AP – TV viewers can now TiVo using their BlackBerry.

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NewsFactor – Fledgling satellite operator TerreStar Networks has inked an agreement with AT&T under which the U.S. mobile operator will offer the world’s first satellite/cellular smartphone. Called the Genus, the new hybrid device — which switches to satellite coverage whenever cellular links are unavailable — will enable users to gain ubiquitous access to voice and data services throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and offshore coastal waters.

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Continuing its streak of questionably high priced media PCs Okoro has announced the new OMS-Q100 and OMS-Q200 Quantum mini Digital Entertainment Systems. Combining an Intel Atom processor and NVIDIA ION in the OMS-Q200 and Mobile Core 2 Duo in the OMS-Q200 with 4GB of RAM with 320GB of hard drive space, 7.1 audio outputs, OTA & QAM recording capability (plus optional digital cable tuner) these tiny, quiet boxes could find a welcoming home theater somewhere, though the starting price of $1,295 may make for a difficult fit. You probably don’t need our help to put together something equivalent or better for less than that, but feel welcome to it.

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Okoro delivers mini Media PCs with a full size price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Your computer went down. Don’t smash it, please. Don’t become mad and don’t cast it off. Get away from it. That’s right – take a break. Calm down. Sure, it’s very discouraging. I know. Been there, done that.

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The idea to make plug-in electric vehicles charge more efficiently and reduce strain on the grid is hardly a new one, but it looks like none other than Google thinks it can do things better, and it’s now reportedly doing some “preliminary work” in the area. As you might expect with all things “Google” and “preliminary,” however, there’s virtually a complete lack of details at the moment, with the company’s director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Dan Reicher, only going so far as to say that it has “done a little bit of work on the software side looking at how you would write a computer code to manage this sort of charging infrastructure.” As Reuters notes, however, this isn’t the first time Google has dabbled in the electric vehicle waters, with it previously forming a partnership with Toyota and Ford back in 2007 to test some gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles converted into plug-ins that run mostly on electricity, which Google says it has been testing “pretty intensely” over the last few years.

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Google working to make electric vehicles charge more efficiently originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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