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Items by Ryan Block

• March 26, 2008
• 9:11

  FYI: change your password, edit your profile, add yourself an avatar

• March 22, 2008
• 16:41

  Google to make white space wireless announcement in wake of FCC auctions

• 15:06

  Even happier ending for "cleaned" Xbox 360 owner: Gates-signed console arrives

• 12:52

  SMD Ultra Trencher 1 starts its new job: laying pipes and cables in the briny deep

• 10:20

  Screen grabs: Nokia N770 Lives Free, Dies Hard

• March 21, 2008
• 19:20

  Screen grabs: KITT the chatty car somehow still needs an Apple Bluetooth keyboard

• March 20, 2008
• 19:54

  Screen grabs: disoriented, time-traveling Hodgman takes call on upside down iPhone

• 6:15

  HTC Shift is finally coming to the US on the 24th with Sprint 3G

• March 19, 2008
• 0:55

  Arthur C. Clarke, inventor of satellite, visionary in technology, dead at 90

• March 18, 2008
• 20:07

  iPhone firmware 2.0 hands-on

• March 17, 2008
• 5:01

  NVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GX2 tested, still not out

• 1:21

  Samsung YP-S3 previewed on video

• March 16, 2008
• 23:43

  Wii homebrew inches along, now has rudimentary channel support

• 21:54

  BTC's 9051H Cheetah "pro" keyboard and mouse

• 20:43

  Rumor has it 802.11n Airport Express due out soon

• 20:13

  Vista SP1, SP1 toilet paper hit japan

• March 13, 2008
• 23:14

  WWDC 2008 kicks off June 9th for Mac, iPhone devs

• 7:13

  OCZ announces 32, 64GB SATA II SSDs

• 6:49

  Canon's new PowerShots: SD890 IS, SD790 IS, and SD770 IS

• 5:20

  Toshiba swallows a billion dollars on HD DVD

• March 11, 2008
• 11:08

  Intel on its way to making consumer SSD drives. Yes, still.

• 9:20

  Belkin's Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger

• March 06, 2008
• 19:31

  Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference

• 15:16

  InFocus projectors adding DisplayLink USB graphics

• 14:19

  CrossFireX reviewed: it's a start

• 7:09

  Ziff Davis files chapter 11 bankruptcy

• March 05, 2008
• 23:34

  Apple's iPhone SDK press conference tomorrow at 10:00AM PT / 1:00PM ET

• 18:57

  Another Xbox 360 price cut around the corner?

• 9:44

  MacBook Air gilded again - that's two times too many

• 9:28

  Microsoft (finally) releases Singularity, the research oriented operating system

• 9:04

  Olympus Evolt E-420: smallest, lightest, possibly most retro DSLR

• 8:26

  Jobs hid cancer for nine months before seeking treatment, damn

• March 04, 2008
• 23:35

  Happy 4th birthday... to us!

• 19:11

  SanDisk Sansa Fuze leaked?

• 10:01

  Iomega revs Rev to 120GB

• 9:14

  Razer intros Salmosa low-end gamer mouse

• 7:47

  Video: reporter vs. the Air Force pain gun. Guess who wins.

• March 03, 2008
• 11:31

  USB Boxer floats like a butterfly, stings like a 500mA USB current

• 10:14

  MacBook Air selling out left and right?

• March 02, 2008
• 15:06

  University jumps on even bigger bandwagon: free iPhones and MacBooks to students

• 13:20

  Sigma DP1 priced, dated, and manhandled

• 11:19

  Modbook upgraded, now up to 2.4GHz, 160GB

• 3:54

  Apple hundreds short of 1,000 movie promise

• March 01, 2008
• 23:34

  Samsung execs called for questioning in continuing corruption probe

• 22:41

  EU now formally opposed to TomTom / Tele Atlas deal

• 16:49

  Telsa sets the record straight: Roadster has airbags, okay?

• 15:10

  Time Capsule opened despite it not yet being the future

• 12:41

  IBM's "green optical link" promises one second movie downloads

• 9:36

  TiVo shuttering Rewards program, screwing its best customers

• 0:49

  Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360

• February 29, 2008
• 14:12

  Sprint to launch dual-mode CDMA / WiMAX devices this year?

• 10:31

  MSI ECOlution motherboard transforms chip heat into fan power

• 9:23

  Vista prices officially go down, but will consumer interest go up?

• 3:47

  SanDisk does up 8GB Cruzer Fleur USB drive for the ladies

• 2:21

  Apple MacBook Pro Penryn tests: a little more speed, a lot less heat

• February 28, 2008
• 19:48

  Apple MacBook Pro (with Penryn and multi-touch) unboxing

• 15:24

  Philips and Lite-On push out external Blu-ray drive

• 15:06

  Microsoft Firefly: Hungry Hungry Hippos for Surface

• 13:18

  Why hasn't anyone hacked the Kindle?

• 12:18

  Border virtual fence project delayed again until at least 2011

• 12:02

  Time Capsule shipping this week?

• 11:04

  iPhone launching in Ireland on March 14th?

• 11:03

  Samsung announces two gamer plasmas for Korea

• 9:33

  Hitachi, Sharp raided on DS screen price fixing suspicions

• 8:18

  Professor decries robotic killing machines, clearly prefers to do killing himself

• 4:46

  Time Capsule shipping this week?

• February 27, 2008
• 23:19

  Sony exec sees Eee-like PCs as having potentially negative impact on industry

• 19:58

  Apple event confirmed for March 6th for the "iPhone software roadmap"

• 10:01

  Toshiba's 815T PB on Softbank threatens humanity

• 1:13

  Sony H50 and W300 camera hands-ons

• February 26, 2008
• 23:52

  Sony PFR-V1 WTFones ears-off

• 21:15

  Sony's new Walkman hands-ons

• 20:51

  Checking out Sony's S-AIR, BDP-S350, and S550 at EHD

• 10:54

  Sony opens up Open House 2008

• 10:02

  Sony announces BDP-S350, BDP-S550: first new Blu-ray players since the fall of HD DVD

• 10:01

  Sony squirts out new iPod dock, Bluetooth gear

• 10:01

  Sony launches S-AIR multi-room wireless audio standard, gear

• 10:01

  VAIO Graphic Splash Expression Collection verbosely lets you style your Sony laptop

• 10:01

  We say "no comment" to Sony's six new voice recorders

• 10:01

  Sony announces PS-LX300USB USB turntable, ready to fight next format war against 8-track

• 8:47

  Sharp and Sony tie the knot on LCD HDTV production

• February 25, 2008
• 11:54

  Phil Harrison out at Sony

• 9:15

  Fujitsu MHZ2 BT: the latest 500GB 2.5-inch laptop drive

• 7:51

  MetaRam aims to bump RAM capacity by 4x overnight

• 7:17

  iPhone, Wii guests on stage at this year's Oscars

• February 24, 2008
• 3:41

  Xbox 360 HD DVD now dead, get 'em while they're hot

• February 23, 2008
• 20:27

  Deadlines extended on two HDTV contests, go enter!

• 6:57

  BusinessWeek reports iPhone SDK will be late

• February 22, 2008
• 21:58

  Video: Optimus Maximus install, setup, Configurator, and use!

• 19:06

  Optimus Maximus: at long last, we bring one home to test

• 14:33

  60GHz wireless chip promises 5Gbps of throughput, instant tumors

• 12:27

  Bluelounge SpaceStation doesn't add space, just wraps cables

• February 21, 2008
• 22:00

  Dash Express ships to pre-order customers on March 27th

• 1:52

  Games for Zune details, hands-on

• February 20, 2008
• 21:03

  Microsoft announces games for Zune via XNA Studio

• 20:25

  Joystiq is live at Microsoft's GDC keynote

• 19:00

  Vote for the 2007 Engadget Awards!

• February 19, 2008
• 20:02

  In case you missed it: peace broke out in the format war, HD DVD is dead

• 19:04

  Top ten things to do with your now-defunct HD DVD player

• 11:03

  HD DVD casualty report: over 1m players, recorders, and drives lost to the format war

• 9:46

  Live from Toshiba's HD DVD press conference in Tokyo

• 8:15

  DVD Jon finally launches doubleTwist with limited iTunes DRM-removal

• February 18, 2008
• 21:01

  Toshiba expected to announce death of HD DVD tomorrow, stop sales by March

• 14:04

  Numbers tabulated, Wii predicted to overtake Xbox 360 in 2008

• 6:46

  Announcement of HD DVD's death expected in short order (duh)

• 5:09

  Motorized Madness is, in fact, just that

• 3:29

  Verizon to offer unlimited voice, data, and messaging packages

• 2:11

  Kurzweil predicts that machines will match man by 2029 -- bring it on

• February 17, 2008
• 22:03

  Elonex One: England's 100 quid laptop

• 21:29

  Safe update for Apple TV v2, Safari HD hacks released

• 19:52

  Dell to release tri-core AMD business machine?

• 19:07

  Debunk: Revenge of Stuff's Sony Ericsson PSPhone mockup

• February 15, 2008
• 22:36

  HD DVD deathwatch: we're making it official

• 22:36

  HD DVD deathwatch: we're making it official

• February 14, 2008
• 21:45

  AT&T Centro confirmed for next week

• 20:08

  Kindle gets its first update, now v1.0.4

• 19:56

  Poll: What are you doing for V-day?

• 9:41

  Microsoft mobile exec shuffle: Knook out, Lees, VP of business software in

• February 13, 2008
• 14:56

  Engadget Mobile turns two!

• February 12, 2008
• 23:12

  Apple TV (take 2), take two

• 8:10

  ZiPhone: jailbreak any version iPhone out of the box, including 1.1.3

• 7:21

  Wireless USB now an option in even more Dell laptops

• 0:59

  Microsoft to Yahoo: come back, this isn't over!

• February 11, 2008
• 23:11

  Apple releases OS X 10.5.2 update, tons of fixes

• 21:23

  Fan-made PSP mockup is far sexier than the real thing will ever be

• 7:00

  HTC Shift finally ships in Europe, still nowhere to be found in the US

• 7:00

  HTC P3470 is only EDGE, but has GPS

• 7:00

  HTC Advantage X7510: now upgraded with 16GB flash memory

• 6:06

  nanoDAB: portable DAB meets Bluetooth

• 5:18

  No wonder Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 is so good: HTC makes it

• 4:12

  Don't throw out that Polaroid just yet, make it digital

• February 10, 2008
• 21:31

  First live photo of Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1

• February 09, 2008
• 10:43

  Wii + rehab = Wiihab, the cycle is now complete

• 7:57

  Microsoft misses some Valentine's Day Zune shipments?

• 5:14

  Thor Shield ensures you can't tase me, bro!

• February 08, 2008
• 10:10

  Ring-ring-ring Batphone!

• 7:42

  Toshiba creates fastest random number generator

• February 07, 2008
• 9:46

  Numonyx (Intel and STMicroelectronics) already shipping phase-change memory samples

• 8:48

  Engadget HD definitively answers: does cable, satellite, or fiber provide more HD?

• 4:57

  Poll: Be honest with yourself, are you still happy with DVD?

• 4:47

  Has the Ojo gone dark once and for all?

• 2:41

  AnySIM updated to unlock some v1.1.3 phones

• February 05, 2008
• 23:03

  Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV on Engadget HD!

• February 04, 2008
• 6:59

  Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice at Engadget HD

• February 03, 2008
• 23:26

  PSP slim gets super-hackable PSP firmware v1.50?

• 10:38

  Maxablaster mega-flashlight is a step away from lightsaber

• 8:14

  More AT&T wireless outages?

• 1:31

  Infrared solar panels even work at night, but can't output energy

• 0:32

  Mio Moov and Moov XL finding their way to US release

• February 02, 2008
• 22:27

  Dean Kamen's robo-arm awaits clinical trials

• 20:14

  Skype plugin for Apple TV released

• 19:51

  Zune user files suit against Microsoft over alleged ear damage

• 18:41

  Did Voce die overnight, without warning?

• February 01, 2008
• 19:23

  Dell Latitude E-series leaked

• 7:32

  Evil Mad Scientist Labs' Peggy terrorizes roomates, darkness

• January 31, 2008
• 7:12

  Lenovo selling off cellphone business you never heard of

• 7:03

  Sony upgrades CS1 geotagger for video, drops some printers, nothing big

• January 30, 2008
• 19:28

  Apple TV (take 2) update delayed

• 15:52

  Nokia N95 8GB with US 3G passes FCC

• January 29, 2008
• 7:57

  Nikon's new Coolpix S550, S520, and S210

• 7:27

  Nikon announces D60 and lenses to boot

• January 26, 2008
• 1:53

  HTC further responds to video driver issue, will improve future products

• January 25, 2008
• 23:44

  MacBook Air review

• 0:43

  First benchmarks: MacBook Air is the slowest Apple machine on the block

• January 24, 2008
• 21:45

  Remote Disc: no movie playback, no HD support, and everything else you need to know

• 21:08

  Adding insult to injury: USB 3G modems won't fit in the MacBook Air

• 19:41

  Confirmed: MacBook Air SuperDrive does NOT work with other machines

• 19:25

  The MacBook Air has landed

• 9:34

  Sony Ericsson fires off four low-enders: T270, T280, R300, and R306

• 8:57

  Via launches Isaiah: 64-bit low-power, high-performance processors

• 7:47

  Samsung's GX-20 DSLR gets official -- in Korea, anyway

• 6:29

  Canon PowerShot A590 IS, A580, A470 round out new A-series

• 6:17

  Canon Rebel XSi official, move over XTi

• January 23, 2008
• 19:42

  Greener Gadgets Conference: win tickets or enter your own gadget design to compete

• January 22, 2008
• 7:39

  Olympus releases nine new cameras, none blow our minds

• 7:11

  Sony hops on the Apple bandwagon with comparative love-fest

• January 21, 2008
• 5:12

  Feeling regretful? Downgrade to that v1.1.3 iPhone / iPod touch

• January 20, 2008
• 8:35

  Macworld 2008 rumor report card: some hits, mostly misses

• January 19, 2008
• 0:55

  Bug Labs announces WiFi-free Hiro P BUGbase

• January 18, 2008
• 21:06

  Want to write for Engadget?

• 20:38

  Hoverit's Lounger, the magnetically levitating acrylic chaise

• 13:41

  Keepin' it real fake, part CVI: N800 gets Chinafied

• 10:23

  Scala Q2 lets you talk to other Q2 riders, over.

• 9:10

  UltraBattery developed to drive hybrid cars to the next level

• 4:04

  Penryn Mac Pro and Xserve hands-on

• 1:58

  iPod touch users: if you bought after Jan 1 the new apps are free -- maybe

• January 17, 2008
• 21:41

  Winners: The best of Crapgadget at CES!

• 18:46

  Infection alert: Insignia 10.4-inch photo frame kindly bundled with trojan

• 18:14

  Survey finds Apple users have sense of superiority -- no wait, hear us out

• 6:44

  iTunes Digital Copy from Fox DVD goes under the microscope

• 1:37

  FlipStart retail price nosedives, we're a little worried

• 0:24

  iPhone v1.1.3 causing major issues with SMS message order?

• January 16, 2008
• 22:06

  If Jobs says "people don't read anymore," does this headline really exist?

• 19:06

  iTunes and Apple TV rentals and purchases: what you can (and can't) do

• 4:29

  Way too much Apple coverage at Macworld -- it's all here

• 0:48

  Apple TV (Take 2), iPod touch, and iPhone: yep, more details here, too

• January 15, 2008
• 23:34

  MacBook Air: plenty more details

• 23:23

  MacBook Air battery replacements: $129, free install!

• 21:32

  Yeah, about those server problems...

• 18:03

  Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote

• 15:41

  Macworld 2008: here we go!

• 0:56

  Final Macworld predictions?

• 0:36

  CES 2008: everything you need to see

• January 14, 2008
• 23:11

  Leaked Dell laptop brings the sexy

• 16:01

  DroboShare Drobo NAS mini-review

• 16:00

  DroboShare makes your Drobo NAS -- for a price

• 0:41

  Poll: How do you want us to write the Jobsnote? Top to bottom, or vice versa?

• January 13, 2008
• 16:11

  Here we go again: CES and Macworld to overlap in 2009

• 10:08

  Spy shots of Apple's Macworld booth are of giant black shroud, shockingly enough

• January 12, 2008
• 16:24

  Gear and loathing in Las Vegas - Engadget has left the building

• 12:58

  Crapgadget CES finale, round 18: Tole Pure really is a crapgadget

• 7:04

  Goodbye CES, hello Macworld

• 1:17

  Macworld 2008 banners popping up: "There's something in the air"

• January 11, 2008
• 23:52

  Crapgadget CES edition, round 13: e-paper display actually paper

• 21:12

  Less than an hour left to win the ultimate CES swag bag!

• January 10, 2008
• 0:48

  Video: Bill Gates is looking for a job -- fruitlessly

• January 09, 2008
• 16:38

  Art Lebedev's CES 2008 booth tour

• 5:40

  Dell 3008WFP hands-on!

• January 08, 2008
• 20:04

  Wii and DS win Tech Emmys

• 15:36

  Apple updates Mac Pro -- "the fastest Mac we've ever made"

• 12:04

  Silicon Image VastLane Mobile 5-pin HDMI standard

• 3:18

  SanDisk announces 72GB(?!) SSD, 8GB Cruzer Crossfire

• 2:34

  Bill Gates: the exit interview

• January 07, 2008
• 22:48

  Hanging with Bill Gates at CES 2008

• 20:57

  SanDisk releases a 32GB Sansa View, 4GB Sansa Clip

• 10:26

  SlingCatcher and SlingModem hands-on

• 8:43

  iriver's crystal ball predicts upcoming PMP sexiness

• 8:36

  Sling announces SlingCatcher (again), SlingPlayer 2.0 with Clip+Sling, and Sling Cable modem

• 7:01

  Ritek joins the 128GB SSD crowd

• 7:00

  Westinghouse reveals bevy of new LCD monitors

• 5:00

  OQO releases 64GB SSD and outdoor display options for Model 02

• 3:25

  Bill Gates: live at his 12th and final CES keynote

• 2:31

  Sony's new mylo hands-on

• 2:30

  Sony's new mylo (2) now official

• 2:08

  Live coverage from Sony's CES press conference

• January 06, 2008
• 21:46

  Samsung intros Spinpoint M6 500GB standard height laptop drive, Hitachi be damned

• 20:52

  Samsung Spinpoint A1 resurrects 1-inch microdrive format with 30, 40GB

• 20:34

  Samsung 128GB SATA SSD now official

• 19:06

  Creative definitely launching the InPerson at CES

• 11:46

  Panasonic's Lifewall plasma: the biggest thing to be announced at CES

• 11:08

  The show floor before the show: the CES they don't want you to see

• 3:58

  Engadget is all over CES 2008

• 2:33

  Meet the "MacTouch" and "MacBook Touch" (with docking iMac), and other rumors

• 2:00

  WowWee introduces Mr. Personality, Rovio, and Flytech Bladestar

• January 05, 2008
• 22:01

  Bug Labs announces price, release, and new BUGmodule

• 19:32

  X-SIM II claims to unlock some iPhones, looks way sketchy

• 18:42

  Canon introducing "dual flash" Vixia HF10, F510, and F511 camcorders

• 15:00

  Whirlpool's expansive centralpark system gets new upgrades

• 9:34

  Logitech's diNovo Mini keyboard and Z Cinéma speakers

• 8:48

  Engadget: now faster, with better galleries, and fully ready for CES

• 5:14

  HD DVD group cancels CES press conference in wake of Warner announcement: daaamn

• January 04, 2008
• 23:01

  CES AV club: the Engadget podcast returns, video with Veronica Belmont!

• 10:21

  Debunk: Xbox Live was down, but not due to DDoS attack

• 7:58

  Slingbox PRO HD, BlackBerry SlingPlayer hands-ons

• 7:25

  Sling Media's Slingbox PRO HD, SlingPlayer for BlackBerry announced

• 7:03

  Microsoft hooks up Xbox Live subs with free Arcade title

• 3:48

  Intel steps down from OLPC board

• 1:43

  Xbox Live outage, day 13: still up and down, still preventing fun from being had

• 0:38

  Dento-Munch will robotically eat you out of house and home

• 0:14

  The countdown to CES begins!

• January 03, 2008
• 16:00

  Pharos announces Trips & Pics: GPS, battery, and geocaching software

• 11:17

  Jay-Z + Apple = record label?

• 10:21

  LG.Philips announces 14.3-inch flexible e-paper display for CES

• 9:53

  Dell announces Crystal transparent monitor a little early

• 8:26

  Hitachi's 5K500, E5K500 hit the mythical 500GB mark for laptops -- with a catch

• 7:58

  HP intros SL4282N, SL4782N connected HDTVs, updates Media Center Extender software on older models

• 7:31

  HP's new MediaSmart Receiver does Media Center Extender (and more)

• 7:16

  HP announces Media Vault (Pro) mv2100, mv5100 NAS boxes

• 7:01

  Lenovo launches IdeaPad, IdeaStation laptop and desktop lines