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As the flagging economy wreaks havoc on just about every mega-corp out there, the latest to publicly admit to being affected is Pioneer. After posting a rather significant loss earlier this year, the company is now guiding to a wider-than-forecast net loss of ¥78 billion ($789.9 million) for the year to March 31, blaming the surging yen and the slowing economy. The company is scheduled to nix its unprofitable plasma-panel operations by February and slash 2,000 jobs this fiscal year in order to counter the bleeding, and it looks as if former president Tamihiko Sudo is one of the first bigwigs to fall. As of November 16th, Susumu Kotani (pictured right) will take over that role, though we can’t imagine he’s looking forward to grabbing the captain’s chair in such a turbulent environment.[Via PC World, image courtesy of DayLife]Pioneer forecasts even wider net loss, names new president originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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YoYotech is making no bones about their Fi7epower MLK1610 PC: according to them, it’s “the fastest PC in the world,” and “officially,” at that. Well then. The dubious value of such claims aside, the so-called “completely insane” MLK1610 houses an Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition CPU (overclocked to 3.73GHz) atop an X58 chipset, 9GB of DDR3 RAM, an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD, 1TB standard hard drive, a Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 RAM, and it’s all sitting on ASUS’ P6T motherboard. P7etty sweet, right? It’s probably worth the £3,995.85 (about $6,337) you’re going to have to spend to make it yours, too. Oh — did we mention what a looker it is?[Via Tech Digest]YoYotech Fi7epower MLK1610 PC is really, really fast originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Folks in North America don’t have too much cause to get excited over this one, but anyone planning on buying a BlackBerry Storm from, say, Vodafone, can now rest a little easier knowing that the less-than-secret GSM-only version of the phone has cleared the all-important hurdle that is the FCC. There’s not exactly any other surprises to be found here, naturally, but if it’s test reports you’re after, you can find plenty of those by hitting up the read link below.
GSM-only BlackBerry Storm clears the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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It’s a next-generation operating system and mirror all in one![Thanks, Brian H.]Windows 7 installed on a new MacBook Pro, sparks fly originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Benchmarks and reviews of Intel’s Core i7 processors are pouring in, and while mere mortals must wait till later this month to get their hands on the hardware, we spent much of our weekend working overtime with Crysis, Fallout 3, and Age of Conan on an $8,238 Core i7 965-equipped Mach V gaming desktop from boutique PC manufacturer Falcon Northwest. It’s got the works and then some: liquid cooling, dual ATI Radeon 4870X2 graphics cards with 2GB of RAM on-board, 12 GB of DDR3 RAM, Blu-ray, HD-DVD (yes, you read that right), and over a terabyte of storage. Based on our dozen or so hours of grueling, utterly boring hands-on tests, all three games were plenty playable maxed out at 1920 x 1080 resolution with 4x anti-aliasing — only Crysis ever dipped below 40 frames per second, and we never saw Fallout 3 under 60. We sincerely hope you appreciate the backbreaking, soulcrushingly hard work we do for you — more photos and benchmarks in the gallery. Gallery: Intel Core i7-equipped Falcon Northwest Mach V gaming desktop hands-on
Intel Core i7-equipped Falcon Northwest Mach V gaming desktop hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

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You know those complaints about the ugly, old-school looking interlacing lines that many (ourselves included) have reported seeing on the new PSP-3000? The specific issue has been uncovered — but not by Sony. A group of concerned French gamers with a 40x microscope think it all comes down to that most mellow of colors: blue. LCDs are comprised of RGB pixels that, combined, form all the rainbow of hues in between. As you can see in the picture above, the PSP-2000’s LCD (left) used pixels in a vertical orientation, and the blue pixels were fairly light in color. On the PSP-3000 (right), the pixels are now arranged horizontally, and the blue ones are far darker than before. The dark horizontal lines result in the heinous interlacing, an effect that any Command & Conquer player will tell you wasn’t even cool in the 90’s. Sony’s already called this a “feature” and not a flaw, so if you absolutely must buy a PSP this holiday season the folks at Logic-Sunrise who took the above pics recommend you buy an older 2000-series — while you still can.[Thanks Pierce]PSP-3000 put under microscope, interlacing issue exposed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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In broad, soap operatic strokes of the finest sort, IBM and Apple are at each other’s throats over Apple’s latest recruit: IBM’s vice president of microprocessor technology development. Improbably named Mark Papermaster, the man in question is responsible for IBM’s blade server division, and IBM is pretty sure there’s a non-compete in there somewhere, especially with Apple’s recent acquisition of PA Semi, a chip developer with PowerPC technology similar to IBM’s — IBM has filed lawsuits both against Apple in California (a state traditionally indifferent to non-competes) and against Papermaster in New York. We’re not going to get into all the sordid details, but just because IBM and Apple are very, very angry at each other right now doesn’t mean they’re mad at you. Probably.IBM slaps Apple with a lawsuit for recruiting top chip designer — like they were going to use him anyways originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Printed and flexible OLEDs aren’t exactly uncharted territory, but a group of European organizations led by Finland’s VTT Technical Research Center look to be taking things a bit further than most, and they’re saying their material could eventually be cheap enough to be used in everything from product packaging to business cards. Helping things on that front is the use of regular roll-to-roll printing technology, which both lowers the cost of manufacturing the material and speeds up the production. The resulting material, which is still a tad mysterious, is apparently about as thick as three of four sheets of paper, and consists of organic sensors encapsulated in a moisture barrier film. According to the researchers, it could also be attached to sensors to measure the freshness of food contained in the packaging, or even be used as a copy protection measure. If all goes as planned, the researchers say the material could be put to commercial use in a “couple of years,” and cost just a few cents for some applications.[Via OLED-Display.net]
European ROLLED project promises to print OLEDs on the cheap originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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We hope you’re prepared to be menaced by the unstoppable, demon-like tech punditry and heart attack-inducing fear that only the Engadget Podcast can provide. This week, the team takes you on a hellish ride through the rancid underworld of the New Xbox Experience with Joystiq’s evil kingpin Chris Grant. You can also hear Josh, Paul, and Nilay psychotically sound off on new Netflix happenings, explore the twisted nature of HP’s Mini 1000, tear into the meaty gristle of Windows 7, and more. Enter at extreme risk of bodily harm to your personage!WARNING: This podcast has been known to kill people. Engadget assumes no responsibility for injury or death.[Thanks, JS and Rom for the image]Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, and Nilay PatelGuest: Chris GrantProducer: Trent WolbeMusic: Don’t Fear the Reaper00:01:08 - New Xbox 360 Experience hands-on and impressions00:31:54 - Week of Netflix00:51:39 - HP Mini 1000 hands-on01:02:16 - Windows 7 details galoreSubscribe to the podcast[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC). [RSS MP3] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [RSS AAC] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator. [Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune MarketplaceDownload the podcastLISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC)LISTEN (OGG)Contact the podcast1-888-ENGADGET or podcast (at) engadget (dot) com.Engadget Podcast 116 - 10.31.2008: Terrifying Halloween edition originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

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