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Apple's Q1 hardware sales: 37 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million...

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:33 PM PST

Apple's Q1 hardware sales: 37 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million Macs, 15.4 million iPods


Apple's Q1 hardware sales: 37 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million Macs, 15.4 million iPods
We touched on the numbers in our report on Apple's Q1 earnings, but the company's throwing out a lot of "record" figures and we thought we'd take a moment to focus on just how its hardware sales stack up. The standout figure is, of course, the 37.04 million iPhones sold during the quarter, which is up 128 percent from the same quarter a year ago (and up from 17 million in...

iBooks Author sees 600,000 initial downloads, 3 million for iTunes U app

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:33 PM PST

iBooks Author sees 600,000 initial downloads, 3 million for iTunes U app


iBooks Author sees 600,000 initial downloads, 3 million for iTunes U app
Apple announced on their quarterly earnings call this afternoon that iBooks Author had seen 600,000 downloads since its unveiling last week. The folks in Cupertino also mentioned that iTunes U has seen 3 million app downloads, also feeling a bump from the announcement a few days ago. One other interesting tidbit: currently, 1.5 million iPads have been deployed in schools....

eye3 hexicopter helps your DSLR take flight for $999

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:33 PM PST

eye3 hexicopter helps your DSLR take flight for $999


eye3 hexicopter helps your DSLR take flight for $999
Your camera wants to take flight -- trust us, it does -- and an ambitious new project aims to make your DSLR's aeronautic ambitions a reality. The eye3 hexacopter is a six-armed carbon-fiber unmanned arial vehicle (UAV) that hopes to make aerial photography accessible to the masses. Designed by a couple with a hankering for robotics, the flying machine is modular (for easy repair) and navigates using a combination of Google...

Fisker's latest Karma problems? Vehicles stuck at sea

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST

Fisker's latest Karma problems? Vehicles stuck at sea


Fisker's latest Karma problems? Vehicles stuck at sea
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Fisker How many ways can a car be delayed? For the Fisker Karma, the answer is: a lot. Following all sorts of problems in getting the luxury plug-in hybrid to market (to say nothing of the price increases and the two insta-recalls), Fisker's latest problem is, apparently, having finished vehicles that are stuck at the border just waiting to come into the U.S....

Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST

Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue


Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue
It's that time folks: time for the quarterly running of the spreadsheets. Today Apple, one the most anticipated of all, is revealing its earnings for the past three months and let's just say things are lookin' pretty good for the Cupertino crew. The company set a new record for quarterly revenue and profit in Q1 of 2012, netting $46.33 billion in total with $13.06 billion earnings....

Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST

Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily


Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily
Instead of spending millions upon millions to clean up the next oil spill, why don't we just all pitch in and buy some soap? That's basically what researchers at the University of Bristol are proposing, with a new kind of soap that's apparently like no other. This soap, you see, is magnetic, which means it could be easily removed from water without leaving behind any hazardous chemicals -- a potentially major...

Sony reminds Japan that Walkmans still exists, new E series packs built-in noise...

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST

Sony reminds Japan that Walkmans still exists, new E series packs built-in noise cancellation


Sony reminds Japan that Walkmans still exists, new E series packs built-in noise cancellation
The latest addition Walkman series continues the petite styling we've seen over the years, and Sony's cheerleading that it's both thinner (9.1mm) and lighter (37g) than its predecessor. The E-series includes a 1.4-inch colour LCD display, while we're promised at around 30 hours of music playback per charge. Alongside the standard NW-E060 model (9,000 yen, $116) the NW-E060K (11,000 yen, $142) throws in a plug-in speaker....

RIM Roadmap Leaked, Points To BlackBerry 10 Launch In September

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

RIM Roadmap Leaked, Points To BlackBerry 10 Launch In September


RIM Roadmap Leaked, Points To BlackBerry 10 Launch In September
It's only been one full day since former COO Thorsten Heins has taken the top spot at RIM, and we may already be privy to the company's game plan for the next 15 months. According to reports from BGR's always-willing sources, RIM is hard at work on a series of new product launches that will culminate with the launch of their first BlackBerry 10 device in the latter half of this...

I Didn’t Think Samsung Could Top Its Anti-Apple Ads… Until I Saw These

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

I Didn't Think Samsung Could Top Its Anti-Apple Ads… Until I Saw These


I Didn't Think Samsung Could Top Its Anti-Apple Ads… Until I Saw These
Next weekend is like the Super Bowl of commercials. Well, actually, next weekend is the Pro Bowl, which is also much like a Super Bowl… for companies… with regards to their commercials. Maybe I should try a different analogy. Either way, next weekend and the weekend after are big for most companies and Samsung is getting started early with its latest "Apple fanbois are silly for waiting outside" campaign....

Microsoft's MIX is no more, to be rolled into another BUILD-like conference

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

Microsoft's MIX is no more, to be rolled into another BUILD-like conference


Microsoft's MIX is no more, to be rolled into another BUILD-like conference
Whispers that Microsoft's MIX conference was on life support have just proven true. Redmond confirmed on its blog that the yearly web-centric conference will no longer be held, as it refocuses its efforts on larger and more broad platform-centric events, much in the vein of last year's BUILD. Following its pull-out from CES, the company muses focusing on less events means it'll maximize the effectiveness of its engineers and the press...

G-Shock prototype phone hides its craggy looks at CES, only fears your stares

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

G-Shock prototype phone hides its craggy looks at CES, only fears your stares


G-Shock prototype phone hides its craggy looks at CES, only fears your stares
Like your phones tough? Casio's apparently crafted another hardy device and this one appears to be running Android Gingerbread. The unnamed device can handle ten-foot drops and ten meters of water, while scaring small children at the same time. Hiding under a bridge somewhere in Las Vegas, it somehow avoided our patrols of the CES showfloor....

Fisker Struggles Toward Karma Launch

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

Fisker Struggles Toward Karma Launch


Fisker Struggles Toward Karma Launch
The hybrid has faced cash troubles, regulatory snarls and a recall.

UK Greenlights first marine-energy park in the heart of Brunel-country

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:03 PM PST

UK Greenlights first marine-energy park in the heart of Brunel-country


UK Greenlights first marine-energy park in the heart of Brunel-country
The West Country is home to some of the finest engineering anywhere in the UK, thanks to the region's historical patronage of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. That reputation will continue thanks to the Department of Energy and Climate Change naming it as the home of the nation's first marine energy park....

Some Chevy dealers rejecting Volt allocations from GM

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST

Some Chevy dealers rejecting Volt allocations from GM


Some Chevy dealers rejecting Volt allocations from GM
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet Chevrolet dealers in some U.S. markets are turning away Chevrolet Volts that General Motors is allocating to them, indicating that consumers remain concerned that the extended-range plug-in vehicles pose an additional safety risk relative to convention cars, are too expensive or are otherwise not as desired as GM thinks, Automotive News (subs....

BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST

BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review


BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review
Research in Motion, regardless of how you may view its recent history or its long-term future, still has a stronghold on the corporate world. Its lineup of BlackBerry smartphones are known for great battery life, comfortable keyboards with intuitive shortcuts, top-notch native email and Enterprise clients and -- most important to businesses -- unrivaled security features....

Boxee Box Live TV starts shipping, Boxee 1.5 software update now rolling out

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST

Boxee Box Live TV starts shipping, Boxee 1.5 software update now rolling out


Boxee Box Live TV starts shipping, Boxee 1.5 software update now rolling out
Both have been promised as coming soon in recent weeks, and now Boxee has confirmed that two fairly big new rollouts are underway. The first is the Boxee Box Live TV dongle, which is now shipping and will let you augment your Boxee Box with some OTA TV channels for $50....

Klipsch Mode M40 noise-cancelling headphones review

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:22 AM PST

Klipsch Mode M40 noise-cancelling headphones review


Klipsch Mode M40 noise-cancelling headphones review
Around these parts, we've generally had favorable opinions of Klipsch's audio products. Whether it's been something as small as its S4 line of smartphone oriented in-ears or grand speaker systems like its AirPlay-enabled G-17 Air, we've usually ended up awarding the brand our highest praise. If you'll recall, it was little over a year ago that Klipsch introduced its $150 Image One on-ear headphones -- the company's first set ever that...

Orange offers free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:22 AM PST

Orange offers free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East


Orange offers free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East
There are more than 70 million Orange customers across Africa and the Middle East, but only about 10 million are able to access the web from their handsets. That gap may be narrowing, though, now that the provider has decided to offer free mobile access to Wikipedia for users throughout the region....

PG Elektrus is yet another crack at electrifying a Lotus Elise

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

PG Elektrus is yet another crack at electrifying a Lotus Elise


PG Elektrus is yet another crack at electrifying a Lotus Elise
Filed under: EV/Plug-in We have good news for you if you're missing the Tesla Roadster already. German manufacturer PG has unveiled the company's new Elektrus, a Lotus-based sports EV with some very wild styling. While the company has made a name for itself producing carbon-fiber electric bicycles, the Elektrus is its first crack at the automotive market....

Researchers use lasers to supercool semiconductor membranes, blow your mind

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

Researchers use lasers to supercool semiconductor membranes, blow your mind


Researchers use lasers to supercool semiconductor membranes, blow your mind
Ah, lasers. Those wonderful, super intense beams of light that we've seen used in headlights, projectors, and naturally, death rays. Like us, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen figure there's nothing lasers can't do, and have figured out a way to use them to cool a bit of semiconducting material....

Starbucks to expand beer and wine sales

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

Starbucks to expand beer and wine sales


Starbucks to expand beer and wine sales
Starbucks is realizing that coffee and wine do mix.  It announced plans to sell beer and wine in as many as 25 locations by the end of the year. 

Burn baby burn: HP pays out $425,000 to prevent a disco (laptop) inferno

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST

Burn baby burn: HP pays out $425,000 to prevent a disco (laptop) inferno


Burn baby burn: HP pays out $425,000 to prevent a disco (laptop) inferno
The Haus of Meg will pay $425,000 in order to settle a claim that it consciously flogged laptops with batteries that could overheat or catch fire. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission slapped the company on the wrist for not issuing a recall quickly enough. It claimed that HP knew about 22 incidents involving battery 'splosions by September 2007 -- including one instance of a user being hospitalized, but didn't begin...

Canon EOS C300 to hit Japanese stores on the 31st, PL version coming in March

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST

Canon EOS C300 to hit Japanese stores on the 31st, PL version coming in March


Canon EOS C300 to hit Japanese stores on the 31st, PL version coming in March
Do you have deep pockets? And do those pockets happen to be located in Japan? Well if you're also in the market for Canon's EOS C300 cinema camera, you might be in luck. The company has confirmed that its motion-picture-shooting flagship will be available in Japanese retail stores by January 31st -- exactly one week from today....

$299 Droid RAZR MAXX To Hit Verizon Shelves On January 26

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

$299 Droid RAZR MAXX To Hit Verizon Shelves On January 26


$299 Droid RAZR MAXX To Hit Verizon Shelves On January 26
Looks like that flubbed product page turned out to be right after all — Verizon Wireless has just announced that the ever-so-slightly-tweaked Droid RAZR MAXX will indeed be hitting store shelves on January 26. One of the big issues Jordan noted in our original Droid RAZR review was that the battery could leave some heavy users in the lurch, but that (hopefully) won't be the case with the RAZR MAXX....

Mobile App Highlight Gives You A 6th Sense About Who’s Nearby

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

Mobile App Highlight Gives You A 6th Sense About Who's Nearby


Mobile App Highlight Gives You A 6th Sense About Who's Nearby
Checkins are not the future. They interrupt the moment and quickly become outdated. Highlight, a mobile app launching today, offers a better gateway to serendipitous meetups. All you do is download Highlight, turn it on, and let it run passively in the background. Then when you come within a few blocks of your Facebook friends, or anyone you have friends or interests in common with, Highlight sends you a push notification and...

Underground dinners you’ve never heard of

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

Underground dinners you've never heard of


Underground dinners you've never heard of
The cool kids are bypassing Michelin stars and permanent menus in favor of a new brand of mystery and exclusivity. Here's a selection of the best.

Facebook Timeline feature, unflattering photos being pushed out to all users in...

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

Facebook Timeline feature, unflattering photos being pushed out to all users in next few weeks


Facebook Timeline feature, unflattering photos being pushed out to all users in next few weeks
Okay, so now that we've all had sufficient time to go on an untagging spree, Facebook is finally getting ready to begin pushing its new layout to all users. Timeline will be rolled out to everyone over the next few weeks, with the social network giving you seven days to preview it before going live, you know, just in case...Facebook Timeline feature, unflattering photos being pushed out to all users in...

Droid RAZR Maxx hits Verizon on January 26th for $299 on contract

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

Droid RAZR Maxx hits Verizon on January 26th for $299 on contract


Droid RAZR Maxx hits Verizon on January 26th for $299 on contract
While good handsets do tend to come in small packages, longer lasting ones are undoubtedly a bit fatter. And so, dear chubby phone chasing fans, Verizon's girthy revamp on its branding mash-up -- the Droid Razr Maxx -- is set for an official bow. After softly leaking the handset's launch date on its site, the operator's finally ready to roll out the Big Red carpet for the Moto-made device on January...

Apple now the largest buyer of semiconductors according to Gartner

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

Apple now the largest buyer of semiconductors according to Gartner


Apple now the largest buyer of semiconductors according to Gartner
No one would be shocked to learn that Apple is a major purchaser of semiconductors. Heck, hearing that the company is number one on that list might not even raise too many eyebrows. But, what if you we told you last year the Cupertino crew wasn't the biggest purchaser, or even the second....

BMW ActiveE enrollment process now open in test markets

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:43 AM PST

BMW ActiveE enrollment process now open in test markets


BMW ActiveE enrollment process now open in test markets
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, BMW It isn't every day that BMW offers an electric vehicle, but the ActiveE is just that. The German luxury car maker is now accepting applications for 700 ActiveE "Electronauts" in the test markets of Boston, Hartford, New York, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco. The hand-raisers will need to complete a charging station consultation with BMW Partner AeroVironment to make sure the house of the perspective lessee...