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Who was for, who was against CARB's ZEV mandate "over-compliance" rule

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:28 PM PST

Who was for, who was against CARB's ZEV mandate "over-compliance" rule


Who was for, who was against CARB's ZEV mandate "over-compliance" rule
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy What impact will the "over-compliance" rule - some would say loophole - in the California Air Resources Board's recent changes to the Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate have? The short and obvious answer is that only time will tell, but one can make the case both that it's a good thing and that it's a bad thing....

WiFi Kindle Touch gets its passport, now available internationally

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:28 PM PST

WiFi Kindle Touch gets its passport, now available internationally


WiFi Kindle Touch gets its passport, now available internationally
Ever since Amazon unveiled its cheap-as-chips Kindle Touch, the thing's been selling like mad here in the US. However, our friends on other continents haven't been able to enjoy swiping and tapping its multitouch E Ink display -- until now, that is. Amazon failed to alert the masses with a press release, but a quick gander at the WiFi Touch's product page shows there's an option to ship one just about...

FCC Fridays: February 3, 2012

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:28 PM PST

FCC Fridays: February 3, 2012


FCC Fridays: February 3, 2012
We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there individually, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week....

Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:47 PM PST

Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses


Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses
Manning and Brady share a position on the field, but they are quite different in how they live their lives off the field.

Xbox co-creator brings together Atari 'dream team' for mobile gaming startup

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:47 PM PST

Xbox co-creator brings together Atari 'dream team' for mobile gaming startup


Xbox co-creator brings together Atari 'dream team' for mobile gaming startup
A new mobile gaming startup that's yet to release a single game isn't the sort of thing we'd normally cover 'round here, but the story behind Los Angeles-based Innovative Leisure is anything but ordinary. The man behind the company is the co-creator of the Xbox, Seamus Blackley, and he's brought with him eleven industry veterans that he calls "the dream team from Atari," including the likes of Van Burnham, Ed Logg,...

Galaxy Nexus and other CDMA devices removed from Google Support pages

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:47 PM PST

Galaxy Nexus and other CDMA devices removed from Google Support pages


Galaxy Nexus and other CDMA devices removed from Google Support pages
Some of you may have noticed that the Verizon version of the Galaxy Nexus is no longer listed as a supported, official developer device by Google. Despite rumors to the contrary, it doesn't appear this has anything to do with the kerfuffle over Wallet, but instead centers around technical issues relating to the APK files required for CDMA connectivity and the signing of those libraries....

U.S. Government & Military To Get Secret-Worthy Android Phones

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST

U.S. Government & Military To Get Secret-Worthy Android Phones


U.S. Government & Military To Get Secret-Worthy Android Phones
The amount of stuff we trust to fly in and out of our smartphones is astounding. Just look at what happened when a couple of reporters got access to an unwitting (and rather unlucky) Apple employee's iMessages alone — within days, they learned more about him than most people know about their closest friends. Now, imagine all the stuff that could fly in and out of a government official's phone, or that...

Verizon's ZTE Jetpack flies through FCC, arrival time still unknown

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST

Verizon's ZTE Jetpack flies through FCC, arrival time still unknown


Verizon's ZTE Jetpack flies through FCC, arrival time still unknown
Do you wish you had your own personal Jetpack? Well, you may not have to wait much longer for ZTE's version -- the EuFi I890, announced at CES last month -- to come out, if its entry into the records of the FCC are any indication. It may not be the kind that you strap onto your back, but at least this one takes advantage of Verizon's LTE, and it happens...

All PlayBooks go to heaven: Telus leak points to end-of-life status

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST

All PlayBooks go to heaven: Telus leak points to end-of-life status


All PlayBooks go to heaven: Telus leak points to end-of-life status
This is the end, dear PlayBook-admiring friends. That is to say, it's the end-of-life for RIM's first unsuccessful stab at tablet computing. Unsurprisingly, the marketing blitzkrieg that saw J.Lo and the Flash Gordon theme awkwardly peddle the flailing tab hasn't done much to elevate sales or consumer interest, forcing its Canadian overlords to issue Telus an EOL notice....

Toyota gets slammed in Japan with Aqua/Prius C pre-orders

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:26 PM PST

Toyota gets slammed in Japan with Aqua/Prius C pre-orders


Toyota gets slammed in Japan with Aqua/Prius C pre-orders
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Japan Perhaps the the "c" in the Prius C stands for ka-ching. According to reports, Toyota in Japan received 10 times its monthly sales target in pre-orders for the compact version of its Prius hybrid within the first five days of the model's debut, leading to what's likely to be a shortage and long wait times for the car. HybridCars.com, citing the Japanese publication Nikkei, says the Japanese automaker...

Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron, dies in plane crash at 51

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:25 PM PST

Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron, dies in plane crash at 51


Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron, dies in plane crash at 51
Sad news to report this Friday. Steve Appleton, the CEO and Chairman of Micron, died this morning in an airplane crash shortly after takeoff from the Boise, Idaho airport. He was the only one aboard, and was piloting a fixed wing, single engine kit aircraft. Appleton started working at Micron in 1983 shortly after graduating from Boise State University, first working the production line and eventually rising through the ranks to...

Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:25 PM PST

Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!


Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!
Myriam Joire, Brad Molen, Joseph Volpe and Dante Cesa are all armed with mics this week, and they're ready to use and abuse them. While the podcast could go any direction, we promise one thing: we won't be talking about RIM for a full hour and twenty minutes this week....

Apple Kicks Chart Topping Fakes Out Of App Store

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST

Apple Kicks Chart Topping Fakes Out Of App Store


Apple Kicks Chart Topping Fakes Out Of App Store
Temple Jump, Tiny Birds, Numbers With Friends. These are not the apps you love. They're fakes designed to scam you out of $1.99 when you go to buy Temple Run, Tiny Wings, or Words With Friends. Today Apple took a stand against plagiarism, kicking these rip-offs out of the US App Store....

OnSports Mobile App Battles Its Way Up A Tough League Ahead Of The Super Bowl

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST

OnSports Mobile App Battles Its Way Up A Tough League Ahead Of The Super Bowl


OnSports Mobile App Battles Its Way Up A Tough League Ahead Of The Super Bowl
Most popular mobile sports apps are trying to feed you scores and news, or show you fantasy numbers. OnSports, by HitPost, is in a smaller class of apps that's focused on users running the discussion themselves. And now, ahead of the Super Bowl this Sunday, viral growth and featured spots on the Android Market and the iTunes App Store are helping it step up against larger competitors. The app, which lets users...

Airport Utility 6.0 flies right into the iCloud, leaves old AirPorts behind

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST

Airport Utility 6.0 flies right into the iCloud, leaves old AirPorts behind


Airport Utility 6.0 flies right into the iCloud, leaves old AirPorts behind
The latest version of Apple's Airport Utility software has arrived, alongside those iCloud-supporting firmware updates for the company's network hardware, including the AirPort Extreme, the AirPort Express and Time Capsule. Unfortunately, Airport Utility 6.0 doesn't support pre-2007 models, that is; 802.11g-only devices. As we already know, iCloud support requires the new release, running on OSX Lion and if you're still clinging onto your MobileMe account, we've got more bad news --...

Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST

Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it


Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it
Yahoo may be sliding down the search engine totem pole, but the company is doing its best to climb back up, with a new space dedicated to apps. This week, Yahoo added a new "Apps" tab to its search page, giving users a new portal into both the Android Market and iTunes App Store....

Ansca Mobile Accuses Partner PapayaMobile Of Copying Its Code

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:01 PM PST

Ansca Mobile Accuses Partner PapayaMobile Of Copying Its Code


Ansca Mobile Accuses Partner PapayaMobile Of Copying Its Code
Ansca Mobile, the Palo Alto-based mobile development company and makers of the popular Corona SDK, is accusing its partner PapayaMobile of ripping off parts of its SDK  for use in PapayaMobile's Social Game Engine. According to Ansca Mobile COO David Rangel, his company recently discovered that Papaya's engine is what he calls a "blatant copy" of some aspects of the Corona SDK. In addition, says Rangel, some of PapayaMobile's syntax and sample code...

Some Refurbished Xooms Could Put Personal Data In The Wrong Hands

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:01 PM PST

Some Refurbished Xooms Could Put Personal Data In The Wrong Hands


Some Refurbished Xooms Could Put Personal Data In The Wrong Hands
Maybe it was too thick, maybe it was too heavy, maybe you just didn't like Honeycomb. Regardless of your reasoning, you may want to keep your eyes peeled on your credit score if you bought and returned a Motorola Xoom between March and October 2011, because your personal information may be in someone else's hands. That's the story from Motorola, anyway....

HP feels the heat, recalls 1040 and 1050 fax machines

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:01 PM PST

HP feels the heat, recalls 1040 and 1050 fax machines


HP feels the heat, recalls 1040 and 1050 fax machines
Hey, office workers -- listen up. You know that cheap, god-forsaken fax machine that you've come to loathe something fierce? Well, if it's an HP unit, go ahead and peep the model number on the front -- don't worry, we'll wait. If it says either 1040 or 1050, in addition to being a pain in the ass to operate (like all fax machines are), there's also a small chance the cursed...

ADZero bamboo smartphone prototypes hands-on (video)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST

ADZero bamboo smartphone prototypes hands-on (video)


ADZero bamboo smartphone prototypes hands-on (video)
We were so beguiled by AD's bamboo-bound smartphone that we had to track down the designer to get some hands-on time with these work-in-progress prototypes. We met up with Kieron-Scott Woodhouse (pun unintended) and he offered to bring along several of the latest prototypes for us to get to grips with....

Lucky dog goes for ride in million-dollar Bugatti

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST

Lucky dog goes for ride in million-dollar Bugatti


Lucky dog goes for ride in million-dollar Bugatti
Dog day afternoon.

Toyota boosts fuel-economy rating for Prius Plug-in to 95 MPGe

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST

Toyota boosts fuel-economy rating for Prius Plug-in to 95 MPGe


Toyota boosts fuel-economy rating for Prius Plug-in to 95 MPGe
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, MPG, Toyota Toyota has boosted the miles-per-gallon-equivalent (MPGe) ratings for the Prius Plug-in hybrid-electric that it plans to debut in the U.S. next month. The Japanese automaker now estimates that the car will get 95 MPGe in its all-electric mode, up from its prior estimate of 87 MPGe, according to Toyota Division Group Vice President Bob Carter and cited by multiple media outlets. Once the plug-in goes through its 15-mile...

Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST

Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses


Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses
Manning and Brady share a position on the field, but they are quite different in how they live their lives off the field.

Canalys: More smartphones than PCs shipped in 2011

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST

Canalys: More smartphones than PCs shipped in 2011


Canalys: More smartphones than PCs shipped in 2011
2011: the year Smartphones supplanted computers, at least according to the bundle of spreadsheets that just arrived from Canalys Research. Vendors shipped (shipped, not sold) 488 million of the devices, compared to 414.6 million "PCs," which erroneously includes Tablet PCs of all shapes and sizes. Looking at Smartphones exclusively (IDC's numbers from yesterday concerned all mobile handsets), Apple remains king of the hill having shipped 93.1million iPhones....

New super-Earth detected, 'best candidate' for supporting life

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST

New super-Earth detected, 'best candidate' for supporting life


New super-Earth detected, 'best candidate' for supporting life
A new potentially life-bearing "super-Earth" has been discovered orbiting a relatively nearby star. Described as the "best candidate" for supporting liquid water -- and therefore life -- the planet (GJ 667Cc) is believed to be about 4.5 times the size of Earth. The parent star (GJ 667C) is 22 light years away, and this is the second potentially Earth-like rock scientists have discovered orbiting the M-class dwarf....

Creative pumps out $99 HN-900 noise-canceling headphones

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:36 AM PST

Creative pumps out $99 HN-900 noise-canceling headphones


Creative pumps out $99 HN-900 noise-canceling headphones
Fact: not everyone's willing to pay a premium to enhance their personal listening experience. Fortunately for those of you who like noise cancellation and a flush bank account, Creative's just taken the wraps off its $99 headset that'll do the trick. The HN-900 offers great features -- aside from the low price tag -- such as 40-hours of active noise canceling powered by some AAA juice (for the times when you...

Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:53 AM PST

Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses


Brady vs. Manning: Super Bowl quarterbacks' houses
Manning and Brady share a position on the field, but they are quite different in how they live their lives off the field.

Nokia Hello: breaks down borders, gets the drinks in

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:53 AM PST

Nokia Hello: breaks down borders, gets the drinks in


Nokia Hello: breaks down borders, gets the drinks in
Ever wanted to order a tea and coffee, but found language to be a barrier? Then say bonjour, to Nokia Hello. Making creative use of NFC, Nokia Hello users can touch phones to exchange greetings, pleasantries, as well as the aforementioned beverage order. Mild joking aside, the project has been developed to ease those awkward international business interactions, which the team behind it somewhat ambitiously claim could be eliminated as soon...

Dropbox offers up to 5GB of free space to anyone willing to go beta

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:53 AM PST

Dropbox offers up to 5GB of free space to anyone willing to go beta


Dropbox offers up to 5GB of free space to anyone willing to go beta
Here's some good news for all you Dropboxers out there: the company is offering a bundle of free storage space to anyone who tries the beta version of its new Experimental software. It's really quite simple: just download the test program, upload a photo, and instantly get 500MB of free storage....

Making Learning Fun For Kids, Everything Butt Art Launches Its First iPad App

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:11 AM PST

Making Learning Fun For Kids, Everything Butt Art Launches Its First iPad App


Making Learning Fun For Kids, Everything Butt Art Launches Its First iPad App
You know what's funny? If you Google "how do you get kids to learn" (sans quotes, even), the first result goes to this TechCrunch blog post about an app that lets kids draw butts on the iPad. Really! The post details the company called Madbrook (aka Everything Butt Art), which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in May....