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Wii Sports Experiment sheds nine pounds {Engadget}
Jan 18th 2007 2:25PM Wow this deserves something like free subway for life.
Chinese government demands all handsets be rechargeable via USB {Engadget Mobile}
Dec 27th 2006 11:32AM Thank you #6. The majority of people on this forum don't seem to understand that although it may be a practical idea it is not the government's place to mandate such a standard.
Microsoft hit with lawsuit over Fall Update woes {Engadget}
Dec 9th 2006 7:24AM Any lawsuit that sites google as a source should be thrown out by the judge.
Nintendo finally hit with Wiimote lawsuit {Engadget}
Dec 9th 2006 7:08AM This is getting ridiculous. Patents were meant to protect individuals/companies from others that want to profit off of all the time and money the company spends on R&D. Although it may or may not be the case in this instance, it's sad to see it being taken advantage of by companies that just want to make a quick buck. Nintendo has obviously spent a lot of money developing this product.
Intel gets behind pre-802.11n, adding to Centrino {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2006 9:11AM Standards are not made by committee but by the wide adoption of that standard by the manufactures and consumers. Draft-n seems to have done just that.
NIST to recommend decertifying direct record electronic voting {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2006 8:49AM Two words: absentee ballot
NTSB to bus drivers: don't talk and drive, pretty please {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 28th 2006 11:20AM "Although we find it quite astounding that cellphone use while operating a school/motor bus isn't already outlawed"
It always amazes me that people always turn to legislation to fix there problems rather than their own personal responsibility.
Super Talent thumb drives work with Vista's ReadyBoost {Engadget}
Nov 7th 2006 3:50PM Here the Readyboost Q&A right from the people that developed it!
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx
It's a very well designed feature but many people don't seem to know what it is for or how it works.
LicketyShip's four hour gadget delivery service goes live {Engadget}
Sep 30th 2006 11:27AM Quote from 10 years ago:
"I don't know if this crazy technology called a cell phone is really going to catch on. I mean come on if I want to make a call I just pull over and use a pay phone."
NTT sets new data transmission record of 14 terabits per second {Engadget}
Sep 30th 2006 10:30AM These lines arent for individual use. These are backbone lines to the internet which must be many times faster.
As to why Japan/Asia gets stuff first. Remember Japan or South Korea have a much smaller area and so Network upgrades whether they are internet or cellular are generally cheaper/easier to do.
