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Audi updates Q5 for 2013 with supercharged V6 and hybrid option [w/videos]

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Audi updates Q5 for 2013 with supercharged V6 and hybrid option [w/videos]


Audi updates Q5 for 2013 with supercharged V6 and hybrid option [w/videos]
Filed under: Hybrid, Audi Introduced back in 2008, the Audi Q5 was about due for a mid-life refresh, which is exactly what the German automaker has given it. Not that you'd be easily able to tell from looking at it, though: the styling updates to the popular CUV are rather subtle, as are the enhancements to the interior, which center around the control surfaces....

Motorola Solutions reports Q1 2012 sales of $2 billion, expects jump in Q2

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Motorola Solutions reports Q1 2012 sales of $2 billion, expects jump in Q2


Motorola Solutions reports Q1 2012 sales of $2 billion, expects jump in Q2
Motorola Solutions (MSI) -- the less familiar Motorola that makes radios, barcode scanners and such for government and enterprise sectors -- just posted sales of $2 billion for the first quarter of 2012. This is a seven percent boost over Moto's results from the same period last year, and that growth reflects an 11 percent jump in government sales....

PSA: Sprint's LTE-infused Galaxy Nexus now available online and in stores

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:30 PM PDT

PSA: Sprint's LTE-infused Galaxy Nexus now available online and in stores


PSA: Sprint's LTE-infused Galaxy Nexus now available online and in stores
Google itself may have thrown the pricing situation out of whack by offering up a contract-free GSM version of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus for just $399, but those adhering to Sprint's plans can't make use of that, anyway. The other CDMA / LTE-infused Galaxy Nexus is now shipping from Sprint, several months ahead of its first LTE rollout....

Honda Turns Pinners into Winners

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Honda Turns Pinners into Winners


Honda Turns Pinners into Winners
Automaker targets top users of Pinterest to promote brand, CR-V crossover.

15-inch Series 7 Chronos with Ivy Bridge surfaces on Samsung's Canadian site

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:46 PM PDT

15-inch Series 7 Chronos with Ivy Bridge surfaces on Samsung's Canadian site


15-inch Series 7 Chronos with Ivy Bridge surfaces on Samsung's Canadian site
When it rains it pours. Hot on the heels of announcing that 17-inch Series 7 Chronos laptop it teased back at CES, Samsung is doing the predictable sensible thing and refreshing the 15-inch version with an Ivy Bridge processor as well. So far, we see it listed on Samsung's Canadian site with a 1GB NVIDIA GT640M GPU and a quad-core Core i7-3615QM CPU (remember that Intel hasn't announced its dual-core variants...

DIY 'Descriptive Camera' captures images, prints out prose

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:46 PM PDT

DIY 'Descriptive Camera' captures images, prints out prose


DIY 'Descriptive Camera' captures images, prints out prose
Have you ever wished that cameras could capture not only an image of the scene in front of them, but also describe it to you in plain English? Ok, what if it bypassed the whole "photo" thing and just spit out a slip of paper with words on it? Well, if you're still interested, the impressive Matt Richardson (of Make fame) has a project right up your alley....

Sprint Confirms It Will Still Serve Unlimited Data To The Next iPhone

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Sprint Confirms It Will Still Serve Unlimited Data To The Next iPhone


Sprint Confirms It Will Still Serve Unlimited Data To The Next iPhone
Sprint plans to offer unlimited data on the next iPhone even if it's LTE. This would make the carrier the only one in the U.S. with the pairing. Verizon and AT&T went away from unlimited plans before the iPhone 4S launched in 2011 leaving just Sprint with both unlimited data and the iPhone. Unlimited data plans used to be the norm....

Former MakerBot exec launches Solidoodle sub-$500 3D printer

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Former MakerBot exec launches Solidoodle sub-$500 3D printer


Former MakerBot exec launches Solidoodle sub-$500 3D printer
Let's be honest -- we all want a a 3D printer to call our own, right? Price has always been a significant barrier to the dream of printing pretty much everything your imagination can conjure (barring some hardware limitations, of course). For its part, MakerBot has made some significant strides toward tearing some of those barriers, and now Solidoodle, led by that company's former COO Samuel Cervantes, is looking to take...

Google+ Share button gives you another option aside from plain 'ol +1s

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Google+ Share button gives you another option aside from plain 'ol +1s


Google+ Share button gives you another option aside from plain 'ol +1s
Although Google's had its +1 button all over the web for some time now, helping folks show their allegiance to things they like, it's lacked a dedicated button just for sharing content. That's now changed, as the Google+ development team recently let loose the Share button. The button is similar in appearance to its +1 sibling, but rather than just being a shortcut for quickly slapping content with a virtual high-five,...

Ford releases photos of Focus Electric NASCAR pace car

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Ford releases photos of Focus Electric NASCAR pace car


Ford releases photos of Focus Electric NASCAR pace car
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, Racing Last week, Ford announced that it would be creating the world's first all-electric pace car in the form of the Focus Electric hatchback. Set to lap the oval at the Richmond 400 at the end of this month, the official Focus Electric NASCAR pace car was unveiled to the public at Richmond International Raceway today, showing off the battery-powered vehicle wrapped in its decidedly modest racing livery. We...

Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with special guest Chris Davies, live at 5...

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with special guest Chris Davies, live at 5PM ET!


Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with special guest Chris Davies, live at 5PM ET!
After a weeklong hiatus, we've been aching to get back on the mics and speak our minds about all the crazy stuff going on in the world of mobile. And Myriam and Brad aren't going it alone: they're bringing Chris Davies of Slashgear fame (or is it infame?) to the hot seat and grilling him with the tough questions....

Growing Up Geek: Sarah Silbert

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Growing Up Geek: Sarah Silbert


Growing Up Geek: Sarah Silbert
Welcome to Growing Up Geek, an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today, we have our new reviews editor, Sarah Silbert. I'm not your textbook-case geek. On that authoritative dork-geek-nerd venn diagram, I sit undeniably closer to the nerd quadrant....

Returning Troops at High Crash Risk

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Returning Troops at High Crash Risk


Returning Troops at High Crash Risk
New USAA study says troops continue war-zone driving habits at home.

Google Drive is coming to Linux, tells users to 'hang tight'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Google Drive is coming to Linux, tells users to 'hang tight'


Google Drive is coming to Linux, tells users to 'hang tight'
As you may know, there is at least one out and proud Ubuntu devotee on staff. So, when Google Drive was announced, there were a few grumbles from those who noticed Linux was absent from the list of supported platforms. Especially in the wake of Picasa for Linux, many were afraid that Big G was slowly killing off it's (comparably) robust support of the open-source OS....

YouTube Is 27% Of Mobile Video Traffic In N. America, Netflix Just 2%

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:33 PM PDT

YouTube Is 27% Of Mobile Video Traffic In N. America, Netflix Just 2%


YouTube Is 27% Of Mobile Video Traffic In N. America, Netflix Just 2%
YouTube is the largest source of mobile video traffic, according to a new report from Sandvine, and now accounts for as much as 25% of network data, and no less than 12% at any given time. The report examined traffic across a selection of Sandvine's 200+ customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific. Combined with other services like Pandora and Netflix, audio and...

Oracle v. Google trial reveals renders of original Google phone design

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Oracle v. Google trial reveals renders of original Google phone design


Oracle v. Google trial reveals renders of original Google phone design
Not all the news coming out of Judge Alsup's courtroom concerns IP infringement and dollar signs, as some renders of a never-before-seen Google phone have made their way out of the courtroom and onto the web. It appears that before the T-Mobile G1 came to be, Google had its heart set on a portrait QWERTY design for its initial Android offering -- and different from what was found in the first...

Lava's Medfield-based Xolo X900 smartphone gets reviewed by AnandTech

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Lava's Medfield-based Xolo X900 smartphone gets reviewed by AnandTech


Lava's Medfield-based Xolo X900 smartphone gets reviewed by AnandTech
We briefly got our hands on the Medfield-based Xolo X900 back in February, and have seen some benchmarks from Lenovo's K800 (based on the same reference design), but AnandTech has now provided a typically thorough review of the device that's ushering in Intel's new push into smartphones. In short, the phone is a solid first step, but not something that AnandTech sees as a flagship device....

Prius 'trucker' tows Harley motorcycles across U.S.

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Prius 'trucker' tows Harley motorcycles across U.S.


Prius 'trucker' tows Harley motorcycles across U.S.
Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, MPG, Toyota It's been said that God rides a Harley. Now we have a Toyota Prius that tows them. uShip, a community of about 250,000 registered carriers, posted a blog item last week about a Prius driver who uses his hybrid to tow motorcycles across the U.S. Adam Winters is the man behind Green Technology Transportation and now drives about 20,000 miles a month shipping motorcycles around the country....

Reminder: Webby Award voting ends tomorrow, give the Engadget Show some love

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Reminder: Webby Award voting ends tomorrow, give the Engadget Show some love


Reminder: Webby Award voting ends tomorrow, give the Engadget Show some love
Do you really want to hurt us? Do you really want to make us cry? If not, you should head on over to the Webby Awards site and vote for the Engadget Show. Seriously, though, it's an honor just to have our humble production nominated for the third year in a row alongside several other impressive products....

EyeRing finger-mounted connected cam captures signs and dollar bills, identifies...

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:02 AM PDT

EyeRing finger-mounted connected cam captures signs and dollar bills, identifies them with OCR (hands-on)


EyeRing finger-mounted connected cam captures signs and dollar bills, identifies them with OCR (hands-on)
Ready to swap that diamond for a finger-mounted camera with a built-in trigger and Bluetooth connectivity? If it could help identify otherwise indistinguishable objects, you might just consider it. The MIT Media Lab's EyeRing project was designed with an assistive focus in mind, helping visually disabled persons read signs or identify currency, for example, while also serving to assist children during the tedious process of learning to read....

Perifoveal Display tracks head positioning, highlights changing data on secondar...

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Perifoveal Display tracks head positioning, highlights changing data on secondary LCDs (hands-on)


Perifoveal Display tracks head positioning, highlights changing data on secondary LCDs (hands-on)
If there's a large display as part of your workstation, you know how difficult it can be to keep track of all of your windows simultaneously, without missing a single update. Now imagine surrounding yourself with three, or four, or five jumbo LCDs, each littered with dozens of windows tracking realtime data -- be it RSS feeds, an inbox or chat....

Pegatron licenses Microsoft's patent porfolio for Android and Chrome devices

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Pegatron licenses Microsoft's patent porfolio for Android and Chrome devices


Pegatron licenses Microsoft's patent porfolio for Android and Chrome devices
Microsoft may make a ton of money by selling Xboxes, operating systems, and other software to consumers , but it also pads its bottom line by monetizing its IP. Its newest patent profits will be coming from Pegatron Corp. -- a Taiwanese ODM that makes parts for a plethora of others, including Apple, ASUS and HP -- as the two companies have entered into a licensing agreement for devices running Android...

Google Releases A Playbook For “Winning With Mobile”

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Google Releases A Playbook For "Winning With Mobile"


Google Releases A Playbook For "Winning With Mobile"
As Google continues to push businesses to embrace mobile advertising, it's trying to make that process a little less intimidating with a new publication titled "The Mobile Playbook: The Busy Executive's Guide to Winning with Mobile." The playbook is co-written by Jason Spero, Google's head of mobile sales and strategy (he joined through the acquisition of AdMob), who predicated in February that one million small businesses globally will build a mobile website...

Harvard tired of overpaying for research, tells faculty to open up

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Harvard tired of overpaying for research, tells faculty to open up


Harvard tired of overpaying for research, tells faculty to open up
The grand dame of Ivy League schools is taking action against one of higher learning's pet peeves: the exorbitant price of research journals. Even though the e-reader revolution may have already touched other schoolbooks, so far academic subscription prices -- with some journals as high as $40,000 -- are becoming unsustainable, according to Harvard....

Pegatron Corp. Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft Over Android, Chrome OS Dev...

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Pegatron Corp. Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft Over Android, Chrome OS Devices


Pegatron Corp. Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft Over Android, Chrome OS Devices
Microsoft snagged another one. Pegatron is the latest company to sign a patent agreement with Microsoft concerning Android and Chrome devices. The exact terms of this agreement were not disclosed, but according to a press release issued this morning, Microsoft will receive royalties from Pegatron under this agreement. Microsoft's aggressive strategy to license its patents for Android devices is a loaded subject....

FCC approves transfer of AWS spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT

FCC approves transfer of AWS spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile


FCC approves transfer of AWS spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile
AT&T may have been hoping for the FCC to put the rejection stamp on its proposed transfer of key AWS spectrum to T-Mobile, but no such luck for the GSM giant this time. The fourth-largest carrier in the US, as a consolation prize for humoring AT&T's acquisition attempt, has been given the official go-ahead on accepting spectrum in a grand total of 128 Cellular Market Areas, including 12 of the top...

General Electric CEO says electric vehicles will reach 'tipping point'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:31 AM PDT

General Electric CEO says electric vehicles will reach 'tipping point'


General Electric CEO says electric vehicles will reach 'tipping point'
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, North America, USA True belief or wishful thinking? That's the question some may ask about General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt and his statement that electric vehicles will become more than a just niche market in the U.S. Immelt, speaking at a Detroit automotive conference on Tuesday, said GE will continue to invest in battery-electric vehicle technology with the belief that lower costs and improved performance will allow EVs...

DIY Cellphone has the footprint of an ice cream sandwich, definitely doesn't run...

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:30 AM PDT

DIY Cellphone has the footprint of an ice cream sandwich, definitely doesn't run ICS (hands-on)


DIY Cellphone has the footprint of an ice cream sandwich, definitely doesn't run ICS (hands-on)
Building your own wireless communications device isn't for the faint of heart, or the law-abiding -- the FCC tends to prefer placing its own stamp of approval on devices that utilize US airwaves, making a homegrown mobile phone an unlikely proposition. That didn't stop a team at the MIT Media Lab from creating such a DIY kit, however....

The Engadget Show 32: ASUS, Huawei and a trip to Asia's gadget markets

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:30 AM PDT

The Engadget Show 32: ASUS, Huawei and a trip to Asia's gadget markets


The Engadget Show 32: ASUS, Huawei and a trip to Asia's gadget markets
Yep, we went way out for April's Engadget Show, taking our film crew to Asia this time out, to check out the markets of Taipei, Hong Kong and Shenzhen with our very own Richard Lai. We also scored interviews with Huawei's Chief of Design, Hagen Fendler and Michelle Hsiao of the ASUS Design Center....

HP Envy 4 shows up for pre-order on HP's China site, priced as low as 5,499 yuan

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:30 AM PDT

HP Envy 4 shows up for pre-order on HP's China site, priced as low as 5,499 yuan


HP Envy 4 shows up for pre-order on HP's China site, priced as low as 5,499 yuan
A few days ago, HP accidentally listed the unannounced Envy 4 and 6 on a support page within its American website. Fast forward to today, and the company's Chinese site is following in similar footsteps -- though, this time around exposing a couple more details. HP's online shop in China shows a total of six different Envy 4 models, starting with the 1005tx / 1019tx, followed by the mid-level 1004tx /...