The networking equipment maker says sorry after an employee offers to pay for good Amazon reviews. Fake positive reviews of Belkin products were actively solicited by one of its employees, the company admitted on Sunday. Belkin, a networking and peripheral manufacturer, apologized for the worker’s actions,…

Before September 11, 2001, President Bush was willing to devote time to technology topics. After, his presidency moved to a wartime footing, and with the exception of wiretapping, those policy areas were no longer a focus. news analysis Months after being sworn in as president, George W….

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology said that the first half of 2009 would see the university evaluate whether to commit to a thin client solution for hundreds of thousands of university workstations. The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT this week said that the first half of 2009…

Price cuts have been applied to many Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium, Celeron and Xeon chips, as the company gears up to compete with rival AMD. Intel on Monday cut the prices of many of its mainstream processors, with some of the cuts lopping off as much…

A small US company has filed a complaint with the European Commission, accusing IBM of abusing its position in the European mainframe market. A complaint alleging that IBM has abused its position in the European mainframe market was filed with the European Commission on Tuesday. The…

Our tipster tells us these bad boys can’t be activated just yet, but they’ll be available in stores as of February 1 — and you won’t need anything crazy like FiOS to get ‘em. The Hub is the evolution of the Verizon One concept first shown at CES two years ago, featuring family-friendly features like a digital corkboard, scheduler, photo frame functionality, and integration with Verizon Wireless handsets to fire MMS shots straight to the screen. In a way, you can think of it as the watered-down realization of that awesome videophone in Back To The Future II, but with less teleconferencing and fax capability and way, way less Lea Thompson.

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Verizon Hub in the wild on way to February 1 release originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our main man “Rick” over at the Sony Blog has penned another short-form stunner entitled “You Can’t Tell a Netbook by its Cover,” which aims to dispel the seemingly persistent myth that the VAIO P is… gasp, a netbook. We’d thought we’d break down the points (which Sony has helpfully broken down) and see if they hold water. Since the Sony Blog moves through these killers one-by-one, we’re going to do the same — read on for the hard facts.

Continue reading Sony doth protest too much: don’t call the VAIO P a netbook?

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Sony doth protest too much: don’t call the VAIO P a netbook? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While we’re primed and ready for Android to take over the mobile marketplace, it looks like Steve Horowitz, Google’s engineering director for the upstart OS, has other thoughts — he’s bailing out for Coupons, Inc. Yep, it’s a coupons site. We have no idea why Horowitz thinks a company working on a “digital coupons and promotions platform” is more exciting that leading Android’s development, but he’s certainly jumped ship before — he started his career in Apple’s Macintosh group before a stint at Be, and prior to taking the reigns at Google he was on the teams at Microsoft that shipped Windows Media Center Edition, UltimateTV, and WebTV. We’ll be honest, those all sound infinitely more interesting than doling out coupons, but maybe dude just really loves typing in instant savings codes. As for Android, it doesn’t sound like Andy Rubin’s going anywhere, so we’re certain work will continue with nary a hiccup — or at least we’re hoping it does, because we’re getting pretty hungry for some Cupcake.

[Via Electronista]

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Google’s Android Engineering Director leaves for… Coupons, Inc. originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed a piezoelectric motor that’s 0.25 mm wide, which they claim is 70% smaller than the smallest design out there. The Proteus motor, named after Fantastic Voyage’s microscopic vessel, uses an E. coli-like flagellum to swim through the bloodstream. The goal is to one day have it power microbots that’ll enter the body by injection to take photos, deliver medicine and eventually do surgery. According to lead scientist James Friend, escape would come from it returning to the point of entry or, should something break down, via a micro-catheter — no tear ducts necessary this time.

[Via Yahoo! Health]

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Scientists develop piezoelectric motor for medical microbots originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, more awful news being flung our way. Bose, hallowed manufacturers of a plethora of fine iPod docks and countless other expensive, luxurious electronic goods, has just announced 1,000 job cuts. That means that about 10 percent of their workforce — across several areas, including their manufacturing sector — will be out of work in the very near future. The Bose rep cited the decline in the global economy as the main reason for the “reductions.” Reductions? Cute.

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Bose announces it’s cutting 10 percent of its workforce originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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