The Engadget Show returns, tomorrow! With Windows Phone 7, Aaron Woodman, Google TV devices, and our first Halloween costume contest!

Attention all humans and empathetic robots: The Engadget Show is back in a big way tomorrow, October 23rd at 6:30pm! To get things started, Josh and the gang will be taking a first-hand look at a plethora of Windows Phone 7 devices with Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman, then we’ll be demoing Google TV, and Engadget’s own Darren Murph will be joining Josh, Nilay, and Paul on stage, Guinness world record in hand. What’s more, we’re hosting our first ever Halloween costume contest! There will be giveaways at the show for the best costumes (as voted on by you, the audience), so get to work on your winning masterpiece now! We’ll also have the usual random giveaways, but why leave it to chance when you could win stuff with a little creativity and a black turtleneck? There will also be music from Kris Keyser and visuals from noteNdo and plenty of other giveaways at the live show only, so make the trek and join us at The Times Center in person. We have a new ticketing policy, so if you’re coming to the live show, be sure to read about it below. If you’re geographically incapable of joining us in New York City, just tune into the stream right here on Engadget.

The Engadget Show is sponsored by Sprint, and will take place at the Times Center, part of The New York Times Building in the heart of New York City at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues (see map after the break). Tickets are — as always — free to anyone who would like to attend, but seating is limited, and tickets will be first come, first served… so get there early! Here’s the updated info on our new ticketing policy that you need to know:

  • There is no admission fee — tickets are completely free
  • The event is all ages
  • Ticketing will begin at the Times Center at 2:00PM on Saturday, October 23rd, doors will open for seating at 5:45PM, and the show begins at 6:30PM
  • We now have assigned seating, so the first people to get their tickets — and the Sprint text-to-win winners (see below) — will get priority seating. This also means that once you get a ticket, your seat is guaranteed — you won’t have to get back in line to get a good seat.
  • We still had plenty of tickets left over at the last taping, so just because it’s 5:00pm and you finally finished Halo: Reach doesn’t mean you won’t get a seat at the show — so get your butt up to the Times Center!
  • Ticketing will continue until all tickets are given away
  • You cannot collect tickets for friends or family — anyone who would like to come must be present to get a ticket
  • Seating capacity in the Times Center is about 340, and once we’re full, we’re full
  • The venue is located at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues in New York City (map after the break)
  • The show length is around an hour

If you’re a member of the media who wishes to attend, please contact us at: engadgetshowmedia [at] engadget [dot] com, and we’ll try to accommodate you. All other non-media questions can be sent to: engadgetshow [at] engadget [dot] com.

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The 404 693: Where we have no idea how Tony Hawk got here (podcast)



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Professional skateboarder and entrepreneur Tony Hawk is back on CNET’s The 404 Podcast to show off his newest video game Tony Hawk: Shred, a biography written with his sister, the Tony Hawk Foundation Stand Up for Skateparks events, and much more!

It’s been almost a year since Tony Hawk first came on The 404 . Obviously a lot has happened since then, and Tony updates us with a legendary story about the aftermath of the pelvic injury he suffered earlier this summer while headlining the Action Sports Weekend at Disneyland.

Getting up after falling off the skateboard has always been an important lesson to Tony, and he talks about that central theme a lot in his new book, “How Did I Get Here: The Ascent of an Unlikely CEO.” Written with his sister, Pat Hawk, the book details his rise to success in the skate industry, and Tony is certainly a pioneer in terms of bringing skateboarding to new media.

The original success of the Tony Hawk: Pro Skater brand obviously paved the way for skate gaming, and Tony’s back again with a new game called Tony Hawk: Shred. Shred takes a new angle on the franchise and aims for the younger market.

It features similar motion-sensing board control as Ride but transformes the experience with impossible skate and snowboarding tricks, building jumps, and cameos from pros like Louie Vito, Geoff Rowley, Corey Duffel, and more. And like all the Tony Hawk video games, the soundtrack features a variety of genres and artists, including Rival Schools, Jimmy Eat World, OK Go, and more. Tony Hawk: Shred comes out next Tuesday, October 26, for Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3.

After the break, Tony describes the importance of giving back to the skating community and his two charity events called Stand Up for Skateparks. The huge parties galvanize BMX riders, skaters, celebrities, and fans alike in an effort to raise money for high-quality public skateparks in low-income areas throughout the country.

Tony stresses the importance of not only making sure kids are safe in the parks, but also that the parks maintain a level of Tony Hawk quality. The next party is happening in Las Vegas on November 6 and will feature a performance by DJ Z-Trip–tickets are still available here!

There’s plenty more to talk about with Tony, including some of his favorite skate videos, tips for future skate entrepreneurs, and the truth behind his involvement in the original “Back to the Future” movie!



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The New Speedlink Cue is a Magic Mouse for the PC

Speedlink CueIf you’ve looked at the Apple Magic Mouse with wonder, wishing you could have a multi-touch capable mouse without having to give up a Windows PC in the process, now you can have the best of both worlds. The Speedlink Cue is a 2.4 GHz wireless model that looks a lot like the Magic Mouse and has a touch-sensitive top that responds to multi-touch gestures that you can configure in the mouse’s included software.

The underside of the Cue features a 1000dpi optical sensor, and the mouse is designed for use with the right or left hand. If glossy white isn’t your style, Speedlink is also making the mouse available in red, black, and silver when it’s released in November. All models will set you back 39.99 EUR list price (just under $56 USD.)

Online BlackBerry App World downloads apps to your phone

RIM’s new online BlackBerry App World catalog implements a number of changes. The best is being able to buy apps online and download them remotely to your phone.

Originally posted at Dialed In

Catching up with multitouch pioneer Jeff Han

Fresh off landing a new round of funding, touch-screen luminary Jeff Han chats with CNET’s Ina Fried about his company, the direction of the industry, and more.

Originally posted at Beyond Binary

Japanese Table-top Gadget turns Plastic to Oil


There are millions of pounds of plastic in landfills around the country and floating in that big huge garbage patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – you know, the one the size of Texas – and only a fraction of the plastic used in the United States alone actually gets recycled. Thanks to one Japanese inventor and engineer, the table-top Blest Machine (Japanese) essentially takes plastic, melts it down, separates the gases and condensation from the melted plastic, and produces burnable fuel oil at the end. He says about two pounds of plastic will net you a quart of oil, and the oil can even be further refined into other petroleum-based products like gasoline.

What’s the catch? The second law of thermodynamics says no system is perfect, so before anyone thinks this is a perpetual motion scam, note that you actually have to dump energy into the Blest Machine to melt down the plastic, process it, and produce the oil on the other end.

This isn’t free energy by any stretch, but that’s not the point: the $9,500 table-top gadget isn’t designed to be an energy producer, it’s meant to give people and municipalities a way to use electricity (which can be produced using sustainable means) to get rid of plastic waste and turn it into something that’s useful today, like oil. Right now the Blest Machine is only available in Japan, but expect to see it pop up around the globe soon.

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Daily Downloads: ePrompter, Picasa, Vize, and More

This article was written on October 03, 2007 by CyberNet.

ePrompter Winamp Picasa eBay Logos Icons Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!

–Stable Releases–

The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.

  • BitMeter 2 3.5.5.15964 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
    Type of Application: Network monitor
    Changes: Installer improvements and bug fixes
  • ePrompter 2.0 SR107 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
    Type of Application: Email checker
    Changes: Partial fix for LiveMail and Windows Live Hotmail
  • Microsoft IntelliPoint 6.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
    Type of Application: Microsoft mouse management
    Changes: N/A
  • Microsoft IntelliType 6.2 [Mirror]
    Type of Application: Microsoft keyboard management
    Changes: N/A
  • Opera 8.65 Mobile [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
    Cost: $24
    Type of Application: Mobile web browser
    Changes: Interface adjustments and bug fixes
  • Picasa 2.7 Build 37.32 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
    Type of Application: Photo management
    Changes: N/A

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

  • eBay Desktop 0.7.013 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
    Release: Beta
    Type of Application: eBay desktop application
    Changes: N/A
  • Vize 0.5 [Homepage] [Mirror]
    Release: Beta
    Type of Application: Vista GUI enhancer
    Changes: New options, better interface, and more
  • Winamp 5.5 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
    Release: Beta
    Type of Application: Media player
    Changes: Bug fixes

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Android 2.3 ‘next major release,’ says anonymous Google engineer

Who knew a support thread on corporate WiFi login issues would lead to anything we’d care about? Cut to Google code’s Android forums, where an anonymous Google engineer confirms that this problem will be patched in the “next major release” of Android, specifically version 2.3. So… does this mean Android 2.3 is the oft-discussed (and close on the horizon) Gingerbread? Not necessarily — while possible, there isn’t any indication to that effect, and logic doesn’t arbitrarily equate the two. After all, recall that Eclair was both 2.0 and 2.1, so there would be some historical precedence to this 0.1 leap being nothing more than sprinkles on frozen yogurt.

Android 2.3 ‘next major release,’ says anonymous Google engineer originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AT&T transitioning to LTE-friendly SIM cards

There’s precisely zero doubt that AT&T will be supporting LTE waves in the not-too-distant future, but it looks as if “the future” may be drawing closer than anyone had ever imagined. Or else the carrier’s just really, really proactive. Based on the leaked slide above, it looks as if AT&T is already beginning to transition its current crop of SIM cards to “those that will also support LTE devices.” Naturally, the iPhone 4 is omitted from all of this due to it using a micro SIM, but it looks as if employees will need to keep a careful eye on the SKU (and front graphics) in order to make sure customers are well equipped for another blend of 4G. Now, how’s about a rollout schedule, Ma Bell?

AT&T transitioning to LTE-friendly SIM cards originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Report: Twenty percent of peak downstream Internet used for Netflix?

If you’re anything like us, you’re both smart and incredibly good looking. Also, you’re sarcastic. And in addition to all that, you spend much of your downtime enjoying streaming media on your computer, or your Internet-enabled TV, or perhaps even your fancy-pants cellphone. And it looks like, indeed, much of the country is “anything like us” — at least according to Sandvine, Inc., of Waterloo, Ontario. The network hardware manufacturer has released a report that concludes that over twenty percent of stateside peak time downstream Internet traffic is gobbled up by Netflix streams, with the heaviest use going down in the primetime hours between 8 to 10 pm. We’re sure that this is no surprise to Netflix itself, whose CEO recently stated that the company is primarily a streaming company that just happens to mail out DVDs to some customers; but still, the figure is pretty staggering. You can draw your own conclusions, but we’re just happy to no longer live in a place where the only thing to watch on a Thursday night is The World According To Jim.

Report: Twenty percent of peak downstream Internet used for Netflix? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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