Archive for February, 2009
Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle to be sold at Best Buy
You’re already buying TVs, washing machines, cheap keyboards and cell phones at Best Buy, why not a $12,000 electric motorcycle? That seems to be the thinking going on at Brammo HQ, where an infusion of cash from Best Buy’s investment arm last year has now led to plans to sell the $11,995 Enertia at five […]
Endless Ideas launching next-gen WiFi BeBook at CeBIT
Endless Ideas’ original BeBook wasn’t exactly the same smash hit as, say, Amazon’s Kindle, but the company’s hoping to refocus some of the spotlight back on itself next week in Germany. According to a succulent teaser page on the company’s website, it has proudly announced that the next-gen e-reader will be on display at CeBIT, […]
$25 billion in electric vehicle loans still waiting for perfect beggars
While the Big 3 seem to be visiting Washington on an all-too-regular basis trying to secure funding for future success, $25 billion in loans set aside to promote electric car usage in America has been sitting untouched for nearly two years. As the story goes, the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan program was established in […]
Apple iMac murdered, reborn as all-in-one DreamCast mod
This may look like a beloved iMac, but make no mistake, it’s just a shell of its former self. CGCC forum member Logicdustbin decided to gut the all-in-one and replace its innards with a Sega Dreamcast and 15-inch LCD monitor. The result? The iCast, a beautiful homage to simpler times. Hit up the video after […]
Obama’s proposed 2010 budget juices carriers for more cash
There’s no easy answer to erasing a staggering trillion-plus dollar deficit in a federal budget, but you’ve got to start somewhere — and Obama’s looking at the nation’s wireless carriers as cash cows just waiting to be milked. The President’s proposed budget for 2010 calls for an increase in spectrum license user fees from $50 […]
AMD looking to ship 32nm chips in 2010
Or, you know, maybe the headline should read: “AMD looking to ship 32nm chips behind Intel. Rather than staying one step ahead of its fiercest rival, it sounds like Advanced Micro Devices is perfectly content with being a few months behind. Based on words from CEO Dirk Meyer, the company is hoping to “ramp up” […]
Fidelity Electronics VPC netbook is all up in your business
We’re not quite sure we understand the process behind making a Very Personal Computer, but clearly, Fidelity Electronics has it nailed down solid. In what’s apt to be the silliest, albeit most awesome netbook model name in the history of netbook model names, said company has just introduced its very own VPC. This incredibly intimate […]
Engadget Podcast 135 - 02.27.2009
After last week’s international extravaganza from MWC, everybody’s back in the land of freedom and opportunity for this week’s Engadget Podcast. Josh, Nilay and Paul chat up the Kindle 2 in matters both philosophical and legal, Josh brags about his new non-glossy MacBook Pro 17-incher, and things get really heated when the red Xbox […]
Gemei offers up 4.3-inch HD-660 PMP
It’s been quite some time since we’ve heard a good word from the folks at Gemei, but clearly, there was no resolution made upon the Chinese New Year that they’d stick to originality and stop ripping ideas from other PMP mainstays. Oh sure, the HD-660 isn’t exactly like anything else we’ve seen, but we’d wager […]
mLani introduces new “MoBi” FPS controller for PS3
There’s not exactly a wealth of information about this one just yet, but peripheral maker mLani (started by the former founder of SplitFish) looks to be doing its best to make PC gamers feel a bit more at home on the PS3 with this new FPS-minded controller which, coincidentally, looks to compete directly with some […]
