Archive for May, 2009
N97 disassembled on video… sort of
Are you dying to see Nokia’s latest, the N97 ripped to shreds in glorious moving pictures? Well, that’s too bad: we don’t have that. What we do have, however, is a series of photographs of said shred-ripping, turned into a video. A creepy, silent film, if you will, complete with subtitles. Lack of movement and […]
Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion
Volleyball-playing robots may only come around every ten years or so, but they at least bring along some fairly big improvements when they do show up — like actual mobility, in this case. Of course, “volleyball-playing” is still a bit of a stretch. The bot is actually designed to be more of a training aid, […]
Guitar Hero 5 hits the streets September 1st, one week before the Fab Four
Yeah, you heard it right: another volume of Guitar Hero — the game you either love to hate or love to love — is making its debut on September 1st. This one, Guitar Hero 5, promises a bunch of features that are party friendly, such as the ability to play through sets with no players […]
Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXV: HiPhone Nano meets Aura in a knock-off of modest proportions
The Egs HiPhone Nano F210 borrows some of the aura of… well, the Aura. And why not? Half the fun of the KIRF scene is the way that these bandits mix and match aspects of devices according to whatever crazy whim they might be experiencing at the moment. (The other half of the fun? Exploding […]
White House, Pentagon announce plans for new cybersecurity positions
It’s just been a few short months since a proposed bill called for the creation of a National Cybersecurity Advisor, but it looks like there’s now not one but two new positions in the offing, with both the Pentagon and President Obama himself announcing plans for some newly elevated offices charged with keeping the nation’s […]
Verizon finally releasing BlackBerry Storm update this weekend
An incredible way to start the weekend, Storm owners: Verizon is finally pulling the trigger on a firmware update, which will be available to all comers starting on Sunday at 3PM Eastern time. If that’s too much trouble, you’ll alternatively be able to sit back, chill, and wait for the over-the-air version to hit, which […]
ECS plans a trio of netbooks, duo of all-in-one PCs for Computex
Oh look, it’s nearly time for Computex, which means it’s finally time for ECS to come out to play again. For whatever reason, it seems the aforesaid PC maker only pulls out the stakes for Taiwan’s biggest consumer electronics show, and with the doors opening early next week, we’re getting a sneak peek at what […]
Homebrew PC features 2MHz hand-wrapped CPU
BMOW (Big Mess O’ Wires) is a DIY PC, complete with a hand wrapped 8-bit CPU. Built by a game developer named Steve Chamberlain, this bad boy operates at 2MHz and sports 512KB memory, two-color video output, and a 512 x 480 display. According to Wired, the processor is closest in design to the MOS […]
A quick note about the Engadget Podcast this week
With Nilay on a well-deserved vacation and Josh on a whirlwind tour of the left coast for D7, E3 and WWDC, this week’s podcast got reshuffled a bit and won’t be available until late tonight or early tomorrow. For those of you who can survive the wait, you’ll be treated to a totally casual discussion […]
Foxconn shows off Moblin-running SZ901 netbook
Well, it wasn’t too hard to see this trend coming, but it looks like Foxconn is among the first out of the gate with a Moblin-running netbook at Computex Taipei, with its new SZ901 model opting for Linpus’ just-revealed distribution of the OS. As you might expect, however, there aren’t exactly many surprises beyond that […]
