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That's your after-rebate price, and you're on the hook for shipping, but it's still a solid deal on a great big TV.

Why has it been so difficult to buy a Nexus 4? Because demand was ten times higher than expected. That's according to the head of...

A new data-transmitting pill could save the lives of firefighters by providing a warning when their vitals are showing signs of heat stress. Researchers in Australia gave the Equivital EQ02 LifeMonitor pill to 50 firefig...

Following The New York Times' recent success, online paywalls (particularly the metered-access kind) have been popping up on newspaper websites across the globe. In the U.S. alone, nearly half of all newspapers now have ...

Remember to take a multitool with you next time you shred the slopes. But be careful--a bulky piece of metal in your pocket will hurt when you fall on it. For something less painful, try Signal Snowboard's Leatherman lin...

A professor of genetics at Harvard's Medical School believes he's capable of bringing the long-extinct Neanderthal back to life -- all he's lacking is the right mother.

DeveloperAuction, a startup that's trying to change technical recruiting by letting venture-backed companies bid on top engineers in auctions, is seeing some momentum after coming out of beta last week. The company put a...

With everyone liking to think of themselves as amateur chefs these days, there's no shame in having dinner guests participate in the meal preparation. And thanks to its folding design that lets it expand into a long gril...

Being in charge of a company presents many challenges, whether you're the founder or a senior employee. But there are a whole category of problems that you only discover when you start up yourself, says Doug Monro of UK ...

1. Robert E. Lee believed slavery to be a "moral & political evil." In an 1856 letter to his wife, the future Confederate general wrote: "In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that ...

You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines fo...

Facebook's newest feature Graph Search -- a tool which lets users datamine their friends' and strangers' photos and interests -- merely adds to the site's stalkerish reputation. Sharing anything on Facebook now carries a...

What better time to announce a smartphone than in the lull between CES and MWC? Micromax is using the occasion to reveal another five-inch handset, the Canvas HD. The display packs a 1,280 x 720 resolution, and inside yo...

Another wonderful Virtual Star Party, this time with 5 astronomers broadcasting their view of the night sky live. We had amazing views of Jupiter, the Moon, and several deep sky objects, including the Orion Nebula, the P...

Just as thousands took to Twitter to comment on the presidential motorcade as it made its way through Washington, D.C. after the second inauguration for...

George Washington's inauguration was probably really boring because the Internet didn't exist. Martha could have targeted John Adams with the stink eye, but no one could GIF it and then share it on Tumblr. Bummer, right?...

Moog's iconic analog synthesizers tend to run on the expensive side, but the recently announced Sub Phatty synth offers a lower price point along with what Moog calls a new sound for its lineup. The Sub Phatty includes 3...

New Windows Phone users will be left out in the cold after January 30th asnewly connected Google accounts will no longer work through Exchange ActiveSync. Something we've known since last December, which caught Microsoft...

Someone dreamed a dream that footage from the nine Best Picture Oscar nominees were spliced together to create a simple short film. The dream spawned this. More About: academy awards, Entertainment, films, Movies, Oscars...

NASA's prolific planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has been placed in a precautionary "safe mode" after engineers noticed a problem with the instrument's orientation mechanism.

And, really, that's about all we have to say about that. We'll be South of Market in San Francisco May 15-17 for the Google I/O developer conference. Perhaps you remember last year's event, which included skydiving (twic...

It may not be the most popular series of compact cameras, but the Ricoh GR Digital line has attracted a sizable cult following of photographers around the world -- particularly street shooters. From the time the original...