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Intel wants to have conflict-free processors by the end of 2013

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:39 +0000

Intel wants to have conflict-free processors by the end of 2013 Intel had already promised that it would avoid using conflict minerals, and now it’s giving itself a more concrete timetable for that to happen. It wants to have at least one processor that’s proven completely conflict-free across four key minerals — gold, tantalum, tin [...]

Eight floppy drives recreate the theme from Game of Thrones, stake claim to the seven Kingdoms

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:38 +0000

Eight floppy drives recreate the theme from Game of Thrones, stake claim to the seven Kingdoms Should the robots ever form an alliance and turn against us, all we need to do is call on people like Anand Jin to save us. Why? Because it’s folk of his ilk that are the pied pipers of [...]

iHome iP76 LED color-changing speaker indulges your love for pretty colors

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:38 +0000

iHome iP76 LED color-changing speaker indulges your love for pretty colors Music just isn’t the same without a host of flashing colors to go with it, right? iHome, at least, seems to think so. Its first Glowtunes speaker tower, the new iP76, comes packed with LEDs in seven different hues that can fade, pulse or [...]

VIA unveils fanless, Eden X2-packing AMOS-3002, promises tiny dual-core PC in your car

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:36 +0000

VIA unveils fanless, Eden X2-packing AMOS-3002, promises tiny dual-core PC in your car VIA is planning to get some serious mileage out of its Eden X2 processor — in the most literal sense possible. It’s now producing the AMOS-3002, a Pico-ITX-sized PC intended for in-car infotainment and other situations where an embedded PC needs to [...]

RIM patent application shines a light on unseen filth, might make forensics mobile

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:36 +0000

RIM patent application shines a light on unseen filth, might make forensics mobile CSI: Waterloo? We’re not sure how compelling that spin-off would be (inexplicable popularity of the David Caruso-headlined Miami version aside). So, you’ll excuse us for scratching our collective tech head over this recently surfaced patent application filed by RIM in November of [...]

Best Buy expects EVO 4G LTE to land May 23rd, HTC remains cautious

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:35 +0000

Best Buy expects EVO 4G LTE to land May 23rd, HTC remains cautious We’ve received a boatload of tips that folks who have pre-ordered the EVO 4G LTE at Best Buy are now seeing a new release date of May 23rd. Does this mean Sprint’s flagship handset is getting close to leaving those dreaded customs [...]

Apple breaks ground on second solar farm for North Carolina data center

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:35 +0000

Apple breaks ground on second solar farm for North Carolina data center Last February, Apple came clean about its efforts to clean up the environment, detailing intentions to make its Maiden, NC data facility a greener place. That site, already home to one solar farm, is now set to host a second 20 megawatt photovoltaic [...]

FCC wants to set aside wireless spectrum for medical body area devices, our hearts are literally aflutter

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:34 +0000

FCC wants to set aside wireless spectrum for medical body area devices, our hearts are literally aflutter The FCC has been making a big push towards freeing up the airwaves for medical uses, and it just took one of its biggest steps on that front by proposing to clear space for wireless body area networks. [...]

Apple, HTC ordered by judge to sit down, try and make nice on August 28th

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:34 +0000

Apple, HTC ordered by judge to sit down, try and make nice on August 28th There’s a trend starting to emerge of judges wanting Apple to talk settlements with others rather than duke it out in the courtroom. Just two weeks after Apple and Samsung were steered towards talking about a potential deal, a Delaware [...]

The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM ET!

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:33 +0000

The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM ET! Tim and Brian are back in the same makeshift studio as last week. What sorts of shenanigans can we expect? A new couch, perhaps? Only one way to find out! *** You can also stream the show live on your iPhone or iPad by clicking here. [...]

Facebook IPO is official: $38 per share, on sale tomorrow under ticker symbol ‘FB’

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:33 +0000

Facebook IPO is official: $38 per share, on sale tomorrow under ticker symbol ‘FB’ We largely steer clear of companies going public here at Engadget, but Facebook and its zillions of users warrants an atypical tip of the hat. The outfit has announced that starting tomorrow, 421,233,615 shares of its common stock will be up [...]

U.S. Cellular adds Samsung mobile hotspot to its 4G LTE lineup, because three’s company

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:32 +0000

U.S. Cellular adds Samsung mobile hotspot to its 4G LTE lineup, because three’s company And then there were three. U.S. Cellular’s picking up the pace where its next-gen offerings are concerned, adding yet another device to that lonely LTE product portfolio. Starting today, Samsung’s SCH-LC11 mobile hotspot will be available on the regional carrier’s site [...]

Texting: the truth serum of the 21st century

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:32 +0000

Texting: the truth serum of the 21st century The University of Michigan and The New School for Social Research has found that if you want someone to tell you the truth, you should text them. Dispensing with the lie detector for job interviewees, academics found that people gave more honest and detailed answers via SMS [...]

Samsung NX20, NX210 and NX1000 sample images and video

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:31 +0000

Samsung NX20, NX210 and NX1000 sample images and video We’re at Samsung’s NX-series launch event at Citi Field in Queens, NY, taking a closer look at the NX20, NX210 and NX1000 mirrorless ILCs that began hitting stores earlier today (the NX1000 will arrive in June). All three cameras are virtually identical when it comes to [...]

Twitter teams up with Mozilla to help you opt-out of tracking

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:31 +0000

Twitter teams up with Mozilla to help you opt-out of tracking What better place to announce Twitter’s embrace of do not track policies than during a privacy panel at New York Internet Week? Federal Trade Commission CTO Ed Felten let the news slip today — a fact later confirmed by Twitter and Mozilla. The service [...]

HP will reportedly announce restructuring plan next week, up to 30,000 job cuts

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:30 +0000

HP will reportedly announce restructuring plan next week, up to 30,000 job cuts It looks like HP could be in store for another wave of big changes. According to a pair of reports out today (backing up a report from Business Insider yesterday), HP CEO Meg Whitman will announce a new restructuring plan on the [...]

Pentax K-30 leaks out in French catalog, teases us with weather resistance and 1080p video

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:30 +0000

Pentax K-30 leaks out in French catalog, teases us with weather resistance and 1080p video It’s been more than a year and a half since Pentax first put out the K-r as its entry DSLR, so it’s about time that a sequel roll along to keep the company in the game. If we believe a [...]

Acer Iconia Tab A700 hits FCC approval process head-on, comes out victorious

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:29 +0000

Acer Iconia Tab A700 hits FCC approval process head-on, comes out victorious The Tegra 3-touting tablet from Acer known as the Iconia Tab A700 hasn’t made the rounds since CES, just over four months ago. It’s finally hit the federal stage, with the WiFi-only version getting the seal of approval from the FCC, which tells [...]

Engadget’s tablet buyer’s guide: spring 2012 edition

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:28 +0000

Engadget’s tablet buyer’s guide: spring 2012 edition As spring reaches full blossom, it’s not just the flowers that are beginning to show — so are the new slates heavy hitters teased back at CES. So, what does that mean? It means it’s high-time that we cast a fresh glance over the tablet landscape, took in [...]

Samsung clarifies camera production shift, confirms commitment to point-and-shoot models

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:28 +0000

Samsung clarifies camera production shift, confirms commitment to point-and-shoot models We’ve heard reports that Samsung has shifted focus at some of its camera manufacturing facilities away from point-and-shoot cameras with the objective of ramping up production of its compact mirrorless models. And while this move implies that the company’s pocketable compacts could be doomed, that’s [...]

Google patent application could mean melody-matching for YouTube

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:27 +0000

Google patent application could mean melody-matching for YouTube YouTube has become a treasure trove for rare live editions, outtakes and covers of popular songs — the latter making stars out of acts like Pomplamoose. However, Google and the recording industry don’t feel the same way, but the site’s famous content filtering system can only handle [...]

Comcast rethinks bandwidth caps, trials two new policies that involve higher 300GB monthly limits

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:26 +0000

Comcast rethinks bandwidth caps, trials two new policies that involve higher 300GB monthly limits Comcast’s bandwidth policy has come under fire from several directions lately, and today it’s announced plans to test two new systems for managing capacity. In a company blog post, VP Cathy Avgiris describes the new “flexible” approaches it will be testing [...]

Monmouthpedia: Wikipedia’s very own QR-coated Welsh town (video)

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:26 +0000

Monmouthpedia: Wikipedia’s very own QR-coated Welsh town (video) Wikipedia’s credence as a fount of reliable knowledge is indubitably dubious. That said, its penchant for community contribution is what’s snowballed the site into a go-to digital destination for most online denizens. But forebear of a QR-indexed, former principality? Surely, there’s a limit to the social web’s [...]

Samsung NX210 and NX20 now available, NX1000 to ship in June for $700

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:25 +0000

Samsung NX210 and NX20 now available, NX1000 to ship in June for $700 We already had a fairly good idea of pricing for Samsung’s trio of NX cameras, but until the company’s US arm released figures of its own, we withheld hope that the entry-level NX1000 would break the critical $600 barrier. Sadly, that’s not [...]

Samsung Galaxy S III now available for pre-order on T-Mobile UK

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:24 +0000

Samsung Galaxy S III now available for pre-order on T-Mobile UK Sure, we’d seen a handful of other carriers in the UK have Sammy’s GS3 up for pre-order, but that circle wouldn’t be complete without a certain Magenta network. Worry not, though, as T-Mobile’s joined the pre-order race and is now ready to swap your [...]