Toshiba's TG01 made us quick fans of the 1GH Snapdragon processor. Now we hear that Qualcomm will have its 1.3GHz QSD8650A chipset on the market for sampling before the end of 2009 -- that means new smartphone and smartbooks (get used to it netbook fans) in 2010 running 30% faster while using 30% less power (and just 10 milliwatts in standby) thanks to the use of reduced 45-nm manufacturing processes. The new chipset supports multi-mode UMTS and CDMA 3G connectivity in the same 15 x 15-mm package as well as featuring enhanced 2D acceleration and 3D graphics core, integrated GPS, high-def video recording and playback, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, and support for WXGA (1280x800 pixels) displays pumping out your choice of MediaFLO, DVBH, or ISDB-T digital mobile television. The new chipset makes for a snug fit right in between the existing 1GHz QSD8x50 chipset and Qualcomm's dual-CPU 45-nm QSD8672 chipset running up to 1.5 GHz. After seeing the TG01 in action, you'd better believe that we'll be hunting down all the Snapdragon devices we can find at Computex this week. Filed under: Handhelds , Laptops Qualcomm's 1.3GHz QSD8650A Snapdragon chipset is 30% stronger, uses 30% less power originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments [...more]
Someone doesn't look too happy! Bruno aka Sasha Baron Cohen presented an award at tonight's MTV Movie Awards and did a little something to piss of Eminem, an event that started with Bruno landing crotch-first in Eminem's face and Eminem walking out of the venue.?Watch it for yourself. Staged or real? We're not sure. Share your thoughts below.? ? [...more]
Here are the winners from tonight's MTV Movie Awards: Villain: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight." Female Breakthrough Performance: Ashley Tisdale, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." Fight: Robert Pattinson and Cam Gigandet, "Twilight." Male Breakthrough Performance: Robert Pattinson, "Twilight." Kiss: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, "Twilight." Male Performance: Zac Efron, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." WTF Moment: Amy Poehler, "Baby Mama." Song from a Movie: "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie." Female Performance: Kristen Stewart, "Twilight." Comedic Performance: Jim Carrey, "Yes Man." Movie: "Twilight." MTV Generation Award: Ben Stiller. [...more]
Clearly, vaccinations are so three years ago. As the race continues to find the best, most mobile internal transportation device for delivering drugs to remote places within the body, Peer Fischer of The Rowland Institute at Harvard University has teamed with colleague Ambarish Ghosh to concoct the wild creation you see to the right. The glass-derived nanopropeller was designed to move in a corkscrew motion in order to plow through syrupy, viscous liquids within the human frame. The device itself is fantastically small, measuring just 200 to 300 nanometers across at the head and 1 to 2 micrometers long. Fischer points out that each of these can be controlled with a striking amount of precision via an external magnetic field , though we don't get the impression that they'll be on to FDA testing in the near future. Ah well, at least our gra, er, great -grandchildren will be all taken care of. Filed under: Science Corkscrew nanopropellers may one day deliver drugs internally originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments [...more]
It doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as go Google yourself, but now you can go Bing yourself. (Then again, Google took a few years ti become a verb.). Bing, Microsoft’s latest effort to compete in search , is now live on a “preview” site. The key thing to pay attention to is the guided search assistance on the left and the different experiences for the travel, images, video, maps, news, and shopping tabs. A few things to try: An ambiguous Web search: “turkey” (do you want images, recipes, facts, or a map of the country? The topic guides in the left explore pane will help you narrow your search). A travel search: “SFO to JFK” Video search: “Simpsons” (hover over the thumbnail to play the video) Image search: “Rollercoasters” (notice the infinite scroll). A health search: “Sore throat” Shopping: “Digital SLR” (sort by price or brand, get average ratings and CashBack). Maps: “BBQ” (automatically knows what city you are in and offers up geo-appropriate results). News Search: “Bing” (what else?) Check it out. Try a few searches and then tell us in comments if you will ever go back. CrunchBase Information Bing Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network : CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors [...more]
Many believe the greatest potential of Twitter lies in its ability to perform real-time searches of various keywords. So when that functionality is delayed by some 3 hours, as it is right now, and has been throughout much of the night , with no explanation, you can imagine that users are going to get a little annoyed. Go ahead, search for anything right now — a good example is for the word “the,” as it’s used in a ton of tweets. The most recent results you’ll find are from 3 hours ago . [Update below, it's back with a huge gaping hole.] Not only does this badly impact my vanity searches, but there are companies who now rely on Twitter Search to run services such as brand management. Imagine the horror Comcast must be feeling right now not being able to see my tweets constantly bitching about their crap service in real-time. Likewise, Trending Topics is not working as it also relies on Twitter Search. So we’re being tricked into thinking people actually care about the MTV Movie Awards. We’ve gotten tipped this a number of times throughout the day, but I’ve largely been ignoring it, trying to give Twitter the benefit of the doubt to at least update us on what is going on. But this is ridiculous. Fix your damn search functionality Twitter, you’re not much use without it. Update : And it’s back up — with a nice little 4 hour gaping hole of tweets not indexed. Go ahead and try this query and if you go back far enough, you’ll see that it all of a sudden jumps back 4 hours at one point. All those tweets, apparently, lost. CrunchBase Information Twitter Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0 [...more]
We've landed in somewhat sunny Los Angeles, just in time to watch the (de)construction of a mountain of miscellany in front of the LA Convention Center's South Hall. It's gonna be a long week for us covering all the hottest hardware and gaming peripherals, including DJ Hero , Beatles Rock Band , and we're thinking a few non-surprises from the likes of Microsoft and Sony . We've joined forces with our cohorts at Joystiq in creating a dedicated E3 2009 hub to satiate all your game news needs, as well as keep track of when all the keynotes are going down -- but of course if you're just interested in the Engadget side of things, you know where to look . Things kick off tomorrow -- June 1st -- with Microsoft's press conference , and we'll be there blowing it out live. Here's when all the fun begins: 07:25AM - Hawaii 10:25AM - Pacific 11:25AM - Mountain 12:25PM - Central 01:25PM - Eastern 05:25PM - GMT 06:25PM - London 07:25PM - Paris 02:25AM - Tokyo (June 2nd) Filed under: Gaming Engadget arrives at E3 2009! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments [...more]
The boys decided to keep it casual at tonight's MTV Movie Awards. New Moon star Taylor Lautner showed off his newly buff bod, while co-star Rob Pattinson wore a blue blazer with black pants. Both looks absolutely handsome!? Check out our huge gallery of hot guys, including Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Shia LaBeouf, Cam Gigandet,?Zachary Quinto, and Brody Jenner. Who looked the best? Dish your opinions below!? [...more]
We get the feeling this isn't the motion sensing surprise that's likely in store for Xbox 360 fans at E3 , but it's still great to see this controller moving beyond the hype stage. After being spied late last year and detailed around two months ago, the Gametrak Freedom motion controller is now listed at GameStop with an October 15th ship date. The controller, which will come bundled with Squeeballs: Island Party for the Xbox 360, is already up for pre-order, promising gamers who shell out $69.99 a grand total of 11 motion sensing party games. Unfortunately, there's no word on how much extra Freedom sticks will run, but based on the price of this kit, we'd wager not much. [Thanks, Josh] Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals Gametrak Freedom Xbox 360 motion controller up for pre-order with Squeeballs originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 31 May 2009 23:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments [...more]
As if anyone else deserved it more than him? An absolutely hunky Robert Pattinson?won the MTV Movie Award tonight for Breakthrough Performance Male for his performance as Edward Cullen in 2008's?Twilight. Does he look extra hot tonight or is that just us?? Rob beat co-star Taylor Lautner, as well as?Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian),?Bobb'e J. Thompson (Role Models), and?Dev Patel (Slumgdog Millionaire).? ? Congrats Rob, this is just the beginning! [...more]
