We never did quite get the name of Nokia's prototype slider -- it certainly isn't the C7, and it's apparently not the N9 -- but regardless of what you call our dearly departed, its journey is over. In what will no doubt be a fairly familiar tale to readers everywhere, TechnoBuffalo saw the phone remotely wiped right before their eyes, and Negri Electronics (our original source) says they've got private investigators breathing down their necks for the device. Stalwart to the bitter end, RM-626 gave one last performance before it dropped. See the 4-inch handset play an embedded YouTube video after the break if you must, but be sure to stop at the 5:45 mark. For true phone lovers, the rest is too painful to watch.

[Thanks, Larry N.]

Continue reading Mystery Nokia slider shows off proto-Symbian^3 one last time, commits cellular suicide (video)

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Things stateside haven't gone the way of Blockbuster Portugal (yet) but while the Blockbuster was able to make arrangements with creditors and avoid bankruptcy this week, it will be forced to delist from the New York Stock Exchange after a proposed reverse stock split fell through. Even the extension on debt payments it was able to negotiate hasn't satisfied analysts, with our old friend Michael Pachter telling Reuters "there's nothing on the horizon that makes it look like Blockbuster is going to be more profitable." Ouch. A substantial amount of debt has long been a problem for Blockbuster as it tries to adjust to a changing marketplace with Redbox and Netflix, and with shares trading at .18, has now made its existence more precarious than ever.

Blockbuster avoids bankruptcy for now, but not NYSE delisting originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Robonaut2 may have fantastic biceps, but raw muscle won't put a man humanoid on the moon -- that takes rockets. Rockets like the one in this RR-1 prototype lander, recently outfitted with a Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment (GENIE) system to let the craft safely descend to the lunar surface. On June 23rd, NASA and partner Armadillo Aerospace put the system to the test, hoping it could figure out the complex algorithms necessary to process volumes of data from the laser altimeter, GPS and inertial sensors, and quickly enough to steer the rocket engine accordingly... but the machine performed like a charm. See its first solo flight in an inspiring, flame-filled video after the break, and skip to 4:12 for the good stuff.

Continue reading NASA successfully tests autonomous lunar lander navigation system, codename GENIE (video)

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These five Nexus One smartphones may seem to have defects, but there's actually nothing wrong with their AMOLED screens -- the funky colors are an attempt to improve battery life by turning off unnecessary sub-pixel LEDs. Hooking up his handset to an industrial power meter, Android engineer Jeff Sharkey discovered a blood-red screen drew 42 percent less current than full color -- the least of any combination by far -- purportedly doubling the effective battery life of the phone. While you're probably not going to be able to test the requisite software patch for yourself unless you're mildly familiar with Google code, you'll find a video of the crimson wonder after the break to fuel your dreams of a eyestrain-free astronomy cheat sheet... and Android bullfighting, of course.

Continue reading Nexus One sees red, nearly doubles battery life? (video)

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Note: Video is after the jump and VERY NSFW due to heavy profanity. This is a video of some chick I'm still not convinced isn't a guy ranting about her ex-World of Warcraft guild and threatening to beat them all in the head with a car jack. It's disturbing to say the least. I really want to believe it's fake like the Starcraft beta-key girl, but I don't think it is. At the very least, it's filled with some amazing (not to mention ironic) lines that I'm gonna speak in exclusively for the rest of the weekend. "Hey GW, want another beer?" "I AM GONNA [BLEEPING] HIT YOU -- IN THE HEAD -- AS HARD AS I [BLEEPING] CAN AND [BLEEPING] CRACK YOUR SKULL OPEN AND HAVE YOUR BRAINS LAYING ON THE [BLEEPING] GROUND! Did you say beer? Sure I'll take one." Hit it for the WTF did I just watch?!

Note: Video is after the jump and VERY NSFW due to heavy profanity use (read: f-bombs). This is a video of some chick I'm still not convinced isn't a guy ranting about her ex-World of Warcraft guild and threatening to beat them all in the head with a car jack. It's disturbing to say the least. I really want to believe it's fake like the Starcraft beta-key girl, but I don't think it is. At the very least, it's filled with some amazing (not to mention ironic) lines that I'm gonna speak in exclusively for the rest of the weekend. "Hey GW, want another beer?" "I AM GONNA [BLEEPING] HIT YOU -- IN THE HEAD -- AS HARD AS I [BLEEPING] CAN AND [BLEEPING] CRACK YOUR SKULL OPEN AND HAVE YOUR BRAINS LAYING ON THE [BLEEPING] GROUND, [MUTHERBLEEPER]! Did you say beer? Sure I'll take one." Hit it for the WTF did I just watch?!

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