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BlackBtrry Water Game hands-on
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 22:00
This has been a year of fundamental changes for BlackBerry; shifts in the company's core, beginning with a change in name from Research in Motion to the far less cumbersome -- and more familiar -- BlackBerry. The change ...
The Pirate Bay Is Now the World's Number 1 File Sharing Site
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 10:48
While The Pirate Pay is certainly notorious, it's always oddly lingered in the mid-table when it comes to real-world file sharing. No longer, though: according to fresh analysis by Torrent Freak, the site has now sailed ...
X Prize Innovation Partnership Program gets official, lets companies bankroll breakthroughs
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 10:52
X Prize is known for doling out big bucks for tech leaps like Spaceship One and now the foundation is teaming with Singularity University and Deloitte Consulting to try to bring more cash-bearing companies on board. To t...
Engadget Giveaway: win an iPad mini and Nike+ FuelBand, courtesy of WalkMe!
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 18:00
It may be April Fool's Day, but believe us when we say this is no joke -- we would never kid you when it comes to another chance to win awesome stuff. It's actually the second birthday of WalkMe, and the website guidance...
Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM ET
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 23:56
It's Monday, and you know what that means; another Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you will join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 5:30PM. If you'll be joining us, be sure to go ahead and get ready by...
Tesla Model S axes 40kWh battery option, surpasses sales goals
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 08:47
Thinking of picking up the budget Tesla Model S? Think again: the electric automaker just announced that it won't be sending its 40kWh battery pack option into production, citing a lack of customer demand. Customers who ...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE hits AT&T retail on April 5th with a $249 contract option
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 23:35
Have you eyed the LTE version of Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9, yet remained skittish about buying such a relatively expensive tablet sight-unseen? AT&T is now willing to accommodate you: stop by an AT&T retail store from ...
Officially NSFW: YouTube's Naked Lady Problem (NSFW)
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 23:24
Until last week, I'd never actually listened to anything that Robin Thicke had released. Then someone dropped Blurred Lines into our group chat. And, well, I liked it. Because, well, nekkid. Rather than disappear into a ...
Amazon Cloud Drive tacks on file syncing, flexes its digital storage muscle
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 23:04
After nearly a year on the market, Amazon has finally blessed its Cloud Drive apps for Windows and Mac with a file syncing folder. Starting today, users can access their documents, music and photos across multiple comput...
Piet Mondrian Inspired This Three-Piece Vase
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 23:00
A Piet Mondrian painting is unmistakable for its big blocks of primary colors set in grids of horizontal and vertical black lines on a white background. The Mondri 3 in 1 vase is very clearly inspired by the late De Stij...
A Beautiful Meteorite That's Not Trying to Destroy the Planet
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 22:40
Not all meteor strikes have to be scary, exploding harbingers of an apocalypse to come. More often, in fact, they're just pretty. This one just screaming on through the Northern Lights even moreso than most. More
Want To Sell Used Digital Content? Not So Fast
TechPinions - 1 Apr 2013 22:34
Just two week after the Supreme Court stop a publisher's attempt to impose tight limits on the ability of purchasers to resell books, a federal judge in New York has reminded us of the limits on our resale rights when it...
AT&T to begin HTC One pre-sales this week, starting with 32GB for $250
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 22:32
True to form, carriers won't stop being so coy about the HTC One. We still haven't received any official information regarding the flagship's pricing or specific availability, but thanks to one of our eagle-eyed tipsters...
What a Major League Stadium Looks Like from the POV of a Baseball in Flight
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 22:00
It's Opening Day! America's most popular boring sport is back. Great(?). If you have even a passing interest in baseball, you've probably ditched work to go catch a game already, but if not, here's a bit of fun. A GoPro ...
14 Ridiculously Retro Novelty Phones
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 22:00
So we used to have these things called landlines, which were phones that you didn't take with you everywhere and that you actually used to talk to people. Some of them didn't even look like phones. More
These Giant Meditating Faces Were Made From Bike Chains
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 21:40
Young-Deok Seo is a Korean artist who works almost exclusively with different kinds of reclaimed chains. His latest project--Meditation--is a series of impressively large faces, deep in thought. More
NVIDIA outs GeForce 700M GPUs for notebooks, boasts inclusion by 'every leading manufacturer'
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 21:32
In NVIDIA's ongoing efforts to monopolize the technical-sounding graphics card market, the California-based components manufacturer today announced a fresh mobile line of GPUs aimed at notebook computing. That's five new...
How to Grow a Chicken from Scratch
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 21:09
So you've decided to take the plunge and start raising a brood of urban chicken. Play this right and you'll have a nearly inexhaustible supply of fresh eggs. But first, you'll need to manufacture a hen or two of your own...
Ericsson T28z review
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 21:00
When Ericsson launched the T28 in 1999, it was the lightest and slimmest phone on the market. It was also the first handset ever to use a lithium polymer battery. The T28 was a premium device -- Ericsson described it as ...
A Slick Sony Mirrorless Camera Is Your Deal of the Day
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 21:00
Mirrorless cameras fall into a tricky pricing valley. At $600, which is a common MSRP, they're in direct competition with starter DSLRs, which remain the best kind of camera to buy if you're seriously learning photograph...
Ice Cube Innovation Is Just a Bear-pig-ipede Away
Gizmodo - 1 Apr 2013 20:40
If you've never spilled an ice cube tray full of water or accidentally dumped a dozen cubes on the floor, I hope you have the medal you deserve. For the rest of us, a clever, covered ice cube tray like this could be a co...
NASA announces competition to improve Robonaut's sight
Engadget - 1 Apr 2013 20:31
NASA's got some of the sharpest minds in the world (actual, you know, rocket scientists), sure, but they'll be the first to tell you that sometimes you've got to look outside for the best solution to a complicated proble...