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  • Steorn to show off overunity Saturday: Where will you be when we discover limitless free energy?

    Steorn to show off overunity Saturday: Where will you be when we discover limitless free energy?

    Posted on January 25, 2010 | No Comments
    This Saturday I’m probably going to wake up a little later (we have kids so that means like 8am) and maybe make some breakfast. Then maybe we’ll go for a walk in town here or the wife will take the kids to the Children’s Museum and I’ll do some writing. Then I’ll eat lunch with [...]

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  • Fring gets Skype video chat support on Nokia devices

    Fring gets Skype video chat support on Nokia devices

    Posted on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
    If we were to make a “Amazing ideas” list and a “Things that have totally failed to take off” list, there would be at least one item that you’d find on both: mobile video chat. Blame the carriers for not agreeing on a standard, or blame the consumer populace for not pressing hard enough; either [...]

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  • Qualcomm chips promises 1GHz speeds in ‘mainstream smartphones,’ simultaneous HSPA+ / LTE support

    Qualcomm chips promises 1GHz speeds in ‘mainstream smartphones,’ simultaneous HSPA+ / LTE support

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments

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    Qualcomm's Snapdragon has brought about a new wave of possibilities for smartphones, but evidently those chips are just too exclusive to slip into so-called "mainstream smartphones." In order to remedy such a tragedy, the outfit has today introduced the MSM7x30 family of solutions, which uses an 800 MHz to 1GHz custom superscalar CPU based on the ARM v7 instruction set. The chips support 720p video encoding / decoding at 30fps, integrated 2D and 3D graphics (with support for OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1), 5.1-channel surround sound, a 12 megapixel camera sensor and built-in GPS. In related news, the outfit also announced that it is sampling the industry's first chipsets for dual-carrier HSPA+ and multi-mode 3G / LTE, which ought to make those champing at the bit for a speedier WWAN highway exceedingly giddy. Hit the links below for all the technobabble.

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    Qualcomm chips promises 1GHz speeds in 'mainstream smartphones,' simultaneous HSPA+ / LTE support originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iPad rumors abound! Apple to announce on January 19! Shipping in May!

    iPad rumors abound! Apple to announce on January 19! Shipping in May!

    Posted on September 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Jeremy "The Animal" Horowitz just posted a list of exciting new rumors about the iPad including the announce date - around January 19, just in time to relegate CES news to the dustbin of history - and that it will be available in May. The device is just awaiting Steve Jobs' signature on the dotted line. There will be two devices, a 3G and a non-3G version and the resolution will be 720p or so on 10.7-inch screen. It will also run iPhone OS and have dedicated media systems as well as an ebook reader built in.

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  • Apple to Greenpeace: Look, we’re trying our best, ok!

    Apple to Greenpeace: Look, we’re trying our best, ok!

    Posted on September 25, 2009 | No Comments
    It looks like all of Greenpeace's needling of Apple over the past few years has paid off, as the house that Jobs built is about to announce its successes in becoming a more green company. Think carbon emissions data,all that jazz. Even though Apple is trying plenty hard to assuage the Green Brigade, it thinks it's being treated rather unfairly.

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  • MSI Wind U110 ECO promises 15+ hour battery

    MSI Wind U110 ECO promises 15+ hour battery

    Posted on September 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Okay, here’s the MSI Wind U110 ECO. It’s a netbook, through and through, with the added twist of a nine-cell battery good for what MSI claims to be over 15 hours of battery life. Not bad considering the weight of the computer is kept at a very-portable 3.2 pounds.

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  • Samsung confirms it’s working on a Tegra phone

    Samsung confirms it’s working on a Tegra phone

    Posted on July 24, 2009 | No Comments
    We’ve gotta admit it: we’re pretty dang excited about Nvidia’s Tegra chipset. 720p video pumped out of our handsets? Yes please. Gorgeous graphics on the go? Hardware accelerated Flash? Android support? Yes, yes, and yes. All of this, and the battery requirements are better than what’s in most phones? Oh, hells yes. If Nvidia manages [...]

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  • BlackBerry App World launching in 10 new markets later this month

    BlackBerry App World launching in 10 new markets later this month

    Posted on July 13, 2009 | No Comments
    Attention European BlackBerry Owners- Later this month the following 10 countries will be able to enjoy the awesomeness that is RIM’s BlackBerry App World. Cheers to you, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Luxemburg, Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium. For everyone else, RIM promises that new categories are on the way. Crunch Network: CrunchBase the free [...]

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  • Seidio’s normal-size extended Palm Pre battery adds about 20% juice

    Seidio’s normal-size extended Palm Pre battery adds about 20% juice

    Posted on July 7, 2009 | No Comments
    batteryIf you find yourself wishing your Palm Pre had a tad more battery life, Seidio is now selling an extended life battery for $45. It's the same size as the regular battery pack so it doesn't require a special back cover for you to use it.

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  • Internet-connected scale shares your shame with the world

    Internet-connected scale shares your shame with the world

    Posted on June 26, 2009 | No Comments
    I’m not a svelte man anymore, I’ll admit. Two kids - I ate them both - and lots of beer have forced my metabolism to run, cowering, resulting in size changes that would swallow the average man. This product is what I need. The BodyTrace is a wireless scale that sends your shame to the [...]

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  • The iPod Comet and third-parties: Apple “scares” Pre owners with iTunes threats

    The iPod Comet and third-parties: Apple “scares” Pre owners with iTunes threats

    Posted on June 17, 2009 | No Comments
    The iPod Comet orbits the Earth in a bi-annual rotation, bringing new devices and attendant accessories into our view every Spring and Fall. The constellation is followed by a set of third-party developers and manufacturers who bolster the cloud as it swings into view and then disappear as the excitement wears off, relegating the devices [...]

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  • CrunchPad Prototype Peeks Out Again

    CrunchPad Prototype Peeks Out Again

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    A new video that surfaced briefly promises that CrunchPad, the inexpensive tablet from Web 2.0 personality Michael Arrington, will be ready this year “for sure.” The video, which has since been removed from YouTube’s site, showed the unboxing of a CrunchPad that looked very similar to the photographs of the device that were out in April. “This [...]

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  • Guitar Hero 5 hits the streets September 1st, one week before the Fab Four

    Guitar Hero 5 hits the streets September 1st, one week before the Fab Four

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Yeah, you heard it right: another volume of Guitar Hero -- the game you either love to hate or love to love -- is making its debut on September 1st. This one, Guitar Hero 5, promises a bunch of features that are party friendly, such as the ability to play through sets with no players actively playing, allowing anyone to join in at any time -- because we all know how many ragers are built around GH, right? It's probably no coincidence that the release date comes exactly one week before that other music game, The Beatles: Rock Band. So, which one are you buying?

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    Guitar Hero 5 hits the streets September 1st, one week before the Fab Four originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 16:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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