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Dell falls short on Q4 earnings: $16 billion in revenue, only $764 million in pr...

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:34 PM PST

Dell falls short on Q4 earnings: $16 billion in revenue, only $764 million in profit


Dell falls short on Q4 earnings: $16 billion in revenue, only $764 million in profit
Q4 of fiscal year 2012 was another rough one for Dell. The company fell short of expectations yet again, collecting roughly three quarters of a billion dollars in net income on revenues of $16 billion. The one bright spot was its enterprise division, which had another record quarter -- accounting for 30 percent of revenues ($4.9 billion)....

Moneto's $30 Android mobile payment kit goes on sale, brings contactless payment...

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:34 PM PST

Moneto's $30 Android mobile payment kit goes on sale, brings contactless payments to six Samsungs


Moneto's $30 Android mobile payment kit goes on sale, brings contactless payments to six Samsungs
Not everyone's smartphone has NFC, and of those that do, an even smaller subset have official Google Wallet support. It would seem Mountain View's complacency is Moneto's gain, as the outfit's recently put up for sale its $30 NFC-enabled microSD card -- enabling plebes everywhere sans contactless circuitry to sashay their way into mobile payment heaven....

New Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG Revealed

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:50 PM PST

New Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG Revealed


New Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG Revealed
Sleek roadster tuned to deliver 529 horsepower.

Gunze's new touchscreen tech knows who's touching it

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:50 PM PST

Gunze's new touchscreen tech knows who's touching it


Gunze's new touchscreen tech knows who's touching it
Touchscreens can't differentiate between you, your friend or your cat. Truth is, they're actually amazingly simple pieces of technology without much in the way of brains. A new type of display shown off at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference in Tokyo last week does imbue the panels with at least enough smarts to tell people apart....

Electric Traffic Helsinki Test Bed project proves EVs work just fine at -15F

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:06 PM PST

Electric Traffic Helsinki Test Bed project proves EVs work just fine at -15F


Electric Traffic Helsinki Test Bed project proves EVs work just fine at -15F
Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU From the special cold weather package in the Nissan Leaf to the "sweater and gloves" Chevrolet Volt, it's no secret that battery-powered cars can have some trouble with non-equatorial winter temperatures. The good news is that some of that trouble is overblown fear mongering, as proved by a group of EV fans recently proved in Helsinki, Finland while the temperature was a wee bit chilly. Called the "coolest...

Nokia's social apps coming to Android and iOS: lions expected to lie down with l...

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST

Nokia's social apps coming to Android and iOS: lions expected to lie down with lambs shortly


Nokia's social apps coming to Android and iOS: lions expected to lie down with lambs shortly
Nokia's Pulse app looks and smells familiar to anyone who's ever used Google Latitude. The difference being that the Finnish handset maker has the benefit of Navteq's $8 billion geolocation technology that it picked up back in 2008. Now the Haus of Elop is opening a Boston skunkworks that'll port the app, as well as future social software over to Android and iOS....

Origin PC launches new 3D gaming laptop: two graphics cards for three dimensions

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST

Origin PC launches new 3D gaming laptop: two graphics cards for three dimensions


Origin PC launches new 3D gaming laptop: two graphics cards for three dimensions
Hot on the heels of its dimensionally-average predecessor, Origin's revealed a second, 3D-capable, desktop-replacing laptop; stereoscopic gamers, rejoice. This EON17-X3D utilizes a pair of overclocked GPUs, with 3D panoramas provided by a pair of NVIDIA's 3D Vision 2 wireless glasses -- although you'll have to buy them extra. Hardware-wise, it's a similar story to the EON17-X, with a back-lit keyboard and the same-size 17.3-inch display -- the 3D function is actually...

Patent application hints at Voice Actions for Google TV

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST

Patent application hints at Voice Actions for Google TV


Patent application hints at Voice Actions for Google TV
Android on your phone can send texts, perform searches, set alarms and execute plenty of other tasks with little more than a simple voice command. Google TV is, for all intents and purposes, just Android blown up to fill your 42-inch TV -- so it would only make sense that Voice Actions might one day come to the Mountain View-branded set top solution....

Microsoft says Office for iPad story is based on 'inaccurate rumors and speculat...

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST

Microsoft says Office for iPad story is based on 'inaccurate rumors and speculation'


Microsoft says Office for iPad story is based on 'inaccurate rumors and speculation'
The Daily got a lot of folks hopes up earlier today with a rumor that Office would soon be making an appearance on the iPad, but Microsoft is now throwing a bit of cold water on that news. While it's not exactly an outright denial that such an app is coming, a Microsoft spokesperson has now told The New York Times' Bits website that "The Daily story is based on inaccurate...

Bob Lutz: electrification of the automobile is "gradual" but inevitable

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST

Bob Lutz: electrification of the automobile is "gradual" but inevitable


Bob Lutz: electrification of the automobile is "gradual" but inevitable
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM Bob Lutz is keeping up his vocal support for the coming age of the electric vehicle. Speaking to students at the University of Michigan College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship, he said something that most AutoblogGreen readers are likely to agree with (unlike his comment that global warming is a crock): it will be "gradual,: but the electrification of the automobile is inevitable. The former vice chairman of General...

To Modernize The Checkbook, Zipmark Launches Developer Platform For Mobile Payments

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST

To Modernize The Checkbook, Zipmark Launches Developer Platform For Mobile Payments


To Modernize The Checkbook, Zipmark Launches Developer Platform For Mobile Payments
Following its recent raise of $2 million in seed funding, the still invite-only mobile payments startup Zipmark is today announcing the launch of its developer program and API. The New York-based company, founded in 2010 by Citigroup alum Jay Bhattacharya and CTO Jake Howerton, leverages the existing check processing network to allow users to avoid credit card fees while also eliminating the risk of bounced checks. The way Zipmark works is this: Users...

AT&T Launches Enhanced Push-To-Talk Smartphone Trial For Businesses

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST

AT&T Launches Enhanced Push-To-Talk Smartphone Trial For Businesses


AT&T Launches Enhanced Push-To-Talk Smartphone Trial For Businesses
Though it may not always seem like it, big wireless carriers are still stuck on the concept of push-to-talk communication. It's easy to see why — instantaneous communication between multiple people can be a huge benefit in certain lines of work, and and catering to those groups often leads to some hefty service contracts....

Drivers Holding on to Cars Longer

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST

Drivers Holding on to Cars Longer


Drivers Holding on to Cars Longer
Initial ownership period hits new record high of nearly 6 years.

Feds investigate issues with side airbags

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST

Feds investigate issues with side airbags


Feds investigate issues with side airbags
Failure to inflate.

Bing's two new 'death to print, death to retail' features get detailed

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST

Bing's two new 'death to print, death to retail' features get detailed


Bing's two new 'death to print, death to retail' features get detailed
Ever felt like Bing wasn't for retail stores or print journalism? The two latest Windows Phone updates won't dispel that fantasy, sadly. Bing Vision been update so it can read Barcodes, CD, DVD and Book Covers so you can find out how much cheaper the item in your hand is if ordered online....

Comcast to launch Xfinity Streampix streaming video service, challenge Netflix,...

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:35 AM PST

Comcast to launch Xfinity Streampix streaming video service, challenge Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (update)


Comcast to launch Xfinity Streampix streaming video service, challenge Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (update)
It was only a matter of time, right? The Wall Street Journal reports that Comcast is rolling out a VOD competitor for Amazon, Netflix and Hulu so it can grab a slice of the streaming video pie. Called Xfinity Streampix, it brings shows from NBC and ABC, along with movies from Sony Pictures and Warner Bros....

Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Who Do You Think You Are? Mr. Big Stuff?

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:50 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Who Do You Think You Are? Mr. Big Stuff?


Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Who Do You Think You Are? Mr. Big Stuff?
Short Version When I went to meet with Samsung to pick up the Galaxy Note, I was told something that I kept in mind throughout my last week or so with the phone. "People freak out and say it's too big until they play with it — then they love it." I was also told that the S-Pen is way more than just a stylus, and I generally felt excited to be...

To Lock Down Mobile Apps, Cenzic Launches New App Testing Tools

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:50 AM PST

To Lock Down Mobile Apps, Cenzic Launches New App Testing Tools


To Lock Down Mobile Apps, Cenzic Launches New App Testing Tools
Software and SaaS security company Cenzic is today launching a new security product for mobile application developers which will allow for the testing of mobile apps on any platform – iOS, Android, J2ME, and more. The product will be the first that can test products without requiring developers to submit the source code, as all the testing is done through the cloud, while the app is up-and-running. The service will then be...

Pulse Surface Controller System: bangs the drum, desk, window

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:50 AM PST

Pulse Surface Controller System: bangs the drum, desk, window


Pulse Surface Controller System: bangs the drum, desk, window
The Pulse Surface Controller is a vibration-based musical instrument that finally puts those years of air drumming to use. It's a small, piezo-based MIDI controller that lets you turn pretty much any surface into a musical instrument. The device has a built-in suction cup, comes with velcro straps and plugs into your computer's microphone port....

Ubuntu's full desktop OS coming to multi-core Android devices

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:50 AM PST

Ubuntu's full desktop OS coming to multi-core Android devices


Ubuntu's full desktop OS coming to multi-core Android devices
What the Atrix 4G first promised, it looks like the folks at Canonical may deliver. Think back to CES 2011, when Motorola showed us a future where our phone was the only computing device we would need -- only to leave us wanting when its webtop app didn't deliver the requisite functionality for such a future....

Car Interiors That Deliver Comfort

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST

Car Interiors That Deliver Comfort


Car Interiors That Deliver Comfort
Stop complaining about your commute and sit in a decent interior.

System upgrade causes problems for GM's OnStar

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST

System upgrade causes problems for GM's OnStar


System upgrade causes problems for GM's OnStar
Non-emergency services affected.

Simulated NASA mission to ask 'Are there snacks on Maaaaaaarrrrrs?'

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST

Simulated NASA mission to ask 'Are there snacks on Maaaaaaarrrrrs?'


Simulated NASA mission to ask 'Are there snacks on Maaaaaaarrrrrs?'
When we've been forced to travel to an alien world, the one thing that makes us more likely to turn feral and murder our crew-mates than anything else is a lack of variety at mealtimes. Fortunately, Cornell University has teamed up with the University of Hawaii to build a simulated Mars mission to determine which foods people don't mind constantly consuming, given that there are no In-N-Out Burger franchises on the...

Raspberry Pi wears a new Fedora (video)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST

Raspberry Pi wears a new Fedora (video)


Raspberry Pi wears a new Fedora (video)
If you've been keeping an eye on this tasty little computer, you'll know it's a pretty exciting concept already. To further sweeten the deal, it just got its own version of Fedora. A special "remix" edition has been ported over to the micro-machine by a team at Seneca College. Although there's already a Debian release for the diminutive device, the project's official blog states that Fedora Remix is the distribution it'll...

Battery cost dropping below $200 per kWh soon, says Tesla's Elon Musk

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:18 AM PST

Battery cost dropping below $200 per kWh soon, says Tesla's Elon Musk


Battery cost dropping below $200 per kWh soon, says Tesla's Elon Musk
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors During its recent fourth quarter 2011 financial results Q&A conference call, CEO Elon Musk had, of course, lots to say about Tesla Motors and its various products. One statement though, concerning the falling cost of batteries, spoke to the broader electric vehicle (EV) market and bears repeating....

Microsoft Office for iOS gets blurrycam treatment in weird party-room

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:18 AM PST

Microsoft Office for iOS gets blurrycam treatment in weird party-room


Microsoft Office for iOS gets blurrycam treatment in weird party-room
What you see before you is a single image purporting to be Microsoft's new Office app for iOS. We can certainly believe such an app exists, and according to The Daily, the UI is similar to OneNote with an added dash of Metro. You'll be able to produce and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files locally and online, but the app is still to run the Cupertino's approval gauntlet....

Huawei's alleged 10-inch slate shows up at photoshoot ahead of MWC

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:18 AM PST

Huawei's alleged 10-inch slate shows up at photoshoot ahead of MWC


Huawei's alleged 10-inch slate shows up at photoshoot ahead of MWC
Shortly after Huawei's Ascend D1 made a trip to the studio for some glamour shots, an incognito slate is following suit. A set of photos from Russian site hi-tech@mail reveals what could be in store from the Chinese outfit at MWC 2012 (you know we'll be there), though the lack of full-body pics makes us question whether it's in fact the 10-inch tab it claims to be....

2013 SRT Viper shows a little skin

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST

2013 SRT Viper shows a little skin


2013 SRT Viper shows a little skin
It's a mystery wrapped in carbon fiber.

U.S. Cellular To Add Galaxy S II To Their Lineup, No Love For LTE

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST

U.S. Cellular To Add Galaxy S II To Their Lineup, No Love For LTE


U.S. Cellular To Add Galaxy S II To Their Lineup, No Love For LTE
Like the original Galaxy S before it, Samsung's Galaxy S II sure knows how to get around. After having touched down on Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T (twice even), the Korean giant's one-time flagship handset is now being embraced by the folks at U.S. Cellular. Customers who have pledged their allegiance to the nation's sixth-largest wireless carrier are probably celebrating the news, considering the last big Android handset to grace their shelves was...

Engadget Giveaway: win one of two PlayStation Vitas, courtesy of Tanga!

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST

Engadget Giveaway: win one of two PlayStation Vitas, courtesy of Tanga!


Engadget Giveaway: win one of two PlayStation Vitas, courtesy of Tanga!
This week's contest is all about the hotness, and if a brand new PlayStation Vita doesn't do the trick, we don't know what will. We have two WiFi / 3G units to hand out to our awesome readers, and it's all made possible by Tanga. The e-tailer is known for offering tech magazine subscriptions on the cheap as well as plenty of other daily deals....