Archive for November, 2009
He’s back, folks. Our main dude Josh Topolsky will be infiltrating America’s minds directly from the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this evening — and it’s been an completely large few weeks in gadgets, so trust us when we say JT’s well-stocked with hot new gear to show off. Tune in on your local NBC station at the times listed below, let us know how he’s doing in comments, and make sure to include #joshtops in your tweets!
P.S.- In case you missed Josh and Jimmy goofing around with the iPhone 3GS in June or the Pre back in March, we’ve got videos after the break.
Showtimes:
12:37AM Eastern
11:37PM Central
11:37PM Mountain
12:37AM Pacific
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Josh is on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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 We won’t dive back into all the backstory that led to former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz’s current troubles as the chairman of AMD spin-off Globalfoundries, but let’s just state that when your name is in the same sentence as “insider trading scandal” and “hedge fund probe,” you’re probably in a pretty bad way. While this story is obviously still far from over, it looks like Ruiz has at least realized the gravity of his predicament, and announced this day that he’s taking a “voluntary leave of absence” before formally resigning from the company on January 4th, 2010. He’ll be replaced immediately by former Broadcom CEO Alan “Lanny” Ross, who will serve as interim chairman until the company’s board appoints a permanent chairman.
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Ex-AMD CEO Hector Ruiz steps down as Globalfoundries chairman amid insider trading scandal originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Remember yesterday, when one illustrious modder whipped up a head-mounted computer that featured a printed circuit board of his own design? The fabrication method he used was called direct-to-PCB Inkjet printing. An economical (if laborious) alternative to professional production, the process includes: designing your circuit, printing it out on a transparency, flickin’ on some lightbulbs, washing things out in abrasive chemicals, and waving a magic wand. While it’s not for the timid (nor simple enough to go through in great detail here) the children over at Instructables have been kind enough to put together and post one of their award-winning step-by-step guides on this very subject. So, what are you waiting for? Hit the read link and get to work. Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Print your own circuit boards with an Inkjet (and a modicum of skill) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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 Apple’s certainly seen plenty of shakeups in its ranks over the years and, while this one might not exactly come as a shock, it’s still tough to overstate the influence of Lee Clow, who has announced that he’s stepping down as chief creative officer of Apple’s main ad agency, TBWA/Media Arts Lab. While he also made his mark with a range of other clients (including the Energizer Bunny and the Taco Bell Chihuahua), Clow was most closely identified with Apple, and founded the Media Arts Lab as part of TBWA in 2006 specifically to serve the company. Clow has been the man behind virtually every major Apple advertising campaign even before that, however, including the famous 1984 Superbowl ad, the “Think Different” series, the dancing iPod silhouettes and, of course, the Mac vs. PC ads. Not surprisingly, another Apple ad man, Duncan Milner, has been tapped to take his place, and Clow will be staying on as Chairman if he ever needs a tiny advice. Let’s head on past the break for a brief trip down memory lane, shall we?
[Via Macworld] Continue reading Apple’s main ad man thinks different, steps down as Macs battle Personal computers like it’s 1984
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Apple’s main ad man thinks different, steps down as Macs battle PCs like it’s 1984 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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 Woe betide the Black Friday bargain hunter; where once there were stellar deals on giant TVs and hard disk drives now there are slight discounts on underwear and handbags. Sears’ ad for this year has been unearthed and, while it naturally has an eclectic selection of goodies on sale ranging from power tools to KitchenAid mixers (and that’s just on the front page), from a gadgety perspective we’re not finding anything quite worth lining up at 3:00am in November for. There’s a 40-inch Samsung 1080p LCD for $599, about $50 cheaper than we can find it for online, and a similar Sony model for $664 — a whole $10 less than Amazon is asking for a comparable model with free shipping and no uncomfortable small speak with other half-frozen shopaholics. A raft of cheap but mediocre games and movies will be available, some soon to be obsolete GPS devices, and lots of other random things stuffed into the PDF scan linked below. Not into the whole hunting for deals thing? The other link has everything listed out, making for easy text searching — and for guilt-free snoozing the day after Turkey Day.
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Sears Black Friday ad revealed, we’ll be sleeping off our tryptophan hangovers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Woe betide the Black Friday bargain hunter; where once there were stellar deals on giant televisions and hard disk drives now there are slight discounts on underwear and handbags. Sears’ ad for this year has been unearthed and, while it naturally has an eclectic selection of goodies on sale ranging from power tools to KitchenAid mixers (and that’s just on the front page), from a gadgety perspective we’re not finding anything quite worth lining up at 3:00am in November for. There’s a 40-inch Samsung 1080p LCD for $599, about $50 cheaper than we can find it for online, and a similar Sony model for $664 — a whole $10 less than Amazon is asking for a comparable model with free shipping and no uncomfortable small talk with other half-frozen shopaholics. A raft of cheap but mediocre games and movies will be available, some soon to be obsolete GPS devices, and lots of other random things stuffed into the PDF scan linked below. Not into the whole hunting for deals thing? The other link has everything listed out, making for easy text searching — and for guilt-free snoozing the day after Turkey Day.
Filed under: Displays, Misc. Gadgets
Sears Black Friday ad revealed, we’ll be sleeping off our tryptophan hangovers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Is there any other field of technology that promises as many revolutionary innovations as battery makers do yet delivers so few? We’ve heard of battery life being made four times, eight times, even twelve times better… and seen pretty much none of it pan out in any sort of meaningful way. Zinc-air batteries are also nothing new, but now some whizkids up in Norway have figured out how to make them rechargeable and set up an entire company, ReVolt, for their commercialization. With more than double the energy density of regular Lithium-Ion batteries, safer operation, lower cost of production, and environmentally friendlier ingredients, ReVolt’s tech sounds as sweet as anything, but we’d advise waiting for the pudding-based proof before getting excited. Plans are for small hearing aid and cellphone batteries to show up in 2010, and if all goes well there, larger cells for electric vehicles could also follow. Sure.
[Via PhysOrg]
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds, Laptops
Rechargeable zinc-air batteries promise a lot, we’ll see if they deliver in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Is there any other field of technology that promises as many revolutionary innovations as battery makers do yet delivers so few? We’ve heard of battery life being made four times, eight times, even twelve times better… and seen pretty much none of it pan out in any sort of meaningful way. Zinc-air batteries are also nothing new, but now some whizkids up in Norway have figured out how to make them rechargeable and set up an entire company, ReVolt, for their commercialization. With more than double the energy density of regular Lithium-Ion batteries, safer operation, lower cost of production, and environmentally friendlier ingredients, ReVolt’s tech sounds as sweet as anything, but we’d advise waiting for the pudding-based proof before getting excited. Plans are for small hearing aid and cellphone batteries to show up in 2010, and if all goes well there, bigger cells for electric vehicles could also follow. Sure.
[Via PhysOrg]
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds, Laptops
Rechargeable zinc-air batteries promise a lot, we’ll see if they deliver in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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 Remember that time last year when Esquire embedded an E Ink display in its front cover and everyone you know rushed out to buy one, and how the scheme saved the once-doomed print magazine market? Well, it appears that the periodical (and the industry as a whole) are again in need of a dramatic technological sales boost — this time in the form of augmented reality. When the mag hits the newsstand on November 7, readers (and their webcams) will be have a chance to scan some QR codes fiduciary markers and partake in the technology that’s been known to teach children about architecture and help jaded club kids celebration underwater — except this time the unsuspecting public can look forward to seeing Robert Downey Jr. emerge from the front cover to spew what the AP calls “half-improvised shtick on Esquire’s latest high-tech experiment for keeping print magazines relevant amid the digital onslaught.” With that kind of content — alongside a computer-animated snowstorm and a dirty joke or two from Gillian Jacobs — can anybody doubt that traditional media will soon be back on its feet?
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Esquire hopes augmented reality will trick people into reading originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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