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Totally blow out the big game! Super Bowl XLVI

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST

Totally blow out the big game! Super Bowl XLVI


Totally blow out the big game! Super Bowl XLVI
With Super Bowl XLVI finally upon us all the pretenders have been shaken loose, leaving only the New England Patriots and New York Giants to compete for the NFL championship this weekend. While we're sure Indianapolis is lovely in January, we prefer to enjoy the game from the comfort of home where there's conveniences like affordable refreshments, central heating and of course our full loadout of equipment including HDTVs, computers, tablets...

Android Developers ready to hangout on Google+

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST

Android Developers ready to hangout on Google+


Android Developers ready to hangout on Google+
The mobile ninjas over at Android Developers have announced a new medium for advice, collaboration and training: Google+. The collective will use the social networking site to help developers "meet, share, and connect with the people behind the Android developer experience." Programming tips, SDK announcements and training offerings are all on the menu, and the group is promising to hold weekly "broadcast office hours" for live Q&A using the Hangouts feature...

Lamborghini to bring back the 'Rambo Lambo?'

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST

Lamborghini to bring back the 'Rambo Lambo?'


Lamborghini to bring back the 'Rambo Lambo?'
SUV concept coming in April.

Bob Lutz: Hey right-wingers, stop attacking the Chevy Volt

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:46 PM PST

Bob Lutz: Hey right-wingers, stop attacking the Chevy Volt


Bob Lutz: Hey right-wingers, stop attacking the Chevy Volt
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM In the wake of last week's bruising hearing on Capitol Hill about the safety of the Chevrolet Volt, which itself followed an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that concluded plug-in vehicles do not "pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles," former General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz has written a column for Forbes that strikes back against the media (especially conservatives)...

US Navy ship-mounted railgun closer to reality, Raytheon and others to make it h...

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:46 PM PST

US Navy ship-mounted railgun closer to reality, Raytheon and others to make it happen


US Navy ship-mounted railgun closer to reality, Raytheon and others to make it happen
Ah, the railgun. Previously a flight of fancy fit only for wars in works of science fiction, the ultimate in electromagnetic weaponry is one step closer to becoming a reality for the US Navy. We've seen the system working well in the lab, but Raytheon has just gotten $10 million to create the pulse-forming network needed to get a railgun flinging projectiles off the deck of a Naval warship....

Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:46 PM PST

Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM


Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM
It's Monday, and almost as regular an occurrence as the day itself, we're here to help by letting you listen into the recording booth when the Engadget HD podcast goes to mp3 at 5:30PM. Please be a part of it by reviewing the list of topics after the break, then participating in the live chat as you listen in....

Report: Orion test flight pushed back to 2014, manned flight until 2021

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:56 PM PST

Report: Orion test flight pushed back to 2014, manned flight until 2021


Report: Orion test flight pushed back to 2014, manned flight until 2021
Even something as exhaustively planned as the test-flight of the Orion spacecraft isn't immune to a slipping timeline. It's reportedly been pushed back from next year to 2014 -- when we're expecting to see the capsule launch from Cape Canaveral, loop around the planet twice at 3,700 miles (the furthest any spacecraft has journeyed since the '70s) before splashing down in the Pacific....

Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check we're paying attention

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:56 PM PST

Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check we're paying attention


Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check we're paying attention
Intel opened its back door and shuttled out a refresh of its chips without so much as a phone call, typical! Three desktop Core i5 chips made their way into the big bad world, the i5-2550K replacing the i5-2500K, the i5-2450P replacing the i5-2400 and the i5-2380P replacing the i5-2320....

Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell, Rogers and Telus in February

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:07 PM PST

Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell, Rogers and Telus in February


Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell, Rogers and Telus in February
Those of you who seem to be more closely connected to the Maple Leaf than the pine needle might've jumped on the envious side at the news that folks across the border are getting their hands on the LTE Galaxy Note. Envy no more. Via blog post, Rogers has announced that Samsung's "phablet" creation will be surfing through its fresh 4G waves in the upcoming month....

Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:06 PM PST

Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in


Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in
Over the years, stories have become more than just single bursts of information. These days, there's as much drama in the consumer technology world as there is sports, politics or your average episode of Days of our Lives. Take SOPA, for example. We'd be remiss of our duties here if we simply reported on what it was, without ever following up on protests, delays, judgments and other vitally important developments....

Daimler buys 15% stake in MyTaxi cab-hailing application publisher

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:15 AM PST

Daimler buys 15% stake in MyTaxi cab-hailing application publisher


Daimler buys 15% stake in MyTaxi cab-hailing application publisher
Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, Mercedes Benz, Daimler Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG has acquired a 15-percent stake in smartphone application publisher MyTaxi, marking the German automaker's continued willingness to invest in transportation-related businesses that don't actually focus on selling vehicles to customers. Bloomberg News reported that Daimler's Car2go division, along with Xing AG founder Lars Hinrichs and Deutsche Telekom AG invested about $13 million combined into the company, which makes an application that lets...

Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:15 AM PST

Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM


Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM
Barack Obama is no stranger to social networks, but Google+ is still relatively new territory for him (and everyone else for that matter). The president doesn't seem afraid of mixing it up with the online riffraff, though, and will be hosting his very first Hangout tonight at 5:30pm ET. He'll be answering questions submitted via YouTube and selected by Google based on viewer rating....

Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:15 AM PST

Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots


Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots
Clearwire's impending LTE rollout isn't going to happen overnight, so why not continue to milk the proverbial cow that is their existing WiMax network? That's exactly what the wireless provider is doing today, with a fresh duo of hotspots. The first, the Clear Hub Express, is a $99 WiFi router-mobile hotspot combo which is destined for home or office duty....

WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds (video)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:23 AM PST

WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds (video)


WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds (video)
We're pretty excited about WiGig's miraculous wireless transmission rates and Panasonic's now in the process of jamming the functionality into SD cards set to arrive next year. It's now got a working prototype and DigInfo's managed to grab a brief video demo (embedded below) showcasing the tech. Both photos and videos can be effortlessly pinged from a tablet (housing the aforementioned memory card) to compatible in-car displays....

Report: Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages, C++ development

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:23 AM PST

Report: Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages, C++ development


Report: Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages, C++ development
When Microsoft confirmed Windows Phone "Tango" back in August, it emphasized its focus on developing country markets that other heavyweight manufacturers tend to neglect. Today, new details have emerged to corroborate these claims about Redmond's forthcoming update, which will reportedly support a wider range of languages than its Mango-flavored predecessor....

As Civic Hybrid mileage lawsuit continues, Honda shows up

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

As Civic Hybrid mileage lawsuit continues, Honda shows up


As Civic Hybrid mileage lawsuit continues, Honda shows up
Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, Honda Heather Peters is suing Honda in small-claims court in Torrance, California over the lackluster fuel economy she's gotten out of her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid. It isn't really a new lawsuit, it's one that sprung from Peters not signing onto the settlement of an earlier class-action lawsuit brought by one John True, who sued Honda over the same issue....

Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo testing DS-powered speech translator

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo testing DS-powered speech translator


Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo testing DS-powered speech translator
Nintendo and NTT DoCoMo are reportedly teaming up in order to create a voice-to-text system that'll help hearing-impaired children study. Using a modified DSi, speech is converted into text which is then archived in the cloud -- accessible afterward as a learning aid. That way, a teacher can have their words instantly typed up for reading by the students, who can also play interactive games to help them get along....

In Partnership With Microsoft, RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

In Partnership With Microsoft, RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services


In Partnership With Microsoft, RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services
Microsoft and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) are teaming up today on the public release of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365, a name which surely Microsoft itself had a hand in creating. The new service will allow corporate customers to manage their deployed BlackBerry devices using Exchange Online, the hosted version of Microsoft's messaging platform. The addition comes at no extra cost to current subscribers of the Office 365...

$300 Samsung Galaxy Note Will Hit AT&T On February 19

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

$300 Samsung Galaxy Note Will Hit AT&T On February 19


$300 Samsung Galaxy Note Will Hit AT&T On February 19
Samsung isn't the first company to break into the phablet space, but those of you waiting for a (more than) worthy successor to devices like the Dell Streak 5 won't have much longer to wait. AT&T has just announced that their pocket-busting Galaxy Note will be hitting their sales channels on February 19, complete with a $300 price tag. Most of the device's details — 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display, LTE radio,...

Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wind t...

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wind tunnel


Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wind tunnel
It's the Advanced Model for Extreme Lift and Improved Aeroacoustics, and it's the brainchild of many, many intelligent beings planted at California Polytechnic State University. The aircraft has been in design courtesy of a grant from NASA, touting engines above the wings and the ability to achieve shockingly short takeoffs and landings....

Tilera sees sense in the server wars, puts just 36 cores in its newest processor

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

Tilera sees sense in the server wars, puts just 36 cores in its newest processor


Tilera sees sense in the server wars, puts just 36 cores in its newest processor
While Tilera's forthcoming 100-core processors threaten to set off fire alarms around the world, the company has finally brought out its more sensible 36-core variant. The 1.2GHz Tile-GX36 sips just 24 watts and is designed to be especially handy with short and sharp jobs like processing internet transactions. It's a reduced instruction set (RISC) chip, so it's less power hungry and cheaper than Intel's x86 silicon....

U.S. plug-in vehicle sales will jump fivefold this year to 100,000 units, report...

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST

U.S. plug-in vehicle sales will jump fivefold this year to 100,000 units, report says


U.S. plug-in vehicle sales will jump fivefold this year to 100,000 units, report says
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, USA U.S. plug-in vehicle sales will increase more than fivefold this year to 100,000 units, website CleanFleetReport.com said, citing technology research firm Gartner. Thilo Koslowski, vice president of Gartner's Automotive and Vehicle Practice, confirmed the forecast, which factors in issues such as a wider range of battery-electric models, an improving U.S....

Tablet Shipments To Reach 383.3 Million By 2017, 46% In Emerging Markets

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST

Tablet Shipments To Reach 383.3 Million By 2017, 46% In Emerging Markets


Tablet Shipments To Reach 383.3 Million By 2017, 46% In Emerging Markets
Post-PC era? Here we come: According to new data from NPD, tablet PC shipments are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017. For comparison purposes, worldwide PC shipments for 2011 were 352.8 million, after seeing a 6% decline in Q4. While those numbers are remarkable enough on their own, what's really interesting is where much of the growth will come from: the emerging market. Emerging...

Qualcomm's MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 benchmarks pop up online

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST

Qualcomm's MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 benchmarks pop up online


Qualcomm's MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 benchmarks pop up online
We put Qualcomm's S4 development platform through its paces (twice, no less) at CES, but shorn of the glitz of Las Vegas, does it have the oomph to wow us? Someone at the company loosed Nenamark 2 on the slate, producing a score of 54.90. Given the fact that its producing graphics for a 1024 x 600 screen, we're excited to see it comfortably edge the Galaxy S II Skyrocket (54.1)...

Samsung Galaxy Note available at AT&T February 19th for $300, pre-orders begin F...

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy Note available at AT&T February 19th for $300, pre-orders begin February 5th


Samsung Galaxy Note available at AT&T February 19th for $300, pre-orders begin February 5th
We've known for a while that the Samsung Galaxy Note was coming to AT&T sometime soon, but now we actually have a date: February 19th. If that day just isn't going to come soon enough, there's a way to get it delivered two days earlier -- the carrier's offering a pre-order option beginning next Sunday, and your February 17th delivery is promised as long as you click that "order" button by...

Sky Anytime+ achieves impossible, will carry iPlayer (and ITV Player)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST

Sky Anytime+ achieves impossible, will carry iPlayer (and ITV Player)


Sky Anytime+ achieves impossible, will carry iPlayer (and ITV Player)
Sky's burgeoning Anytime+ VOD platform is getting a hefty boost today. It was previously open only to customers who also hitched to Sky Broadband, but that restriction's being gently relaxed: opening it up to all five million Sky+HD box owners. It's also somehow sweet-talked deadly rivals BBC and ITV into letting their offerings onto the platform -- with ITV Player arriving tomorrow and iPlayer slated for arrival later in the year....

WiGig: Panasonic Tablet Wirelessly Transmits A Full DVD Video In 60 Seconds (Video)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:37 AM PST

WiGig: Panasonic Tablet Wirelessly Transmits A Full DVD Video In 60 Seconds (Video)


WiGig: Panasonic Tablet Wirelessly Transmits A Full DVD Video In 60 Seconds (Video)
WiGig, a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology, was first announced back in 2009, but it's taking companies like Panasonic quite a while to come up with applications that make use of it. Via WiGig, devices can communicate with each other at multi-gigabit speeds using the 60 GHz frequency band. Panasonic has developed a prototype system, in which WiGig is embedded in a tablet that can wirelessly transmit data like photos or videos to...

North Carolina launches FCC-approved TV White Space network in Wilmington

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:37 AM PST

North Carolina launches FCC-approved TV White Space network in Wilmington


North Carolina launches FCC-approved TV White Space network in Wilmington
Back in December, the FCC approved the first white space device and database for the lucky city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Last week, the program bore its first fruits, when database operator Spectrum Bridge finally launched its TV White Space (TVWS) network in Carolina, as part of Wilmington's ongoing "Smart City" initiative....

Nokia teases February 8th for Symbian Belle update

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:37 AM PST

Nokia teases February 8th for Symbian Belle update


Nokia teases February 8th for Symbian Belle update
Looks like Nokia Vietnam wasn't keeping its powder dry when it threw up a page (subsequently pulled) promising an update to Symbian Belle for February 8th. Still, that didn't stop us taking some screenshots of the promised update on its Facebook page, which (electronically) translates to: "After the holiday, Nokia is good news in ne :) You ready to update Symbian Belle Anna my Nokia phone on 8 / 2 home."...

Top 10 heart-healthy restaurants in the United States

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:44 AM PST

Top 10 heart-healthy restaurants in the United States


Top 10 heart-healthy restaurants in the United States
Paula Deen, famous for her high-fat recipes, just announced that she has been suffering from Type 2 diabetes for the past few years. The Butter Queen's revelation is just the latest reminder of the importance of eating healthier.