Climate
Nissan Adds New Features To The Leaf For 2012 Including A Higher Price
7:14 am PDT • July 19, 2011
Consumers have spoken and Nissan has listened. The 2012 Nissan Leaf will now pack more standard features — and a noticeably higher price. Starting July 25 the second model year…
Climate
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Call For The Reinvention Of The Toilet, Offers $42 Million In Potty Grants
6:39 am PDT • July 19, 2011
“In short, we need to reinvent the toilet.” That’s what Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Development Program, recently declared. She was speaking at…
Anynod’s Smart Case hit the interwebs yesterday and caused more than a few people to call for Samsung’s head. Why? Well, Samsung retail stores throughout Korea where selling the blatant rip-off…
Hardware
Apple Leaks Thunderbolt LED Cinema Displays, Kills The Dream For A Redesigned Mac Pro
12:46 pm PDT • July 15, 2011
Apple is gearing up for a big back-to-school push as stated by several product codes that leaked the other day. As it turned out, one of the SKUs were not…
Hardware
Crashing Your $100k Jetpack On Live TV Isn't The Best Advertisment
8:36 am PDT • July 15, 2011
You already know what’s going to happen here; I stated it in the headline. This guy, clearly excited to be on the local news, has the $100k Jetlev R200 waterjet…
Media & Entertainment
The Death Spiral Continues: RIM At Work On A Home Media Streamer
8:11 am PDT • July 15, 2011
The latest news from the RIM rumor mill is that a media streamer is in the works. Codename Cyclone will pack the standard equipment of HDMI, WiFi, Netflix and is…
Can Rdio Withstand The Spotify Assault? A Feature-By-Feature Look
11:09 am PDT • July 14, 2011
Spotify is finally here in the US. It offers on-demand music for a relatively low price — just like Rdio. There’s several service levels including mobile listening and offline support…
Here’s Spotify! The Music Streaming Service Officially Lands In The US
5:45 am PDT • July 14, 2011
The wait is finally over! Spotify, Euroland’s prized music service, just launched here in the States. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise as the company sent over…
Consider this a friendly reminding that Netflix is now available for download on your 3DS. The application is free and part of a new update that also brings several new…
Hardware
Not So Crazy Rumor: Amazon To Release An Android Tablet And Two New Kindles This Fall
2:08 pm PDT • July 13, 2011
The fabled Amazon tablet: Oh how you tease us so. You come from the maker of the world’s most beloved ereader and are said to run the versatile Android OS.…
Hardware
Microsoft Ready To Take On Apple Stores With 75 More Retail Stores
12:15 pm PDT • July 13, 2011
Microsoft’s clearly done testing the retail waters. It’s ready to dive in head first according to COO Kevin Turner who recently showed attendees of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference the…
Incase, you know, the bag company is now the bag and headphone company thanks to their just-announced headphone line. This line pushes the company head first into the audio market…
Hardware
Kindle 3G with Special Offers Sponsored By AT&T, Now Priced At $139
7:06 am PDT • July 13, 2011
The Kindle 3G is now available for a lower price. That is if you don’t mind seeing AT&T ads. Amazon and AT&T just announced that two have teamed up to…
Talk about backlash. I’ve yet to see one comment anywhere supporting Netflix’s price hikes and for good reason. Netflix announced a new pricing scheme yesterday that effectively raised the price…
Component video’s glory days are behind it. Sony might even be getting rid of it on future PS3 models. But, if this is true, it’s likely more to do with…
Hardware
Sony's 3D Experience Brings Free On Demand 3D Programming To Sony Bravia HDTVs
5:36 am PDT • July 13, 2011
Sony has long been on the front lines of the 3D adaption battle. The latest release is a small, but still important part of the 3D ecosystem as it address…
Such is the life of a device. If you can’t beat ’em, undercut them. That’s just what’s happening at Amazon and Best Buy who both are now selling the Touchpad…
Hardware
Netflix Adjusts Pricing, Renting Those Plastic Discs Just Got More Expensive
12:55 pm PDT • July 12, 2011
Netflix is officially on an all-out assault on the DVD — or so says their just-released pricing strategy. The new prices yell loud and clear that streaming is the future…
Remember the bike wine rack? The little leather sling that hung from your bike and solved one of the world’s lasting conundrums? No? Here’s our original post and the creator…
It’s almost that time of year again, friends. New movies are terrible, kids are sucking down popsicles and my office is like a moist toaster oven. It’s nearly back to…
A prime lens should be in every shooter’s bag and Nikon just announced a new 40mm DX kit. The f/2.8G lens should be perfect as a walk-around lens and weighs…
Qualcomm has turned to its own ranks for its next executive vice president and Chief Technology Officer. Long-time employee and current senior vice president Matt Grob was just appointed to…
Hardware
The Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones Will Hold Your Ears In Sweet Harmony
5:49 pm PDT • July 11, 2011
Bowers & Wilkins has a new set of ‘buds that your ears are letrally crying to hear. Seriously, hear that soft hum? It’s your poor ears telling you to ditch…
Hardware
iriver Story HD Becomes The First Google eBooks Ereader, To Be Sold Exclusively At Target
10:42 am PDT • July 11, 2011
There’s a new ereader in town, gals and pals. The iriver Story HD will soon be available at Target for $139.99. While by all accounts, it’s a fine piece of…
Hardware
Philadelphia Newspapers To Bundle Digital Content On Discounted Android Tablets
10:17 am PDT • July 11, 2011
The future of media is digital. That’s a fact. The trick now is getting older generations to give up the convenience and relatively low cost of physical media. The Philadelphia…
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and 4R Energy Corporation announced today that the two companies have developed and installed a new EV charging solution that combines renewable solar energy and high…
Hardware
USA Networks's Covert Affairs TV Show Imagines A Bezeless iPhone (And It's Awesome!)
9:11 am PDT • July 8, 2011
Did you catch the second episode of Covert Affairs last month? Yeah, I didn’t either. The iPhone 5 seemed to be featured in the episode, though — or rather a…
Today, after 133 launches spanning nearly three decades, the era of the Space Shuttle is set to close with one final launch. Atlantis is currently on the launchpad, fueled, loaded…
Hardware
Meet Saturn's Great White Spot That Really Isn't A Spot Anymore
11:26 am PDT • July 7, 2011
Think Arizona’s dust storm was huge? Check out the Great White Spot on Saturn. What first started as a small but bright dot last December, has grown to a massive…
Acer’s honeycomb tab is now feeling the good graces of Android 3.1. The update is now rolling out to the Iconia Tab A500 just a month after it was officially…