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Ceton announces slight delay for Echo WMC extender, Q DVR shelved indefinitely

Ceton has, as promised, provided more information on upcoming hardware, however there's not a lot of good news to go around. The bad ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Engadget HD Podcast 318 – 10.02.2012

It was a great week to stop by your local electronics store, as Logitech and Sling both had products pop up on shelves early. ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Free Skype WiFi hits Ireland and the UK through Wicoms, steps up the quality of public hotspots

Let's face it: many free WiFi hotspots are tacked on as bullet point items to get customers into a shop or hotel, without much ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Oregon Scientific MEEP! tablet ships for $150, gives kids a safe, exclamation-filled place to play

For all the enthusiasm Oregon Scientific put into launching (and naming) its MEEP! tablet, the company has been a bit timid about getting ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Cruzerlite has accessories, shirts, and more for the Android lover

Are you a proud owner of a new Android device and want to do your part to protect it against scratches, drops, or scuffs? Do ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Tokyo University of Science shows off robotic suit powered by pneumatic artificial muscles (video)

What can one do with a robot suit? Well, it's certainly not limited to just lifting sacks of rice, but that was exactly ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Samsung P500 and i915 tablets for Sprint and Verizon, Galaxy Note II for Sprint reach the FCC (update: Note II for US Cellular as...

When it rains, it pours. As if to clear the decks, Samsung has passed three devices through the FCC's scrutiny at the same ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Zero Motorcycles reveals its 2013 models: Zero X dropped, FX drafted in

The failing weather reminds us we're fast approaching the end of another year, but Zero Motorcycles wants to brighten our day with the ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Rdio begins paying artists $10 for every user they attract

Streaming music services have a bad reputation when it comes to paying their artists, who only earn a few cents each play. Rdio ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Sony’s 2012 PlayStation torn down, shows its evolved roots (update: another teardown)

We've looked intensely at the outside of the redesigned PlayStation 3 ever since it was unveiled in Tokyo last month. Getting a look ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Pew Research finds 22 percent of adults in US own tablets, low-cost Android on the rise

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that more Americans than ever now own tablets, but if you'd ever wanted some quantifiable ...

Oct 3, 2012

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TDK breaks the Hard Drive density limit, could go on to develop super-sized storage

While the old-fashioned hard drive isn't as fast or slender as an SSD, it can still lord its greater capacities and cheaper price ...

Oct 3, 2012

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Fujitsu demos ad transmission technology, sends info from TV to handset via smartphone camera (video)

Another easter egg at Fujitsu's CEATEC booth was a system for transmitting coupons, URLs and other digital information from a TV screen to ...

Oct 2, 2012

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eBay UK launches Secretguru beta site, helps you find experts to get stuff done

Granted, the name sounds a bit questionable, but Secretguru wants to help you make your life a little better. Still in an early ...

Oct 2, 2012

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B&N updates NOOK app for Android

Barnes & Noble today announced that they’ve recently released an updated version of the free NOOK application for Android. Head to the Google Play store ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Pew: Android tablets near 50% market penetration in U.S.

A new report out of research organization Pew Internet & American Life Project tells us that Android tablets have risen to 48 percent of U.S. ...

Oct 2, 2012

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UK carrier cooperation could see 4G LTE rollout ramp up by summer 2013

With the formal creation of Orange and T-Mobile's LTE network lovechild, Everything Everywhere, the UK finally joined the horserace for 4G. Now, it ...

Oct 2, 2012

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BBC in talks to build Playlister, a streaming music service for its own music archive

The BBC is home to a massive archive of highly desirable music that, sadly, due to licensing reasons, remains gathering dust in is ...

Oct 2, 2012

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First non-game titles now available on Steam, game dev tools lead the charge

Valve Software -- maker of the iconic Half-Life series and proprietor of digital storefront Steam -- today released Steam's first non-video game software ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Engineering a better bicycle with DBC City Bike Design

My day with Dan Sorger was winding down and the photographers were out joyriding on his bicycles when he beckoned me to look ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Motorola pulls its ITC lawsuit against Apple

Motorola today pulled its lawsuit against Apple, just weeks after filing against the Cupertino-based company. Initially centered around seven alleged patent violations, Motorola did not ...

Oct 2, 2012

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X Tablet review

What we liked: The stock Android 4.0 experience is always nice as it keeps us from too much bloatware or extra software touches that sometimes ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Google withdraws recent ITC complaint in Motorola v. Apple case

Well, here's a bit of a surprise in the ongoing spate of Apple-focused patent disputes. Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary has now formally withdrawn ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Deutsche Telekom mulling T-Mobile / MetroPCS marriage

Well, turns out that rumors of a MetroPCS and T-Mobile merger weren't completely off base. While we wouldn't expect Deutsche Telekom to announce ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Editorial: Square gets the attention, but credit cards rule

Lower Manhattan, Pearl Street, the Financial District. A Starbucks with broad windows, great for people watching. Sipping my $5 flavored coffee, I watched ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Apple’s app search engine goes dark, Chomp joins Ping in obsolescence

Ping wasn't the only Apple service to go offline at the tail end of September. Chomp, an app search engine purchased by Cook ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Deutsche Telekom confirms intent to merge with MetroPCS

T-Mobile USA’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, has confirmed that they do hope to finalize a deal that will see them merging with/buying out MetroPCS. Advising ...

Oct 2, 2012

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LinkedIn branches out with new blogging and ‘following’ features for select group

LinkedIn has always been based on the notion of "connections" rather than "followers," but the social network has made a bit of a ...

Oct 2, 2012

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ComScore: iPhone grew to 34 percent US share in a pre-iPhone 5 world, Android still on top at 52 percent

Apple is all too used to the rumor cycle affecting its sales: the company just saw a dip in sequential iPhone shipments this ...

Oct 2, 2012

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OverDrive app lets NOOK owners borrow eBooks and MP3 audiobooks

Thinking about picking up one of those new NOOK HD devices for yourself? Or maybe you’ve got a student in the house who might appreciate ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Microbial music: Using sound to represent data from the deep blue sea

Science and music, many would say opposite sides of the same coin. Unless you're DOE biologist Peter Larsen at the Argonne National Laboratory, ...

Oct 2, 2012

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Lenovo building PC production facility in North Carolina

North Carolina is fast becoming a haven for tech behemoths, with Chinese giant Lenovo becoming the latest to plant its flag in the ...

Oct 2, 2012

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