Archive for December 17th, 2009

No monkeys time time, but LaCie has just announced new storage option that should get folks plenty excited on its own: a new dual-drive 2Big USB 3.0 RAID drive developed in partnership with Symwave. As you’ve no doubt been able to surmise by now, this thing is big and fast, with it able to support up to 4TB of storage, and provide a peak burst read transfer speed of 275MB/s thanks to a new dual SATA and RAID bridge controller developed by Symwave. Unfortunately, there’s still no indication of a price, and LaCie isn’t getting any more specific than “early 2010″ in terms of a release date. It is promising to show off the the drive at CES next month though, and hopefully offer a few more details about it as well.

LaCie and Symwave announce 2Big USB 3.0 dual-drive RAID originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo really went to town with its Olympics-branded gear, but while Acer is a major Winter Olympics partner (and keeping the spot for 2012 as well), it’s taking a bit more of a tame approach at the outset. This Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ, for instance, merely slaps some silver rings on the lid and calls it a day. Pretty classy, and the price isn’t bad: $580 for a 11.6-inch CULV laptop with 3GB of RAM and Windows 7. Perfect for the multitasking ski jumper in your life.

Acer gets in the Olympic spirit with special edition Aspire Timeline 1810TZ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Cyber Technology’s UAV perches, stares, makes us a little uncomfortable

Cyber Technology’s UAV perches, stares, makes us a little uncomfortable originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Starlight 64 stakes its claim for ‘world’s smallest’ N64 mod

Starlight 64 stakes its claim for ‘world’s smallest’ N64 mod originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Talk about making good on a promise… and then some. Back in March, Ericsson proudly proclaimed that it would be able to make 21Mbps look like child’s play by reaching 28Mbps before the dawn of 2010, and now the company is tooting its horn once more after demonstrating 42Mbps equipment to common folk over in Stockholm, Sweden. Reportedly, it’s the planet’s first 42Mbps HSPA achievement on commercial products, and better still, it’s now available for mass deployment. Unfortunately, details beyond that were few and far between — we’re guessing Ericsson just needed an avenue to gloat — but we suspect carriers like Telstra will be pushing out their own releases once the upgrades start rolling out. Granted, we’ve seen mobile data rates tickle the 42Mbps mark before, but those showcases were hardly ready for public consumption. Meanwhile, Verizon and AT&T are spending bundles arguing about their comparatively glacial “3G networks.” Way to go, America.

Ericsson demos 42Mbps HSPA Evolution for the laypeople originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wow. You know a product’s reached its tipping point when the only way to freshen it up is to go ultra-glossy and get a celebrity to spill some inspired paint upon it. Valentino Rossi, for those of you who don’t know, is a nine-time motorcycle racing champion, which means he’s not suffering from impaired vision and therefore lacks a valid excuse for the abomination above. Internal specs aren’t yet finalized, not that they really matter, though you’d be safe to look at Acer’s current lineup and cherrypick a suitable set of components. If you’ve been a bad boy or girl today and feel the need to be punished, there are two more snappy snaps of the VR46 after the break.

[Thanks, Sal]

Continue reading Packard Bell Dot VR46 gets the endorsement of Valentino Rossi, nobody else

Packard Bell Dot VR46 gets the endorsement of Valentino Rossi, nobody else originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Happy day, iPhoners; your days of living life one hotspot at a time are over. You can now use that data plan for all its worth as more and more apps break through the WiFi-only iron curtain. Last week it was Ustream, the week before Knocking, and now EyeTV has released an updated app able to stream your own personal TV broadcast to your iPhone wherever you are. Assuming, of course, you’re not situated within a “coverage gap” — or a major metropolitan area.

EyeTV iPhone app granted 3G streamability, App Store’s WiFi-only club hemorrhaging members originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you had to play a five-note jingle in the most extravagant way possible, how would you go about it? Intel’s answer is to propel five “engineers” through the air and into specially prepared jumbo-sized tubular bells. The result is the familiar “Intel Inside” tune, and for extra flair points the big bad monopolist also throws in a countdown done in Finnish which you’ll definitely want to see and hear. The video lies after the break and yes, of course it’s a fake — even the engineers are just hired actors.

Continue reading Intel fires employees out of cannons, flirts with supervillainy

Intel fires employees out of cannons, flirts with supervillainy originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you thought it’d be easy to move code back and forth between two nearly-identical Motorolas running Android… well, you’d apparently be right. Unfortunately, taking clear video of the completed task proves, as ever, to be an insurmountable obstacle. Of course, the Android hacking community has overcome pretty much every other roadblock it’s encountered so far, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise to learn that the Milestone’s firmware has been successfully ported today over to its big, loud American cousin, the Droid, thanks to the work of AllDroid’s Eugene and Barakinflorida who risked their own devices for your gain. Our understanding is that the ROM’s cooked in some regard — it’s not bone stock, which makes sense if for no other reason than the fact that the Droid’s got a completely different radio — but fortunately, that all-important multitouch support carries over from the Euro side. We’re hearing direct from AllDroid‘s founder, Brent Fishman, that the ROM should drop in a couple of days. Until then, follow the break for a video of the build in action.

Continue reading Motorola Milestone firmware coaxed into Droid, multitouch ensues (blurred video!)

Motorola Milestone firmware coaxed into Droid, multitouch ensues (blurred video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a new study conducted by Scott Owens out of the University of Mississippi, the Wii Fit was loaned to eight families and the usage and fitness impact was tracked over time — three months before they got the Wii, and three months after. The verdict? “No significant changes” in family fitness from the Wii. Interestingly, over the period of three months the daily Wii Fit usage declined a staggering 82 percent, from 22 minutes a day for the first half of the time all the way down to an average of four minutes a day for the last six weeks. The biggest winners here were the children, who did display some “significant” increases in the specific area of aerobic fitness, but we get the feeling that with a bit more stick-to-itiveness the whole family might’ve been able to raise its game here. Or maybe Nintendo could invest in making some more motion-controlled games that don’t become repetitive and shallow after two playthroughs.

Wii Fit found to have ‘little effect’ on family fitness level, boredom seems to be the main culprit originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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