Witness Lego’s Red Five X-wing Starfighter, the latest, baddest and biggest official set to come out of Denmark and, without a doubt, the most accurate and awesome Lego X-Wing ever created. Much better than the original Lego X-Wing Ultimate Collector Series, the previous best. More »
In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.
It’s been a very, very good week for Engadget. On Wednesday, Aol announced it had purchased gdgt and, while we generally don’t pay much heed to the acquisitional whims of our parent company, this one we’re very, very excited about — and you should be too. Gdgt is the creation of Engadget founder Peter Rojas and former editor-in-chief (and current editor emeritus) Ryan Block. They founded gdgt as a product-focused site in 2008 and, over the ensuing years, transformed it into a comprehensive database of the world’s gadgetry, all that backed by an active community of people brought together by an innate love for the hottest in tech.
Developers will be able to use their Google Galaxy Nexus and Google Nexus 4 devices to “flash” a developer-friendly version of Ubuntu Mobile from Canonical. Interestingly, Google gave away thousands of those devices during their Google IO developer events, and that’s probably why they were high on the list of devices to support for this release. (more…)
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After Disney purchased the rights to the Star Wars universe from Lucasfilm late last year, news of a new Star Wars being planned started coming out, with Star Wars: Episode 7 expected to be directed by JJ Abrams. Star Wars fans are understandably skeptical of the new film, but the inclusion of one actor may have single-handedly saved the film.
According to Latino Review reporter Umberto Gonzalez, Harrison Ford will be returning to reprise his role of Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode 7 film. The deal Harrison Ford has agreed to is reportedly “significant.” (more…)
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It seems like only yesterday when the SpaceX Dragon capsule launched its way to the International Space Station for the first time back in May, and now it’s reporting for duty yet again for the third time. NASA has announced that the capsule will be planned to launch on March 1 to bring even more supplies on board the ISS, as well as take back some materials when the capsule returns to Earth.
SpaceX is the work of Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk, who has been in the news himself recently over a debacle with the Model S car and the New York Times. However, he’ll soon be focusing his energy on the third launch of the Dragon capsule in less than a year, which will dock to the ISS, the first private company to accomplish such a feat.
While three times in less than a year may seem like a lot of space flights, SpaceX has signed an agreement with NASA to do 12 re-supply missions to the ISS using the Dragon capsule. The spacecraft itself is a reusable capsule that is able to be reused over and over again many times before SpaceX will have to replace it.
After the launch, and once the capsule starts to get closer to the ISS, astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn will use the station’s robotic arm to catch the capsule and bring it in for docking. The capsule is planned to take over 2,300 pounds of experiment samples and equipment back to Earth on March 25.
SpaceX Dragon capsule to make third trip to ISS on March 1 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Followers of the Criterion Collection on Twitter or Facebook have no doubt already dove in, but those that haven’t yet heard may want to direct their attention to the Hulu page featured at the source link. There you’ll find hundreds of Criterion titles ready for streaming, all of which have been made available for free this weekend (for those that have access to Hulu, that is). It doesn’t include all of the films Criterion has released on DVD and Blu-ray, but it’s an impressive selection, including many well-known classics and more obscure gems alike; there’s even some that Criterion hasn’t yet released on physical media.
If you’re looking for some science fiction to get started (this is Engadget, after all), we’d recommend an art house sci-fi double feature of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s World on a Wire — or Chris Marker’s La Jetée, the inspiration for Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys, if you’d prefer something a bit shorter.
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Make no mistakes about it, your lockscreen is good at keeping honest people honest, but a truly dedicated thief is bound to find his way around it. One of the wilder ways to do so has recently been demonstrated by researchers who cracked through a Galaxy Nexus’s security by throwing it in a freezer. More »
Microsoft Office making its way to iOS has been an ongoing rumor for years now with a new report being published today that puts a dollar amount on how much the company is losing each year the application doesn’t receive an iOS version.
According to Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Holt, Microsoft is estimated to be losing $2.5 billion a year from potential iOS customers who would prefer to use Microsoft Office as their ideal writing application across all iOS devices. (more…)
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While Verizon wasn’t quick to start selling 700MHz blocks to live up to the terms of its AWS purchase, it’s clearly willing to up the tempo. The carrier says it just finished deals this week to sell lower B-block 700MHz airwaves in Texas to already announced customer Nortex Communications as well as Oklahoma’s Panhandle Telecommunication Systems. We’re also learning that Verizon quietly signed off on a deal in mid-January that transfers A-block spectrum in Houston to Colorado Valley Communications. The agreements might not provide the interoperability with Verizon’s C-block that some crave, but they could still help level the playing field for smaller telecom outlets.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, Verizon
Depending on where you live, commuting can be a nightmare and that’s probably true for most big cities. To alleviate some of the road congestion issues, many use a 2-wheels transportation mode, motorized or not. The thing is: when you have a motorized vehicle, you may have a much harder time to park it than you would with a bicycle The Moveo Electric Scooter wants to fix that by letting you fold and transport the scooter with you in the building you are going to. On a side note, that could also be a great anti-theft measure.
Some technical background: the Moveo Electric Scooter is an electric vehicle (EV) with a 22 miles range which weighs 55 lbs. The maximum speed is 28mph, so it’s more of an urban vehicle that if would be a “sub-urban” one. Honestly, I expected something that big to be heavier, and when you look at it unfolded, it doesn’t really look flimsy or anything like that. Those who want to get one will have to pay $3100 to $4600) to purchase one of the 4000 units to be built this year.
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