Wacom Cintiq Companion Hybrid review: a pen display that doubles as an...
After months of rumblings about a standalone slate, Wacom finally unveiled not one, but two tablets back in September. On paper, the Cintiq Companion may be the more compelling mobile workstation,...
View ArticleAmazon brings Instant Video to Japan, offers over 26,000 movies and TV shows
Folks in the Land of the Rising Sun will be pleased to know that there’s now another option where they can rent or buy movies and TV shows. Today, Amazon announced the arrival of its Instant Video...
View ArticleHow to Help Save the Environment
Want to help save the environment? Taking steps to conserve and reuse is easier than you might think. Here’s how to get started. Edit Steps Saving Energy Switch off anything that uses electricity. If...
View ArticleEngadget HD Podcast 376 – 11.27.13
http://www.engadget.com/podcasts/EngadgetHD_Podcast_376.mp3 The Xbox One has finally arrived at chez Lawler, so Richard and Ben gets things headed in Microsoft’s direction right off the bat. As with...
View ArticleGoogle’s setup app makes bulk Play for Education tablet activations a breeze
Google is looking to make the task for schools looking to cash in on Google Play for Education a bit easier with a bit of mobile software. The Google Edu Device Setup app (for Android, natch) allows...
View ArticleOCZ declares bankruptcy, may sell its assets to Toshiba
OCZ dropped off the radar shortly into 2013 as it struggled to correct dodgy accounting and stem ongoing losses. Unfortunately, it couldn’t turn things around quickly enough — the one-time legend in...
View ArticleHTC outs Desire 701 and 500 handsets in Taiwan, sets sights on the mid-range...
As if that recently announced trio of Desire smartphones wasn’t enough, HTC today introduced a couple more, this time in Taiwan. Meet the Desire 700 and Desire 501, both aimed at the mid-range market...
View ArticleBenford’s Law And The Art of Succeeding in Multiple Choice Tests
Back in the 1930s, the American physicist Frank Benford discovered that the first digit in certain lists of numbers was much more likely to be a 1 than a 9. He tested this idea on a variety of...
View ArticleAT&T’s Galaxy S 4 starts receiving Android 4.3 (again), Galaxy Gear gets...
Earlier this month, AT&T began rolling out Android 4.3 to its variant of the Galaxy S 4, only to have it pulled in order to focus on “potential improvements.” Here’s the good news: the Rethink...
View ArticleCyanogenMod Installer pulled from Google Play, lives on via sideloading
The CyanogenMod team made switching from your phone’s original Android setup to its own flavor of the OS much easier with paired mobile and desktop installer apps, but now there’s one extra step. In a...
View ArticleGoogle Play Store now highlights Chromecast-friendly Android apps
Google has lately taken to highlighting tablet-native Android apps; it only makes sense that the company would devote the same kind of love to Chromecast owners. Accordingly, the search firm has just...
View ArticleEngadget’s Black Friday 2013 roundup
Don’t think that the Black Friday shopping rush this year is all about the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. We’ve rounded up a smorgasbord of Thanksgiving week deals that should appeal to tech-savvy...
View ArticleDaily Roundup: Lumia 525, FuelBand SE review, Engadget’s 2013 tablet gift...
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...
View ArticleGerman court says Wikimedia is liable for article contents after they’re...
The Wikimedia Foundation positions Wikipedia as a hub for unfettered knowledge, but it’s now obligated to police that content in the wake of a newly published German ruling. Stuttgart’s Higher...
View ArticleHow to Bake a Sweet Potato Pie
Have you grown tired of the traditional pumpkin pie? Why not bake a sweet potato pie instead? This recipe will show you how to make a simple pie crust and filling for sweet potato pie. Your family...
View ArticleMLB releases Franchise MVP for Android, lets you live your baseball fantasies
The World Series is over, and it’s a long three months before Spring Training begins. What’s a baseball fan to do until then? Well, if you’re an Android user, you could pick up Franchise MVP, a new...
View ArticleCall-Log App Aims to Reverse-Engineer NSA Surveillance
In an attempt to discover what the NSA can learn about people from the data it harvests from telecommunications companies, researchers at Stanford have set out to compile their own massive database of...
View ArticleCompany Makes CO2 Into Liquid Fuel, with Help from a Volcano
Heat treatment: The Svartsengi geothermal power plant looms above the light blue waters of a nearby health spa. When a geothermal power plant started spewing hot water into the barren, volcanic...
View ArticleFacebook tests ‘save-for-later’ feature for the second time, makes it better...
Beware, Pocket and Instapaper: the folks at Facebook HQ are testing a feature that encroaches upon your “save-for-later” territory. This new function currently appears for some mobile users as an...
View ArticleFaulty connectors push Retron 5 game console into early 2014 launch
Everyone who wants to snag Hyperkin’s Retron 5 this holiday season may want to look elsewhere for now, because the retro gaming console won’t arrive in time for Santa’s visit. Unfortunately, Hyperkin...
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