An Engadget reader may have uncovered a secret that Google would rather keep under wraps: the origin of the Android logo. While few have questioned the origin of the now-iconic little green robot, instead opting to draw on the similarities between 'Android' and 'droids' from Star Wars, the gadget blog has put together a pretty compelling case against the Android mascot. It would appear that the logo was based upon a character in the 1990 game "Gauntlet: The Third Encounter". The game was... [More]

Inductive chargers have been kicking around for a while now, but Energizer's new charging platter is the first to utilize Qi technology—the new universal standard for inductive charging. That's one small step closer to total freedom from cables. Qi, which was recently approved as the inductive standard by the Wireless Power Consortium, will allow any Qi-equipped gadget that requires less than 5 Watts to power up on any Qi charging surface. Energizer's new charger is the fi... [More]

Its seconde day then windows phone 7 rtm is on the way to us. Like was it previose i think why there is no Any emulator on WP7 RTM on network still now. and there can i get the download to it. We hope to have same link to download emulor or WP7.bin file maybe on torrent   Windows Phone 7 is the most thoroughly tested mobile platform Microsoft has ever released.  We had nearly ten thousand devices running automated tests daily, over a half million hours of active self-hosting use, ove... [More]

Windows: If you're sporting an HTC phone with the HTC user interface you may have grown fond of the combination clock and weather forecasting widget. HTC Home ports the HTC interface from your phone to your Windows desktop, complete with animations. HTC Home is a port of the popular weather/clock widget from the HTC Sense UI interface found on Android phones—and related to similar HTC UIs found on other smart phones. You can resize the widget, tuck it in the taskbar, toggle the animatio... [More]

The ever-impressive Swedish interface gurus The Astonishing Tribe just posted a new video envisioning what kinds of screens we'll be using in the year 2014. They stretch fluidly and share seamlessly, and I want to use them right now. The group thinks we're on the verge of a screen Renaissance: Screen technology is now taking the next leap and the coming years imagination is the only thing stopping us. We will soon have dual screens, malleable screens, screens built into wifi connected mi... [More]

Microsoft's releasing Windows Phone 7 to manufacturing today—in other words, it's done. Final. Complete. Microsoft managed to add a few new bits before shrink-wrapping it, too. What RTM means is hardware makers and carriers can start finalizing their own plans for Windows Phone 7—tweaking drivers, preparing carrier-specific services for integration, that kind of thing. Gettings things ready to go. What that doesn't mean, however, is that Microsoft is telling us when Windows Phone ... [More]

The original prototype of the Back to the Future II-inspired Power Laces were cool but needed a bulky motor attached to the heel. This second prototype doesn't. They're also way more awesome and with donations, could become real

Intel has been on a spending spree lately, they recently paid $7.68 billion for McAfee and now they just put down another $1.4 billion for the wireless chip division of Infineon Technologies. Infineon Technologies is a spin off from Siemens; they make semiconductors for different industries, one of their industries covers mobile devices. Specifically, they make the processor found in the iPhone. David Perlmutter, an Intel executive vice president, said in an interview with The Associated Press... [More]

Tech Ed NZ 2010 is in full swing and during all the hustle and bustle, Neowin was able to take an exclusive hands on look at a prototype Windows Phone 7 device running the Windows Phone operating system. Microsoft was at a loss when the original iPhone was released, it’s Windows Mobile platform was years behind at best, and needed to do huge amounts of catching up to be competitive. A few new versions of the iPhone were released, as well as Google’s Android Mobile OS, and Micro... [More]

Someday, somehow, the U.S. Navy would like to run its networks - maybe even own its computers again. After 10 years and nearly $10 billion, many sailors are tired of leasing their PCs, and relying on a private contractor to operate most of their data systems. Troops are sick of getting stuck with inboxes that hold 150 times less than a Gmail account, and local networks that go down for days while Microsoft Office 2007 gets installed … in 2010. But the Navy just can't quit its tangled r... [More]

The Rec & Play pens are part of a modern art exhibit that covers sound interaction. The red one records sound on paper, the black one plays it back. It's no concept, it actually works. The system operates using a reworking of the old ferromagnetic tape technology used to power the cassette tapes of old, with the recording pen drawing a line of magnetic ink and encoding sound data into it through a built-in mic and tape recording head. Then your friend plays back the secret message about ... [More]

Tomorrow Apple will hold their annual fall event and Steve Jobs will introduce the latest and greatest iPods to the world. But as smartphones become increasingly adept at playing music, you have to wonder: Why bother with iPods at all? When the first iPod was introduced in October of 2001, I was listening to my fledgling collection of MP3s in Winamp on a junky Windows laptop. But that didn't stop me from buying an iPod. The idea of porting all my music around from place to place, contained co... [More]

Google is rolling out a new beta feature to Gmail users: The Priority Inbox. It's a way for Gmail to learn which emails are important to you and make sure that you see them first. Oh, and it works incredibly well. I've been trying out the Priority Inbox feature for a bit and have found that it's rather reliable, albeit initially a bit prone to deeming too many things important. The way it works is that you'll find a link in the top right of your Gmail inbox sometime soon and be offered the opp... [More]

Samsung's sub-$1000 3DTV may have already broken cover, but the real star today is the UN65C8000: a 65-inch 3D LED LCD TV that's the largest in the world. Talk about immersive. UPDATED: The UN65C8000 features 240Hz refresh, Samsung's 3D processor, and built-in Wi-Fi to access Samsung Apps like Hulu and ESPN. Of course, with great size comes great expense—you'll have to drop $6,000 to bring one of these home. And while it's nice that Samsung's throwing in two pairs of 3D glasses and an e... [More]

When the Motorola Droid first hit the scenes, it made a big splash for Verizon. The Droid was Verizon's strategy for combating the iPhone, as well as keeping users of Verizon happy, as the Droid represented a breath of fresh air for a carrier who previously had a weak smartphone lineup. Fast forward to today and Verizon has quickly become a key player in the US for the Android platform. With several high end devices, the company has quickly branded itself as the preferred provide... [More]

Late last year, reports surfaced of a suspected YouTube movie rental service. Fast forward to 2010 and indeed YouTube has started streaming a selection of movies. YouTube has been in talks with major Hollywood movie studios to launch a pay per view service. With the upcoming Google TV, and to rival with Apple in the digital film market, it only makes sense to start this project. According to the Financial Times, Google has been telling studios the appeal of being able to use the You... [More]

Running multiple operating systems side-by-side gives you the chance to test applications, run platform-specific software, and tons more without ever rebooting. It's also extremely cool. Here's how to run Windows, Mac, and Linux simultaneously and pain-free as possible. To get a quick idea of where we're headed, check out the video above, which demonstrates my Windows 7 system running OS X and Ubuntu through VirtualBox. Below, we'll build on on the basics you learned in our beginner's guide t... [More]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just decided that it was legal for the police to put a GPS tracking device on your car, sitting in your driveway, on your property. Here's how to protect yourself. Matt's post about the decision explains in depth about the ruling. To quickly summarize, the supreme court had said before that police can look through things that anyone in the public could come across, meaning, your driveway is freely accessible to the public, hence, the cops can look through it. ... [More]

Even as someone not very prone to gaming, I'm attracted to the idea of the Mag Gun controller. It works with multiple consoles, has logical controls, and looks like it'd make a first-person shooter the highlight of an afternoon. There aren't too many details about how the Mag Gun works, but CrunchGear's Devin Coldewey has a theory: The controller has a wide-angle camera in its tip, and to calibrate it, all you have to do it point it at the center of the TV. It then (if my analysis is correct... [More]

Samsung may've ditched the e-paper production business, but South Korean neighbor LG has throw its weight behind producing that 19-inch flexible e-paper we heard about a few months back. A 9.7-inch color e-paper screen is also in the works. LG's going to be "mass producing" the two screens, according to an SEC filing dug up by PC World, and even with Amazon boss Jeff Bezo's comments that a color Kindle is "still some ways out," we all know that it's inevitable. That 19-inch monochrome e-pape... [More]