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  • Android Market is down, showing zero apps (update: fixed)

    Android Market is down, showing zero apps (update: fixed)

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Look, we know that checking the Android Market for updates its a nervous habit during brief periods of downtime for many of us -- but for now, you're going to have to go back to chewing your nails or tapping your fingers on the table, because the Market's down. Well, that's only partially true -- you can still get into the Market app on your phone without any errors, you just won't see any apps in there, which renders it pretty useless by our estimation. Hang on, don't panic -- we imagine this won't last long.

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

    Update: It's still down for us on a Froyo Nexus One, but if you take a gander through our comments section, you'll see that a lot of folks are having no trouble at all -- so it's probably based on your location, your devices, and your operating system. As far as we can tell, it's not restricted to Froyo since we've received a number of tips on the issue and we're hearing of some Droids that can't see apps. Keep the observations coming, folks!

    Update 2: Google just reached out to us to let us know that it should be fixed and that the total outage was somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 minutes. They're apologizing for the inconvenience -- but with the Droid X being announced today, can you really hold a grudge?

    Android Market is down, showing zero apps (update: fixed) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • DeHood Launches a Foursquare meets Twitter meets Yelp meets Ning for iPhone

    DeHood Launches a Foursquare meets Twitter meets Yelp meets Ning for iPhone

    Posted on May 26, 2010 | No Comments
    When I was a kid, we used to play on the street in front of my house. Yeah, I know – seems like years ago. Nowadays, with children and families spending more time inside watching TV or playing video games; I feel like there’s nobody outside in my neighborhood anymore. In fact, most people don’t [...]

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  • The iPad 3G has arrived

    The iPad 3G has arrived

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    My friendly neighborhood iPad 3G man just dropped off my 32GB model fresh from the factory. It still has that new Apple smell? Initial assments finds that the iPad 3G is just like the iPad with a plastic top for improved wireless connectivity. I’ll fire the old girl up and put her through her paces. Expect [...]

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  • Rumor: Apple Thinking About Buying ARM. iPhone Rivals To Sleep With The Fishes?

    Rumor: Apple Thinking About Buying ARM. iPhone Rivals To Sleep With The Fishes?

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The following is very much a rumor, but if true, it would be absolutely huge. A UK publication is reporting that Apple is considering buying ARM Holdings -- aka, the company behind most of the world's mobile phone processors. If Apple were to buy them, it would likely reshape the mobile landscape completely. To be clear, London's Evening Standard is only citing "gossips" within the city's financial district. But those gossips aren't the only ones convinced there is something to this talk: ARM's shares went up 8.1 points today, with more than 5 million shares changing hands by midday, the paper reports. The deal, would apparently see Apple buying ARM for something in the neighborhood of 5.2 billion British pounds, or roughly $8 billion in U.S. dollars.

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  • Look at that, someone (Super Talent) has finally thought to release relatively inexpensive SSDs

    Look at that, someone (Super Talent) has finally thought to release relatively inexpensive SSDs

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    All the cool kids in the neighborhood are building their PCs with solid state drives these days. Who wants to use a plain old hard disk drive, what with its icky moving parts, when you can cruise along on a drive with zero moving parts? I mean, it's no contest. Problem: SSDs are usually what I like to call "mad expensive." You're paying a heck of a lot for a fairly small drive... until now~! Super Talent has a brand new line of "value" SSDs that are low-ish in price. It's all the benefit of an SSD without the incredibly high price. At least that's the idea.

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  • Soundwave makes a comeback, as a theatre on wheels

    Soundwave makes a comeback, as a theatre on wheels

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments
    If you can't go and listen to a high fidelity sound system, why don't you have it come to you? The Harmon Mobile Showcase is designed to do just that, bringing two professionally calibrated listening rooms to an expo near you.

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  • Leaked: Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 to get Windows Mobile 6.5 this week

    Leaked: Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 to get Windows Mobile 6.5 this week

    Posted on March 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Are you ready for your Windows Mobile 6.5 update, Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 owners? You should be -- given that every other carrier threw 6.5 on the Pro2 months ago, you're probably champin' at the bit by now. We knew it was coming this month -- we just didn't know when. Thanks to your friendly neighborhood Sprint store spy, we've now got an exact date.

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  • Tecmo Bowl Throwback due for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network

    Tecmo Bowl Throwback due for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s Tecmo Bowl, but on your Xbox 360 or PS3. And without the NFL-licensed players and teams. But with a 3D-style look and feel! You can go old-school and play in 2D mode, too.

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  • North Korea develops its own Linux distro called Red Star OS

    North Korea develops its own Linux distro called Red Star OS

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    If you guys weren't terrified of North Korea by now, here's more evidence that the country is absolutely nuts: they've developed their own Linux distribution! It's called Red Star OS, and we can thank a Russian student for unearthing it for us. I now fully expect to see knee-jerk reactions like, "Down with Linux!" even though that makes no sense at all.

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  • Home-sized fuel cells are on the way

    Home-sized fuel cells are on the way

    Posted on February 25, 2010 | No Comments
    If you thought solar panels were too expensive to put on your house, wait ’till you hear this one. Bloom Energy, a clean energy start-up in Silicon Valley, said “Hello world” yesterday, unveiling a rather revolutionary solid oxide fuel cell unit. If all goes to plan, it should be able to put your house completely [...]

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  • IFPI claims that music piracy is right up there with climate change. At least they’re not being melodramatic about it.

    IFPI claims that music piracy is right up there with climate change. At least they’re not being melodramatic about it.

    Posted on January 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is sorta like a worldwide RIAA, representing record labels, artists, and musicians to make sure their agenda is always out there. That, of course, makes it pure evil. It just published its Digital Music Report 2010, which tries to detail the situation vis-à-vis digital music, piracy, and so on. The big, scary headline: music piracy is right up there with climate change as an issue of monumental, worldwide importance. Sure, OK.

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  • Canon’s entry-level camcorders gain HD in the form of the HFR series

    Canon’s entry-level camcorders gain HD in the form of the HFR series

    Posted on January 5, 2010 | No Comments
    CES is here, even though most of your friendly neighborhood CrunchGear writers are still in their respective home states. (We'll be arriving in Las Vegas throughout the day today.) First up for me: new camcorders from Canon. Entry-level ones, too, so don't feel intimidated. You've got the HFR11, the HFR10, and the HFR100. They're basically souped up, HD versions of the previous FS series of entry-level cameras. Nothing wrong with HD.

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  • Stable Android 2.1 hacked onto Droid, speeds through those extra home screens

    Stable Android 2.1 hacked onto Droid, speeds through those extra home screens

    Posted on December 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Staying warm out there? Got a cup of hot cocoa in hand? Good, because Mr. Greek35T over at AllDroid has a stable version of the (previously rough-around-the-edges) Android 2.1 ROM ready for all you Droid users to play around with. It's officially "super fast," and probably the best thing to happen this weekend outside of that wicked jump you built on the neighborhood sledding hill before you went and watched Avatar with all your old high school friends. Hit up the source link for the full install instructions, and there's a video of 2.1 in action after the break.

    [Thanks, Brandon]

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    Stable Android 2.1 hacked onto Droid, speeds through those extra home screens originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Weaponized strollers aren’t for sale… yet?

    Weaponized strollers aren’t for sale… yet?

    Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Do you have a baby? If so, do you also happen to live in a post-apocalyptic neighborhood? I bet it's tough to wield a machine gun with one hand while pushing a stroller with the other, huh? You may be the perfect candidate for a weaponized stroller.

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  • Greenpeace will be at CES cutting a promo on anti-green companies

    Greenpeace will be at CES cutting a promo on anti-green companies

    Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
    I've inexplicably become CrunchGear's go-to green writer. If there's a “green” tech story out there, I'm on the scene. Why, I don't know, especially because my attitude toward the environment is, “Meh, I'm lucky if I hit 70 years old, what do I care?” Don't tell that to Greenpeace though. The activists made famous by that Seinfeld episode will be at next month's CES (as will all of your friendly neighborhood CrunchGear writers) to give the lowdown on what companies are green and what companies are a bunch of jerks.

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