Zero Motorcycles will pay for your first 25,000 e-motorbike miles, wants you to ride guilt-free

If you’ve been staring lustfully at an electric motorcycle but needed that little extra push to make the jump, Zero Motorcycles has a unique incentive in store: it’ll pay for your first 25,000 miles on the road. Should you take the keys to any one of the company’s two-wheelers between now and the end of May, you’ll get a Visa gift card for the amount within a few weeks

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With Facebook IPO Underway, One Man Pitches a Polaroid-Style Instagram Camera

They say the easiest way to get rich is to hang around billionaires because they leak money. Antonio De Rosa is an Italian designer who is clearly looking to find one of those leaky rich guys to stand as close to as possible

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Microsoft encourages students to buy a PC, gives them a free Xbox 360 in return

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ZTE confirms the Score M has a backdoor, hopes to patch up soon

Who knew that owning a ZTE Score M would mean living life on the edge? ZTE has confirmed that the MetroPCS phone has a backdoor vulnerability which could let a less-than-scrupulous hacker get root-level control over the Android 2.3 phone — and because it’s a unique app baked into the firmware, the login credentials won’t change as long as the exploit survives. Other ZTE phones, like the Skate , supposedly face the same hole as well

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Survive with Sony’s hand-crank USB charger

This charger could save a life, or at least a smartphone. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: Sony Japan) One possible solution to resurrect a dead phone resides in Sony’s latest portable CycleEnergy USB charger with a built-in hand crank, due in Japan on June 20 for 8,000 yen ($100). The modular charger ( CP-A2LAKS ) features a dual port unit capable of charging two USB-equipped devices and a built-in 4,000mAh battery chargeable via AC power.

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‘You Only Live Once’ (So do it Right!)

A full day of adventure and pure life well lived in Portland, Ore., brought to you by GearTrade.com and Matthias Giraud, aka “Super Frenchie.” You gotta watch the whole thing!

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Engadget Podcast 294 – 05.18.2012

http://www.engadget.com/podcasts/Engadget_Podcast_294.mp3 As much as you may Like overanalysis of the initial public offering of a Friendster ripoff valued higher than General Motors, other stuff happened this week. Tim and Brian share their Tech Timelines with you in this, The Engadget Podcast

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Water-damaged Fujifilm X100 torn apart for fun and education (but mostly fun)

James Maher had the unfortunate luck of placing his bag and prized Fujifilm X100 in a “dry” container on a fishing trip that didn’t keep its contents very dry.

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LG Optimus 4X HD stops in at the FCC, flaunts AT&T bands, global support

LG’s latest 4.7-inch wunderphone may not have penned in an official release this side of the Atlantic, but that doesn’t mean the Feds aren’t putting it through its paces. A global version of the LG Optimus 4X HD made its way through the FCC test labs recently, revealing a quad-band GSM / EDGE radio with 3G support over AT&T’s 1900 / 850 bands. In other words, feel free to import an unlocked slab when they hit Europe next month

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Asus VG278H review: Great 3D, but what about that price?

The Asus VG278H’s built-in 3D emitter makes for a less cluttered desktop. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) When it debuted a few years ago, the Nvidia 3D Vision Kit required four components to work properly: 3D glasses, an Nvidia graphics card, a compatible display, and a separate, USB-connected 3D emitter. In the time since that debut, not much has changed.

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