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- Happy Birthday! President George H.W. Bush buys son Neil a Chevy Volt
- OS X malware used to spy on pro-Tibetan charities, reminds us all to keep updated
- Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and U410 undress for the FCC's czars
- Honda Recalls 554,000 SUVs
- GM will no longer give money to climate-change-denying Heartland Institute
- Add-on turns a smartphone camera into a joystick (video)
- Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!
- Opel Ampera popular in ye old continent, likely to meet sales goals unlike Volt
- China officially tops one billion mobile subscribers
- AT&T now accepting Lumia 900 pre-orders, only those seeking cyan or black need a...
- Toyota increases Prius V price by $150
- Amazon’s Appstore Generates More Revenue Than Google Play
- Netflix snags DVD.com domain, invests in the future of optical media
- IRL: Evernote, Netgear N900 and FiiO's E17 headphone amplifier
- Study finds young web-connected adults less interested in driving
- America's craziest food races
- PayPal Teams Up With Gas Station Chain On A Payment App And Fuel Discounts
- Sony to launch NEX-FS700E 4K cinema camera for $9,000 at NAB?
- LG Optimus Elite gets photographed, decked out in Sprint and Virgin livery
- iRiver B100 wants you to 'touch the supreme sound', pedants grumble
- GM Looks to MTV to Lure Young Buyers
- DoubleTwist’s New Alarm Clock For Android Wakes You With Your DoubleTwist Tunes
- Nokia Reader comes to Series 40 'touch and type' devices
- Is the Fisker Nina not the Fisker Nina?
- DoubleTwist adds Google Music support, gets an alarm clock app
- Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn't take long
- Sega streamlines US, European operations after 2011 figures predict $86 million...
- How to dust a room properly
- RIM sticking with consumer goods, just 'refocusing' on enterprise
- Fisker's Project Nina exposed ahead of New York Auto Show debut
| Happy Birthday! President George H.W. Bush buys son Neil a Chevy Volt Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:07 PM PDT Happy Birthday! President George H.W. Bush buys son Neil a Chevy Volt  Happy Birthday! President George H.W. Bush buys son Neil a Chevy Volt Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet Uh-oh, the right-wing wall against the Chevrolet Volt is really starting to crumble. Following months of beating on the Volt, Fox News aired a puff piece on how great the Volt is earlier this week. Today, we hear that former president George H.W. Bush has purchased a Volt for his son Neil as a birthday present.... |
| OS X malware used to spy on pro-Tibetan charities, reminds us all to keep updated Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:07 PM PDT OS X malware used to spy on pro-Tibetan charities, reminds us all to keep updated  OS X malware used to spy on pro-Tibetan charities, reminds us all to keep updated Pro-Tibetan organizations that use Macs have discovered that their data has been accessed thanks to malware-based siphoning more commonly associated with Windows machines. Security expert Jamie Blasco revealed that two separate backdoor trojans can breach OS X if infected Word documents (yes, we know) or emails are opened. However, those who regularly keep up with security updates shouldn't be too concerned: both holes were patched before the end of last year,... |
| Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and U410 undress for the FCC's czars Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:20 PM PDT Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and U410 undress for the FCC's czars  Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and U410 undress for the FCC's czars When Lenovo took the wraps off its IdeaPad U310 and U410 at CES, we were left feeling happy / sad. On the one hand, we were dismayed by the half-hearted inclusion of a memory card slot, but the company did earn high marks for sticking to that sleek Ultrabook form factor and pricing the duo at a $700 entry point.... |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:20 PM PDT Honda Recalls 554,000 SUVs Honda Recalls 554,000 SUVs Low-beam headlights may not illuminate on older models, Honda says. |
| GM will no longer give money to climate-change-denying Heartland Institute Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:31 PM PDT GM will no longer give money to climate-change-denying Heartland Institute  GM will no longer give money to climate-change-denying Heartland Institute Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, GEM 10,000 GM owners can make an impact. After being confronted with a petition against the money that the GM Foundation gave to the Heartland Institute - known as one of the biggest funders of climate change denial - following an exposé on DeSmogBlog, GM CEO Dan Akerson said earlier this month that he would review the situation.... |
| Add-on turns a smartphone camera into a joystick (video) Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:31 PM PDT Add-on turns a smartphone camera into a joystick (video)  Add-on turns a smartphone camera into a joystick (video) One of the more irritating aspects of touchscreen gaming is almost certainly the inevitability of blocking the screen as you play -- particularly with smaller devices like smartphones. A new peripheral being developed by Kelo University takes an interesting approach to the problem -- using the device to transform the gadget's camera into a three-axis joystick of sorts by detecting the movement of markings on the add-on.... |
| Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET! Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:31 PM PDT Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!  Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET! Time to podcast up! Who's with us? For starters, we're going to have Myriam, Brad, Joseph and -- making his mobcast debut -- our very own Andrew Munchbach! So join us at the normal time, chat it up in our Ustream chat below, and we'll have a grand 'ol time talking all about phones and stuff.... |
| Opel Ampera popular in ye old continent, likely to meet sales goals unlike Volt Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:43 PM PDT Opel Ampera popular in ye old continent, likely to meet sales goals unlike Volt  Opel Ampera popular in ye old continent, likely to meet sales goals unlike Volt To say that Chevy's Volt hasn't had the smoothest inaugural year would be an understatement, but over on the other side of the pond, things couldn't be going more swimmingly for its badge-engineered cousin, the Opel Ampera. Sales are reportedly brisk with over 7,000 Europeans preordering the electrified hatchback, prompting the company to push its 2012 sales target from 8,000 to 10,000 units -- matching the figure Chevy had initially set,... |
| China officially tops one billion mobile subscribers Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:43 PM PDT China officially tops one billion mobile subscribers  China officially tops one billion mobile subscribers We heard last year that China was approaching 900 million mobile phone subscribers, and it looks like it's now finally hit the big one. The country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology confirmed today that, as of the end of February, there were more than a billion mobile subscribers in the country (1.01 billion, to be specific).... |
| AT&T now accepting Lumia 900 pre-orders, only those seeking cyan or black need a... Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:43 PM PDT AT&T now accepting Lumia 900 pre-orders, only those seeking cyan or black need apply (update)  AT&T now accepting Lumia 900 pre-orders, only those seeking cyan or black need apply (update) Friendly reminder here, folks. As expected, AT&T has opened the pre-order floodgates for the Nokia Lumia 900 today ahead of its April 8th release in the US. Interested parties can secure their reservation for the Window Phone 7.5-loaded device at either AT&T's retail or online stores. While you'll be able to snag one in either matter black or cyan blue, we'd be remiss not to point out that the white version... |
| Toyota increases Prius V price by $150 Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:52 AM PDT Toyota increases Prius V price by $150  Toyota increases Prius V price by $150 Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota Toyota thinks you should pay a little bit more for its cars, starting in May. Today, the automaker announced small but measurable price increases pretty much across the board for its Toyota brand lineup and for two Scion models, with the most surprising being a $150 hike in the price of the 2012 Toyota Prius V.... |
| Amazon’s Appstore Generates More Revenue Than Google Play Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:52 AM PDT Amazon's Appstore Generates More Revenue Than Google Play  Amazon's Appstore Generates More Revenue Than Google Play According to new data released today by mobile analytics firm Flurry, Amazon's Appstore for Android is generating more revenue for mobile developers than the Google Android Market, which was recently rebranded as the Google Play store. That shouldn't be surprising, given that Amazon vets apps for quality, runs promotions to entice users to return daily, and perhaps most importantly, is able to leverage its established user base of Amazon account holders... |
| Netflix snags DVD.com domain, invests in the future of optical media Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:52 AM PDT Netflix snags DVD.com domain, invests in the future of optical media  Netflix snags DVD.com domain, invests in the future of optical media Looking for a shortcut to Netflix's home on the web? Try hitting up DVD.com -- it'll take you there, for now. The latest address to join the family of Netflix redirects actually brings you to a subdomain -- dvd.netflix.com -- suggesting that the company could once again be planning to split its streaming and physical media services, at least from an access perspective.... |
| IRL: Evernote, Netgear N900 and FiiO's E17 headphone amplifier Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:52 AM PDT IRL: Evernote, Netgear N900 and FiiO's E17 headphone amplifier  IRL: Evernote, Netgear N900 and FiiO's E17 headphone amplifier 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. Best of the best, best of the worst and best thing we didn't need. Those are some ringing endorsements we've got for you in this week's IRL.... |
| Study finds young web-connected adults less interested in driving Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:52 AM PDT Study finds young web-connected adults less interested in driving Study finds young web-connected adults less interested in driving Surfin' without wheels. |
| America's craziest food races Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:51 AM PDT America's craziest food races America's craziest food races Would you run a little faster for a twinkie, a piece of chocolate, or maybe a slice of pizza? Then these creative food races are for you. |
| PayPal Teams Up With Gas Station Chain On A Payment App And Fuel Discounts Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PDT PayPal Teams Up With Gas Station Chain On A Payment App And Fuel Discounts  PayPal Teams Up With Gas Station Chain On A Payment App And Fuel Discounts There's no shortage of apps that help people find cheap gas these days, but apps that let you pay for it? And ones that give you a discount for doing it? Sign me up. Regional gas station/convenience store chain Cumberland Farms has done just that with their new SmartPay app, which in addition to letting users pay without leaving their seats, offers them a $.05 cent/gallon discount. Here's how it all goes... |
| Sony to launch NEX-FS700E 4K cinema camera for $9,000 at NAB? Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PDT Sony to launch NEX-FS700E 4K cinema camera for $9,000 at NAB?  Sony to launch NEX-FS700E 4K cinema camera for $9,000 at NAB? What would you pay for the ability to capture cinema quality 4K video? $36,000? $18,000? Try $9,000. That's the expected price of Sony's rumored NEX-FS700E, which could launch at NAB next month with a June ship date. EOSHD reports that the camera will pipe 4K video to a dedicated external recorder over 3G HD-SDI.... |
| LG Optimus Elite gets photographed, decked out in Sprint and Virgin livery Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PDT LG Optimus Elite gets photographed, decked out in Sprint and Virgin livery  LG Optimus Elite gets photographed, decked out in Sprint and Virgin livery Not a fan of that 5-inch, IPS display on the Optimus Vu? Perhaps, you'd be more interested in a smaller, lesser-specced member of the family. According to PocketNow, the Optimus Elite is sprinting its way toward The Now Network and Virgin Mobile, with an expected launch on the former "rather soon" and the latter as early as May.... |
| iRiver B100 wants you to 'touch the supreme sound', pedants grumble Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PDT iRiver B100 wants you to 'touch the supreme sound', pedants grumble  iRiver B100 wants you to 'touch the supreme sound', pedants grumble It's been some time since we heard much from iRiver but the PMP maker is keeping busy with the snow-white B100. This capacitive touchscreen media player will offer up to 36 hours of music playback, or eight and a half hours of video watching. The 3.1-inch TFT screen has a resolution of 320 x 480, but it's backed up by a (relatively) long list of media codecs, including OGG, WAV, APE... |
| GM Looks to MTV to Lure Young Buyers Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PDT GM Looks to MTV to Lure Young Buyers GM Looks to MTV to Lure Young Buyers Today's youth center on the Internet, not cars, and GM takes notice. |
| DoubleTwist’s New Alarm Clock For Android Wakes You With Your DoubleTwist Tunes Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PDT DoubleTwist's New Alarm Clock For Android Wakes You With Your DoubleTwist Tunes  DoubleTwist's New Alarm Clock For Android Wakes You With Your DoubleTwist Tunes DoubleTwist, the maker of the popular suite of applications for syncing music and media between devices, has just surprised its users with the release of a new application today. And this time, the app branches out from the company's prior focus on media management – it's an alarm clock app for Android phones. But on closer inspection, DoubleTwist Alarm actually does makes sense as an extension of the DoubleTwist brand, as the... |
| Nokia Reader comes to Series 40 'touch and type' devices Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PDT Nokia Reader comes to Series 40 'touch and type' devices Nokia Reader comes to Series 40 'touch and type' devices This week, everyone's favorite Finnish phone fabricator announced the availability of Nokia Reader for Series 40 touch and type devices. Those familiar with the software know that Reader provides a flow of local and international headlines -- customized by you -- directly to your device's home screen. Nokia boasts that users of its C2-02, X3-02, C3-01, Asha 303 and Asha 300 handsets will be able to stay abreast on all the... |
| Is the Fisker Nina not the Fisker Nina? Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PDT Is the Fisker Nina not the Fisker Nina?  Is the Fisker Nina not the Fisker Nina? Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, New York Auto Show, Fisker, Spy Shots We were excited to see the first spy shots of the Fisker Nina yesterday but now we're wondering if this isn't the Nina at all. Oh, we're still sure the car in these pictures is the one that Fisker will be unveiling in New York Tuesday night, but take another look at the rear badges on the car.... |
| DoubleTwist adds Google Music support, gets an alarm clock app Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:11 AM PDT DoubleTwist adds Google Music support, gets an alarm clock app  DoubleTwist adds Google Music support, gets an alarm clock app DoubleTwist is certainly still one of the better music management options for Android, and it just keeps improving. Two days ago the player app got an update and now it can hook into Google Music, though, it only recognizes songs that you've checked for offline access from within the Google app.... |
| Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn't take long Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:11 AM PDT Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn't take long  Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn't take long We know that Apple can be OCD-ish about dictionaries at times, but is any brave Cupertino intern ready to step up and run the gauntlet? Apple's definition of itself in its own Dictionary application is looking dusty, while all it really needs is a quick mention of the company's latest gifts to the world -- and we don't just mean the Patent Wars.[Thanks, Ishmaeel]Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn't... |
| Sega streamlines US, European operations after 2011 figures predict $86 million... Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:13 AM PDT Sega streamlines US, European operations after 2011 figures predict $86 million loss  Sega streamlines US, European operations after 2011 figures predict $86 million loss Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. has announced that it will begin streamlining its American and European operations after posting an 7.1 billion Yen ($86 million dollar) extraordinary loss for the 2011 year. The move is expected to create a "smaller company positioned for sustained profitability" with the company planning a shift to a new "digital content" strategy.... |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:13 AM PDT How to dust a room properly How to dust a room properly Though it may seem like a simple task, many of us still get it wrong. |
| RIM sticking with consumer goods, just 'refocusing' on enterprise Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:13 AM PDT RIM sticking with consumer goods, just 'refocusing' on enterprise  RIM sticking with consumer goods, just 'refocusing' on enterprise Some people got the wrong idea yesterday when RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins said the company was refocusing on the enterprise market and would stop trying to be "all things to all people." Many took the post-earnings call comment to mean that RIM would be exiting the consumer market, an assumption that didn't seem like much of a stretch considering its failure to capture the imagination of users outside the office... |
| Fisker's Project Nina exposed ahead of New York Auto Show debut Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:13 AM PDT Fisker's Project Nina exposed ahead of New York Auto Show debut  Fisker's Project Nina exposed ahead of New York Auto Show debut An unreleased gadget is pretty easy to conceal, but an upcoming automobile? Not so much. Thanks to some quick reflexes, you're looking at the first spy shots of Fisker's second and smaller plug-in hybrid sedan, heretofore known as Project Nina. Last we heard, the BMW-powered auto had been put on life-support, as the remainder of the company's DOE loan evaporated as it failed to meet timely deadlines in bringing its first... |
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