May 2010
How would you change Nintendo's DSi XL?
by 3 others It's bigger, it's bolder, but is it really that much better? Nintendo's heralded DSi line grew in more ways than one late last month, and now that you've had a handful of weekends to toy with yours, it's time to answer one majorly important question: ...
February 2010
FriendFeed Goes Down Hard. Both Remaining Users Pissed.
by 3 others FriendFeed is down right now. It has been down for the past 30 minutes or so. Sadly, that’s not news anymore. Not because, like Twitter of old, it’s down all the time , but rather, because it seems like no one really uses it anymore . Case...
Garmin and TomTom cling to profits, hope
by 3 others As everyone knows, Garmin and TomTom have their backs against the ropes in a fight to remain relevant in an age of free GPS turn-by-turn navigation on smartphones (thanks Google and Nokia ). While dedicated personal navigators are almost always superi...
Motorola to roll out revised plan, schism not so clear-cut anymore
by 3 others Remember Motorola 's decision to pause the sale of its largest division ? Change of plans again, folks. According to The Wall Street Journal , the company's getting ready to reveal a new initiative, whereby it still sells its wireless networking busin...
December 2009
Barnes and Noble Nook e-Book Reader Rooted
by 3 others The recently released e-book reader from Barnes & Noble, the Nook , has been rooted by the community of enthusiasts at nookdevs.com . The complete instructions for hacking the device and obtaining root access are detailed on the site . The Nook we...
November 2009
Features Chrome For Mac Beta Will Be Missing
by 3 others As we’ve noted , Chrome for Mac is getting very, very close to its official beta launch. The team is down to a mere 8 bugs to fix before it’s ready (and it looks like the list has been trimmed to 7 as of a few hours ago). This is great new...
Netflix hitting internet-capable Sony BRAVIA sets today
by 3 others Good news for folks who against all odds don't have a home theater Netflix streaming option yet, and yet inexplicably own an internet-connected Sony BRAVIA TV: Netflix just went live. It just takes applying the latest software update and you're in bus...
Zune HD v4.3 firmware out now: fixes playcount bug, adds lots of great...
by 3 others Who says Microsoft ain't lookin' out for those who selected its Zune HD over something Designed In Cupertino? Just days after countless owners went berserk over a playcount syncing issue , Microsoft has released a new firmware update that not only sol...
October 2009
What’s Black And White And Red All Over? Top Newspaper Circulation...
by 3 others The Audit Bureau of Circulations has released the numbers for the top 25 daily newspapers in the U.S. based on their weekday circulation numbers. Not surprisingly, the numbers are bad — okay, awful. Exactly one of the top newspapers has shown growth...
From The 3G Industry Summit In Kunshan, China: 16 Demos From Chinese...
by 3 others Earlier this week, I was in Kunshan , China, to attend the 3G Industry Summit [CN], a four-day event that has attracted a few dozen speakers and an audience of over 200 people, making it one of the biggest of its kind in this country. The annual event...
Twitter Has A Business: Job Agency
by 3 others Remember when Pizza Hut put out a job posting for a “Twintern,” a.k.a. someone who would Tweet for the company and assist with all things social media? Well, a lucky UNC-Chapel Hill student, Alexa Robinson, was brought on board to manage t...
Google Squared Gets Better, But It Still Can’t Find Mars
by 3 others A few months ago, Google launched an experimental new search project , called Google Squared , that literally tries to take all the messy, unstructured information on the Web and put it into neat little, labeled boxes. It is still very much in Labs, b...
New Google Logo Celebrates The Barcode
by 3 others Google’s new logo is a barcode which, as far as we can tell, says “Google.” Today is the 57th anniversary of the first patent on the bar code. Inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver filed the patent on October 1949, and it was ...
September 2009
TC50: Six Noteworthy Startups From Korea And Japan
by 2 others Nearly 130 million people use the web in Japan and Korea combined, with Japan itself boasting the world’s third biggest Internet population (94 million users). But getting exposure on an international scale is a big problem for globally position...
Zune HD unboxing and hands-on
by 3 others The Zune HD is soon to be officially out on the streets, and we've got the official Engadget hands-on / unboxing. Now, we were excited as all get-out to wrap our paws around the Tegra -powered PMP, but some of that luster has worn off since popping th...
August 2009
Let It Be…True. Beatles And iTunes Come Together Again In Rumors
by 3 others This happens every year. Rumors begin to swirl that Apple is holding a music-related event, and after the talk dies down of what new iPods are in store, the focus shifts to iTunes. And from there, it shifts to The Beatles. You know, the most popular b...
Buildabrand Offers Full Blown Branding For Price Of A Domain
by 2 others Every now and again, you come across a service that promises to disrupt and change the entrepreneurial landscape. Buildabrand could possibly do just that. The service provides high quality “strategically correct” branding for startups for ...
July 2009
ATI's $1,800 2GB FirePro V8750 GPU introduced and reviewed
by 3 others Need a quick way to blow 1,800 bones? Looking to single-handedly jump-start this so-called "economy" we keep hearing about? Look no further, friends, as ATI just did you a solid. Just four months after the outfit dished out its 1GB FirePro V7750 , the...
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