Gadgets for the weekend auto mechanic
I’m a MINI Cooper and performance driving enthusiast and over the weekend I went to the Phil Wicks MINI Driving Academy in Orlando for a day of track driving and instruction. When I head to the track I put on a separate set of racing wheels and tires, and I was doing that this time I realized how many gadgets there are to make things easier when changing wheels. Continue reading
Laptop stolen in Goring burglary
A LAPTOP, digital camera and passport were stolen during a burglary. Continue reading
It’s Time To Make Standardized Ratings For Gadgets [Gadgets]
# gadgets Earlier today, the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed off stickers that would give car buyers standardized info on a particular model’s fuel economy and environmental impact. Continue reading
Teen’s Laptop Stolen While He Was Using It
A 13-year-old boy’s laptop computer was stolen early Saturday morning. The teen was sitting on his front porch in the 1500 block of Berryhill Street. Two other teenage boys came up and demanded he give over his computer, one of the robbers may have had a gun. Continue reading
Gadgets for the great outdoors
The ultimate gadgets to keep everything from camping to mountain climbing hassle-free Continue reading
International HD news roundup
Filed under: Misc
Here at Engadget HD, we’d prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. ‘Til next week, Ma as-salaamah!Read – Unitel Classica reveals HDTV details Read – Sun Direct launches high definition services Read – The silver bullet for MENA HDTV Read – Eutelsat Announces the Launch… Continue reading
Poll: Is the lack of Blu-ray playback keeping you from buying a Mac?
Filed under: Polls, Blu-ray, Media PCs
Alright, Steve may have called Blu-ray “a bag of hurt” but Microsoft’s Laptop Hunting mom & son duo (ad embedded after the break) looked pretty happy to see it in their new VAIO laptop. The Apple / Blu-ray rumors flying since the format launched have amounted to very little and for now it’s up to iTunes to take care of ones legit HD movie fix, so we’ve just got to know, is that enough to send you running to XP, Vista or Windows 7? Vote, then let us know why in the comments.
Former Motorola CFO alleges that company lied about financial data, Santa Claus
There have been no shortage of legal wranglings in the electronics space lately, usually between two well-entrenched corporations, but this one’s a little more interesting: a former officer taking the offensive against his former office. Paul Liska, previous head of all things financial at Motorola, is alleging that the company has been misleading investors for quite some time regarding the performance of its Mobile Devices unit, and that when he raised his concerns to the board he was given an escorted trip out the building for his troubles. Moto, on the other hand, is saying that the company’s current financial mess is all… Continue reading
Engadget HD giveaway: win a 5×1 HDMI switch and Copperhead HDMI cables!
Filed under: Announcements, Cables, Switches, Others
The recession antidote giveaways over at Engadget Classic have been a huge hit, and nothing could make us happier — except a special set of giveaways just for HD readers, of course! We’re sure AV gear is one of the first things to get trimmed from the household budget, but we want to make sure our readers aren’t totally cut off. Luckily, the good folks at Next Generation Home Products sent us a raft of HD-centric goodies. There’s still more good stuff in the bag, which brings us to round two of the giveaway… Continue reading
Moxi’s spring updates brings PlayOn, DLNA and a little home automation
Filed under: DVRs, Media streamers, Set-top boxes, Cable
In Digeo’s latest move into the consumer DVR market it is rolling out first big update since the launch only a few months ago. The list of additions is pretty nice, but our most anticipated feature, the Moxi-mate, is still just “coming soon.” Although all the new features are interesting, the most notable is the DLNA certification which allows your Moxi to play all kinds of media from your PC, including from a PlayOn server. What’s even better is that Digeo is actually throwing… Continue reading
Sprint employees now training with the Palm Pre?
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