Big Cheese: Kraft pushing for 97,000-pound 'bridge wrecker' trucks

Kraft Foods wants to bring you more Velveeta, more efficiently. According to Bloomberg, the food giant says it needs to pack its 97,000-pound trucks full of processed deliciousness in order to combat high diesel prices. Problem is, interstate highways have an 80,000-pound weight limit. But Kraft (along with other big corporations like Home Depot, MillerCoors, and Archer-Daniels-Midland) thinks it can get the law changed.

Autoblog, Big Cheese: Kraft pushing for 97,000-pound 'bridge wrecker' trucks

Porting Siri to iPhone 4 now legal following iOS 5.0.1 update

. IPhone 4 owners looking to take advantage of Apple's Siri software from the iPhone 4S now have one less barrier standing in their way. Sure, plenty of tricks have been available in the past that allow users to hack Siri onto an iPhone 4, but until now they were illegal. Apple's recent iOS 5.0.1 update, however, has a decrypted ramdisk, which means users can legally port files to the iPhone 4 that were previously encrypted and protected by Apple's public distribution policies.

Boy Genius Report, Porting Siri to iPhone 4 now legal following iOS 5.0.1 update

Hezbollah financing terrorism by selling used cars, allege federal prosecutors

Terrorism isn't cheap. Like any organization, these groups have payroll, supplies and other overhead to take into account. Terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and Hezbollah have their own network of international investments, drug trafficking and illicit financial channels, and the latest evidence suggests that includes selling used cars. The story comes into focus through a legal complaint filed by U.S. government officials.

Autoblog, Hezbollah financing terrorism by selling used cars, allege federal prosecutors

KBB names its most-researched vehicles of 2011

Chances are you've visited KBB.com to do some research if you're in the market for a new vehicle, which is why the site's list of this year's most researched new vehicles and brands is probably a good representation of what the public at large is really interested in. KBB calls it "share of market interest," which is defined as the percent of new car shopper activity for a particular brand or model. This year, Toyota captured the largest share of market interest among brands with 14.2 percent, followed by Ford (13.5 percent), Honda (12.8 percent), Chevrolet (11.5 percent) and Hyundai (7.5 percent).

Autoblog, KBB names its most-researched vehicles of 2011

Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air Music System speakers now available

Remember the Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air Music System speakers that we reported on back in July. Well the good news is if those speakers managed to catch your attention back then, they are available for purchase now for $549.99 from Klipsch's website. The speaker system was unveiled during CES earlier this year and is now available for purchase almost a year later, but we guess better late than never, right.

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How PC Makers Can Stave Off Obsolescence

The Toshiba Portege Z835 is a cheap but well-performing member of the ultrabook clan. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired. It's a scary time to be a PC manufacturer.




Gadget Lab, How PC Makers Can Stave Off Obsolescence

Sony backtracks (again), multiple accounts not supported on PS Vita

First, we we're told multiple user accounts were a no-go, then this was withdrawn. Now, it seems that's now been retracted. According to an email send by a Sony representative to Wired, the PSN account on the PlayStation Vita is "tied to the hardware and the memory card" and a simple removable storage switch-out won't suffice. You'll need to hit the big red factory reset button in order to use a different account on Sony's online network, the doorway to both online gaming and their digital store.

Engadget, Sony backtracks (again), multiple accounts not supported on PS Vita

Apple co-founder Ron Wayne's stash of early documents (eyes-on)

About a week ago, we traveled to the desert to spend two days with Ron Wayne. The 77-year-old Pahrump, Nevada resident has had a number of careers in his long life, working for Atari, a few slot machine companies, developing devices for use on the ocean floor and running a collectables shop in Northern California. In his semi-retired state, Wayne sells stamps and coins to supplement his checks from the government. He's no doubt best known, however, for his role in the founding of the Apple Computer company, alongside Steves Jobs and Wozniak, a role at which he spent a little more than a week.






Engadget, Apple co-founder Ron Wayne's stash of early documents (eyes-on)

Man illuminates electromagnetic waves using coffee cans and LEDs, Christmas-colored science ensues

Electromagnetic radiation is all around us, but we're largely unaware that our bodies are constantly bathed in waves of the stuff because our eyes aren't equipped to see it. Dr. Gregory Chavat decided to give us a glimpse of an EM waveform, however, by using a coffee can radar system, a couple of LEDs, and long-exposure photography. The setup consisted of a radar emitter made out of one coffee can and a second can with a couple of LEDs attached to serve as a tethered receiver antenna. Those LEDs were then set to that light up red or green to illuminate the EM wave peaks and valleys.

Engadget, Man illuminates electromagnetic waves using coffee cans and LEDs, Christmas-colored science ensues

Toro Rosso ditches its drivers for fresh talent in 2012

Many eyebrows were raised when Red Bull jumped from sponsoring existing F1 teams to buying its own 2005, but then the energy-drink giant surprised the pundits again by buying an unprecedented second team in 2006. So why'd they do it. To give the aspiring talents, which the outfit nurtures through its extensive young driver development program, a leg up into the pinnacle of motorsport. That's what has prompted Scuderia Toro Rosso to change its drivers from time to time, but it usually does so one driver at a time.

Autoblog, Toro Rosso ditches its drivers for fresh talent in 2012

Dell Quits Netbooks For Ultrabooks

Dell will continue to sell its convertible Inspiron Duo, but all regular netbooks are finished. My mother bought a netbook recently, ignoring my pleading advice to instead get an iPad. Maybe she likes updating antivirus definitions, or perhaps she is looking forward to buying a new one when this one dies exactly a day outside its warranty period. One thing's for sure, though: When she buys another one, it won't be a Dell.

Dell is getting out of the race-to-the-bottom that is the netbook market, and will instead concentrate on thinner, ultrabook-ish laptops.

Gadget Lab, Dell Quits Netbooks For Ultrabooks

SlingPlayer for Google TV Now Available

SlingPlayer fans can now take their content to the big screen as the Android application has finally been adapted to Google TV. While the team at Slingbox is only detailing it for the Logitech Revue it is known to work on Google TV products from other manufacturers. This one's not in the Android market but it should be in the Google TV apps repository so be sure to check for it there under All Apps > Spotlight > TV and Movies.

Android Phone, SlingPlayer for Google TV Now Available

4 Out Of 5 Bearded Lizards Agree – Eating Bugs On Android Is More Fun Than Real Life [Video]

There’s a viral video making its way around the internets and in case you haven’t seen it (you really need to), I figured I’d squeeze it in with my nightly posts here. The video shows an adorable little bearded dragon who has decided that bugs just taste better when on Android. Okay, so the tiny lizard has no idea he just got the high score on Ant Smasher or even that he’s gaming on a Desire HD. He just wants those tasty little virtual bugs crawling across the screen. And he’s gotten quite good at it too.



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things, 4 Out Of 5 Bearded Lizards Agree â€" Eating Bugs On Android Is More Fun Than Real Life [Video]

Colorado gets its own physical App Store

App stores hold thousands upon thousands of applications, so it's not surprising that it's sometimes hard to find what you want, or even discover new applications in the sea of software. A new app store is aiming to make app discovery much easier, though. The only difference is that this is a real brick-and-mortar app store. Openspace is a new start up that wants to make the whole app shopping experience an easier and less confusing activity.

2DayBlog.com, Colorado gets its own physical App Store

Tablet shipments miss targets but still balloon 264.5%, IDC says

. IDC said Thursday that media tablet shipments during the third calendar quarter increased 264.5% over the same period last year, but that overall shipments were 5.8% lower than the 19.2 million units the research firm had previously estimated. Apple's iPad continues to be the driving catalyst for tablet sales. The company shipped 11.1 million units during the third quarter, up from the 9.3 million it shipped during the second quarter this year. Apple's market share fell however, from 63.3% during the second quarter to 61.5%.

Boy Genius Report, Tablet shipments miss targets but still balloon 264.5%, IDC says

Prada phone by LG 3.0 hands-on (video)

This is the latest fruit to be borne from LG and Prada's renewed creative partnership. It's Prada Phone by LG 3.0 and it's also an attempt to marry fashion pedigree with, if not leading technological specifications, then at least competitive ones. There's a respectable 8 megapixel autofocus camera, and LG's bright, outdoor-friendly 4.3-inch NOVA display, here projecting an 800 x 480 WVGA touchscreen. It wears its Prada branding on its sleeve, and the fashion label's creative input has even gone so far as to affect the Android OS, with understated black and white themes papered over the cheerful - in comparison - Gingerbread interface.










Engadget, Prada phone by LG 3.0 hands-on (video)

These are American senior citizens' favorite cars

The stereotype of elderly drivers preferring Lincolns and Buicks has to come from somewhere. TrueCar.com took a look at the past two years of car sales to buyers at least 65 years old and found a couple common threads. The first thing these buyers are looking for is familiarity. The nameplates and vehicle types that were popular when these buyers were younger rank high with senior buyers, kind of the same way people's musical preferences get frozen in time.
Value is also a big attractor for the senior dollar, a consideration for buyers nearing the end of their careers or already on fixed incomes.

Autoblog, These are American senior citizens' favorite cars

Intel merges four mobile units into one, argument over parking spaces forthcoming

Intel is combining its netbook and tablets, ultra-mobility, mobile communications and mobile wireless divisions into a "Mobile and Communications" super-unit. It's aiming to catch up with the portable chip big boys like Qualcomm and NVIDIA. Santa Clara's chips may power 80 percent of the world's desktops and laptops, but in the mobile space the energy efficient ARM (and its multiple licensees) is king.

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technologypulse, Intel merges four mobile units into one, argument over parking spaces forthcoming

Optical computing could benefit from new 'whispering gallery' fiber

It's a spooky feature of Grand Central Station that if you whisper something against the wall, your voice can resonate around the perimeter of the building and sneak up on you from behind. The same 'whispering gallery' principle is crucial to next-gen optical computing: light signals have to be sent on extremely circuitous journeys through 'microresonators', which temporarily bottle up the beams and thereby serve as memory. So far, microresonators have generally been made from silicon wafers etched with the a long series of loops.

Engadget, Optical computing could benefit from new 'whispering gallery' fiber

Romeo Ferraris and Autodelta team up for a supercharged goodbye to the Alfa Romeo Brera

We've seen Romeo Ferraris tune all manner of vehicles, but oddly none from the automaker with which it shares the first part of its name. That's all changing, but not with a current Alfa Romeo model. For their latest project, RF has turned its attention to the recently discontinued Alfa Romeo Brera. Long considered one of the most beautiful designs mired by a substandard chassis, the Brera went out of production over a year ago. But to give it one last swan song, Romeo Ferraris has teamed up with venerable Alfa tuning firm Autodelta.

Autoblog, Romeo Ferraris and Autodelta team up for a supercharged goodbye to the Alfa Romeo Brera

FLEx Lighting Illuminated Optical Film – A Bright e-Reader Addition

FLEx Lighting has created an illuminated optical film that may eliminate the need for reading lights with e-ink readers (amongst other applications).  The 50 micron film is flexible, edgeless, and invisible when turned off and produces a soft, low uniform light when on using a single low power consuming LED .  It can be implemented either as a back-light or a front-light and integrates with touchscreens.

The Gadgeteer, FLEx Lighting Illuminated Optical Film â€" A Bright e-Reader Addition

Yes, People Are Lining Up for the Galaxy Nexus

Hey Verizon, when was the last time people lined up outside your store waiting for the release of a phone. Was it the Motorola Droid RAZR. The HTC Rezound. We’d have to go all the way back to the launch of the iPhone to probably find our answer. But lo and behold, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is drawing a crowd, and not just a little one, might I add.

Android Phone, Yes, People Are Lining Up for the Galaxy Nexus

Internet Explorer introduces automatic upgrades

For those of you who use Internet Explorer as the default browser, here is some good news – Microsoft is not going to let you sit back and do nothing about the browser version, but has every intention to automatically upgrade your Internet Explorer to the latest version available for your PC. Microsoft sees this automated move on their part as helping shift the Web forward, beginning from January 2012 onwards in Australia and Brazil, targeting folks who have turned on automatic updating in Windows Update.

Ubergizmo, Internet Explorer introduces automatic upgrades

Netflix updates iOS app with new iPad-optimized interface

We've already seen Netflix's more tablet-optimized interface in the latest version of its Android app and now, as promised, the company has brought much the same UI to its iOS app. In addition to giving iPad users the ability to view more content at a glance, version 2.0 of the app also brings with it support for Netflix users in Latin America, as well as a number of stability fixes.

Engadget, Netflix updates iOS app with new iPad-optimized interface

Verizon Galaxy Nexus Priced At $299.99, Available From 15th December!

Basking in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, the Galaxy Nexus features amazing technical specifications, beautiful design and promising potential. It is manufactured by Samsung has a whopping 4.65" HD Super AMOLED Contour display. The all mighty Galaxy Nexus Verizon phone will be available for about $299.99 against a two year customer contract with Verizon Wireless.


Technology Nerd, Verizon Galaxy Nexus Priced At $299.99, Available From 15th December!

Hipstamatic unveils D-series photo sharing app

The other day we reported that Hipstamatic was set to launch a new photography app for iOS devices, and it turns out that the new app is called the D-series, with the D standing for "disposable". Basically the idea here is for you and a bunch of your friends to take photos via the D-series app and then compiling all those photos into a photo album that can be shared across various social networks. Each photographer will be able to shoot up to 24 photos per "camera roll", at the end of which the photos are then compiled into an album to be shared.

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Google Translate now supports handwriting recognition

Getting the right message across is always crucial – I believe that wars have started due to miscommunication in the past, so with tools like Google Translate at our disposal these days, it makes perfect sense to maximize their use. Case in point, Google Translate used to receive input through the typewritten word, but things are slightly different now with a small little update that brings about an unprecedented functionality – that is, Google Translate is now able to recognize written words in seven different languages.

Ubergizmo, Google Translate now supports handwriting recognition

PRmoment.com looks at PR salaries and PR heads ambitions

PRmoment.com is an online PR magazine offering an insight into the world of public relations and communications Childhood ambition: What did you want to be when you grew up. And have you achieved your ambition. PR heads describe their earliest dreams and whether or not they came true. Good and bad PR: Nokia’s light show, an Olla condom campaign and a Carphone Warehouse stunt get Rich Leigh smiling this week, but Durex’s offensive joke falls flat. Salary survey: What sector do you think pays the most in PR at a senior level? You might be surprised, as it isn’t financial services.

Press Release Distribution, PRmoment.com looks at PR salaries and PR heads ambitions

White Motorola Droid RAZR coming to Verizon 15th December

December the 15th is when Verizon is expected to officially launch the Galaxy Nexus, however we have yet to hear any official word from the carrier. What we do have in the official capacity is the availability of the white Motorola Droid RAZR which has joined the ranks of white Android devices such as the white Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, and the white T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2. Just like most devices that have been given a new white coat of paint, the white version of the Motorola Droid RAZR will remain the same internally, which is a good thing.

Ubergizmo, White Motorola Droid RAZR coming to Verizon 15th December

Infiniti to sign off on hatchback model's design in January

Infiniti is hard at work engineering a luxury hatchback for 2014, and it appears that the Japanese automaker is close to picking a final design. Dutch site Autoweek.nl reports that there are three designs on the table, and one will be chosen in January. That likely means that we won't see the production hatch any time soon, but a fall showing in Paris or Los Angeles is a possibility. The January time frame doesn't leave a lot of time for engineering Etherea-based hatch, but keep in mind that the compact Infiniti will be based on the front-drive Mercedes-Benz A-Class platform.

Autoblog, Infiniti to sign off on hatchback model's design in January

Volkswagen planning EV for Detroit?

According to French blog Caradisiac, Volkswagen will show a brand new electric-car concept at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Pitched as VW demonstrating its intention to field a competitor for the hot-selling Nissan Leaf and the most-excellent Mitsubishi i-MiEV, word is the VW offering isn't based on any current car, nor is it destined for production. According to the report, the EV's design is inspired by the new Beetle "in order to evoke hallmarks of the brand." We've heard similar things from inside VW directly, but no one is being specific.

Autoblog, Volkswagen planning EV for Detroit?

Pirated Serious Sam 3 comes with immortal enemy to annoy pirates

Piracy is a major problem in video games world and the industry has tried so many ways to curb this activity. The most common method is through CD keys or DRM which unfortunately, got hacked too easily and quite a hassle for many of legit users. Some of the developers approached it in a different way though like Croteam who actually put their damn anti-piracy mechanism right into pirated version of Serious Sam 3 by making one of the enemies immortal. Hence, gamers that played this version of the game will not be able to finish it as the wicked scorpion-like creature will keep on haunting them down to the last health.

2DayBlog.com, Pirated Serious Sam 3 comes with immortal enemy to annoy pirates

Apple may be tweaking policies in effort to attract advertisers to iAd

. Apple may be implementing a number of changes to its iAd mobile advertising platform in an effort to attract more advertisers and to compete more aggressively against Google's advertising solutions. The Cupertino-based company originally required that advertisers spend a minimum of $1 million on its iAd platform but then halved that figure to $500,000. Now, The Wall Street Journal said Apple is beginning to woo marketers by allowing them to spend as little as $400,000 on an iAd campaign. Read on for more.

Apple is rethinking how its pricing structure works, too.

Boy Genius Report, Apple may be tweaking policies in effort to attract advertisers to iAd