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- Alexandre Herchovitch dresses up HP Pavilion dm1 with golden doilies, higher sticker price
- Robo-guard the South Korean correction service robot says 'stay out of trouble' (video)
- Best Buy details its 50 big box store shutdowns in the US, most will close by May 12th
- Canonical's AWSOME API bridges OpenStack and Amazon clouds, Ubuntu has its head in both
- Nouveau open source NVIDIA driver goes stable, gets benchmarked
- Ask Engadget: best heavy-duty cloud-storage solution?
- Mobile Miscellany: week of April 9th, 2012
- Canon 'examining countermeasures' for 5D Mark IIIs experiencing top LCD light leak problem
- Sharp rolls out high-res IGZO LCDs destined for tablets, laptops and monitors
- BBS version of Google takes you back in time, won't hog your phone line
| Alexandre Herchovitch dresses up HP Pavilion dm1 with golden doilies, higher sticker price Posted: 15 Apr 2012 09:23 AM PDT  |
| Robo-guard the South Korean correction service robot says 'stay out of trouble' (video) Posted: 15 Apr 2012 06:35 AM PDT  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Best Buy details its 50 big box store shutdowns in the US, most will close by May 12th Posted: 15 Apr 2012 02:28 AM PDT  Best Buy Confirms Closure Plans for Remaining 42 U.S. Big Box Stores Brings total of store closures to 50 by end of 2012 Most locations will permanently close by May 12; three additional locations to close by late summer RICHFIELD, Minn. – April 14, 2012 – Best Buy announced plans March 29, 2012 to close 50 U.S. stores as part of a number of key initiatives for this year. To date, we have closed two stores this year (one in Kansas City, Mo., and one in Scottsdale, Ariz.), plus have notified five Twin Cities stores and one San Antonio store that they will close later this year. This morning, we have confirmed the remaining 42 store locations that will close. A complete list of store locations can be found at the end of this statement. Employees of these 42 stores have been notified this morning. This was not an easy decision to make. We chose these stores carefully, and are working to ensure the impact to our employees will be as minimal as possible, while serving all customers in a convenient and satisfying way. But we also recognize the impact this news has on the people who deserve respect for the contributions they have made to our business. We will be working to help these employees find other positions inside Best Buy. If they don't find new positions, or if they choose not to work at a different location, a transition including severance packages will be available. Three of these 42 locations remain open today, Saturday; the rest of the affected stores are closed today, and will reopen Sunday, April 15. Customers currently doing business with these stores are being contacted today. We expect most of these stores will permanently close by May 12. Three additional locations are expected to permanently close later this summer. 2 Best Buy continues to have additional retail store locations – big boxes and standalone Best Buy Mobile stores – for customers to choose from in these affected locations. More broadly, our previously announced retail store actions are intended to increase points of presence, while decreasing overall square footage, for increased flexibility – including key store remodels with a new Connected Store format, while continuing to build out the successful Best Buy Mobile small format stores throughout the U.S. We will continue to share details of such actions as the year progresses. We are committed to making it easier for customers to shop with us, whenever and wherever they want. Locations of 2012 U.S. Best Buy store closings Store Name Address City State Casa Grande 1004 N Promenade Pwy Casa Grande AZ Lake Pleasant 10134 W Happy Valley Rd Peoria AZ East Palo Alto 1751 E Bayshore Rd East Palo Alto CA Westwood 10861 Weyburn Ave Los Angeles CA Manteca 934 Perimeter Dr Manteca CA Moreno Valley East 27220 Eucalyptus Moreno Valley CA Ontario 4120 E 4th St Ontario CA Pittsburg 4405 Century Blvd Pittsburg CA Jamboree 2857 Park Ave Tustin CA Arapahoe & Parker 15800 E Briarwood Cir Aurora CO The Forum 9370 Dynasty Dr Fort Myers FL Oldsmar 11655 W Hillsborough Ave Tampa FL Fayetteville 128 Pavilion Pkwy Fayetteville GA Loganville 4014 Atlanta Hwy Loganville GA Addison 1038 N Rohlwing Rd Addison IL 87th & Dan Ryan 8900 S Lafayette Ave Chicago IL Deerfield 200 S Waukegan Rd Deerfield IL Matteson 4707 Lincoln Mall Dr Matteson IL Mundelein 1100 N Rt 83 Mundelein IL West Dundee 979 W Main St West Dundee IL Speedway 10500 Parallel Pkwy Kansas City KS Back Bay 360 Newbury St Boston MA Wareham 2421 Cranberry Hwy Wareham MA Inner Harbor 600 E Pratt St Baltimore MD Hunt Valley 118 Shawan Rd Hunt Valley MD Biddeford 405 Mariner Way Biddeford ME *Brooklyn Center 5925 Earle Brown Dr Brooklyn Center MN *Edina 3200 Southdale Cir Edina MN *Hutchinson 1350 Hwy 15 S Hutchinson MN *Lakeville 18350 Orchard Trl Lakeville MN Rochester South 4540 Maine Ave Se Rochester MN *Rogers 20870 Rogers Dr Rogers MN Ellisville 15678 Manchester Rd Ellisville MO Monroe 3151 W Highway 74 Monroe NC Rocky Mount 1100 N Wesleyan Blvd Rocky Mount NC Millard 12210 K Plz Omaha NE East River Plaza 517 E 117th St New York NY Steelyard Commons 3506 Steelyard Dr Cleveland OH Salem Mall 5031 Salem Ave Dayton OH Caguas Las Americas Expry PR52 Zafiro Caguas PR Middletown 890 W Main Rd Middletown RI Hickory Hollow 5255 Hickory Hollow Pkwy Antioch TN Techridge 12901 North I-35 Austin TX *Woodlake Parkway 6218 Woodglen San Antonio TX Landmark Mall 5901 Stevenson Ave Alexandria VA Cosner's Corner 9745 Jefferson Davis Hwy Fredericksburg VA East Richmond 4410 S Laburnum Ave Richmond VA Mill Plain 16611 Se Mill Plain Blvd Vancouver WA * indicates stores notified March 29, 2012 of closure plans Note: Two stores in Kansas City, MO (Metro North) and Scottsdale, AZ (Shea) permanently closed in February 2012. |
| Canonical's AWSOME API bridges OpenStack and Amazon clouds, Ubuntu has its head in both Posted: 15 Apr 2012 12:45 AM PDT  |
| Nouveau open source NVIDIA driver goes stable, gets benchmarked Posted: 14 Apr 2012 09:32 PM PDT  |
| Ask Engadget: best heavy-duty cloud-storage solution? Posted: 14 Apr 2012 06:50 PM PDT  We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from is from is from Joe, who needs to backup half a terabyte of data to the cloud, as you do. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
Well, he doesn't want much, does he? Just world-class storage, universal device access and all for a rock-bottom price. There's plenty of contenders in this particular competition, from Dropbox all the way through to, erm, Box. It's kinda clear that Joe's not just backing up his holiday photos, so even enterprise-level offerings are worth suggesting. Still, the floor's now open to you, so fire away. |
| Mobile Miscellany: week of April 9th, 2012 Posted: 14 Apr 2012 05:30 PM PDT  Samsung's pink Galaxy Note hits South Korea  You may remember this one from our hands-on at CeBIT, where we were given a sneak peek at Samsung's upcoming pink Galaxy Note. The company made its rosy handset official this week, and was proud to show it off with the assistance of its booth professionals. [Samsung Tomorrow (translated)] AT&T's Lumia 900 campaign may be its most expensive effort to date AdAge reports that AT&T will spend upwards of $150 million to promote the Nokia Lumia 900, which would make it the most expensive campaign to market a single device in the carrier's history. It's quite a large bet for what could be a relatively niche smartphone, but with the iPhone now available on Sprint and Verizon, the move suggests that AT&T is once again looking to differentiate itself with a company exclusive. Meanwhile, both Sprint and Verizon remain alarmingly frigid to Microsoft's mobile platform, and AT&T could do well by promoting itself as the carrier of choice for Windows Phone users. [TechnoBuffalo, AdAge] LG Optimus L7 to arrive in Europe this month, Optimus L5 to follow in May  A few of the smartphones that we first met at Mobile World Congress are starting to become available to the masses, and soon enough, both the Optimus L7 and L5 may count themselves among the bunch. LG France announced on its blog that the Optimus L7 will arrive in late April for an unsubsidized price of €319, and the Optimus L5 will arrive at the end of May -- no price was mentioned for it. For a bit of a recap on both devices, be sure to check out our hands-on from Barcelona. [Unwired View] Leaked training docs suggest HTC One X to hit Rogers on April 20th  We previously reported that Rogers has made the HTC One X available for pre-order, and as part of that promotion, all customers who stake their claim before April 30th may pick up the handset for $170 on a three-year contract. Now, however, a bit of training material received by MobileSyrup suggests the carrier has targeted April 20th as the official launch date for the smartphone -- not long until we find out for sure. [MobileSyrup] Dolphin Browser HD 8.0 hits the Play Store  The popular alternative web browser for Android, known as Dolphin Browser HD, officially turned 8.0 this week. Most notably, users will discover a new menu bar, a refreshed side panel and easier access to Dolphin Sonar -- the browser's attempt to behave like Siri. Developers also managed to squash a few known bugs along the way. [Droid Life] Galaxy Nexus launch at Sprint becomes more imminent  Chatter across the grapevine gives strong indication that the Galaxy Nexus will arrive at Sprint within the next eight days. Debut posters are thought to hang in the windows of Sprint dealers as of tomorrow, and similarly, Best Buy's internal planning documents reveal that the big box retailer expects to have devices on its shelves by April 22nd. [Phandroid, BGR] Motorola debuts dual-SIM XT390 Android smartphone in China  Motorola introduced a dual-SIM capable smartphone for customers of China Unicom. Known as the XT390, it runs Android 2.3 and includes an 800MHz CPU, a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 512MB of RAM and a 3.2 megapixel camera. [Unwired View] Other random tidbits
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| Canon 'examining countermeasures' for 5D Mark IIIs experiencing top LCD light leak problem Posted: 14 Apr 2012 05:03 PM PDT  |
| Sharp rolls out high-res IGZO LCDs destined for tablets, laptops and monitors Posted: 14 Apr 2012 02:33 PM PDT  Sharp Begins Production of World's First LCD Panels Incorporating IGZO Oxide Semiconductors In March 2012 at Kameyama Plant No. 2, Sharp began producing the world's first high-performance LCD panels incorporating IGZO oxide semiconductors. Sharp is expanding production scale through April to meet market demand. Kameyama Plant No. 2 first started operations in August 2006, manufacturing highly advanced LCD panels for TVs. Production systems have subsequently been reorganized to focus on producing small- and medium-sized LCD panels for the world's rapidly growing smartphone and tablet terminal markets. Employing advanced IGZO oxide semiconductors enables Sharp to produce LCDs with smaller thin-film transistors and increased pixel transparency, thus allowing for lower energy consumption. In addition, proprietary UV2A*3 photo-alignment technology employed in Sharp's AQUOS LCD TVs enables these displays to achieve high image quality. Sharp will encourage the application of its new high-resolution LCD panels to high-definition notebook PCs and LCD monitors-which are both expected to grow in demand-as well as to mobile devices. Sharp will also contribute to creating markets for attractive new products. Sample Specifications of LCD Panels Incorporating IGZO For LCD Monitors Display size 32 inches No. of pixels 3,840 x 2,160 Pixel density 140 ppi For High-Definition Notebook PCs Display size 10 inches No. of pixels 2,560 x 1,600 Pixel density 300 ppi For Tablet Terminals Display size 7 inches No. of pixels 800 x 1,280 Pixel density 217 ppi |
| BBS version of Google takes you back in time, won't hog your phone line Posted: 14 Apr 2012 12:45 PM PDT  |
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