That's right, the next episode of the Engadget Show is rapidly approaching, and if you love gaming as much as we do, you're in for a treat. For May's episode, we'll be speaking with the directors of t...

When we reviewed the 15-inch Samsung Series 9, we found very little to complain about, save for the narrow viewing angles and the fair-weather trackpad. Turns out, Samsung at least agrees with the fir...

Like dominoes, Sprint's consumer-friendly policies continue to fall one at a time. Citing "high costs," the Now Network will begin discontinuing its practice of allowing customers to upgrade their pho...

Wireless charging may be all the rage these days, but actually beaming electricity -- as sketched above by the man Tesla himself -- still has some snags. North Carolina State U researchers have found...

Gallic storage outfit LaCie is nonchalantly unveiling its 2big double-bay NAS that's purportedly capable of pumping data around your network at 100MB/s. Designed for small businesses, it'll remind any...

Your birthday! The day you feel like the most special person on the planet! The day you get to do what you want. But don't forget, other people share your birthday too. In fact, a lot of people do. Wh...

Finding love online isn't easy. The prospect of meeting Mr. or Ms. Right seems to turn everyone into porn star used car salesmen. Luckily for you, dear dater, Vice's Brian Moylan knows exactly what ev...

And you thought hitting a thermal exhaust port was tough? Try shooting a 1,000-pound satellite 4.9 billion miles across the solar system into orbit around a planet less than half the size of Earth, an...

These are Maggie and Kyle. Look at them. They are so happy. It's not surprising. When this photo was taken, Kyle had just asked Maggie to marry him. Using Pandora no less. And she said yes. True love!

When Hunter Moore shut down his notorious revenge-porn website, Is Anyone Up, and sold the domain to an anti-bullying website, the whole world was surprised. Altruism? Maybe not: The Village Voice say...

If you are looking for Piano or Rhodes-like feel for serious playing, Samson's Carbon 49 USB MIDI Controller may not be right for you. However, if you need a keyboard for some light playing or sample...

Ogmento is a gaming company dedicated to the creation of high-quality augmented reality games. Although AR games aren't that rare - the 3DS does a few quite well and there are a number available on mo...

If you've ever wanted to swing a magic wand around and make things happen (besides encouraging the cool kids to give you a swirly, that is), here's your chance. A new game on Kickstarter called Incant...

When Dish announced their new ad-skipping tech, response was fairly muted. Sure it was some cool technology - the experience is seamless in that you notice maybe the first second of a commercial and t...

Ask and ye shall receive: when I put a call out for cool hardware start-ups, little did I know that we'd be barraged by some amazing stuff. Case-in-point: the LayerNation El Tirador, a unique drinks m...

Google followed up with its closing arguments in phase two of the Oracle suit over Java, reiterating that it had no knowledge of Sun's patent portfolio Read more by Rachel King on CBS News' Tech Talk.

Apple’s speech recognition software, Siri’s latest answer might leave its creators blushing. Apparently when asked what the best smartphone ever made is, it gives a surprise answer. No, it’s not...

Politicians are always going the extra mile for their supporters, and nothing spells that out more clearly than this video, taken from the Canadian Parliaments discussion into C-11, the current attemp...

After having a long discussion on the report that Nokia accused Apple for overriding Siri’s report stating Nokia Lumia 900 is the best smartphone. Apple has fixed the bug that made Siri declare that...

The Xperia S is the first phone from the now single Sony ever since it acquired Ericsson stake in the company. You can tell from the spec sheet that Sony decided to start off with a bang and the Xperi...

Facing a mysterious safety problem with the Air Force's most-prized stealth fighter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered new flight restrictions on the F-22 and summoned help from Navy a...

Former Sen. Bill Bradley's ambitions are still as lofty as he is tall.

Claims that Skechers' fitness shoes can help shed pounds and tone muscles are sketchy at best, says the government — and they're going to cost the company millions of dollars.

Attorneys for John Edwards say they will not call the former presidential candidate or his mistress Rielle Hunter to testify at his campaign corruption trial.

A conservative group linked to President George W. Bush's former adviser Karl Rove is launching a massive ad buy across 10 battleground states accusing President Obama of broken promises when it comes...

Focal is now offering its Spirit One over-ear headphones. Built around an aluminum frame, the Spirit One features 40mm drivers, an adjustable headband, passive sound isolation, articulating ear cup jo...

Canadian broadcaster CTV has released an update to its iPad application adding support for the iPhone and iPod touch and the ability to officially stream content via AirPlay. The CTV app provides on-d...

Flipboard has released an update to its social news magazine app for iOS devices adding support for SoundCloud and a new Audio category in the Content Guide. In Flipboard 1.9 users can connect to Soun...

Apple has placed orders for screens that measure at least 4 inches diagonally for use in the next iPhone, according to a new report. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal rep...

HTC’s new One X and Evo 4G LTE handsets face an indefinite import delay at U.S. Customs due to a prior International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling in Apple’s favor. The Verge reports that both han...

Sony's tiny but powerful pocket game console has 3G, but no phone app. Skype to the rescue. [Ars]...

From the Boing Boing Flickr pool, Maia Weinstock's chart of gender in Lego minifig heads. There's an accompanying blog post, where Weinstock explains: So many of LEGO’s sets today are made in conjun...

On Sociological Images, David Pickett is tracing the history of gendering in Lego toys, from the early efforts to produce girl-sets and boy-sets before 1988, to the full-blown gendering watershed atte...

Filmmaker (and comics creator and novelist and games developer) Jim Munroe is raising money to take his outstanding science fiction feature Ghosts With Shit Jobs on tour. Here's Jim's summary: "In the...

r0r0 sez, "Ping Pong Ball Suction Construction is a pneumatic delivery system for ping pong balls as part of an art environment that's actually on display in Lille, France." In Spring/Summer 2012 both...

Olympus delivers a vintage-styled, power-packed digital OM camera for the 21st century.

Flexible displays have tickled our imaginations for years. And before the end of 2012, we'll finally see companies employing flexible displays in their products. But while the possibilities are tantal...

Some have painted Oracle's lawsuit against Google as mere opportunism -- an effort to squeeze some money out of Android, a skyrocketing mobile operating system. But as the Google-Oracle trial reaches...

As the weather warms up the new music just comes rolling in! In this episode we spotlight a trio of fantastic new songs from three of our longtime favorites.

Oracle has made an all-or-next-to-nothing bet in its ongoing court battle with Google. On Tuesday, Oracle said that if Judge William Alsup rules that the Java APIs are not subject to copyright, it wil...

When the 6th generation iPhone launches — probably some time this year — there is a good chance that it will have a larger display. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has started t...

In a world where mobile technology permeates almost every corner of our culture, there have been many attempts to create novel interaction with our devices and to add value to the experience they offe...

Two MIT students, Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver, have submitted their first project to the crowd-funding site, Kickstarter. Their promise is to produce the ultimate DIY starter kit. The MaKey MaKey is...

Google TV hasn’t exactly skyrocketed to popularity the way Android did after being introduced to the public, but maybe it’s just a matter of someone building a really good device that real...

Google’s Nexus program has always produced some of the best devices running the Android mobile operating system, but most users have not had access to these fabled handsets. The Wall Street Journal...

Ever been overwhelmed by the temptation to buy the latest shiny thing because it's got another checkbox in the features column? We call this "checkbox syndrome," or jumping at a new gadget or product...

Looking to get in shape, or get motivated to exercise and stay active more often? There are plenty of gadgets on the market that will give you feedback on how well you're doing, help you set certain f...

If you're thinking about heading outside or to the gym to get some exercise now that the weather is turning warm, you may benefit from an appliance you can wear on your wrist or in your pocket that ke...

With the weather changing, many of us are thinking about getting outside to exercise. Want to keep track of the steps you take every day, or how much activity you're getting? There's a whole market of...

On countless occasions, you've likely said to yourself "I wish I knew how to do ______." Then, of course, life got in the way and you put it off until you could find the time. Maybe you wanted to be...

  The folks over at 343 Industries seemed to have preferred to allow fans of the popular first-person-shooter franchise Halo, discover the Box Art that will be featured on the upcoming game on t...

After the successful launching of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in London earlier this month, news about the phone has spread like wildfire. The release of the device which is said to be on May 30th beginning...

Everyone loves a note-taking application and now the popular one Evernote for Android devices has received an update that brings an all-new Ice Cream Sandwich-based UI and a few new features to the ta...

We’re looking forward to celebrating Velocity’s 5th Year with you June 25-27, at the Santa Clara Convention Center. You’ll meet the smartest people working in web performance and ope...

Prior to this article, there were many rumors circulating around the internet that suggested the next-gen iPhone would be coming with a bigger screen. Now apparently, the folks over at WallStreetJourn...

By David Ponce Yes, that’s a chocolate shot. It’s made by a company called Zotter. It’s kind of like an alcohol shot that you see in bars, except with less alcohol and more chocolate...

By David Ponce Working in a bar could get a whole lot more hands-off if LayerNation’s “El Tirador” machine takes off. It’s a contraception that makes it very easy to make layer...

By David Ponce Back in 1998 the world went a little apeturd over the Furby. While Amazon was still just getting off the ground and didn’t much suffer from the craze, brick and mortar stores were...

By David Ponce Golf balls are covered in dimples simply because this gives them an aerodynamic efficiency rivalled by no other surface texture. And now Nike has unveiled a running suit based off the s...

By David Ponce Nikola Tesla was a genius. Any geek worth his salt knows this. He was also certifiably insane, which is probably why he was denied credit for much of his inventions. But most of you hav...

Sure you love your dog , but having him watch you sit on the sofa doesn't constitute playtime.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google could be brewing a new strategy for its Android mobile operating system.

Just a week after Bing underwent a major update which included the availability of a social sidebar feature, Microsoft is now releasing the new Bing in the U.S. Beginning today, people in the U.S. can...

If you're like me, sometimes you purchase a product that looks great in theory, but is often more trouble than it's worth.

According to The Verge, imports of the HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE have been delayed at the U.S. Customs for an investigation involving a previous patent infringement with Apple.

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