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Jan 08

The Engadget Podcast Show livestream extravaganza starts at 6:15PM PST / 9:15PM EST!

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It’s our last and final show of this fine CES. We’re going to talk to some more staff members tonight, so get ready for some new faces. Also, get ready for zero tangents and total topic adherence. Right guys? Right? Check out the stream and chat after the break.

Oh, and here are the last three shows, in case you missed them:
Engadget Podcast Show 004
Engadget Podcast Show 003
Engadget Podcast Show 002
Engadget Podcast Show 001

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Jan 08

Tabbed Google Searches Using TWERQ

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on November 07, 2006 by CyberNet.

Google is no doubt my favorite search engine because the results that it provides are always relevant to what I am looking for. For that reason all kinds of different sites use searches powered by Google and TWERQ is another one on that tally. It does, however, have a few unique features.

TWERQ’s most popular feature would probably be its tabbed interface that lets users perform multiple searches without sifting through a ton of browser tabs or windows. I found it to be very intuitive and nice to use because it would open a new “tab” for each search result. It does have some customization to it because you can close tabs as you feel necessary or drag them around to reorder them.

Something else that really struck me as interesting was the Q-Bank feature that you could activate on the configuration screen. They will supposedly pay you for searching and I assume that you earn money when you click on sponsored links but they don’t provide any details on the service. It asks for two passwords but I don’t know why, and there aren’t any instructions. I originally thought it wanted your PayPal password but I don’t think that is what they want. Still seems a little suspicious though.

The whole money thing is pretty interesting but the main concept I was looking to cover was the tabbed searches. I think it would be cool if Google let users do something similar so that you could perform multiple searches all in one single page. I’m sure it isn’t something that they would put into Google itself but SearchMash (Google’s test site) should have something like this since it is already full of JavaScript goodness.

Google Shows How The World Searches

Add Tabbed Feeds To Your Google Homepage

CyberNotes: Using Keyword Searches In Firefox And Opera

Google Making Big Bucks on iPhone Users

Jan 08

Clickfree Wireless hands-on (video)

Posted in: hands-on, Today's Chili, video, Wireless

We went out on the CES show floor to find the clickfree Wireless Backup and all of its wireless backing-up power. Coming in two versions — 500GB or optional 1TB capacities — the Wireless Backup seems to be a fully capable backup option, competing with other wireless solutions like the Apple Time Capsule and the LaCie Wireless Space. It includes the company’s patented AutoRUN feature that takes care of the initial setup, which is simple enough that even non-Engadget readers would be able to plug in and start backing up their files through the waves of the WiFis. After the software is configured for one or more computers, all that is required is a standard outlet for some juice and you’re rolling. There’s a number of options for those who want to choose specific files for backup and restore. While the clickfree Wireless is certainly competitive and one of the smallest backup solutions we’ve seen, comparing in size to an Apple TV or a Roku XD, it certainly doesn’t share some of the features of being a NAS and WLAN router like the LaCie Wireless Space, nor does it have USB support. Video after the break.

Gallery: clickfree Wireless hands-on

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Jan 08

MultiTouch Ltd’s 46-inch panel accepts unlimited touch inputs, we put it to the test (video hands-on)

Posted in: 1080p, camera, hands-on, LCD, monitor, multitouch, screen, Today's Chili, touchscreen, video

MultiTouch Ltd has been at this IR-based multitouch thing since 2007 and it’s hit CES in force this week. Sure, the current 46-inch model requires 12 inches of depth — in order to provide sufficient space for the infrared cameras embedded in its back to capture the whole, ahem, surface — but having unlimited touch inputs is always a wildly impressive sight. We put one of the displays to the test by exploiting a nearby crowd and slapping down a good 40+ fingers on it, all of which were recognized. To be perfectly fair, the IR cameras don’t seem to have a very flat recognition area and many of our inputs were picked up from over an inch from the screen. The 46-incher under hand is already available for a totally affordable $17,000, provides full HD resolution, and hooks up to a PC for processing of input. See our thoroughly intensive test on video after the break.

Gallery: MultiTouch Ltd’s 46-inch panel accepts unlimited touch inputs, we put it to the test

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Jan 08

1,000th Tesla Roadster sets production EV record: 347.2 miles

Posted in: electric vehicle, ElectricVehicle, ev, tesla, Today's Chili

What do you need to do to get within a whiff of 350 miles on a single charge out of your Tesla Roadster? Paint it a luscious pearly white — and maybe close off a highway and drive at 20mph. The run was made in the Imperial Valley of California, by a team who somehow got access to a loop of closed (and presumably rather flat) roads and ran them over and over and over again through the course of two days. The result was quite impressive: 347.2 miles. Perhaps not entirely practical or attainable to the average driver, but impressive nevertheless.

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Jan 08

CES: Lessons from a smartphone talk

Posted in: Today's Chili

At CES 2011, we ask four smartphone industry experts to predict the future of smartphone apps and moneymaking.

Originally posted at CES 2011

Jan 08

Acer’s 4.8-inch phoneblet will head to a US carrier this year

Posted in: Android, hands-on, Today's Chili

You’ll remember last month that Acer released a total of three Android tablets, including one 4.8-inch phone / tablet hybrid. Well, Acer’s brought the phoneblet — yes, we’re calling it that — it to CES, and while it wouldn’t power on, we did notice that the back of the device was marked with a “WCDMA: US band sticker”. Acer confirmed for us that the “100 percent phone, 100 percent tablet” will be heading to the US in April with Froyo or Honeycomb and that carrier partnerships are in the works. Obviously, this WCDMA unit would be destined for AT&T or T-Mobile, however an Acer’s spokesperson also hinted that it could be coming to Verizon like the Iconia Tab A500. The metal device felt really nice in hand, but we couldn’t turn on the unique 1024 x 480-resolution, 21:9 aspect ratio display. We’re imaging that its 1GHz Snapdragon processor will provide a pretty snappy experience, but it looks like we’ll be waiting a few more months to check out the entire package.

Gallery: 5-inch Acer Iconia tablet / phone

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Jan 08

Crapgadget CES, round six: CTA Digital Inflatable Kart for the Wii (video)

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We all remember our favorite Wii accessory the CTA Digital’s Inflatable Kart, well our friends at Engadget Spanish took it for a test spin.

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Jan 08

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Arc seeing an April release?

Posted in: Android, Release Date, rumor, rumors, smartphone, Sony Ericsson, SonyEricsson, Today's Chili, xperia

We’ve gotten up close and personal with Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Arc this week at CES, but one bit of information that the firm refused to hand over was an estimated release date. If the outfit’s Indonesian portal is to be believed, however, we’ve just three more months to wait before at least some portions of the world have access. The image shown above translates into “three more months,” which means that we’ll be both saddened and depressed if our pals in the Asia-Pacific region don’t have one by April. Don’t make us weep, SE.

[Thanks, Matthew]

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Jan 08

PixelOptics emPower! electronic eyeglasses hands-on

Posted in: hands-on, Today's Chili, video

PixelOptics is demoing what it claims is the most significant development in prescription eyewear in 50 years: emPower! PixelOptics’ glasses offer up better field of view and less distortion than traditional lenses by sandwiching an LCD-like layer in the glass that can be focused with an electrical charge. The set’s inbuilt micro-machine accelerometer detects when you tip your head down — when you read, for example — and triggers the glasses’ focal area for presbyopia. The emPower! lens can also be set to manual and is then activated by a swipe of your finger on the frame. The kit includes the glasses and the inductive charger that will keep the eyewear powered up and running for a couple days. We were able to get some video of the lens in action focusing on a tie — it is impressive to say the least — the change happens as quickly as your eye blinks and is not noticeable when not activated. We’d say PixelOptics is on to something here, and if you’re the type to plonk down $1,200 for a pair of glasses, these are definitely worth a peek. The only thing missing is a micro speaker that blasts out Bionic Man sounds each time you fire them up — but we’ve great hope somebody will hack that in.

Gallery: PixelOptics emPower! electronic eyeglasses hands-on