How to Reset the Windows 8.x Start Screen to the Default Tiles
If you are using Windows 8.x for any amount of time, you will quickly get to the point where your Start Screen becomes a giant mess of nonsense tiles. Want to reset them to default? It’s easy! Just...
View ArticleZTE comes to CES with voice-savvy Grand S II smartphone, fitness-ready BlueWatch
ZTE clearly wants to make its presence felt at CES this year; it’s coming to the show with no less than seven devices. The Grand S II headlines the pack as the company’s first smartphone with...
View ArticlePolaroid debuting $1,000 4K TV at CES
Polaroid’s been struggling with a bit of an identity crisis since the halcyon days of instant photography. Did you know, for example, that the company’s been putting its name on TVs? Polaroid’s...
View ArticleThe Engadget Podcast is live today at 3:30PM ET!
Hercules may be bearing down on the Northeast as we speak, but we’ve never let something as small as a giant snow storm derail the machine that is the Engadget Podcast. CES on the other hand, is...
View ArticleLenovo launches the Vibe Z, its first LTE phone, plus three other handsets
Sometimes Lenovo is ahead of the curve: It was first to market with Intel’s mobile chips for two years in a row. When it comes to LTE, though, the company has been sadly trailing; it’s only just...
View ArticleNTFS or FAT32: Choosing the Best File System for an Internal SSD Data Partition
When it comes to taking care of your SSD and valuable data, would it be better to use NTFS or FAT32 for the file system on an internal data partition? Today’s post looks at the ‘pros and cons’ of...
View ArticleCBS plans to stream its NFL playoff coverage online starting this weekend
CBS is giving football fans that won’t be six hot wings deep and glued to a couch this Sunday a few more ways to catch its AFC coverage of the NFL playoffs. Starting January 5th, the broadcaster’s...
View ArticleBuild 3D printable castles and pirate ships one cube at a time with Blokify
Alright, this is pretty neat. We suspect the responsible parties won’t be mentioning the likes of Lego and Minecraft in its press material, so we’ll have to do it in this post. The conceit here is...
View ArticleSurface Pro 2 tablet gets a quiet speed bump to 1.9GHz
Sometimes, it pays to avoid the bleeding edge of technology. Microsoft has confirmed to The Verge that newer Surface Pro 2 tablets are shipping with a faster 1.9GHz Core i5 inside instead of the...
View ArticleDaily Roundup: Samsung Galaxy Camera 2, LG WebOS TV, ZTE BlueWatch and more!
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 ArticleIntel CEO hints at wearable plans for CES
Want to see what Intel will do next with its extra-tiny Quark processors? You won’t have to wait long. CEO Brian Krzanich tells Recode that his company is launching a full-scale assault on the...
View ArticleSnapchat acknowledges hack, updated app coming that lets users opt-out of...
After a quiet couple of days, the Snapchat team has acknowledged a leak in which information for 4.6 million of its users hit the internet. SnapchatDB! posted partially-obscured phone numbers and...
View ArticleSensoria is bringing fitness tracking to socks March 15th
Happy 2014! If you had any doubt that the future was here, just check out these socks. It’s hard to imagine we’ve lived through a time in which undergarments with sensors weren’t the norm, isn’t it?...
View ArticleHow to Behave in Court
Have an upcoming court case? Unsure how to dress and conduct yourself in front of the judge or jury? This article will help you feel prepared and confident before the court. Edit Steps Part 1:...
View ArticleHyundai’s 2015 Genesis will let you lock the doors through Google Glass
Tired of reaching into your pocket just to lock your car’s doors? You won’t have to when Hyundai rolls out the 2015 Genesis sedan next year. The automaker plans to launch a Blue Link app for Google...
View ArticleYouTube to show off lower-bandwidth 4K streaming at CES
For ultra-HD to truly take off, there needs to be a wealth of native content available — not just displays — and according to a GigaOM report, that could happen sooner than expected. Next week at CES,...
View ArticlePolaroid’s Q-series Android tablets offer a taste of KitKat starting at $129
Polaroid isn’t known as a technology vanguard, but it’s showing a little forward thinking today with the launch of three budget tablets. The 7-inch Q7 (pictured below), 8-inch Q8 (above) and 10.1-inch...
View ArticleCrowdfunded Veronica Mars movie shows off its first trailer, hits theaters...
Remember the crazy year that was 2013? Among the many things we recall, expansion of the crowdfunding phenomenon is definitely one and the Kickstarter that revived Veronica Mars was a special...
View ArticleLG G Flex for AT&T, T-Mobile shows up in pictures
Just in case you haven’t seen enough of LG’s limber 6-inch G Flex smartphone, the bowed wonder has appeared in press shots posted by @evleaks. The pictures aren’t shocking for a phone we’ve already...
View ArticleBest of 2013: Edit Wars Reveal The 10 Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia
Wikipedia, the encyclopaedia that anybody can edit, is one of the more extraordinary collective efforts of the crowd. Wikipedia’s own estimate is that it has some 77,000 contributors working on more...
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