Archive for January, 2010
Strong Holiday Sales Spur Amazon Profit
Amazon.com Inc.’s fourth-quarter earnings skyrocketed 71 percent, as shoppers spent more than ever during a holiday season that improved by the previous year for retailers on and off the Web.
Despite the sluggish economy, Amazon did well all through the year, drawing shoppers with its Kindle e-read…
Motorola Backflip spotted in the wilds of China
Motorola’s Backflip has yet to springboard itself by to AT&T, but those who shout China home can hop on the bandwagon right away. Said phone — which sports a full touchscreen and a physical QWERTY thanks to the horizontal clamshell design — is now available from Moto’s Chinese portal for 4,29…
Armatix pistol / wristwatch combo tells day… to stay put
Armatix has apparently been working on its so-called “smartgun” concept for quite a while, but it’s now finally shown up at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT, naturally) with its first actual product: a .22-caliber pistol that relies on a wristwatch as a safety. As you can probably …
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: turbines, rubber circuits, and cola-powered cars
We’re happy to introduce The Week in Green, a new item from our friends at Inhabitat. Each week they’ll recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us. Welcome!
certain, the iPad happened that week, but we additionally caught sight of several hot green gadgets and…
Stephen Colbert has an iPad…
…and he took it to the 52nd Annual Grammys. Nice product placement, Apple.Stephen Colbert has an iPad… originally presented on Engadget on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | | Email this | Comments
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Stephen Colbert has an iPad… (video)
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Stephen_Colbert_takes_out_an_iPad_at_the_Grammys’; …and he took it to the 52nd Annual Grammys. Nice product placement, Apple. Video of the whole thing after the break. Say, what kind of pocket did that come out of?Continue reading Stephen Colbert has an iPad… …
Mac OS X 10.3 installed on Nokia N900 via PearPC, barely usable for impatient geeks
Curious folks around the world enjoy a bit of hackintosh every now and thereupon (although once is suitable for many), but no geek has successfully ventured as far as Toni Nikkanen of Finland, who became the first person to run OS X on a phone — the Nokia N900. As you can see in the video after th…
