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We already knew about Samsung's grand plans for expanding its display production in 2011, but now we also have a number to give us a sense of scale: 30 million. That's how many screens the new Mobile Display fab (set to go live in July) will be able to churn out in a month, a vastly superior rate than the current 3 million maximum. Lee Woo-Jong, the display business' marketing VP, tells us its estimates for AMOLED market demand have been revised upwards to 700 million units in 2015, with the ne...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/keepin-it-real-fake-n-kia-e68-shows-what-an-innovative-nokia-ha/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/keepin-it-real-fake-n-kia-e68-shows-what-an-innovative-nokia-ha/ 8 September 2010, 3:09 am
Yo Nokia, you can keep your E5 and its HD Voice fanciness, we want ourselves an N-KIA E68. Why, we hear the enraged Nokia acolyte ask, why would we defile Nokia's good name in such a manner? Mostly because this phone has one of the most fun and ingenious slider mechanisms we've seen yet. So what if we've got no idea what wannabe OS it's running and so what if it'll most likely fall apart on us a month into owning it? We still want one, dammit! Video after the break. [Thanks, Derrty]Continue re...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/xbox-360-250gb-plus-kinect-bundle-priced-at-399-in-us-300-in/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/xbox-360-250gb-plus-kinect-bundle-priced-at-399-in-us-300-in/ 8 September 2010, 2:27 am
Microsoft has chosen the small hours of the night to announce pricing of its second Kinect bundle, which is set for launch along with the standalone and 4GB options on November 4 in the USA and November 10 across Europe. The new package throws in the 250GB slim version of the Xbox 360 to accompany the newfangled motion tracker and a copy of the utterly unmissable Kinect Adventures! (it has its own punctuation, it must be good). Pricing is a bit on the painful side, with Kotaku reporting a $399 ...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/nokia-n8-for-sale-online-last-week-of-september-uk-shops-octobe/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/nokia-n8-for-sale-online-last-week-of-september-uk-shops-octobe/ 8 September 2010, 1:56 am
At last, an official date for Nokia's N8 flagship Symbian^3 handset. This one's been a long time coming, featuring the first of two major Symbian updates meant to bring Nokia's smartphone division in line with the competition. Look for it in the "last week of September" at Nokia's on-line shops for £429 SIM free, or free with £35 per month contract. Otherwise, it'll hit the UK high street shops on October 1st. See the full announcement after the break.Continue reading Nokia N8 off...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/mophies-80-juice-pack-air-ships-to-power-hungry-iphone-4-owner/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/mophies-80-juice-pack-air-ships-to-power-hungry-iphone-4-owner/ 8 September 2010, 1:29 am
My, how far we've come. Believe it or not, Mophie's Juice Pack pack is in its seventh generation of product development, with the latest 'Air' supporting Apple's polarizing iPhone 4. For those unaware, these cases nearly double the battery life of the phone they're wrapped around, and better still, it acts as protection against drops and dropped calls. Fancy that! This little guy is said to provide up to six extra hours of 3G talk time, 36 hours of bonus audio playback or nine hours of video pla...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/verizon-sweetens-samsung-fascinate-deal-with-buy-one-get-one-fre/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/verizon-sweetens-samsung-fascinate-deal-with-buy-one-get-one-fre/ 8 September 2010, 12:31 am
Yes, that fateful day is upon us, the Samsung Fascinate has made its debut on Verizon's online store pages, and it's arrived with a quite unusual (for a top tier handset) sweetener. When buying one Fascinate, you're given the option to obtain a second one for free. Well, the hardware would be free, you'd need two-year commitments on both phones with a minimum monthly data plan of $29.99 a piece, but it's still the nicest thing Verizon's done for us since it started throwing out free Pixi Pluses...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/indias-35-android-tablet-reportedly-on-track-for-january-launc/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/indias-35-android-tablet-reportedly-on-track-for-january-launc/ 7 September 2010, 11:57 pm
It seemed like a bit of a stretch from the beginning, but it looks like India's $35 Android tablet is intent on proving the skeptics wrong -- the Indian government has just announced that it's awarded the manufacturing contract to HCL Technologies (makers of the once world's cheapest laptop), and that the first batch of tablets are slated to be available by January 10th. That initial run will reportedly only include the 7-inch model that we've been seeing all along, but there's also apparently ...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/genius-ring-mouse-slips-around-your-finger-cues-up-beyonce-jams/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/genius-ring-mouse-slips-around-your-finger-cues-up-beyonce-jams/ 7 September 2010, 11:02 pm
Genius quietly introduced the Ring Mouse back at Computex, but little was said about the curious critter up until last week. Our pals over at Engadget Spanish managed some alone time with the device at IFA, and while we can't imagine any long-term mouse user being able to grasp this (mentally, not physically) without first overcoming a steep learning curve, those more accustomed to cellphone optical pads may be in good shape. Put simply, the ring has an optical trackpad ("Opto Touch Wheel") and...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/nikon-coolpix-p7000-brings-manual-heat-to-the-prosumer-level/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/nikon-coolpix-p7000-brings-manual-heat-to-the-prosumer-level/ 7 September 2010, 10:01 pm
Well well -- what's this? Look like all those rumors about Nikon licking its wounds and gunning hard for the high-end compact camera market were true: this hot little piece is the new Coolpix P7000, Nikon's answer to the Canon G11. Like we'd heard, it actually drops the megapixel count from the P6000, with a 10.1 megapixel CCD sensor that can hit ISO 6400 sensitivity natively and 12,800 when boosted behind a f/2.8-5.6 7.1x VR zoom lens and a three-inch 921,000-dot LCD display. It also has full ...]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/nikon-coolpix-s8100-gets-1080p-video-s80-sprouts-an-oled-touchs/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/nikon-coolpix-s8100-gets-1080p-video-s80-sprouts-an-oled-touchs/ 7 September 2010, 10:01 pm
In addition to the intriguing new Coolpix P7000, Nikon also announced the Coolpix S8100 (pictured above) and S80 tonight -- sure, they're not the dramatic new models, but they're certainly respectable updates to the S8000 and S70. The S8100 actually learned one trick from the P7000: it's dropped the megapixel count to 12.1 from the S8000's 14.2 in order to improve light sensitivity -- it can now hit ISO 3200 natively, which isn't bad for a tiny cam with a 10x zoom. It's also got a new 1080p mov...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/qCVPjLdKiso/only-600-of-amazons-millions-of-products-come-in-frustration+free-packaging http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/qCVPjLdKiso/only-600-of-amazons-millions-of-products-come-in-frustration+free-packaging 8 September 2010, 5:00 am
We're no stranger to the excessive packaging online retailers often use when shipping products out, but the NY Times' article on how Amazon, Philips and others are improving their ways is a reassuring read—kind of. [NY Times] More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/02HjqOcfxdo/htcs-g2-will-have-quick-keys-for-accessing-google-shortcuts http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/02HjqOcfxdo/htcs-g2-will-have-quick-keys-for-accessing-google-shortcuts 8 September 2010, 4:32 am
Whatever you want to call HTC's upcoming QWERTY Android slider, the keypad has a couple of new additions we've not seen before: Quick Keys. They're reportedly for Google shortcuts, which each user can customize themselves. More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/MSrGQaqF6AU/five-takes-each-on-apples-ipod-touch-ipod-nano-and-ipod-shuffle http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/MSrGQaqF6AU/five-takes-each-on-apples-ipod-touch-ipod-nano-and-ipod-shuffle 8 September 2010, 3:40 am
With the latest iPods shipping this week, you'll be wanting to know whether an upgrade is necessary—or whether to take the plunge into the wild world of iPoddery. So far, this is what the reviews are saying: More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/_ZMFbik1t8g/the-great-atomic-bomb-cake-controversy-of-1946 http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/_ZMFbik1t8g/the-great-atomic-bomb-cake-controversy-of-1946 8 September 2010, 3:00 am
In 1946, a mushroom cloud-shaped cake was served at a Washington D.C. military party celebrating the task force that oversaw atomic tests in the Pacific post-World War II. The photo of this garish pastry caused a bizarre international fracas. More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/alRke4oGdw8/new-xbox-360-bundle-includes-kinect-250gb-hard-drive http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/alRke4oGdw8/new-xbox-360-bundle-includes-kinect-250gb-hard-drive 8 September 2010, 2:02 am
Microsoft has tonight officially revealed a new Xbox 360 hardware bundle, almost a month to the day it was inadvertently leaked via some packaging shots. More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/gk8bP0lnnK4/nokia-n8-on-sale-this-month-at-their-online-store http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/gk8bP0lnnK4/nokia-n8-on-sale-this-month-at-their-online-store 8 September 2010, 1:53 am
There's been much contention over the release date of Nokia's coming flagship phone, however the company has just stated the N8 will be available (in the UK, at least) for £429 SIM-free in the last week of this month, at their online store. From the 1st of October, Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone will be selling it too. More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/vjxvE7feYyQ/man-replaces-ex+girlfriend-with-silicone-clone http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/vjxvE7feYyQ/man-replaces-ex+girlfriend-with-silicone-clone 7 September 2010, 11:20 pm
Some men buy sophisticated, ultra-realistic sex dolls choosing face models, body types, bust sizes, and even adding sensors that make them moan. This is the first time, however, that I've heard of a man cloning his ex-girlfriend in silicone. More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/rR-XxT0isCc/safety-plug-concept-keeps-away-curious-kiddies-fingers http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/rR-XxT0isCc/safety-plug-concept-keeps-away-curious-kiddies-fingers 7 September 2010, 10:40 pm
Childproofing is a pretty good idea for most new families. Children (and probably some adults) like to stick things in places they shouldn't go. This safety plug concept should eliminate that (for outlets at least). [Yanko Design] More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/hBmo3E77R88/nikons-top-point+and+shoot-just-got-pro+worthy http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/hBmo3E77R88/nikons-top-point+and+shoot-just-got-pro+worthy 7 September 2010, 10:01 pm
Oh, I've been waiting for this little camera for a long time: A pro-worthy Nikon point-and-shoot. After the bizarre melange of features in Nikon's last flagship camera—uh, ethernet jack?—the P7000 is nakedly all about performance. More » ...]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/V1OBXcaCp3U/nikon-coolpix-s8100-a-1080p-10x-zoom-point+and+shoot-that-actually-fits-in-your-pocket http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/V1OBXcaCp3U/nikon-coolpix-s8100-a-1080p-10x-zoom-point+and+shoot-that-actually-fits-in-your-pocket 7 September 2010, 10:01 pm
Any point-and-shoot can fit in your bag, but not every point-and-shoot can fit in your pants. The super-slim Nikon S8100, however, doesn't sacrifice power for pocketability: it shoots 1080p video; and has 10x optical zoom and 10fps full-res high-speed shooting. More » ...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/krEyPKTAiZ0/fiber-lives-on-how-broadband-decided-australias-election.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/krEyPKTAiZ0/fiber-lives-on-how-broadband-decided-australias-election.ars 7 September 2010, 10:15 pm
Australia's plan to run fiber-optic cable to 93 percent of the country's homes and provide minimum 100Mbps speeds (the rest of the country will get 12Mbps, delivered by wireless and next-generation satellite) was always ambitious, but even its most enthusiastic backers never expected that a national broadband plan would actually determine the country's next prime minister. But that's exactly what just happened. Australia has broken a two-and-a-half week deadlock resulti...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/rI_HGZmegbs/premier-chat-006-kyle-wiens-ifixit.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/rI_HGZmegbs/premier-chat-006-kyle-wiens-ifixit.ars 7 September 2010, 8:12 pm
Announcing another in our series of subscriber-only features: a live, moderated webchat with Kyle Wiens. Kyle is the cofounder of the extremely popular gadget repair site iFixit. iFixit started out providing tear-down guides, tools, and replacement parts for Apple products, but has since branched out to all manner of gadgets, from phones to video game consoles (read our profile of the company). iFixit's primary mission is to make the world a c...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/oNexzTJQLGI/calling-all-developers-fcc-releases-apis-for-key-databases.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/oNexzTJQLGI/calling-all-developers-fcc-releases-apis-for-key-databases.ars 7 September 2010, 7:55 pm
Perhaps you've been burning to build an online feature around some interesting government data source; if so, the Federal Communications Commission just made the task simpler. The agency has released the Application Programming Interface (API) specs for four of its big repositories of information: its consumer broadband test, broadband provider database, license owner storehouse, and latitude/longitude to county converter. "We want the FCC's Web presence to be larger tha...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/wDnBnJlf2kI/microsoft-investigates-public-ie-css-xss-flaw-twitter-hotmail-vulnerable.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/wDnBnJlf2kI/microsoft-investigates-public-ie-css-xss-flaw-twitter-hotmail-vulnerable.ars 7 September 2010, 7:10 pm
Late last week, a security flaw in Internet Explorer 8 was publicly disclosed to the Full Disclosure mailing list. The flaw allows attackers to steal private information from online services such as web mail and Twitter, allowing attackers to, for example, delete e-mails or send tweets from their victims' accounts. The post was made by Google employee Chris Evans. He stated that the reason for going public was to try to persuade Microsoft to fix the problem—the new ...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/Mmd9KqzfjGI/the-death-and-rebirth-of-duke-nukem-forever-a-history.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/Mmd9KqzfjGI/the-death-and-rebirth-of-duke-nukem-forever-a-history.ars 7 September 2010, 6:35 pm
Duke Nukem Forever was announced in 1997, after its predecessor, Duke Nukem 3D, had rocked the PC market with a hero who liked kicking ass, hanging out with strippers, and murdering alien police officers that were, literally, pigs. It was inappropriate, raunchy, and amazing. It was also one of the games that gave 3D Realms the success that brought its destruction. Duke Nukem Forever began life as a completely self-funded game; its developer wanted nothing less than perf...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/XswEmc-gnR8/aclu-sues-over-warrantless-border-laptop-searches.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/XswEmc-gnR8/aclu-sues-over-warrantless-border-laptop-searches.ars 7 September 2010, 4:30 pm
An Obama administration policy allowing US border officials to seize and search laptops, smart phones and other electronic devices for any reason was challenged as unconstitutional in federal court Tuesday. Citing the government's own figures, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers claim about 6,500 persons had their electronic devices searched along the U.S. border since October 2008. In one instance, according to the l...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/nN8DzzODRqE/google-invites-yahoo-users-to-log-into-services-via-openid.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/nN8DzzODRqE/google-invites-yahoo-users-to-log-into-services-via-openid.ars 7 September 2010, 3:49 pm
Yahoo users can now use their Yahoo logins to sign up for Google services thanks to OpenID, with other providers coming soon. Google announced Tuesday that it was implementing the OpenID standard for its login process in hopes of making things easier for Internet users who have too many logins to keep track of, though whether users will actually use it remains to be seen. For those who aren't already familiar, OpenID is a (somewhat slow-moving) movement aimed at establis...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/wE2jJUifglk/building-a-self-healing-solar-cell-with-proteins.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/wE2jJUifglk/building-a-self-healing-solar-cell-with-proteins.ars 7 September 2010, 1:55 pm
Photovoltaic cells are becoming cheaper and more efficient each year, but there are still some questions regarding their long-term sustainability. Most technologies involve the use of elements that may be limited in supply, toxic, expensive, and difficult to recycle, which may ultimately limit our ability to produce them on the sorts of scales that a wholly renewable energy economy would require. One possible alternative to the traditional hardware is the use of ...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/rieY0eemuyY/report-acta-secrecy-is-all-the-united-states-fault.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/rieY0eemuyY/report-acta-secrecy-is-all-the-united-states-fault.ars 7 September 2010, 1:18 pm
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) got a bit more transparent this year, as negotiators held a few meetings with civil society types and released one official draft text some months ago. But this wouldn't be ACTA without secret meetings and unreleased draft texts, would it? This isn't a serious problem for those who want to read the draft texts after each negotiating session; leaks have become routine, which made this week's leak (PDF) of the most recent dra...]]> http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/4BgDHuzlAl4/major-file-sharing-bust-in-europe-targets-p2p-admins.ars http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/4BgDHuzlAl4/major-file-sharing-bust-in-europe-targets-p2p-admins.ars 7 September 2010, 10:52 am
Sweden's Frederick Ingblad is a specialized intellectual property prosecutor, and this morning he made a very specialized announcement: at the request of Belgian authorities, Ingbland and Swedish police had just made a series of coordinated raids on ISPs and universities. Their target: "The Scene." For two years, Belgium has been looking into the online operations that obtain, crack, and distribute software, games, and media, operations collectively referred to as The Sce...]]>