Chevrolet debuts Corvette Performance Data Recorder: records audio, video and overlays telemetry (hands-on)
Chevrolet spent some time before CES showing us how it plans to offer
Corvette owners a new instrument to hone their track skills: the
Performance Data Recorder (PDR). The system, which was designed with
British auto engineering company Cosworth, ... Read More ...
Untethered jailbreak for second gen Apple TVs updated, puts XBMC next to HBO Go
The folks at Firecore are working on more than just the latest version
of their Infuse media player, and just delivered an updated software
package for jailbreaking second generation Apple TVs (the current third
gen model has, so far, remained ... Read More ...
Samsung's new Smart Home service outlined, wants to connect to third-party services and products
We heard whispers that Samsung was planning big for CES, and we're not
just talking TV panels. It's now revealed Smart Home, which attempts to
tie together Smart TVs, home appliances and handheld smart devices into
one single platform. Perhaps more ... Read More ...
LG's 105-inch UHDTV isn't coming to CES alone: flat 65-, 79-, 84- and 98-inchers on the way
Possibly concerned that merely showing off a giant 105-inch curved,
ultrawidescreen (with a resolution of 5,120 x 2,160 it's being marketed
as 5K) Ultra HD television wasn't enough, LG just announced a few more
super high-res displays it's bringing ... Read More ...
Xbox One exclusively debuts FX animated series 'Chozen' for some cable customers
Now that Eastbound & Down is over, the creative team behind
that show is launching a new animated series on FX called Chozen.
Microsoft has snagged an exclusive for the premiere episode, so owners
of the Xbox One can load up their FXNow app January ... Read More ...
Acer's new Liquid Z5 smartphone is more expensive than it should be (hands-on)
Acer didn't just bring a couple of new tablets to Vegas this year, but
something to make calls with, too. The latest addition to its Liquid
range after the top-spec S2, the Z5 is very much a "value" proposition,
as the raw numbers show. We're looking ... Read More ...
Hands-on with Acer's 2014 Iconia Android tablets
Acer's been quick to make its immediate plans for the new year known,
including the impending release of its refreshed Iconia Android tablets.
Today the company's been kind enough to show the new slates to us, both
of which will ship with 4.2 Jelly ... Read More ...
Feedback Loop: NSA spying, favorite gadgets, New Year's resolutions and more
Welcome to Feedback Loop, a weekly roundup of the most interesting
discussions happening within the Engadget community. There's so much
technology to talk about and so little time to enjoy it, but you have a
lot of great ideas and opinions that need ... Read More ...
Google acquires Bitspin, makes its stylish Android alarm app free to celebrate
Bitspin is probably most well known for its swish Timely alarm app on
Android, and it seems that Google likes how the Swiss team is doing it,
because it's just acquired them. "For new and existing users, Timely
will continue to work like it always ... Read More ...
Introducing Engadget Mini!
CES is about to start, and as usual, we'll be covering the show
wall-to-wall, with liveblogs, hands-ons, news and, of course, Best of
CES. One thing we'll be doing differently this year is providing you
with a quick and easy way to access our CES ... Read More ...
This activity tracker lives in your shoe's insole
We're still several days out from CES, and we've already seen previews
of a couple of fitness tracking devices. It's far, far too early to
start talking overall trends for the show, but it seems pretty safe to
suggest that we'll be seeing even more ... Read More ...
FISA court reauthorizes NSA to collect call metadata (again)
Need another sign that the NSA's phone surveillance program is
considered legal? The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is happy
to oblige. This week FISA renewed the agencies' authority to collect
call metadata, echoing an October approval from ... Read More ...
Billboard: Digital music sales decrease for the first time ever, vinyl continues to grow
It was inevitable: After years of highs and then a plateau, digital
music sales saw their first decrease in 2013. Last year, digital song
purchases dropped almost six percent according to a Billboard report,
while digital album sales dropped 0.1 ... Read More ...
Daily Roundup: CES 2014 preview, new Acer tablets, Veronica Mars movie trailer and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news.
Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This
is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines
for the past 24 hours -- all ... Read More ...
Pandora's Android app gets an alarm clock function, right on time
There's no denying it -- many people will need extra motivation to get
up at a reasonable hour after sleeping in during the holidays. It's a
good thing, then, that Pandora has just given its Android app the alarm
clock and sleep functions that ... Read More ...
Yahoo Sports for iOS adds Loops for capturing clutch catches, epic fails
Fancy making your own social media commentary during the big game?
Yahoo Sports for iOS now lets you capture those monster dunks in
animated GIF form. The company has officially labeled the creations
Loops, and users can add their own commentary as ... Read More ...
Netflix adds director's commentary option to House of Cards season one
You'll have to wait until Valentine's Day to get the next dose of
Netflix's popular series House of Cards, but it's doling out some love
early. Starting today, fans can revisit season one with optional
director's commentary tracks from all six ... Read More ...
NSA wants to make a quantum computer that cracks tough encryption
While the NSA can inflitrate many secure systems without breaking a
sweat, there are still some encryption methods that it just can't crack.
That may not be a problem in the long term, however. The Washington
Post has published documents from Edward ... Read More ...
Researchers turn to Twitter in the search for time travelers
Whether or not time travel is even physically possible remains to be
seen. But researchers at Michigan Technological University have already
started scouring the internet for evidence that we've been visited by
tourists from the future. The theory is ... Read More ...
Vine truly comes to the web, with full screen TV mode
Vine certainly is taking its time fleshing out its feature set. Most
surprisingly, you couldn't actually browse the short video sharing
service from the comfort of your desktop browser until now. Sure, you
could follow a link that would lead you to a ... Read More ...
Corning is now ready to make 3D Gorilla Glass for wearable devices
Corning's Gorilla Glass is useful for protecting the (mostly) flat
screens of smartphones, but it's not a great fit for the curvy world of
wearables. The company is prepared to change with the times, though, as
it just announced that it can ... Read More ...
Wikipad breaks off controls into mobile Gamevice gamepad
In its ongoing effort to announce products people may not want long
before said products are available to buy, Wikipad today unveiled its
Gamevice tablet game controller. The mockup above is an example of what
the Gamevice might look like when we get ... Read More ...
BlackBerry sues Typo over its familiar-looking iPhone keyboard (update: Typo responds)
If you thought Typo's iPhone keyboard looked an awful lot like the
keyboard from a BlackBerry Q10, you're not alone. BlackBerry has just
sued Typo in a Northern California court for alleged patent
infringement. The slide-on peripheral is a "blatant" ... Read More ...
3D Systems buys company behind Star Wars, Hobbit and Harry Potter models
Listen, as excited as I was to be turned into a Star Trek character, my
heart has always belonged in a galaxy far, far away. So, naturally, I'm
a bit excited by this morning's news that the latest company to be
vacuumed up by 3D Systems is a modeling ... Read More ...
Engadget's CES 2014 preview
CES isn't what it used to be. That's a mantra we've heard year after
year. With major players like Google, Apple and Microsoft choosing to
throw their own lavish product launches and specialized events like
Mobile World Congress vying for our ... Read More ...
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