The first ever Engadget Podcast / Engadget Show CES livestream extravaganza is happening now!
January 5, 2011 No Comment
Do you like the Engadget Podcast? Do you like the Engadget Show? Do you like gadgets? Do you like people? Do you like talking? Do you like laughing? Do you like to learn? Do you like to live? Do you live to love? After the break, now, for the first ever Engadget Podcast / Engadget Show combo — the very first CES 2011 live podcast. Yes, there’s video. Update: It’s over, but we’ll have the recorded version up shortly — and don’t worry, we’re doing this live every day of CES, so tune in again all week! The first ever Engadget Podcast / Engadget Show CES livestream extravaganza is happening now! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Tom Engelhardt, co-founder of the American Empire Project, runs the Nation Institute’s TomDispatch.com. His latest book is The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s (Haymarket Books). If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in, and head for the past, that laboratory for all developments of our moment and beyond. Just as 2010 ended, the American military’s urge to surge resurfaced in a significant way. It seems that “leaders” in the Obama administration and “senior American military commanders” in Afghanistan were acting as a veritable WikiLeaks machine. They slipped information to New York Times reporters Mark Mazzetti and…
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Researchers hear descriptions of crippling self-loathing from youths confronting sexual urges
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Can’t say we’re surprised to hear this at all, but Bloomberg BusinessWeek says Google’s working on its own NFC -based mobile payments system. That makes perfect sense, given that Eric Schmidt has been enthusiastically extolling the virtues of NFC since just before Google launched the Nexus S — which, of course, features an NFC chip. BusinessWeek says the system might launch as early as this year, although we think Google’s got plenty of infrastructure work to do first — and it’s facing plenty of competition from the likes of Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, who are launching their own Isis payment system , as well as direct device competition from RIM and Apple . Should get interesting — we’ll see if we hear anything at CES this week. Google building its own NFC-based payments system? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Picked up a new 3DTV and you’re seriously bummed that there’s nothing to watch? Good news if you have one of the many VUDU capable streaming devices as next week is the week when 3D movies start heading your way. Said movies will be available in all the various resolutions we’ve come to expect, and will require the same amount of the bandwidth as the 2D streams. This and the fact that there’s no mention of HDMI 1.4a leads us to believe this here 3D is of the frame compatible variety — not that there’s anything wrong with that. The attached press release is missing our favorite details like available titles and prices, but VUDU hasn’t been known to disappoint in these categories, so no reason to expect anything differently now. Continue reading 3D movies via VUDU coming next week 3D movies via VUDU coming next week originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well, would you look at what we found hanging around Toshiba’s CES kick-off party. Okay, so Tosh’s still unnamed tablet wasn’t running Honeycomb like the final unit will, but Toshiba’s loaded Android 2.2 on there to give us a better idea of how it will work when it’s finally ready. There’s really not much we can say that we didn’t already say before — it’s still a very nicely made tablet and we’re really digging that rubberized back. As for the screen, the viewing angles were quite wide and Toshiba showed off its Resolution + , which will enhance video or photos on the fly to make them look more HDish. If you’re interested in seeing a bit more, hit the break for a short video. Gallery: Toshiba 10-inch Android tablet Continue reading Toshiba’s unnamed Tegra 2-powered Android tablet powers on! Toshiba’s unnamed Tegra 2-powered Android tablet powers on! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Quartet Mideast envoy: ‘Lots of work’ behind scenes to renew talks; US remains effective mediator despite failure to halt settlement construction
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Yisrael Beiteinu’s motion to probe funding of left-wing rights groups expected to pass Wednesday. ‘Cooperation between Israeli, global organizations to hurt IDF and label its soldiers war criminals must be stopped,’ says MK
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We just had our first in-depth experience with the Vizio Tablet , the company’s opening overture into the world of Android slates, and we’ve got to say — we like what we see. The device — which was just announced Monday afternoon along with the company’s new smartphone, the Vizio Phone — is still rather unfinished (the model we looked at was a hand-built device), but based on this early look, the company is moving down the right roads. We had a good chance to play around with the tablet, and we’ve got all the details, specs, and an in-depth video after the break! Gallery: Vizio Tablet hands-on Continue reading Vizio Tablet hands-on preview Vizio Tablet hands-on preview originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Just like the slew of tablets that have found their path to store shelves without official blessing from Google or access to the Android Market, RCA has chosen to go its own way People of Lava -style with this prototype Android TV, due out later this year. Obviously very early in development, it was unfortunately devoid of apps other than Picasa and a simple weather widget, and used pretty standard remote keys to guide a mouse arrow around the screen and keyboard. You can check out the video after the break to confirm, but with the official Google TV products already experiencing their own growing pains it’s tough to get behind a lone challenger. RCA plans to show off some 3D products and Blu-ray players at its booth to go along with this and its mobile TVs , we’ll see if we’re more impressed later on this week. Continue reading RCA does Android on TV without Google’s help (video) RCA does Android on TV without Google’s help (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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