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An impressive limestone formation carved over time, as seen in Google Street View. (Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET) Sit behind the computer too much and you might find yourself wanting to see more natural wonders. Well, Google Japan found a new way for people to explore the world, one cave at a time.
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Google Street View goes cave-diving in Japan
(Credit: CNET) The ultrabook is the latest fad being pushed by PC vendors.
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Ultrabooks won’t breathe life into PC market this year, says analyst
Samsung‘s new Galaxy Tab 2. (Credit: Samsung) Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 2 is the latest in the company’s long line of tablets. But if the initial pricing details are true, the device is likely to be a hard sell
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 not exactly priced to sell
3D Printer Build Week: Day 1 I hope to review the coming batch of pre-assembled 3D printers, but first I need to build one. That’s the idea, anyway.
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3D Printer Build Week: Day One
Ep. 17: Hands-on with the PlayStation Vita and HP dm4 Beats Edition, plus Valentine’s Day gadget gifts This week, we pass around Sony’s new PlayStation Vita for some hands-on testing, check out HP’s newest Beats Audio laptop, and debate the best and worst Valentine’s Day gadget gifts.
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CNET Labscast 17: PlayStation Vita and HP’s Beats laptop demoed, plus Valentine’s gadget ideas
(Credit: Video screenshot by CBSNews.com) If you’re in a healthy relationship, the last thing you should probably be doing this Valentine’s Day is playing video games. But if you’re a “playa” who can juggle Gears of War and a significant other at the same time, be careful when using Microsoft’s new wireless headset for the Xbox. Former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson learns the hard way in this commercial, which illustrates how things can quickly go from good to embarrassing while using the headset
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Remember who you’re talking to on Xbox Live
When you just want a little Zen, the desktop version will do. (Credit: Simon Hallam) I had a desktop Zen garden once, then the cat stepped on it and sent granules of sand flying everywhere. I’d be willing to take a chance on a new inside Zen garden, but only if it’s a Zen Table
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Zen Table lets robotics do the meditative work
Game trailer: The Darkness II Deciding when to release a video game involves a carefully planned strategy and knowing your competition. At times it feels like a publisher is watching the cards, observing patterns, and learning when to bet
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How staying out of the light actually helped The Darkness II
Photoshop CS6 will get the ability to endow lines with vector styling such as dashes.
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Photoshop CS6 steals Illustrator’s dashed-line styling
(Credit: John Anastasiadis/Yanko Design) Remember Nokia’s concept phone with a flexible screen ? Well, designer John Anastasiadis has applied it to a BlackBerry concept phone featuring a display that wraps around to the back.
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Wrap your head around this BlackBerry concept
While the main thing that would make Raspberry Pi’s diminutive $25 / $35 Linux setups better would be if we could get our hands on them faster , the team behind it is already working on improvements like this prototype camera seen above.
If you found yourself longing for the minor tweaks Samsung made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany earlier this year, you may be in luck: Apple’s filed for a preliminary injunction against the slate stateside.
Let’s face it, whether you’re down at the laundromat or feeding the meter on a busy street, you can never find enough quarters when you need’em. Know what effectively sidesteps that lack of foresight? NFC , that’s what
We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol’ Federal Communications Commission’s site. Since we couldn’t possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there individually, we’ve gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy! Continue reading FCC Fridays: May 18, 2012 FCC Fridays: May 18, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 23:52:00 EDT
Ready for your latest tour through the dense and meandering wording of patent applications ? Well, dig in, because it’s Microsoft’s turn to confuse lawyers the world over with this latest USPTO doc, submitted in November of 2010. The filing describes a computer-based program that would, essentially, analyze a primary device’s installed applications, cross-reference it with a different device and then either migrate that software batch or suggest similar apps to download on a secondary unit
Having spent a little time with it, we’re impressed with how much capability the engineers managed to pack into the Canon SX150 , at such an affordable price. As you’d expect given the bargain-basement ~$179 street, it’s not without its limitations, but considering what you get, it’s pretty amazing: A capable, well-built 14-megapixel digital camera with an optically stabilized 12x zoom lens and a good assortment of features
There’s been hints of it coming as early as February , but we now have a smoking gun at the FCC: the Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile. A Samsung SGH-T999 has popped up at the agency sporting newly added 1,700MHz AWS support that’s the telltale sign of a T-Mobile device, along with the T999 name itself (the T989 is the network’s Galaxy S II ). It also totes 850MHz and 1,900MHz WCDMA bands being used for HSPA+ data rather than just voice, a clue that the phone is ready for refarmed GSM spectrum
Sony must stay on top of Android updates for its tablets to remain relevant to consumers. (Credit: Sony) One must wonder why Sony cannot get out of the habit of playing a fragmented and behind-the-curve Android release schedule for its devices.
(Credit: CNET) Everyone who uses Instagram , EyeEm , or other photo-sharing apps knows how easy it can be to add effects to photos and make them look even better than the original.
It’s safe to say that anticipation is high for the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview , which will become available in the first week of June.
