Kentucky senate candidates Rand Paul and Jack Conway wrangled over health care, taxes, entitlements and an attack ad in a contentious debate. (Oct. 18)
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Uh oh, HyperMac just announced that it will cease the sale of MacBook charging cables and car chargers — on November 2nd at 00:00 US Pacific Time, they’ll be gone for good. While the HyperMac batteries will be sold, you won’t be able to charge your MagSafe -equipped MacBook without the cable, so what’s the point? This, obviously, is the direct result of the patent-infringement lawsuit Apple filed over Sanho’s unlicensed use of Apple’s MagSafe power connector. And while it may be a victory for Apple legal, it’s an unsettling blow to consumers like Engadget editors who need the extra juice to augment the life of Apple’s non-removeable MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro batteries. Read the full statement after the break. [Thanks, Daniel] Continue reading HyperMac will stop selling MacBook charging cables on November 2 HyperMac will stop selling MacBook charging cables on November 2 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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One of the major points of confusion related to Microsoft’s new controller-less Xbox 360 Kinect gaming system is the perceived lack of seated gameplay, largely driven by those early demos that required a standing player. At the time, Kinect’s sensor was keying off the base node located at the bottom of the spine to create its skeletal models. As of a few months ago, Microsoft updated its software libraries to key off the base of the neck, thus avoiding any ambiguity caused by the player’s motionless knees or feet obscuring a spine stuffed into the opaque comfort of the living room sofa. At least that’s what Blitz Games Studios co-founder and CTO Andrew Oliver told Eurogamer . Unfortunately, the motion-sensing changes for lazy-bone play come too late for Kinect’s early November launch titles (burdened with writing their own software for seated play) but “games going forward won’t have a problem,” says Oliver. Microsoft Kinect will work just fine for seated gameplay originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Dell Studio XPS 14, 15 and 17 packing NVIDIA Optimus lunch for imminent launch?
October 18, 2010 No Comment
It would seem Dell’s suffered another of its signature pre-release leaks , as the folks over at Logicbuy have a full trio of new laptops from Round Rock to tease us with. The three new Studio machines — imaginatively titled the XPS 14, XPS 15, and XPS 17 — are said to come with anodized aluminum shells and brushed aluminum palm rests, NVIDIA Optimus switchable graphics (up to the GeForce GTS 445M on the XPS 17) and options for Blu-ray drives, 16GB of RAM, and Core i7 CPUs. The accompanying pictures of each laptop are what leads us to believe Logicbuy has simply stumbled upon some prematurely published Dell pages, which in turn leads to the deduction that their proper launch can’t be too far away. Sherlock Holmes, eat your stony heart out. Dell Studio XPS 14, 15 and 17 packing NVIDIA Optimus lunch for imminent launch? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: ponyfire Bioneers, the green conference held in San Rafael, California, culminated today after three full days of workshops, films and concerts. Bioneers is not your typical conference; it covers topics that have been marginalized in the past: youth, women, indigenous cultures and even psychedelic drugs. Yesterday, I surprisingly found myself sitting in a session on the curren… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri are believed to be hiding close to each other in houses in northwest Pakistan, but are not together, a senior NATO official said. “Nobody in al Qaeda is living in a cave,” said the official, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the intelligence matters involved. Rather, al Qaeda’s top leadership is believed to be living in relative comfort, protected by locals and some members of the Pakistani intelligence services, the official said. Pakistan has repeatedly denied protecting members of the al Qaeda leadership. The official said the general region where bin Laden is likely to have moved…
Continue reading …KDDI crafts gorgeous see-thru designer phone with LED sub-display and dual-mode radios (video)
October 18, 2010 No Comment
KDDI launched a wave of new phones this morning, but this is the one we really want to hold — it’s called the X-RAY, and it’s one of two debut products in the company’s Iida designer brand. Crafted by Tokujin Yoshioka, it’s a high-end Japanese clamshell with a 1-Seg TV tuner, NFC payments, and an 8 megapixel camera — you know, the usual — but with a translucent case (also available in blue and black) that leaves nothing to the imagination. There’s a QSD8650 CDMA-ready Snapdragon in there, a GSM radio as well, a 7 x 102 pixel LED scrolling sub-display to display alerts and notifications, plus all the requisite chips and wires beautifully laid out. It’ll be on display in Harajuku this Tuesday, but there’s no word on availability or price quite yet. However, given that the prime accessory for the X-RAY is a solid crystal stand that makes the phone look like it’s floating on air, we probably don’t want to know. Video after the break. Gallery: KDDI X-RAY press pics Continue reading KDDI crafts gorgeous see-thru designer phone with LED sub-display and dual-mode radios (video) KDDI crafts gorgeous see-thru designer phone with LED sub-display and dual-mode radios (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …ABC Chastises ‘Nasty’ McCain for ‘Vicious’ Attack on Boxer, Not So Upset by Slap at O’Donnell as ‘Nut Job’
October 18, 2010 No Comment
“With just 16 days left, it is getting nasty out there,” ABC reporter David Kerley asserted Sunday night, scolding Republican Senator John McCain because on the campaign trail he “dropped senatorial decorum and viciously attacked a Democratic colleague.” On Saturday, in California, McCain said he’s “had the unpleasant experience of having to serve” with Senator Barbara Boxer. Kerley, however, expressed less angst over McCain’s daughter, Meghan, insulting Christine O’Donnell as “a nut job.” Kerley simply noted how “the Senator's daughter also went on the attack, but she slammed a fellow Republican, Christine O'Donnell, a Tea Party favorite running for Senate in Delaware.” read more
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Participants showed off their best facial hair in Bakersfield, California’s “Whiskerino” contest. (Oct. 18)
Continue reading …Sprint promises WiMax in NYC on November 1, LA on December 1, and San Francisco a few weeks later
October 18, 2010 No Comment
The fact that Sprint and Clearware have teamed up to deliver WiMax to New York, LA, and San Francisco isn’t news . In fact, we’ve already seen the networks light up in operational readiness modes on the way to full consumer availability. But now we’ve got dates, the first specifics that we can recall for these cities. Now, according to both Clearwire and Sprint, New York’s WiMax service will go live on November 1st, LA’s on December 1st, and San Francisco sometime around the end of December. We’ll see if those early 5Mbps to 7Mbps download / 1.2Mbps upload speeds we’ve experienced can be maintained once the service meets the crush of the big city horde. Of course, this is nothing but good news for wireless consumers who’ll also see Verizon light up its competing LTE network in these cities (38 in total) at about the same time. Sprint promises WiMax in NYC on November 1, LA on December 1, and San Francisco a few weeks later originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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