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Android turns four, enthusiasm for dessert foods unabated

There's nothing quite like having your birthday on a weekend. And while we're sure that Android was out late last night, dining on ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Inhabitat’s Week in Green: rotating house, desktop 3D printer and a Star Trek-style warp drive

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Bowers & Wilkins intros classy A7 and A5 AirPlay speakers, leaves out the 30-pin dock

When it comes to Apple-focused audio wares, Bowers & Wilkins makes some of the of the ritiziest options available. Expanding on its its ...

Sep 23, 2012

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This Day in Android: Android 1.0 SDK released (2008)

Can you believe that it has been four years since the first software development kit (SDK) was released for Android? Wowzers. Yes, our favorite mobile ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Clearwire starts building LTE network this month, wants to salve (and profit from) Sprint growing pains

Clearwire doesn't have much time left before its promised LTE rollout goes live in early 2013, so it's with some relief that we ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Solavei MVNO will pay you when your friends sign up, $49 a month all-in for those without any

Unlike regular mobile networks, virtual operators -- or MVNOs -- have none of those expensive cellular infrastructures to worry about. Newcomer, Solavei, (which ...

Sep 23, 2012

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11-year-old wins $20,000 at AT&T hackathon for creating app that discourages texting while driving

AT&T's already working on an app to keep folks from texting while driving, but earlier this month it gave folks at a Los ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Redbox app for Android updated with a new UI and better filtering, no Instant streaming yet

The official Redbox app for Android hasn't seen many changes since it was first introduced early last year, but that's changing with version ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 reportedly headed to Virgin Mobile in Canada

Since being unveiled a long, long time ago, the Galaxy Ace 2 has seen its younger S III brother grab all the praising ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Aptina unveils 1-inch sensor with 1080p video at 120FPS, we suspect Nikon wants 1

Part suppliers sometimes telegraph their customers' plans months in advance: when you're the only provider for a key piece of technology, it's not ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Nest home monitoring device pops up at the FCC with ZigBee, greater ambitions

Thermostat makers aren't exactly known for their rapid update cycles, so we've been wondering just when a company as unusual as Nest would ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Mobile Miscellany: week of September 17th, 2012

If you didn't get enough in mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Motorola feels Droid Bionic owners’ pain, promises to fix things

With a star-crossed history that includes a lengthy delay, mysterious sounds and other issues, Motorola's Droid Bionic has had a bit of a ...

Sep 23, 2012

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DirecTV HR34 DVR ‘Genie’ recommendations and autorecording get previewed ahead of fall launch

DirecTV paired its HD interface with the five tuner, RVU ready HR34 Home Media Center DVR back in March, so what will it ...

Sep 23, 2012

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Alt-week 9.22.12: Quantum Scotch tape, moving walls and scientific beer

Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days. Sometimes, here at alt.engadget.com, we're ...

Sep 23, 2012

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HTC’s Windows Phone 8 press event now available to watch online (video)

Love you some Windows Phone? Big fan of HTC? Well, then, we imagine this has been a good week for you! If you ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Twitter CEO reveals plans for interactive tweets, content curation, reinforces belief in syndication

Twitter has ruffled a few feathers recently, so when CEO Dick Costolo took the stage at the Online News Association conference in San ...

Sep 22, 2012

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AmEx, Starbucks announce plans for Passbook integration: both live by end of the month

When it launched with iOS 6 this Wednesday, Apple's Passbook mobile-ticketing feature boasted a handful of high-profile partners -- including Fandango, Live Nation, ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Alibaba spins out Aliyun team with $200 million investment, pep talk

You can imagine that the team building Alibaba's Aliyun mobile OS must have hurt feelings following Google's accusations that Aliyun is just a ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Nikkei: Amazon to launch Kindle in Japan ‘early October’

If it feels like we've heard about Amazon's intention to punch through the Japanese wall with Kindle before, it's because we have. However, ...

Sep 22, 2012

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W3C says HTML 5 will be finalized in 2014, HTML 5.1 to follow in 2016

HTML 5 has been a buzz word around the interwebs for so long you'd be forgiven if you thought it was a well-established ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Huawei’s Windows Phone 8 handset outed as Ascend W1, supposed launch window surfaces

HTC, Nokia and Samsung have each showcased their initial volley of Windows Phone 8 handsets, but Huawei has yet to reveal the Ascend ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Dell releases new S Series monitors with edge-to-edge glass, IPS panels

Dell's built quite a reputation for delivering solid monitors at reasonable prices, and it's now expanded its offerings in a fairly big way ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Microsoft resurrects Courier through Project Austin app for Windows 8, sparks nostalgia (video)

Many who've been following Microsoft's tablet efforts for years will have a soft spot for the Courier, a creative-focused device axed because it ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Samsung Galaxy S III Developer Edition for Verizon Wireless now available to order

Ever since the bootloader of the Galaxy S III for Verizon Wireless was cracked wide open, there's much less of a clamor for ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Apple seeks additional $707 million, permanent injunctions in patent case against Samsung

In a court filing late Friday night Apple has requested the court enhance the $1.05 billion in damages a jury awarded it from ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Boeing 747-8, 777 to join 787 in support for in-flight cellphone use and WiFi, like it or not

The more cynical among us would argue that allowing cellphones in-flight is only a guarantee of an even more unpleasant trip, at least ...

Sep 22, 2012

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WiFi Alliance certificate teases Tizen flavored Samsung Galaxy S III

Ever wondered what Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III phone might be like, if it ran another OS? Okay, arguably something along those lines ...

Sep 22, 2012

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SpaceX’s ‘Grasshopper’ vertical takeoff / vertical landing rocket takes its first small leap (video)

This test-firing may not match the flame of earlier demonstrations, but SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted out a brief eight-second video of another ...

Sep 22, 2012

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YouTube brings interactive quizzes to videos with Questions Editor beta

Feel like something's missing from your YouTube viewing experience -- like some good 'ol multiple-choice questions? The chronic learners among us will be ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Microsoft issues security patches for Flash vulnerabilities in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer

As promised, Microsoft is issuing a security patch for a Flash vulnerability on Windows 8 in Internet Explorer 10. Though the operating system ...

Sep 22, 2012

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Skyhook sues Google for patent infringement… again

Last time Google found itself in court proceedings opposite Skyhook, it was facing anticompetitive and IP legal claims for forcing Android OEMs to ...

Sep 22, 2012

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