Filed under: Announcements
This is a friendly reminder that nominations for the 2008 Weblog Awards (a.k.a. “the Bloggies”) are now open, with dozens of empty text boxes just waiting for your input. There are actually a number of categories in which this scrappy young publication would seem to fit nicely, such as best sports blog perhaps […]

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Peripherals
If you’re anything like us, your only New Year’s resolution for this particular ride around the sun is to sign up for a converter box coupon in preparation for the 2009 digital TV transition — even if, also like us, your only remaining analog set is gathering dust next to […]

Filed under: Features, Misc. Gadgets
Engadgetdamus bids you greetings. With MMVII in the can, we can only direct our ponderations to what fantastical gadgets and events await in the new year. We beseech you, foretell the year’s events and present your predictions. Will Android be an out of the gate success, or a slow starter? Will […]

Filed under: Transportation
We’d already heard about Central Japan Railway Company’s not-so-near-term intentions to deploy a speedy new maglev system in the country, but it looks like it’s just now getting official with things, and it’s still promising to have it up and running no sooner than 2025. By then, there should be 180 miles of […]

Filed under: Gaming
We’re well aware the first three words on the Xbox Live service status box are “up and running,” but those issues are continuing to persist, and if our flooded tip jar and the Xbox Live forums are anything to go by, they’re probably not just “intermittent”. If you’re (still) seeing issues, as always […]