Aug 28

OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD lineup updated with smaller 60GB option for $130

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Looking for a peppy SSD to turbo charge your workflow and don’t need a whole lot of storage capacity? Back in June, Other World Computing introduced its speedy SandForce-endowed Mercury Electra 6G SSDs with a base model priced at $230 $200 for 120GB. Now the company’s added a cheaper option to keep things fast and your wallet happy. Those wanting a taste of its 556MB/s read and 523MB/s write speeds can now opt for a 60GB variation, priced at just $130. Sure, it may not be ideal for saving your entire Queen back catalog, but it could be a nifty route for faster boot-up and load times, right? It’s available now from OWC. Zip past the break for the full PR.

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OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD lineup updated with smaller 60GB option for $130 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 26

Nissan’s Leaf rollout speeds up in Chicago this fall

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Oprah may have left town and packed up her “You get a car!” philanthropic ways, but that’s not stopping Nissan from injecting the windy city with a little auto excitement. Responding to an overwhelming customer demand for its all-electric Leaf vehicles, the Japanese car maker is accelerating the line’s rollout to Chicago residents, with the first models to be available this fall. The launch will be bolstered by a planned 280 EV charging stations, funded in part by a pledged $1 million from the state and an additional $1 million grant. If you’re living in the second city to our north and haven’t yet hitched your ride to the electric hatchback caravan, now might be the time.

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Nissan’s Leaf rollout speeds up in Chicago this fall originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 26

Tampa Bay Buccanneers to use iPads as playbooks, not PlayBooks

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With the NFL season just a few days away, players and coaches have been busy lifting weights, doing interviews and counting their money. Sometimes, they even get the chance to study their playbooks — or, in the case of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, their iPads. This year, the franchise has distributed a fresh batch of iPad 2‘s to all of its 90 players, as part of a new initiative from coach Raheem Morris. With the tablets, the Bucs can spend their free time reviewing their downloaded plays, while analyzing video footage from practices, games and opposing teams. In related tech news, the Detroit Lions just discovered fire.

Tampa Bay Buccanneers to use iPads as playbooks, not PlayBooks originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 25

Sony’s Digital Link Sound System brings all-in-one iOS integration to your dashboard

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Is your car yearning for more iOS integration? Sony’s got you covered, with its new Digital Link Sound System. The company’s new audio package is available in two models: the all-in-one XDP-PK1000 and the more compact XDP-MU110. The former consists of five components, including an iPhone / iPod Touch cradle (pictured above), wireless remote control, customizable digital sound processor, 12-inch box subwoofer and 300 watt Class D mono block amp. The XDP-MU110, on the other hand, is geared toward drivers who are already content with their amp / subwoofer setup, but simply want to outfit their ride with a fresh audio system, with the help of Sony’s cradle, processor and remote. If you’re interested in getting one, however, you’ll have to wait a little longer; the XDP-PK1000 is expected to start shipping in September, for about $800, with the XDP-MU110 slated to ship in November, for $400. Cruise past the break for more information, in the full PR.

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Sony’s Digital Link Sound System brings all-in-one iOS integration to your dashboard originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 25

WebKit turns 10, celebrates a decade of speedy, standards-compliant browsing

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WebKitIt’s hard to believe but WebKit, the rendering engine inside Safari and Chrome, is now ten years old. The forked child of KDE’s KHTML received its first commit of code from Apple back on August 24th of 2001. It would be well over a year before the debut of Safari in 2003, and another two years before it was fully open sourced. Since then it’s begun to replace Gecko (Mozilla) as the rendering engine du jour and even spawned a sequel in Webkit2. So, happy birthday to Apple’s greatest contribution to the open source community.

WebKit turns 10, celebrates a decade of speedy, standards-compliant browsing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 25

X10 AirPad is a warm slab of Gingerbread for under $200

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Couldn’t get your hands on a discount TouchPad? It’s not quite as cheap, but X10 does boldly claim that its new AirPad is “the best tablet on the market for under $200.” It’s important to have realistic goals, after all. The seven-inch slate packs in 4GB of storage (plus a microSD slot), WiFi, and Android 2.3.

X10 AirPad is a warm slab of Gingerbread for under $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 25

CineSkates smooth your camera’s roll (video)

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Wheels make everything better, right? That certainly seems to be the case with CineSkates. Joby has given a big thumbs up to the Kickstarter project, which help the Gorillapod Focus capture some pretty sweet tracking shots, because nothing says “elegance” like a gorilla on wheels.

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CineSkates smooth your camera’s roll (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 25

Gunnar Optiks crafts limited edition Modern Warfare 3 specs, keeps the bad guys in clear sight

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Serious gaming requires serious gear, and by the looks of this latest Call of Duty marketing tie-in, you should be decked out in your Modern Warfare finest when that third installment hits stores. Publisher Activision and Gunnar Optiks have teamed up to bring the eyewear company’s fatigue-reducing i-AMP lens tech to a branded line of limited edition gaming specs. The $99 glasses, designed with “venting details inspired by… military machinery,” are set to hit stores worldwide on November 8th, and can be found stateside as a Best Buy exclusive. Sound like your kind of late-night gaming accessory? Then click past the break for a 20/20 look at the official PR.

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Aug 24

EEE Pad Transformer gains Netflix support, minor fixes

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This may be of no consequence to those of you who frequent XDA Developers, but obviously, not all of us are comfortable rooting Asus’ EEE Pad Transformer just to get Netflix support. Now you might never have to, thanks to a build lovingly named HTJ85B.US_epad-8.6.5.9-20110816. In addition to enabling sideloading support for the streaming service, this Honeycomb update provides a choice of cursor icons, improves boot times and adds the ability to enable or disable the virtual keyboard while docked. Hitting the update? Let us know how you fare in the comments.

[Thanks, Zack]

EEE Pad Transformer gains Netflix support, minor fixes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 24

Sony redesigns PlayStation Home, makes it the game outside the game

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Sony updated PlayStation Home in the spring of this year, and gave its virtual world multiplayer support and better graphics. Evidently that update wasn’t quite what Sony wanted, so the company will roll out a complete redesign of the community this autumn to make it easier for folks to connect with desired content. The revamped Home lets users find games by exploring several themed districts (Action, Adventure, Sportswalk and Pier Park) with their digital doppelgängers. Sony’s saying the changes will make PlayStation Home itself a game, so maybe it’s time for Second Life to start shaking in its boots. Denizens of Sony’s digital world can get more details in the PR below.

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Sony redesigns PlayStation Home, makes it the game outside the game originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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