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Mitsubishi delivers first 2012 i electric vehicle in Normal, IL

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST

Mitsubishi delivers first 2012 i electric vehicle in Normal, IL


Mitsubishi delivers first 2012 i electric vehicle in Normal, IL
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi The 2012 Mitsubishi i will be available nationwide earlier than once expected, and the first bit of expanded availability can be seen with the delivery of six of the electric vehicles in Normal, IL. These are the first of the little hatchbacks that have made it to the U.S....

BeagleBone board boots up XBMC Eden, shows off its media prowess

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST

BeagleBone board boots up XBMC Eden, shows off its media prowess


BeagleBone board boots up XBMC Eden, shows off its media prowess
BeagleBoard isn't letting the Raspberry Pi steal all the glory in the battle for low-cost computing supremacy. The $35 ARM11-based Pi may win on price, but at least the BeagleBone can hold its own in terms of power. After the Model B was demoed pushing XBMC and AirPlay capabilities, some intrepid devs managed to get the second beta of Eden up and running on the ARM A8 dev board....

Insert Coin: 50-Dollar Follow Focus

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST

Insert Coin: 50-Dollar Follow Focus


Insert Coin: 50-Dollar Follow Focus
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. If you've watched HD video footage captured by a DSLR, you've probably wondered why, despite the fact that you own the exact same model, your clips lack the fluid feel of a professional...

The Lighter Car News

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST

The Lighter Car News


The Lighter Car News
The MINI Rocketman is canned and NASCAR's Fusion is terrific.

Obama's Chrysler on sale for $1 million

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:27 PM PST

Obama's Chrysler on sale for $1 million


Obama's Chrysler on sale for $1 million
Luxury ride resurfaces on Ebay.

Cortexa's ZE Home Controller: recreate Demon Seed for a fraction of the cost

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:26 PM PST

Cortexa's ZE Home Controller: recreate Demon Seed for a fraction of the cost


Cortexa's ZE Home Controller: recreate Demon Seed for a fraction of the cost
Your home is the next frontier for gadgeteers across the world and Cortexa's leading the way by releasing a new kit that'll turn your house into Proteus IV in a matter of minutes. The EZ Home Automation Ready Controller can manage lighting, security cameras and thermostats from the comfort of its Flash-based (aww) web-interface or iOS app....

Google adding Public Alerts to Maps, keeps you in the loop in times of worry

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:26 PM PST

Google adding Public Alerts to Maps, keeps you in the loop in times of worry


Google adding Public Alerts to Maps, keeps you in the loop in times of worry
You can't deny that Google often hands out marvelous tools for the masses to utilize (yes, some can be a miss), and today the King of Search is launching a fresh virtual apparatus as part of its Crisis Response project. Dubbed "Public Alerts," the feature is accessible from within Google Maps, keeping you in the loop during times of high alert....

HP Announces Open webOS 1.0, Outlines Release Schedule

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST

HP Announces Open webOS 1.0, Outlines Release Schedule


HP Announces Open webOS 1.0, Outlines Release Schedule
It seems like ages ago that HP announced that webOS would continue to live on as an open source project, probably because they've been awfully quiet on the subject since the big reveal in December. Well, consider that silence officially broken. HP took to their webOS developer relations blog to tell what faithful users still remain all about how their open-source rollout is going to work, and the whole process has...

GM launches ad campaign touting Chevy Volt safety

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST

GM launches ad campaign touting Chevy Volt safety


GM launches ad campaign touting Chevy Volt safety
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet General Motors has launched an advertising campaign touting the safety of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in electric vehicle, just as its CEO testified to Congress that a recent Volt fire that took place after a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test would never occur under real-world circumstances, Bloomberg News reported. GM CEO Dan Akerson (pictured) said in the campaign that he "couldn't be prouder" of the...

Nokia Announces 1.5 Billion S40 Phones Sold

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST

Nokia Announces 1.5 Billion S40 Phones Sold


Nokia Announces 1.5 Billion S40 Phones Sold
Does the term S40 mean anything to you? It's a mobile operating system built by Nokia for its feature phones back in 1999, and first appeared on the 7110. Well, apparently a lady over in São Paulo, Brazil has today purchased the 1.5 billionth phone running the operating system in the form of the Nokia Asha 303....

Game Your Video Aims To Make Mobile Video Editing As Simple As Possible

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST

Game Your Video Aims To Make Mobile Video Editing As Simple As Possible


Game Your Video Aims To Make Mobile Video Editing As Simple As Possible
Modern day video editors can be daunting. While it's better than the literal cut-and-paste practices of yesteryear, opening a new video editor can feel like stepping into the cockpit of a spaceship. Unless you're trained to fly spaceships, in which case this analogy is broken (and also, you're awesome.) Looking to distill video editing down to its simplest form — a game like experience, they say — is Game Your Video, a...

Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST

Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates


Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates
Netflix's Q4 2011 earnings report is in, and the company indicates its streaming subscriber count is now 21.67 million. DVD subscribers were still down however, although not as much as expected with cancellations peaking in September when the services split, leaving it with a total number of 24.4 million customers....

Belfry brings Stocks and Weather, other native iPhone apps to jailbroken iPads

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST

Belfry brings Stocks and Weather, other native iPhone apps to jailbroken iPads


Belfry brings Stocks and Weather, other native iPhone apps to jailbroken iPads
Rounding out the honeymoon period with that freshly jailbroken iPad 2? Well now we have some new apps for you to play with, and you may already be acquainted. iOS hacker Ryan Petrich's most recent project, dubbed Belfry, lets you install stock iPhone apps that are otherwise absent from both versions of Apple's tablet including Clock, Voice Memos, Stocks, Calculator, Compass and Weather....

Motorola to continue pushing 'smart actions', wants to make you look cleverer

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:42 PM PST

Motorola to continue pushing 'smart actions', wants to make you look cleverer


Motorola to continue pushing 'smart actions', wants to make you look cleverer
Motorola's automated smartphone rule system first appeared on its Droid Razr; a way of sidestepping laborious menu hopping for everyday tweaks and extra functionality -- with some location-based awareness thrown in. Motorola's senior VP, Alain Mutricy, recently announced that the company plans to continue the roll-out of this smart actions system, presumably on its Razr series, which will also see further expansion this year....

Toyota reveals TS030 Hybrid endurance prototype

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:46 AM PST

Toyota reveals TS030 Hybrid endurance prototype


Toyota reveals TS030 Hybrid endurance prototype
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Racing The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. So, apparently, do the world's automakers. At least, that is, when it comes to Le Mans. Case in point: the new Toyota TS030 Hybrid, the Le Mans prototype that the Japanese automaker has just revealed, mere days after Peugeot announced its departure from the endurance racing scene. Shorthand for the third Toyota Sport prototype - following the TS010 and TS020...

HP: webOS to be fully open-sourced by September, Enyo 2.0 framework available to...

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:46 AM PST

HP: webOS to be fully open-sourced by September, Enyo 2.0 framework available to developers today


HP: webOS to be fully open-sourced by September, Enyo 2.0 framework available to developers today
When HP announced last month that it would open-source webOS, the outfit seemed mighty pleased (and relieved) to have finally made a definitive decision regarding the fate of its $1.2-billion-dollar software experiment. In fact, though, the company's initial announcement was light on detail, other than the fact that webOS will live on with the help of developers both inside and outside HP....

IRL: the $79 Kindle, a repurposed Army bag and a non-user replaceable laptop bat...

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:46 AM PST

IRL: the $79 Kindle, a repurposed Army bag and a non-user replaceable laptop battery


IRL: the $79 Kindle, a repurposed Army bag and a non-user replaceable laptop battery
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. Hi there, folks. It's that time of the week where we share our close and very personal experiences with various gadget paraphernalia....

Apple Overtakes Exxon As Most Valuable Traded Company In The World… Again

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST

Apple Overtakes Exxon As Most Valuable Traded Company In The World… Again


Apple Overtakes Exxon As Most Valuable Traded Company In The World… Again
It happened once before, in August, but that was due to a stock market collapse that left both Exxon and Apple well below their usual share price. This time, however, it would seem that Apple's Q1 earnings call yesterday has led to a fresh spike on the stock market and what do you know?...

Nokia S40: over 1.5 billion served

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST

Nokia S40: over 1.5 billion served


Nokia S40: over 1.5 billion served
Nokia has announced a major mobile milestone: over 1.5 billion (with a b) Series 40 (S40) handsets sold since the first device -- the 7110 -- was introduced in 1999. "We are incredibly proud to reach this milestone," wrote Nokia's Executive VP of Mobile Phones, Mary McDowell. "It is gratifying to consider how Series 40 devices have made mobile technology accessible." Breeze on past the break for the official PR with...

Kinect and Windows Phone combine to create holographic game engine (video)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST

Kinect and Windows Phone combine to create holographic game engine (video)


Kinect and Windows Phone combine to create holographic game engine (video)
If your life is anything like ours, it's in sore need of more pseudo-holographic helicopters. Fortunately, YouTube user programming4fun has come up with a solution, using Microsoft's Kinect beta SDK and a Windows Phone handset. The system, pictured above, basically consists of a Kinect and a 3D engine; the former tracks the position of a viewer and automatically adjusts the image projected by the latter, creating the illusion of a 3D...

$99 Nokia Lumia 900 To Hit AT&T On March 18?

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

$99 Nokia Lumia 900 To Hit AT&T On March 18?


$99 Nokia Lumia 900 To Hit AT&T On March 18?
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop was all to eager to show off the Lumia 900 at this year's CES, but he unforunately kept to himself when it came to its price or release date. Now, thanks to a timely leak, it looks as though Nokia's flagship Windows Phone could hit AT&T's shelves on March 18. That's apparently the plan, anyway....

LG Nitro HD Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

LG Nitro HD Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold


LG Nitro HD Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold
comScore recently ranked LG second in the world in terms of mobile OEM market share, and it would seem the good news keeps on coming for the smiley-face company. The Nitro HD, or Optimus LTE if you're from outside of the States, has reportedly hit 1 million units sold. It was first available in South Korea last year in October, and LG sold 600,000 units on its home turf....

GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in D.C. hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don't beli...

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in D.C. hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don't believe you"


GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in D.C. hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don't believe you"
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM, Legislation and Policy What a surprise. Today's Congressional hearing over the Chevrolet Volt fire and the resulting investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration turned out to be contentious. The hearing took place in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending....

Windows 8 adds sensor support, will be the PC to turn, turn, turn

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

Windows 8 adds sensor support, will be the PC to turn, turn, turn


Windows 8 adds sensor support, will be the PC to turn, turn, turn
Microsoft is slowly turning its stalwart desktop OS into a mobile powerhouse. The company just keeps rolling out improvements and features for Windows 8 aimed at really making upcoming tablets competitive with their Android and iOS-based market mates. After cramming mobile broadband tools into the tile-happy OS, now Redmond is turning its attention towards sensors....

Panasonic intros a pair of 12.1-inch Let's Note Laptops

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

Panasonic intros a pair of 12.1-inch Let's Note Laptops


Panasonic intros a pair of 12.1-inch Let's Note Laptops
Panasonic Japan's quirky range of chunky Let's Note laptops has swelled by a factor of two, thanks to a pair of 12.1-inch units ousted today. The stock models come with a 1280 x 800 display (extra cash will get you a 16:9 1600 x 900 screen with a built-in 720p webcam)....

The butter was Paula Deen's shtick

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

The butter was Paula Deen's shtick


The butter was Paula Deen's shtick
People don't distinguish between what Food Network celebrity chef Paula Deen does—entertain—and what she does it with—food. 

GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in DC hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don't believ...

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST

GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in DC hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don't believe you"


GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in DC hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don't believe you"
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Legislation and Policy, USA What a surprise. Today's Congressional hearing over the Chevrolet Volt fire and the resulting investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration turned out to be contentious. The hearing took place in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending....

The Engadget Show 29: Red Cameras, MakerBot and the coolest gadgets of CES 2012

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST

The Engadget Show 29: Red Cameras, MakerBot and the coolest gadgets of CES 2012


The Engadget Show 29: Red Cameras, MakerBot and the coolest gadgets of CES 2012
Consider this one last hurrah for CES 2012. Sure, we've happily left the Las Vegas Convention Center in the rear view mirror of the magical mystery Engadget trailer, but there's still plenty to talk about. We kick things off with a recap of Apple's textbook announcement, discussing what implications the move might have for the industry, before taking you on a tour of the Engadget CES trailer and stage....

World of Warcraft server blades help you save the children, feel slightly better...

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST

World of Warcraft server blades help you save the children, feel slightly better about yourself


World of Warcraft server blades help you save the children, feel slightly better about yourself
If you're going help save the world, you might as well get a little something for yourself at the same time, right? World of Warcraft fans listen up, because Blizzard wants you to help them help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and it's willing to give you a fairly unique piece of WoW memorabilia for digging deep....

Popular Barcode Scanning App ShopSavvy Launches Mobile Marketplace

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:20 AM PST

Popular Barcode Scanning App ShopSavvy Launches Mobile Marketplace


Popular Barcode Scanning App ShopSavvy Launches Mobile Marketplace
ShopSavvy, which you probably know as the barcode-scanning, price comparison app, is  launching a major new feature today: SavvyListings, a mobile marketplace. With the addition, the company is hoping to turn its user base of some 20 million into customers who buy and sell items directly with each other. To use the SavvyListings feature, you simply scan the barcode of product in question, then head to "Options," and "Sell this Item." (You...