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We smell a Hasbro lawsuit coming with this one, but for now AutoBot is a funky name for a potentially great iPhone and Android app. Working in concert with a Bluetooth OBD-II dongle (not unlike the Superchips Vivid), it lets you diagnose engine troubles, keep track of maintenance, and locate your car via GPS coordinates — useful for when some Decepticon tries to make off with your ride or when you’re simply running low on energon and can’t remember where you parked. It can even be configured to automatically send a text to loved ones should you get into an accident, specifying your GPS coordinates and ruining any hope of hitting the body shop before dad finds out. The Mavizon-developed app recently won a startup competition at i-Stage 2010 and sadly isn’t slated to be available until 2012, but we should be getting an early look at CES. When it does ship it’ll cost $300 for the hardware and the software, though an extra fee will be required if you want to banish pop-up ads back to Cybertron.

AutoBot app tracks your car if it tries to roll without you originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 03:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I guess it’s no surprise to anyone that I go out a lot. I eat most of my meals somewhere other than home. A new fixture in a lot of restaurants these days are flat panels with local advertising. I try to ignore these screens as much as possible. They are boring, redundant and lose [...]

I first encountered the Mikey at CES 2009, and the first version was a handy microphone made to plug into the charging port end of an iPod.
They have since come out with the Mikey 2.0, which is made for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I happen to have the latter, and I [...]

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Huawei might be making inroads into the US consumer smartphone market, but the Chinese telecom supplier’s attempts to break into big business have been stonewalled. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint is excluding both Huawei and competitor ZTE from a multi-billion dollar contract — where they would have been the lowest bidders — primarily because of national security concerns. The US Secretary of Commerce reportedly called Sprint CEO Dan Hesse to voice concerns about letting firms with possible ties to the Chinese government supply local communications infrastructure, a perspective also penned by eight US senators back in August. “DoD is very concerned about China’s emerging cyber capabilities and any potential vulnerability within or threat to DoD networks,” the Department of Defense told the publication, without naming Huawei or ZTE directly. We’re not doctors, but it sounds like someone’s got a serious case of supercomputer envy.

Sprint axes Huawei, ZTE telecom bids due to security fears in Washington? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Robin Hood wannabes, here is something for you to check out – the Air Hunterz Z-Curve Bow that costs all of just £19.99. The trusty bow has been Robin’s weapon of choice for a long time now, as well as his band of merry men, and you can now continue in his legacy without having [...]

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Panasonic has announced the successor to one of the highly sought after Micro Four Thirds shooter to date known as the Lumix DMC-GF1, which is the logically named Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2. This compact mirrorless camera is also Panasonic’s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens system camera, where it will feature a built-in flash to boot.
The Lumix [...]

Don’t say we didn’t warn you. The Apple iPad is pinching and zooming its way onto Target shelves starting October 3rd, in both WiFi / 3G and WiFi-only options. Those with a Target credit card can get a five percent discount when the rollout for that special begins October 17th. Is this what you’ve been waiting for? Probably not, but at least you know what to expect on your next expedition to the red-clad retailer.

Update: Press release after the break.

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Apple iPad officially hits Target shelves October 3rd originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This is the Skylon, and I fully realize that sounds like a Cylon from Battlestar Gallactica. I’m sure that you are looking at this spacecraft and thinking it is something out of science fiction.
However, this is just one of several vehicles that I have seen designed for the apparent boom in space [...]