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New official MeeGo screenshots show promise, influence

MeeGo's official user interface guidelines could easily end up determining whether the platform sinks or swims -- no one wants a phone whose UI looks like junk, after all. The minions at Nokia and Intel's little pet project have posted new OS shots as examples of how to properly implement the inter...

Engadget's back to school guide: Printers

Welcome to Engadget's Back to School guide! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we're here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying ...

Droid R2-D2 gets docked -- not in a X-Wing

Verizon's teaser site for the Droid 2 R2-D2 edition has been teasing a series of locked spokes, accessible by all as soon as anyone in the community solves the "puzzle." We don't know exactly what th...

Galaxy Tab with WiMAX coming to Sprint this November?

The CDMA-equipped Samsung Galaxy Tab has so far been nothing more than a sticker in a random snapshot and some whispers about Verizon, but Boy Genius Report is saying that the Tab's also bound for Sp...

Panasonic cranks out new 31 and 19 Series Toughbooks for Japan

Panasonic's gone on a real tear here, releasing two new Toughbook models at once. While you grapple with the implications of such a thing, let's get down to details. The new 31 and 19 Series Toughb...

When we first caught wind of LG's "180-inch plasma" we were understandably enthused (and just a little skeptical), but our excitement was quickly ruined with word that LG was merely sticking nine 600...

The Engadget Podcast, live at 4:30PM EST!

Not much happened this week apart from a local fruit company holding a small event, a minor industry get-together in Germany, and Samsung releasing a giant Galaxy S. Yeah, yawn. Josh, Paul, and Nilay...

Vodafone's Microsoft Surface: like Go Fish for phones

Microsoft worked with Vodafone late last year to deploy Surfaces to a few dozen stores in several European countries (much as AT&T has done in the US), and one of those units happens to be set up...

What does it take to make an addictive game? Not much -- just throw in some super simple controls, cute graphics, and basic physics. Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds is one such game that includes all thes...

Klipsch issues first on-ear headphones, Image S5i Rugged and bargain Image S3 earbuds

It's been awhile since we sashayed through Klipsch's world headquarters back in December of last year, but the company certainly hasn't let off of the pedal. Today at IFA, it managed to introduce no ...

SD Card Association: flash card speeds to triple by 2012

The SD Card Association (truth be told, one of our favorite card-related associations) has a new spec in the works that will almost triple the speed of its SDHC and SDXC cards, according to CNET. The...

Cambridge scientists develop lower-than-low power WORM memory

Researchers at Cambridge University have recently published a paper on their new type of WORM (write once read many) memory which is even more low powered than the ones that came before it. The new e...

That "leaked" low-end LG Android device from a few days back? Turns out it was nothing more than the Optimus Chic, one of two Google-powered phones that the company announced back in early July. They...

The physics of breaking stuff with your fists

iO9 recently ran a story on how martial artists are able to break boards and cement blocks, using their hands rather than mystical powers. I thought it was pretty neat, but then I read an interesting ...

Well, I know what I'm doing this weekend: here's a recipe for how to make sriracha hot sauce, the ubiquitous Asian restaurant condiment in that clear plastic bottle with the little white rooster on th...

Axe is for wimps. Hai Karate: "Be careful how you use it." (Thanks, Mark!)... Read Full Article ...

I drove south last weekend to a predominantly Indian suburb of Los Angeles to catch Peepli Live (Wikipedia) at a movie theater that plays only films from India. Its was terrific, a poignant and LOL-fi...

Adafruit Industries has posted a pair of terrific videos in which Apple's "Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs talk about their short career building illegal telephone equipment, aka 'blue boxes.' Interestin...

Russian mobsters taking over French Riviera

"They're into everything, from the Russian prostitute rings in resorts like Cannes and St Tropez to gassing tourists in their villa and stealing everything they've got. Bosses are now based here perma...

The Student Loan Scheme: gateway drug to debt slavery

Information designer Jess Bachman has a new piece out which isn't so much an info-graphic as a graphic article. Jess explains: It deals with the nightmare that has become student loans. Default rates ...

Resignation cake sender has invoice cake delivered to People.com

Last year, I posted about how W. Neil Berrett quit his job by presenting his boss with a resignation letter on a sheet cake. Here's the story behind Berrett's latest cake document, a frosted invoice d...

An unnamed artist transformed a worn antique tabriz wool rug into a wonderful, fanciful bear rug. I imagine the reported "repaired knots and moth damage" just enhance its charm. 87" x 59", $1800 from ...

Tonio de Roover's East meets West sofa is meant to evoke flying carpets. I can't figure out how comfortable it'd be, but it looks great. East meets west (via Craft) Sofa turns into a punching bag Sofa...

Jewelry made from laminated, polished cross-sections of books

UK designer Jeremy May makes jewelry by laminating and polishing pages from old books together to make striking pieces: "The beauty of the jewels extends within the piece: text and images pass all the...

For all your puzzlement needs: the self-inking WTF stamp. WTF Stamp (Thanks, Alice!) WTF?!, a Flash-based World of Warcraft parody Raygun: WTF 2000 WTF: "Kids' lingerie" photos featuring...

Cannabis Catering offers gourmet meals laced with pot. The delivery service isn't cheap, around $100/person, but damn those pot-atoes look tasty. And yes, you need a medical marijuana card to order. F...

Panels from "Unraveling," part 2, by Jordan Crane What Things Do is a stunningly good webcomics site, launched by comics artist Jordan Crane and featuring some of the best independent comics artists a...

Research on horribly cute kittens is kind of horrible looking

"In order to study the way that experience can influence the brain, there has been a great deal of research done on the visual cortex of the kitten." Oh, this is going to end badly, isn't it? This sho...

The Imp, a great journal about comic books, now as free PDFs

Daniel Raeburn has done the world a favor by creating free PDF versions of his outstanding self-published journal about comic books, The Imp. Though he published only four issues (I have them all in h...

Adorable baby octopuses, living happy and free

To make up for the research kittens. Note: This starts out somewhat depressingly, with the body of a female octopus that died after reproducing—as all octopuses, male and female, do. But it quic...

Interview with James Howard Kunstler, author of The Witch of Hebron

Matt Staggs of Suvudu interviewed James Howard Kunstler (The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century) about his forthcoming novel, The Witch of Hebron, which ...

Safety organizations are always searching for new ways to get drivers to slow down, but this latest idea may be a step too far. It may even cause accidents. The BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation has par...

Talk about a dream project: a group of Colorado University students were hand-picked by NASA to help them on a space mission. What was that mission? To crash the hurtling, flaming debris of an out-of...

With yesterday’s announcement of the fourth-generation iPod Touch — now beefed up with an A4 CPU, a Retina Display and FaceTime — Microsoft’s long ignored Zune HD media player tumbled eve...

Ever since Rocksteady released their incredible “Batman meets Bioshock with a dash of Metroid” superhero game Arkham Asylym to us last year, we’ve been eager to see if they could ke...

You got to love a television which has a remote that is more impressive than the TV itself. The C9000 first appeared at CES earlier this year, but has just appeared again at the IFA 2010 show in Berl...

At yesterday’s annual September iPod Event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a point of bragging about how many new iOS devices were going online each day: a whopping 230,000 each day, compared to And...

Here’s the scenario many of you will have experienced when buying a new laptop. You research the machine, see loads of promotional videos and images, and finally decide on that sexy model from ...

Although Nintendo has yet to officially announce it, retailers in Japan have let slip that a new Super Mario All-Stars collection is being released next month in Japan. The reason for the release is ...

At the Halo: Reach review event in San Francisco last week, Bungie community director Brian Jarrard showed off a couple rounds of Halo: Reach multiplayer for GamesRadar's cameras.Read Full Article ...

When Microsoft and Sony announced their two very different takes on motion-control at this year’s E3, the press was most intrigued by the motion-sensing, voice-controlled Kinect while dismissin...

Last week, we reported that the Japan Sumo Association had come up with a solution to improve communication by handing out iPads. It seems the problem was the sumo wrestlers were challenged by using ...

I’m guessing I’m not alone when I admit my love of old computer photos. Anything before the PC era is sure to catch my attention, so I was more than happy to stumble on to these images fr...

Looking for the ultimate package deal of the day? Then you won’t want to pass up this sweet offer by seller Murcielago8898 on eBay. Right now if you purchase a 2004 Aracor Eagle, which is an X-...

A new Kevin Butler commercial shows off the VP of Everything's advertising prowess in addition to a long line-up of games that will support PlayStation Move.Read Full Article ...

The Toshiba Folio is now official, following the trail of Samsung Galaxy Tab . Here are the official details: More Source : GizmodoExplore : Gizmodo, Internet, Samsung, Technology Blogs, ToshibaRead...

Steve Jobs pitched Apple's new social network, Ping, as "Facebook and Twitter Meet Itunes". Except.....as far as I can tell, they in fact don't ever meet. You can't leverage your networks on Facebook ...

I often point to my first post on Twitter , the day it launched in 2006. Why? Mostly because of how wrong I was. Best line: "I imagine most users are not going to want to have all of their Twttr messa...

When Steve Jobs singled out Steve Wozniak as his "partner in crime" at yesterday's event , he wasn't just speaking figuratively. Here's Woz recounting the time he, Jobs, and the infamous Captain Crunc...

Much awaited by many, Twitter released its official iPad app some hours ago. And it’s something of a gem — if you think you know what Twitter apps on touch screen devices feel like, you’re going to be...

During yesterday’s music-event keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs informed the crowd that his company was activating around 230,000 iPhones every day. The figure 230,000 is of particular significance becau...

Skype — apparently pleased with its five-way beta group video-calling functionality — has just released a new version of Skype 5.0 for Windows that doubles group support. It now allows for up to 10 vi...

The Internet was in flames last week as popular social news curation site Digg.com launched the latest iteration of its platform , unleashing a groundswell of outrage and protest from a majority of th...

Until there is an adequate Internet regulatory system to safeguard user privacy the Web's boundaries, and personal rights, will continue to be fought out in case law -- lawsuit by lawsuit, social prog...

Nerf guns these days are very scary. They have reloadable magazines and fire automatically and look like they could provide a suitable defense during an alien invasion. But how to render one even scar...

We were enamored of your childlike delight. We reveled in the remixes . But now, Double Rainbow Guy , we are less than amused. What’s the sure-fire way to kill a viral video? Festoon it with dollar si...

A new Times Square TV ad depicts Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a creep in an ice cream truck. It's just the latest critical swipe at the company, Fast Company's Ariel Schwartz reports. More Source : Gaw...

Egypt has created a special security department to monitor Facebook . Allegedly, the "main task of this group is to monitor Facebook content like groups, pages and chat and to publish reports counteri...

The anarchic online community known as 4chan isn't known for doing things that are cute and heart-warming -- it's mostly known for posting sophomoric humor and graphic sexual imagery. But today, someo...

Late last evening, Apple released iTunes 10 and its new Ping social network to the public. Assuming you were able to access the service , you may have noticed the ability to add friends via Facebook C...

Windows Phone 7 will be available in time for the Holiday Season, Microsoft says , and today the company unveiled a beautiful new RSS reading app built by an award winning team of Microsoft 2010 inter...

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