Live coverage of Google's Android Gphone mobile OS announcement

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updated Tue October 30, 2007

40GB PS3 features 65nm chips, lower power consumption

It's been revealed that the new 40GB PlayStation 3 features more than just a cut down hard disk drive. Sony has also thought to stick the 65nm version of the Cell inside the new console, reducing the power usag...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Sears ad shows off two new DS Lite models

Well, it looks like those that have yet to take the plunge on a DS Lite will soon have two more models competing for their attention, as evidenced by this Sears "Black Friday" ad that recently turned up online...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Harman Kardon intros three new Guide + Play GPS units

Harman Kardon is still relatively new to the GPS game, but it looks to be increasing its presence in a fairly big way today, introducing three new units in its "Guide + Play" series. Those include the low-en...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Sony's 40GB PS3 arrives in retail store stockrooms

Absolutely no surprises here folks, but we've managed to attain a few photos of the box of the new 40GB PlayStation 3 due to officially launch on November 2nd. These shots come from the storeroom of an unnamed...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Guitar Hero III's wireless guitar battery pack costs you more moolah

For all the innovation that the "new-gen" of consoles have brought us, there's one thing that will apparently never change: ridiculously over-priced accessories. Giving the wireless Guitar Hero III controller ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Toshiba A2 HD DVD Player for $200 at Circuit City

When they say "competition's good," they obviously meant "competition means cheap HD DVD players": Wal-Mart's $198 Toshiba HD-A2 has been copied by Circuit City, which is now selling the same player for $197.9...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Leopard vs. Vista: feature chart showdown

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Engadget_Leopard_vs_Vista_feature_chart_showdown'; There no doubt, Vista and Leopard are both extremely advanced, feature rich consumer operating systems. But way back in Janu...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Mercedes museum hosts most powerful artificial tornado

How better to get visitors to your museum than to create a massive man-made tornado in the middle of the building? Clearly, our cynical suggestion is not the motivation behind the creation of Mercedes-Benz's a...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Leopard hacked for Intel PC consumption

We've come to expect our Apple-related hacks early and user friendly these days, but we've still got mad respect for the folks at OSx86 Scene who've managed to get Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard up and running on Intel...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Terabyte nanotech thumb drives around the corner?

Wired has a write-up of a new storage technology developed at Arizona State University that could produce flash thumb drives capable of storing terabytes of data in the near future, that also happens to be chea...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Vero ENB-100 Bluetooth kit offers solar-powered hands-free calling

Those that make a habit of chatting it up all day in their vehicle may want to consider Elan's new Vero ENB-100 device, which the company claims is the "world's first" solar-powered Bluetooth hands-free car ki...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Intel's Nehalem roadmap gets outed

Just a day after hearing that Intel was firing up its new Arizona-based facility in order to crank out heaps of 45-nanometer Penryn chips, along comes more news on the next best thing. Granted, Intel already ga...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Neonode N2 makes its FCC debut

It's been out in Europe for a good few months already, but the Neonode N2 has now finally landed into the FCC's all-important hands, which would seem to suggest that a US release isn't all that far off. From t...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Sprint Nextel agrees to start unlocking phones

An under-the-radar class action lawsuit against Sprint Nextel is winding its way towards a settlement this week, and it contains a pretty huge concession by Sprint: the company will unlock phones for both curre...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

All about Leopard: gallery, apps, impressions

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Engadget_All_about_Leopard_gallery_apps_impressions'; We've been poring over Leopard since getting our copy, and no doubt about it, there's just way too much to say. The...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Ask Engadget: What's the best gadgetry South Korea has to offer?

Last week's question about HDTV opinions was a bit loaded, so we're going to take it down a notch for this week's Ask Engadget. Of course, there's always room for controversy next week, so be sure to send in yo...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Leopard: will it blend?

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Kinwei KW-P4 PMP: no buttons, no labels

We've seen some dramatically pared down interfaces on portable media devices before, but this PMP from China's Kinwei takes minimalism to a whole new level. In a sharp departure from the usual DIGITAL SOUND PR...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Apple refusing to accept cash for iPhone, limits 'em to two per person

Coincidence or not, Apple has stiffened up the requirements to pick up a new iPhone shortly after announcing that 250,000 or so of the 1.4 million it sold in Q4 went to unlockers. In an admittedly intriguing mo...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

XROAD V4050 GPS coming stateside

The cool kids might cruise in their cars on Friday nights, but you know we kick it old-school and troll the FCC database for hot new gadgets -- which is how this Capoint XROAD V4050 GPS turned up in our sights...