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Normally updates are meant to better your OS, delivering necessary tweaks and performance improvements. But this latest batch out of Cupertino’s managed to do just the opposite for users running the Lion 10.7.3 package , as it’s caused many applications to force crash and bewildered users to restore Time Machine backups.
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Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite users contemplate running with Lion (update)
Many HTC Sense users have experienced less than ideal conditions ever since their upgrade to Gingerbread . In an issue that’s likely tied to the operating system’s new memory management techniques, we’ve seen the launcher sporadically restart upon return to the home screen, and in rarer cases, cause Sense to revert entirely to its factory settings.
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Months after Gingerbread’s arrival, HTC Sense remains fussy, users can’t get no satisfaction
Few things on this planet are more indestructible than the lowly cockroach — except, of course, a cyborg cockroach. That’s what researchers at Case Western Reserve University are looking to create, and they’re a lot closer than you may think.
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Cyborg cockroaches inch closer to reality, blame science
We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Joseph (he’s from Atlanta) who needs a camera bag for his semi-professional photography enterprise. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com .
3D printing . Sure, that’s pretty neat, but there are other ways to make three dimensional objects at home. Roland’s new iModela, for example, is an “affordable” ($899) digital hobby mill that can carve 3D shapes, jewelry, textures and prototypes out of balsa wood, foam, modelling wax and plastics
Sony Ericsson is looking to start a bromance with the McTwist-loving, Double-Cork-landing, A-Frame-riding masses jonesing for a new Android device. The handset maker has announced a “global strategic alliance” with Billabong to launch the Xperia Active Billabong Edition smartphone in select markets. The handset will come preloaded with exclusive content, including Billabong screen savers, and bundle several Billabong-branded games and applications
(Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you desire most right now? A drink?
