23 HD interactive display tablet offers up high new year's resolution
- The Year of the Slow Cooker
- Mimbo the iPhone robot will smile for you, still doesn't get your 'Seinfeld' ref...
- BMW teases plug-in i3 with new smartphone app images
- Nokia Ace (Lumia 900) Specs Trickle Out
- Luminch One: an Arduino lamp you control with the wave of a hand (video)
- Core i7 gets pushed to new heights, overclocked to 5.6GHz (video)
- App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week
- Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango
- Hackers planning homespun anti-censorship satellite internet
- Soda Shop Paradise Still Exists
- Autoweek's Best of 2012
- Eldar Murtazin gives RIM six months to win back customers, says Nokia is selling...
- Honda Sued Over Hybrid Mileage Claims
- Republican Congressman calls for end of $7,500 plug-in vehicle tax credit
- Thefts Force Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Service to Close
- RIM Co-CEOs May Soon Be Stripped Of Their Chairmen Roles
- Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the Transformer Prime January 12th
- Engadget's 2012 CES Preview
- The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block
- Financial Post report suggests RIM's Balsillie and Lazaridis may be out as chair...
| Polaris may sell electric vehicles in India Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST Polaris may sell electric vehicles in India  Polaris may sell electric vehicles in India Filed under: EV/Plug-in, India Polaris, the all-terrain vehicle maker that acquired neighborhood electric vehicle maker Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) from Chrysler last year, may start selling electric vehicles in India as a way to benefit from the growing vehicle market in that country, automotive news website CarTradeIndia reported. Polaris hasn't decided whether the EVs earmarked for India will be on-road or off-road vehicles, the website said, citing Polaris India Managing Director Pankaj Dubey.... |
| WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video)  WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video) WowWee, the company best known for its endless supply of adorable robot toys, is kicking off 2012 with something a little more virtual than visceral. AppGear combines actual physical toys with iOS and Android apps, like the launch title Foam Fighters. Each collectible, action figure or playset is paired with its own free, downloadable app that offers an augmented reality game or virtual way to interact with the toys.... |
| New Fujifilm camera pictures leak, shooter scheduled for CES debut? Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST New Fujifilm camera pictures leak, shooter scheduled for CES debut?  New Fujifilm camera pictures leak, shooter scheduled for CES debut? Well, well, have a look at what the proverbial internet cat dragged in. The image above comes to you via Japanese forum, giving us a pretty good idea of what is allegedly Fujifilm's next interchangeable lens camera. Following in the footsteps of the retro-looking X10 and the X100, not much is known about the shooter's specs, but Mirrorless Rumors safely muses it probably isn't full-frame.... |
| The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:21 PM PST The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block If Roscoe P. Coltrane is still trying to get those Duke boys, he may want to head to Arizona. |
| Developer pairs robot with gaming controllers for remote cat grooming, affection... Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:21 PM PST Developer pairs robot with gaming controllers for remote cat grooming, affection expression  Developer pairs robot with gaming controllers for remote cat grooming, affection expression You could take the time to make your cat feel loved. Or you could augment a robot to do it for you. Software engineer Taylor Veltrop has accomplished this by combining a 21-inch-tall Nao robot, a few Wiimotes, a Kinect sensor bar, a treadmill and a head-mounted display. The configuration, which represents about a year's work and several thousand dollars in parts, uses the Kinect and Wii remotes to control the... |
| Bajaj RE60 may take World's Cheapest Car title from Tata Nano Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST Bajaj RE60 may take World's Cheapest Car title from Tata Nano  Bajaj RE60 may take World's Cheapest Car title from Tata Nano Filed under: MPG, Natural Gas, India The Tata Nano may not be the runaway sales success the vehicle's Indian manufacturers had hoped, but that hasn't stopped other automakers from eying India's blooming inexpensive vehicle segment. The country's largest manufacturer of three wheelers is set to dip a toe into the automotive manufacturing with an all-new vehicle.... |
| Insert Coin: Timelapse+ is the intervalometer you've been waiting for (video) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST Insert Coin: Timelapse+ is the intervalometer you've been waiting for (video)  Insert Coin: Timelapse+ is the intervalometer you've been waiting for (video) 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. That timelapse masterpiece you've been planning just got a whole lot less daunting thanks to Elijah Parker over at Kickstarter.... |
| Google buoys its patent portfolio with 217 more filings acquired from IBM Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST Google buoys its patent portfolio with 217 more filings acquired from IBM  Google buoys its patent portfolio with 217 more filings acquired from IBM It's not quite as big as some previous patent transactions between the two companies, but it looks like Google did a fair bit more shopping from IBM's vast portfolio at the tail-end of 2011. As noted by the SEO by the Sea blog, IBM transferred 188 granted patents and 28 published patent applications to Google during the last week of the year, including a number of patents related to phones and... |
| Cadillac Builds a Near Theft-Proof Escalade Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST Cadillac Builds a Near Theft-Proof Escalade Cadillac Builds a Near Theft-Proof Escalade If you own one there's a good chance you won't tomorrow. |
| Rossmorr i23 HD interactive display tablet offers up high new year's resolution Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST Rossmorr i23 HD interactive display tablet offers up high new year's resolution  Rossmorr i23 HD interactive display tablet offers up high new year's resolution Been eyeing the tablet sweetness that is the Wacom Cintiq 24HD, but not quite ready to make the financial investment that comes with it? Oregon-based Morgan Ross Egging has begun shipping the Rossmorr i23 HD. The 23-inch tablet offers up a 1920 x 1200 resolution (compare that the 24HD's 1920 x 1080) IPS display.... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST The Year of the Slow Cooker The Year of the Slow Cooker Do you know the difference between a crockpot and a slow cooker? Cookbook-writing genius, Michele Scicolone and author of The French Slow Cooker dishes. |
| Mimbo the iPhone robot will smile for you, still doesn't get your 'Seinfeld' ref... Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST Mimbo the iPhone robot will smile for you, still doesn't get your 'Seinfeld' references  Mimbo the iPhone robot will smile for you, still doesn't get your 'Seinfeld' references This here is Mimbo. He's the kindly sort. Smile and Mimbo smiles back. Sure, others in his place might let their cardboard bodies, iPhone faces and all of the male bimbo jokes stand in the way of having a good time. Not Mimbo. The happy little 'bot uses facial recognition to generation a corresponding emotion on that cardboard-wrapped iPhone head of his.... |
| BMW teases plug-in i3 with new smartphone app images Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST BMW teases plug-in i3 with new smartphone app images  BMW teases plug-in i3 with new smartphone app images Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, BMW Want to feel a little Mission Impossible-y? Then download BMW's new i3 electric vehicle app to your phone. It'll make you feel like you're controlling one of the cars used in the new action flick from the palm of your hand. Except, well, you can't actually get the app yet.... |
| Nokia Ace (Lumia 900) Specs Trickle Out Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST Nokia Ace (Lumia 900) Specs Trickle Out  Nokia Ace (Lumia 900) Specs Trickle Out Until now the 4G LTE-capable Nokia Ace (or Lumia 900, if you prefer) has been largely a mystery. We got a peek at some leaked press shots last week (pictured), but all we've heard is that it'll hit AT&T shelves on March 18, it'll be powered by the Windows Phone platform, and that it'll come equipped with an LTE radio.... |
| Luminch One: an Arduino lamp you control with the wave of a hand (video) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST Luminch One: an Arduino lamp you control with the wave of a hand (video)  Luminch One: an Arduino lamp you control with the wave of a hand (video) A DIY lamp may not sound like the most thrilling project on Earth, but the Luminch One is special. Not only does this hand-made light from Francisco Castro provide illumination -- the most important function of any lamp -- but it does so while looking beautiful and providing a level of interactivity missing from most household lighting solutions.... |
| Core i7 gets pushed to new heights, overclocked to 5.6GHz (video) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST Core i7 gets pushed to new heights, overclocked to 5.6GHz (video)  Core i7 gets pushed to new heights, overclocked to 5.6GHz (video) Sure, it's not quite the 8.58GHz achieved by a liquid nitrogen-cooled Bulldozer, but professional overclocker Hicookie did manage to set a new record for a Core i7 3930K by reaching 5.6GHz -- with the help of the aforementioned Dippin' Dots refrigerant, of course. Hicookie unlocked the insane overclocker achievement with the help of an X79 motherboard from Gigabyte, which also gets some recognition for being the first such board to reach... |
| App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week  App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week During the holiday week (by which we mean the seven days between the secularized celebration of a Christian holy day timed to replace a pagan winter festival and the beginning of a new year in the Gregorian calendar) the iTunes App Store and the Android Market combined to reach a record-breaking 1.2 billion downloads according to analytics firm Flurry.... |
| Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango  Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango It looks like our friends over at Microsoft have outed a quartet of new Xbox Live games that will be delivered to the Windows Phone Marketplace in the not-too-distant future. Being billed as "optimized for the newest Windows Phone 7.5," the aforementioned -- and somewhat familiar -- titles include: Age of Zombies by Halfbrick, Bullet Asylum by UberGeekGames, geoDefense Swarm by Critical Thought, and Tamagotchi by Namco. Why are these touchscreen-tickling titles... |
| Hackers planning homespun anti-censorship satellite internet Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST Hackers planning homespun anti-censorship satellite internet  Hackers planning homespun anti-censorship satellite internet SOPA is making ordinary, decent internet users mad as hell, and they're not gonna take it anymore. Hacker attendees of Berlin's Chaos Communication Congress are cooking up a plan to launch a series of homemade satellites as the backbone of an "uncensorable (sic) internet in space." Like all good ideas, there's a few hurdles to overcome first: objects in lower-Earth orbit circle the earth every 90 minutes, useless for a broadband... |
| Soda Shop Paradise Still Exists Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST Soda Shop Paradise Still Exists Soda Shop Paradise Still Exists Remember the days of the soda shop? You know, the stores Dr. Brown's Root Beer? No worries folks, they're still open for business. |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST Autoweek's Best of 2012 Autoweek's Best of 2012 Audi A7 and Range Rover Evoque picked as Autoweek's best of 2012. |
| Eldar Murtazin gives RIM six months to win back customers, says Nokia is selling... Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:11 AM PST Eldar Murtazin gives RIM six months to win back customers, says Nokia is selling its soul to Microsoft  Eldar Murtazin gives RIM six months to win back customers, says Nokia is selling its soul to Microsoft Murtazin is a guy well known for scoring handsets way ahead of even their debut showing. He also has an uncanny knack of knowing exactly what mobile companies are plotting -- sometimes. He's a guy worth listening to, especially for his often outspoken views on company failings. In his latest (lengthy) editorial, Eldar Murtazin takes umbrage with two companies that have weathered a tricky 2011; RIM and Nokia.... |
| Honda Sued Over Hybrid Mileage Claims Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Honda Sued Over Hybrid Mileage Claims Honda Sued Over Hybrid Mileage Claims Customer says 2006 Civic Hybrid doesn't deliver the MPGs. |
| Republican Congressman calls for end of $7,500 plug-in vehicle tax credit Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Republican Congressman calls for end of $7,500 plug-in vehicle tax credit  Republican Congressman calls for end of $7,500 plug-in vehicle tax credit Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Legislation and Policy, USA Remember Republican Congressman Mike Kelly, the representative from Pennsylvania who said "there is no market for [the Chevrolet Volt]"? He wants to make sure that ends up being true. On December 30th, Kelly introduced H.R. 3768, which seeks "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the credit for plug-in electric drive vehicles." "Amending" in this case simply mean to eliminate the up... |
| Thefts Force Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Service to Close Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Thefts Force Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Service to Close Thefts Force Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Service to Close Growing business struck down by risk. |
| RIM Co-CEOs May Soon Be Stripped Of Their Chairmen Roles Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST RIM Co-CEOs May Soon Be Stripped Of Their Chairmen Roles  RIM Co-CEOs May Soon Be Stripped Of Their Chairmen Roles As RIM navigates some particularly rough seas, it appears as though the company may soon kick-off a good old-fashioned corporate governance shakeup in order to please their shareholders. Although they'll retain their positions as co-CEOs, the Financial Post reports that RIM's Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie may soon be ousted from their positions as chairmen of the board. The sordid tale began this past summer, when shareholder Northwest & Ethical Investments LP... |
| Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the Transformer Prime January 12th Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the Transformer Prime January 12th  Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the Transformer Prime January 12th You might still be reveling in all the fun delivered by the latest update to the Transformer Prime firmware, but ASUS has some even better news -- Ice Cream Sandwich is coming, and soon! In a post on Facebook the company announced that it would begin rolling out the latest version of the Android OS to its flagship tablet starting January 12th. Developing...Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the Transformer Prime January 12th... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Engadget's 2012 CES Preview  Engadget's 2012 CES Preview Though the holidays are once again coming to a close, we now find ourselves just a week away from every geek's ultimate holiday -- the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, arguably the biggest event of the year for the tech world. Thousands of companies gather in the Nevada desert to show off their latest innovations, setting the stage for what will no doubt be another stellar year in electronics.... |
| The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:31 AM PST The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block If Roscoe P. Coltrane is still trying to get those Duke boys, he may want to head to Arizona. |
| Financial Post report suggests RIM's Balsillie and Lazaridis may be out as chair... Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:31 AM PST Financial Post report suggests RIM's Balsillie and Lazaridis may be out as chairmen of the board  Financial Post report suggests RIM's Balsillie and Lazaridis may be out as chairmen of the board Nothing is official just yet, but Canada's Financial Post is reporting that RIM co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis may soon be relinquishing their positions as co-chairmen of the company's board. According to the paper's sources, RIM board member and former TSX Group head Barbara Stymeist is the leading candidate to replace the duo.... |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Shops Online's Facebook Wall To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
