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Signal. You can never get enough signal. Got full bars on your laptop? Something will come up, cause you to move, and then you’ll be down to three, and then two, and before you know it your downloads will be failing and you’ll be holding your device up and waving it around, hoping the fickle gods Micro and Wave will smile upon your plaintive dance while everyone else in the coffee shop sneers over mochas. You could avoid this scene with a BearExtender PC, a $45 device that will give you signal enough to curse them all and work out on the patio if you feel like it. Read on to see if it’s worth it.

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BearExtender PC review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After we reviewed the DropCam Echo a few weeks back and found ourselves generally unimpressed, we received an e-mail from someone at D-Link saying something to the effect of: “Dude, you have to try out our thing, because our thing is totally better than their thing and costs a heck of a lot less too.” We took them up on that offer and, while unfortunately D-Link’s thing has a much less catchy name, DCS-930L Wireless N Camera hardly rolling off the tongue, the sub-$100 device does indeed live up to its billing — for the most part.

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D-Link DCS-930L Wireless N Network Camera review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Without question, Apple’s latest iPod nano is its most interesting one yet. And considering that it’s the first nano with a color, multitouch LCD slapped onto it, it’s also one of the most multifaceted. The engineers in Cupertino certainly cut away from the nano’s past in order to create this new shuffle-like form factor, and it’s expectantly drawn quite a bit of heat from both side. Now, let’s say you were allowed inside the Apple lairs, and told that you could revamp the nano in any method you pleased. Aside from figuring out if it would blend or not, how would you go about tweaking the new nano? Enlarge the device (and thus, the screen) just a bit? Throw a second display on the rear for kicks and giggles? Throw in a pair of Bluetooth headphones? Talk to us in comments below.

How would you change Apple’s iPod nano (2010)? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There comes a time when fiddly buttons and D-pads just don’t do it anymore, a time when you need a little more control. Nintendo was first of the current generation to show its hand with the fling-sensitive Wiimote, and of course Sony and Microsoft are both now doing similarly intended things with the PlayStation Move and the Kinect, respectively. Now THQ is trying to do its own little new thing by launching the $69.99 uDraw Gametablet on the Wii, supplanting the wavy wand with a stylus. Next logical step in gaming? Tool to unleash a torrent of creativity? Half-baked third-party accessory? Read on to find out.

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THQ uDraw Gametablet for Wii review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, we’re no Snake Plissken, but let’s just say that DC has become something of an interesting town lately, with mock-left and faux-right wing pundits holding giant rallies, political candidates being accused of witchcraft, and various other signs of the apocalypse happening every day. We were glad to make it out with both eyes and we were glad to be doing so in the car of the future that’s finally a part of the present: Chevrolet’s $41,000 Volt. It’s actually (honestly) in proper production now, being delivered to select dealers soon, one of those production models given to us to drive from our great nation’s capital to the cultural capital of the world: New York City. We easily managed it on a single tank of gas, but what kind of mileage did we get? You’ll just have to read on to find out.

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Chevy Volt preview: escape from DC in today’s car of tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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