Filed under: CellphonesiPhone buzz may be at a strong, rolling boil at this point, but a recent survey suggests that the tabloid-like attention the device has been enjoying may not translate to sales at Apple and AT&T counters come next month. The poll of 1,300 individuals responsible for their own bills uncovered that while 77 […]
Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsIn his second public letter in recent times, Steve Jobs has responded to high profile accusations from environmental organizations that Apple is not taking the matter of the environment seriously enough, with a point by point article that highlights Apple’s record and puts forward improvements for the future. Going down the list […]
Filed under: Peripherals, Storage
You spoke, Data Robotics listened. Even though we didn’t think the $700 pricetag for a Drobo is that unreasonable considering its capabilities, Data Robotics is apparently deciding to preemptively strike and cut its price before it even reaches retail availability. With enough pre-orders in to increase volume and cut costs, Data Robotics […]
Filed under: Robots
The homegrown home security options out there just keep getting sweeter and sweeter, as yet another go-getter has conjured up an autonomous turret to hold down the fort while the owners are away buying more capacitors and Fruit by the Foot. The programmable weapon relies on an 8 servo serial controller and a […]
Filed under: DesktopsGet ready for the non-revolution: Intel has pushed forward the launch of its Bearlake chipset from May 27th to May 9th, which means everyone is prepping motherboards and DDR3 memory to join in the fun next week. Unfortunately, while there will no doubt be performance increases seen, DDR2’s evolution in the high-performance area […]
Filed under: Household
As if crafting a glitzy fish bowl in the shape of an anchor wasn’t enough to catch your eye, the Comfish bowl sports the same type of user-controlled interface as various other forms of life-in-a-box, but utilizes a USB connection in favor of WiFi. The tank manages to pull off the same kind […]
Filed under: Laptops
We really don’t have much of a clue what Acer is up to here, but it’s a bit of an exception when Acer isn’t doing something completely predictable with its product lineup and design direction, so we though we’d give you a heads up. The “Gemstone concept” is apparently a new Acer Aspire […]
Filed under: Ask Engadget, Digital CamerasIAfter burning the midnight question-answering oil with y’all last night, we’re here for another session of Ask Engadget. To get your questions featured, hit up ask at engadget dawt com, and we’ll pick the best for answering by your fellow readers. After dwelling on the topic of Anna’s e-book conundrum […]
Filed under: Portable Audio, Wearables
While other companies rely on newfangled technologies like Bluetooth to make their headphones wireless, Arriva has taken a slightly different tact, choosing instead to simply increase the proximity of the player to the headphones. That proposition is made somewhat more reasonable by the diminutive size of the 2G iPod shuffle, which […]
Filed under: Portable Audio, NetworkingLooks like the Sirius and XM legal teams are going to be spending a lot of time in good ol’ Marshall, Texas this year. The two satellite radio giants are facing their second patent lawsuit in two months, this time over a 1995 patent owned by Finisar, a multinational networking company […]
