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Ask Engadget: Best sub-$100 camera/laptop bag?
February 5, 2012 No Comment

Ask Engadget: Best sub-$100 camera/laptop bag?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Joseph (he's from Atlanta) who needs a camera bag for his semi-professional photography enterprise. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ...

Roland's iModela 3D milling machine: it's a crafty tool
February 5, 2012 No Comment

Roland’s iModela 3D milling machine: it’s a crafty tool

3D printing . Sure, that's pretty neat, but there are other ways to make three dimensional objects at home. Roland's new iModela, for example, is an "affordable" ($899) digital hobby mill that can carve 3D shapes, jewelry, textures and prototypes out of balsa wood, foam, modelling wax and plastics. Projects definitely need to be more on the petite side, ...

Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite users contemplate running with Lion (update)
February 4, 2012 No Comment

Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite users contemplate running with Lion (update)

Normally updates are meant to better your OS, delivering necessary tweaks and performance improvements. But this latest batch out of Cupertino's managed to do just the opposite for users running the Lion 10.7.3 package , as it's caused many applications to force crash and bewildered users to restore Time Machine backups. Well, now the hordes clinging to Snow Leopard ...

An Arab Spring For IT
February 4, 2012 No Comment

An Arab Spring For IT

Editor’s note: Alan S. Cohen is Vice President of Marketing at Nicira . A 20-year IT veteran, Alan has held executive positions at Cisco, Airespace, Tahoe Networks, IBM, US WEST, Coopers & Lybrand, and the Department of Energy. Change in the air. It’s palpable. ...

The Engadget Interview: the EFF's Mitch Stoltz talks the legality of jailbreaking
February 4, 2012 No Comment

The Engadget Interview: the EFF’s Mitch Stoltz talks the legality of jailbreaking

The work of a non-profit advocacy group is never done. It seems like just yesterday that the Electronic Frontier Foundation was waging a battle to put jailbreaking rights into the hands of consumers, much to the chagrin of manufacturers intent on maintaining control over their devices after they leave store shelves. With the looming expiration of an exemption to ...

Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' Blu-ray 3D set for release February 28th -- 3D haters beware
February 4, 2012 No Comment

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ Blu-ray 3D set for release February 28th — 3D haters beware

Considering that Hugo was a flick capable of earning 4 out of 4 stars from noted 3D hater Roger Ebert , it will be interesting to see how it's received upon its home release February 28th. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and currently rocking a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes , the fantasy tale of a boy who ...

Fujitsu announces Stylistic Android tablet for taking care of business, working overtime
February 4, 2012 No Comment

Fujitsu announces Stylistic Android tablet for taking care of business, working overtime

The BlackBerry PlayBook blues got you down? Fujitsu thinks you should consider riding the Android train to work. The company today announced the awkwardly named Stylistic M350/CA2 Android tablet, a seven-inch enterprise-focused slate aimed at folks looking for a sales terminal, catalog displayer or e-reader. The Stylistic has a WSVGA display and a battery that should give you around ...

Apple TV gets into video discovery, adds movie and TV show Genius Recommendations
February 4, 2012 No Comment

Apple TV gets into video discovery, adds movie and TV show Genius Recommendations

Apple added a new wrinkle to its hobby overnight, as AppleInsider reports the Genius recommendation feature added in iTunes 8 now offers up suggestions for movies and TV shows. The new Apple TV feature appears to have been switched on from the back end servers with no firmware update, displaying the new Genius option under Movies and TV Netflix-style ...

Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy
February 4, 2012 No Comment

Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy

Recent weeks have seen a swell of interest in corporate responsibility, particularly with regard to technology manufacturing and supply chains. Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook affirmed his company's commitment to ethically and environmentally sound practices , evoking sentiments that were echoed today in a similar announcement from Nokia. Seizing the opportunity to establish some goodwill among socially conscious ...

Google TV 3.2 update enhances HLS video streaming support, Plex update takes advantage
February 4, 2012 No Comment

Google TV 3.2 update enhances HLS video streaming support, Plex update takes advantage

The Google TV update that rolled out to Sony units earlier this week (no word on the Revue, yet) brought tweaks to Chrome and support for Blu-ray 3D playback on the player, but that's not all. The bump to Android 3.2 also improved hooks for developers to access channel listings in their apps, enabled hardware acceleration and last but ...