Filed under: Transportation
While we’ve yet to hear any more about Toyota’s planned tests of its plug-in hybrid, the company has apparently made quite a bit of progress with its fuel cell vehicles, two of which recently made a non-stop 350 mile trip from Osaka to Tokyo (with the air conditioning on, no less). What’s more, […]

Filed under: Features, Robots
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/hardware/closing_of_the_Robot_Museum_in_Nagoya_Japan’; Those reading Engadget last year might recall our unbridled excitement for the opening of the largest, most extensive (if not the first) museum dedicated to robots and robotics: the Robot Museum (aka Robothink). So you can only imagine how incredibly crestfallen we were to hear that just after a […]

Filed under: Displays
Not that it’ll come as much of a surprise to anyone that followed our week o’ Dell scoops, but the company has now finally gotten official with its 20-inch SP2008WFP monitor, which is particularly notable for inclusion of a built-in webcam. That cam is of the 2.0 megapixel variety, and also includes a […]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Remember that press event HTC’s got coming up early next week? There are plenty of rumored HTC devices that could be announced — and a few in particular we know readers are pulling for — but it looks like we’ve got at least one here that’s a lock to see the spotlight. […]

Filed under: Cellphones, Features
var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_update_facts_and_fiction’; If you haven’t already bitten the bullet and taken your unlocked iPhone down that scariest of paths, the 1.1.1 update, we’re here to sort out a bit of the hearsay from the actual and fairly inconvenient truth. Even if you have already updated, or […]

Filed under: GPS
While they’d hardly be treading new territory, DigiTmes is reporting that GPS bigwigs Garmin, TomTom, and Mitac are all considering adding mobile TV functionality to their navigation units, an area they’ve previously shied away from. According to DigiTimes, some unspecified manufacturers say that by simply using their devices for for plain-old navigation, customers […]

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Just a week ago, reports were cropping up regarding Microsoft’s decision to give Vista Business / Ultimate customers a “downgrade to XP” option amidst complaints over its latest operating system. Now, the Redmond powerhouse has decided to “keep selling Windows XP until the end of June 2008, delaying a scheduled transition to […]

Filed under: Desktops
Sony sure loves to tease, and while the Rolly campaign finally resulted in an actual product, we’re still scratchin’ our noggins on this one. There’s not a lot to go on when looking at the teaser page for the simply-titled Drive, and aside from that delightfully green bow and a seductive “Coming soon” […]

Filed under: DesktopsIt’s been quite a while since we’ve heard anything from Intel on the Yorkfield front, but that looks to have changed in a hurry, with the company now busting out a whole slew of specifics on the forthcoming processors. First up is news that Intel will be releasing an “Extreme Edition” of the […]

Filed under: Features, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Well before the iPhone became anything more than a pipe dream, folks were clamoring for a truly updated iPod — one that featured more pixels, a widescreen display and wireless capabilities at the very least. As the iPhone finally came to fruition, hopes were yet again dashed as Apple […]