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Canon ’s just gone and busted out four new cameras in its point and shoot PowerShot line. Up first the PowerShot Sx210 IS boasts a 14.1 megapizel sensor, a 28mm wide-angle lens with 14x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD, and can shoot HD video. The SX210 IS will come in black, purple and gold. The PowerShot SD3500 IS also packs a 14.1 megapizel sensor, with a 24mm ultra wide angle lens with 5x optical zoom, and a 3.5-inch touchscreen LCD. The PowerShot SD3500 IS will come in black, silver and pink. The PowerShot SD1400 IS similarly has a 14.1 megapizel sensor, with 28mm lens and 4x optical zoom, but this little guy is less than an inch thick, and will be available in pink, orange, silver and black. Finally the PowerShot SD1300 IS has a 12.1 megapixel resolution, with a 28mm wide angle lens and 4x optical zoom, and a 2.7-inch LCD. It’ll be available in silver, pink, gree, blue and brown. The SX210 will be available in late March for $349.99, while the SD3500 IS, The SD1400 IS, and the SD1300 IS will arrive in late February (that’s this month!) for $329.99, $249.99 and $199.99, respectively. Full press release is after the break. Gallery: Canon PowerShot compact cameras Continue reading Canon rolls out four new colofrul PowerShot compact cams Canon rolls out four new colofrul PowerShot compact cams originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? ?|? ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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We’d heard inklings , but Canon’s brand new Rebel T2i (also known as the EOS 550D outside the US) is newly official and oh-so-desirable. The camera takes quite a few features from Canon’s EOS 7D , including an almost identical sensor, the selectable frame rates, and the stereo mic jack. There’s also a new widescreen LCD and button layout to differentiate it from its T1i sibling — which will stick around on the market to pick up the poorer Canon lovers among us. The shooter can capture 18.7 megapixel stills at 3.7 fps, with better, 7D-style light metering and an expanded ISO range of 100 to 6400. Video is even more thrilling, with the addition of 30 / 25 / 24 fps 1080p (the T1i was limited to a silly 20 fps at that resolution), along with 720p at 50 / 60 fps and VGA at similar rates. The camera can also do an ultra-zoomed “movie crop” function that actually does the cropping on the CMOS sensor to provide about 7x of additional zoom without losing quality in SD. The T2i will hit retail in March for $800, with a EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens kit at $900. Gallery: Canon Rebel T2i press shots Canon’s new Rebel T2i shoots 18 megapixel stills, ups the video options originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? ?|? Canon ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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Reading people’s annoying “I’m eating such-and-such” tweets gets pretty tiring (though we’re just as guilty as the next guy when we have a particularly impressive petit four). Someone with even more time on their hands than us had taken it upon themselves to make a little contraption that, it could be argued, increases Twitter ’s usefulness just a little. Popcorn Tweets (as it’s called) was built using Lego’s Mindstorm NXT and is powered by Labview software. Triggered by a #popcorn tweet, the machine’s motor is driven by a belt which turns an Archimedes’ screw, which in turn moves a kernal of unpopped corn from the hopper to the popper. Of course, you could always just get a bag of Orville Redenbacher’s microwave corn, but then… where’s the fun in that? The semi-annoying video is after the break. Continue reading Twitter-powered robotic popcorn machine: media snacker deluxe Twitter-powered robotic popcorn machine: media snacker deluxe originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? ?|? YouTube ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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It’s just been a little over a week since IBM researchers announced that they managed to open up a bandgap for graphene -based field-effect transistors, but they’re now already back to show off what that’s made possible: a 100GHz graphene transistor. What’s more, this latest record-setting transistor (which IBM hopes will one day replace silicon transistors) was made using processing technology that’s compatible with that currently used in advanced silicon device fabrication, which should no doubt help speed up its eventual commercialization. Of course, any widespread adoption is still quite a ways away, but IBM says that this new transistor “demonstrates clearly that graphene can be utilized to produce high performance devices and integrated circuits.” For those keeping score, this first-of-its-kind transistor already beats the frequency performance of current state-of-the-art silicon transistors of the same gate length, which now top out at a mere 40GHz. IBM demonstrates 100GHz graphene transistor originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? The Register ?|? IBM ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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For your viewing pleasure, we present the latest Apple rumor doing the rounds this Saturday afternoon — namely, GeekBench results for a “new” Core i7 MacBook Pro. According to the results, what you’re looking at above are the numbers for the MacBook Pro 6,1, sporting a nastified Intel Core i7 (dual core, not quad) 620M ( Arrandale ) percolating along at 2.66GHz. Other curious points here are the 4.8GHz FSB, which sounds a little screwy to us, and a final GeekBench score of 5260, which makes current MBPs clocked at the same speed look like your grandfather with a walker (those ranges hover around 3700-4000 on average). The laptop in question is also allegedly running a fresh version of Snow Leopard (build 10C3067 of 10.6.2), which certainly makes sense if someone is out there benching a new Apple product, though it’s not a number we can verify. Still, if you were using a new Apple product, would you be dumb enough to publicly share this info? Probably not, which of course raises the question that this might just be a hackintosh or some other clever spoof (even if we did see a suggestion of new MBPs on the way recently). In the meantime, you can dream of having your pants burnt off by the above monster, and we’ll let you know if this thing starts looking a little more real. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Is a Core i7-based MacBook Pro strutting its specs in the wild? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? MacRumors ?|? GeekBench ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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Yinlips is jumping on the e-reader bandwagon with a 6-inch, touchscreen E Ink reader all its own. While we don’t have full specs for this think-looking little guy yet, we do know that it supports a wide array of file formats, supposedly gets around 20 hours of battery life, and that it’s got an FM radio with recording functions. There’s no word on pricing, other specs, or even the official name of this product yet (possibly just ‘E-Book’?), so make your suggestions in the comments, and we’ll try to get word to Yinlips for you. Yinlips busts out a 6-inch, E Ink-boasting e-reader originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? PMP Today ?|? iMP3 ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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Logitech’s Squeezebox Touch has had a somewhat troubled launch since being announced back in September alongside the Squeezebox Radio, and it looks like the road to availability just got a bit bumpier. While Logitech isn’t saying anything officially itself just yet, a Slim Devices developer has now posted on the official Squeezebox forums that we’re still looking at “a couple of months until release” — which is well off Logitech’s most recent promise of a February release date, and might even bump up against its future Android-based device . Logitech Squeezebox Touch delayed, again originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? SlashGear ?|? Squeezebox Forums ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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We’ve already seen a render of the kickstand-equipped HTC HD2 extended battery , but renders don’t power cellphones, so we’re particuarly glad that CoolSmartPhone has now come through and provided some actual pictures of the actual device. What’s more, it looks like the price has now dropped to ?35 excluding VAT (or about $55, down from $85 before), although the promised ship date has apparently been pushed back another month to March. Hit up the link below for a closer look, and a comparison shot with the standard battery. HTC HD2 extended battery gets its close-up, lower price originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? ?|? CoolSmartPhone , Clove ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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It’s not exactly all that uncommon to see some music disappear from Zune Pass (or any other music service) due to rights issues and whatnot, but Microsoft’s subscription service seems to have been hit with significantly more vanishing acts than usual as of late, which has resulted in a sizable number of complaints from users. In some cases, that includes all the music from some artists (Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, and Spoon, to name a few), while others have seen only some albums, or some songs disappear. For its part, Microsoft’s customer service seems to be telling folks that any music no longer available is due to the record labels pulling it, but the reports from users seem to suggest there’s little rhyme or reason about what’s been pulled. So, any Zune Pass users out there missing some of their favorite tunes? Let us know in comments. [Thanks, Zack] Zune Pass hit by wave of disappearing music? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? ?|? Zune.net ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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So, Jeff Zucker of NBC was hanging out his new best friend Brian Roberts from Comcast today, talking up the proposed acquisition in front of Congress. A certain Rep. Rick Boucher asked “what about Boxee?” and things got a little interesting. Jeff says that Boxee was “illegally taking the content that was on Hulu,” as opposed to the “many distributors of the Hulu content that we have legal distribution deals with.” We’re not exactly sure which deals Zucker is referring to, but Boxee’s Avner Ronen takes issue with the first point: I’d like to set the record straight regarding Boxee’s access to Hulu. Boxee uses a web browser to access Hulu’s content - just like Firefox or Internet Explorer. Boxee users click on a link to Hulu’s website and the video within that page plays. We don’t “take” the video. We don’t copy it. We don’t put ads on top of it. The video and the ads play like they do on other browsers or on Hulu Desktop. And it certainly is legal to do so. He also takes issue with some of Zucker’s other points, pointing out that Hulu dropped Boxee based on a request from NBC, while Zucker calls it a decision by “Hulu management,” and he also points out that Boxee hasn’t found NBC as open to negotiations as Zucker claims to be, but will be giving it another shot — perhaps with some of that subscription fee cash mixed in somewhere to sweeten the deal? It’s worth watching the short clip on C-Span and reading the entire Boxee rebuttal, even if it won’t make you any less angry. NBC’s Jeff Zucker talks about Boxee with congress, Boxee talks about The Facts with Jeff Zucker originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? Boxee ?|? C-SPAN ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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