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Tech Q&A: How to buy refurbished gear, wipe a phone, stay healthy and more

You’ve got tech questions, we’ve found the answers. We help you make the most of your technology by answering your thorniest tech questions. So if you’re wondering what to buy, how to plug it in, or how to fix it, we can help.


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India investigates Huawei, ZTE gear — report

Indian government will reportedly set up a lab in Bangalore to test equipment from the Chinese network-gear makers to ensure its security. [Read more]

    




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Best high-tech fishing gear

Heading out for a day of fishing? Be sure to pack this extra gear, which can make your excursion much more productive. There’s a solar charger for your trolling motor, a lightweight fishing jacket, and something that will provide some extra pop for shore-fishing day trips: a powerful ATV with two gear racks.


FOX News

With Profitable Operations And 100K Stores On Its Platform, Retail Tech Startup Erply Shifts Into High Gear

erplyErply, the company that makes cloud-based and iPad-centric point of sale and inventory management software for retailers, is up against big competition: Microsoft, Oracle, and RetailPro are just some of the behemoths in the same space. But three years after its US debut, Erply tells us it is still in the game and seeing encouraging growth — and has hit some new milestones that show its progress.

The New York City-based Erply now has 100,000 stores on its platform, with customers including names such as Elizabeth Arden Retail, The Athletes Foot, and UNICEF, co-founder and CEO Kristian Hiiemaa told me in an interview today. The company has grown its staff from four full-timers to 40, split between New York City and Estonia. While 70 percent of its customer base is in the US, Erply’s client reach is spread worldwide across 15 countries.

TechCrunch

David Hayter will not voice Snake in Metal Gear Solid V

David Hayter, who voiced Snake and Big Boss for the Metal Gear Solid series since 1998, will not be returning to voice Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. In fact, David Hayter will not be voicing Snake or Big Boss in any of the future Metal Gear Solid games from now on.

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Tesla Motors Loses Appeal Against BBC’s Top Gear

TrueSatan writes “In a highly detailed decision, the UK Court of Appeal has rejected Tesla’s appeal against an eartlier ruling by a lower court that, too, rejected Tesla’s case. Reading through the decision it is clear that the judge saw Tesla’s case as lacking sufficient detail and specific instances of proof to support each claim. The judge stated that that Tesla’s chances of a successful appeal, should the case have gone to trial, were insufficiently high to justify holding a trial. He stated that Tesla’s case had no real chance of success and in many notes picked appart Tesla’s legal team’s arguments. That said, he did not say that Top Gear were right or justified in portraying Tesla’s vehicle in the way they did — merely that there wasn’t a legal case for an appeal. One of the key flaws in Tesla’s case, according to the judicial decision, was Tesla’s inability to show that actual pecuniary harm, with detailed financial figures, had occurred.”

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Barracuda moves to shutter backdoor access to its network gear

Barracuda Networks released a new update on Monday to further mitigate a security issue that could have allowed attackers to gain unauthorized access to some of its network security appliances through backdoor accounts originally intended for remote support. The company apologized to customers for its design decisions that led to this situation and promised to look into additional ways to strengthen the remote support functionality.
Computerworld News

NAMM 2013 wrap-up: Analog synths, DJ gear, loads of MIDI, mobile peripherals and more

NAMM 2013 wrapup Analog synths, DJ gear, a MIDI guitar, mobile peripherals and more

We’ve managed to pull through music’s deafening January gathering just outside of Los Angeles with our hearing still somewhat intact. The last few days have held a wealth of DJ gear from controllers and consoles to portable units. Both Moog and Korg trotted out new analog synthesizers that look quite formidable while remaining rather affordable. As expected, a truckload of wares to outfit a mobile device arsenal were on display from Bluetooth foot controllers to dual-input audio interfaces. And as always, a few surprises crept in as well — like a MIDI guitar and fully portable, handheld DJ solution. Head on down past the break to get caught up on the happenings that you might’ve missed as we look for a nice quiet room to recover for a few hours.

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Honda GEAR concept previews trendy city car ambitions

Honda’s eye-catching NSX concept unsurprisingly caught the most attention last week, but the Japanese car company also had a fetching urban alternative in the shape of the Honda GEAR concept. Previewed not in Detroit but at the Montreal International Auto Show, the Honda GEAR is an angular sub-compact that the company believes is ideal for “young,

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Engadget’s Gear of CES 2013

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You can’t cover the latest tech without having some tried-and-true gear of your own, and we’ve done CES enough times to have our formula down pat. For sustenance: every brand of chips imaginable, beef jerky, Oreos and black tea for our Brits. For gear: (at least) one laptop and camera per editor, and enough Ethernet connections to keep Engadget Classic, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish up and running. Jump past the break for a closer look at our CES tool kit.

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FCC eases licensing for in-flight Internet gear on aircraft

The FCC is making it easier to launch in-flight Internet services on planes in the U.S. by setting up a standard approval process for onboard systems that use satellites.
Computerworld News

Botched Software Update To Networking Gear Caused One Of GitHub’s All-Time Worst Outages

github-logoA botched software update to networking gear caused one of GitHub’s all-time worst outages last weekend, the second major disruption that customers of the the popular social coding platform have suffered through in the past several weeks.
TechCrunch

Survival gear for the Mayan apocalypse

For only $ 441, this kit includes everything you need to start a fire, cook on a stove, wash your clothes, and even keep your iPhone running, should the Mayan Apocalypse doom us all on December 21, 2012.


FOX News

$441 in survival gear will get you through the Mayan Apocalypse

 For only $ 441, this kit includes everything you need to start a fire, cook on a stove, wash your clothes, and even keep your iPhone running — in the event of the end of the world. 


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Tech Toys: the sweetest gear money can buy

Got gizmos? For those who love gadgets as much as we do, we’ve compiled this collection of the must-have gadgets of the week. From Frisbees to fridges, smartphones to headphones, here’s the best of the best. And for tons of great gear, check out Uncrate.com.




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Tech Toys: the sweetest gear money can buy

Got gizmos? For those who love gadgets as much as we do, we’ve compiled this collection of the must-have gadgets of the week. From Frisbees to fridges, smartphones to headphones, here’s the best of the best. And for tons of great gear, check out Uncrate.com.




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Military uses DNA to tackle counterfeit gear

Cutting corners with substandard or counterfeit electronics won’t be as easy for suppliers whose parts end up with the U.S. military, as the Department of Defense turns to DNA “barcodes” to track components.




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Ask Slashdot: Why Does Wireless Gear Degrade Over Time?



acer123 writes “Lately I have replaced several home wireless routers because the signal strength has been found to be degraded. These devices, when new (2+ years ago) would cover an entire house. Over the years, the strength seems to decrease to a point where it might only cover one or two rooms. Of the three that I have replaced for friends, I have not found a common brand, age, etc. It just seems that after time, the signal strength decreases. I know that routers are cheap and easy to replace but I’m curious what actually causes this. I would have assumed that the components would either work or not work; we would either have a full signal or have no signal. I am not an electrical engineer and I can’t find the answer online so I’m reaching out to you. Can someone explain how a transmitter can slowly go bad?”

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The Tech Toys 100: The best gear money can buy

Got gizmos? For those who love gadgets as much as we do, we’ve compiled this collection of the must-have gadgets of the week. From Frisbees to fridges, smartphones to headphones, here’s the best of the best. And for tons of great gear, check out Uncrate.com.




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Too Tipsy (Or Too Lazy) For Metal Gear? Save Harry Is The Game For You

Screen Shot 2012-09-03 at 6.44.41 PMAre you catching up on emails and the web after a couple blissful days (and a few beverages) during the Labor Day weekend? Has the extent of your keeping up on the news these past few days been reading tabloid dispatches of how the UK’s Prince Harry was recently caught partying a bit too hard in Las Vegas? Do you want to get your fingers back in the mode of commandeering electronics instead of frisbees, but don’t want to fire up the PlayStation just yet?

Then Save Harry is just the game for you.

Save Harry came to my attention through TechCrunch’s tips line, and I have to say it’s a pretty hilariously brilliant game when viewed in context.
TechCrunch

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes gets first gameplay trailer

Konami and Kojima Productions were on hand at PAX to show off the latest Metal Gear Solid title, Ground Zeroes. The companies gave the audience a 15-minute demo of the game, and have since put 11 minutes of that demo up on the Internet. In it, we get to see the Fox Engine in action,

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SlashGear

Upgrade your beach gear

Since technology evolves as fast as the tides change, it’s time to reevaluate your packing list with some of these new and trendy beach gadgets.




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OLED Lego train station emerges from Adafruit and Arduino gear, minifigs to get home on time

OLED Lego train station emerges from Adafruit and Arduino gear, minifigs to get home on time

Who knew Lego characters had to be somewhere in a hurry? Adafruit did, as it just whipped up a minifig-sized train schedule. The invention mates one of Adafruit’s own 1-inch OLED boards with an Arduino Uno controlling the schedule behind the scenes. It looks to be a straightforward project for the DIY types, although the display is currently all show: the schedule doesn’t (yet) pair up with the train tracks to automatically let your minifigs know if their trip to the pirate spaceship castle has been delayed by ghosts. You can check the source link for the full instructions. Duplo builders, alas, are kept out of the loop.

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Yahoo interim CEO may need to gear up to be permanent CEO

The weakened Web giant is looking to make a fresh start, leaving behind any mention of “resumegate.” It already might be pointing to interim CEO Ross Levinsohn to be the permanent chief.
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CNET News

U.S., U.K. firms selling spy gear to repressive regimes, says report

The U.K.’s Guardian newspaper reports that a privacy group is raising the alarm about exports of surveillance equipment.
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Conductive fabrics may power future infantry gear, uniforms set to enter field trials

Conductive uniforms may power future infantry gear, set to begin field trials next month

If you thought your Sunbeam electric blanket or those Hello Kitty foot warmers were advanced pieces of kit, then you’d best divert your eyes from this story out of the UK. In an effort to eliminate the mess of power cables and extraneous batteries from a soldier’s tech gear, one British company is currently experimenting with conductive fabrics as the basis for future military uniforms. The material is able to deliver power to any number of devices — all from a single battery — and also features a redundancy aspect, with the ability to reroute power should the fabric become torn or damaged. The company, known as Intelligent Textiles, recently received a £234,000 grant from the Ministry of Defense and hopes to begin field trials of its equipment next month. While these high tech uniforms may see a limited military issue by year’s end, it’s thought unlikely that the gear will become widespread until 2014 or beyond.

Conductive fabrics may power future infantry gear, uniforms set to enter field trials originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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High-tech fitness: Upgrade your workout with these gear and gadgets

Give your workout a high-tech tune up with some new gear and gadgets. FoxNews.com checked out some innovative fitness gear to keep you looking and feeling good, on track and motivated, and keep you and your electronics safe and clean.




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Google, Amazon, Microsoft Go East For Network Gear



theodp writes “Wired’s Cade Metz has the scoop on the move away from U.S. network equipment stalwarts, calling it of the best-kept secrets in Silicon Valley. ‘Cloud computing is an arms race,’ writes Metz. ‘The biggest web companies on earth are competing to see who can deliver their services to the most people in the shortest amount of time at the lowest cost. And the cheapest arms come straight from Asia.’ Or, as Joyent’s Howard Wu puts it, ‘It’s kind of like buying couches. If you buy one, you go to a retail store. If you buy 10,000 couches, you go straight to the factory.’”

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High-tech military gear makes its way from drawing board to battlefield

Technology has become more important than ever in the defense of our country. From drone aircraft to something as small as a smartphone, new technology encompasses nearly every part of military life.




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LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012

Thanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to IHS, formerly iSuppli.
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Robo-mule hauls military gear & follows like a dog

U.S. troops who carry as much as 100 pounds of gear could soon get a robotic mule capable of shouldering their burdens in the toughest terrain. 




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Metal Gear Solid gets limited edition snakeskin 3DS

Konami’s popular Metal Gear Solid gaming franchise is hitting the Nintendo 3DS with a new game called Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D. As part of promoting the game, the company has unveiled a limited edition snakeskin embossed 3DS. However, it won’t be easy to get your hands on one. The snakeskin 3DS will be [...]
SlashGear

Snake Camouflage: Japan Gets Exclusive Metal Gear Solid 3DS System

mgsResident Evil isn’t the only big video game series that made the news in Nippon today: Konami announced [JP] the so-called METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D PREMIUM PACKAGE for the Japanese market. The set includes a special 3DS system, a copy of Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D, and two clear files in MGS design. Here’s the so-called “Snake Camouflage”-style 3DS:
TechCrunch

Anonymous hacks online military gear supplier

Anonymous has hit an online supplier of military goods operated by a former special forces Lt. Col. named Dave Thomas. The hacker group was able to infiltrate the server of the supplier and claims to have stolen about 20,000 credit card numbers and passwords from the servers of the website. Anonymous posted to Pastebin claiming [...]
SlashGear

Tech Gear You Shouldn’t Buy This Christmas

There are gadgets you just shouldn’t buy this holiday season. They’re the tech world’s equivalent of getting socks for Christmas.




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The Big Ticket: High-End Gear to Make You Drool

If you’ve got the bucks, there’s a world of awe-inspiring gadgets and goodies out there. And The Big Ticket is your weekly peek into the best goods gobs of money can buy. 




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Monkey-Shaped Skull Was Sports Gear for Mayan Afterlife, Expert Says

A toothy Mayan skull, made of limestone and in the shape of a monkey head, is set to go on display at a Maya exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto Canada.




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Roborocks and Transformer Trucks: Kid-Pleasing Military Gear

Contingents of school children explored the latest in defense technology at the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) meeting this week in Washington, D.C., a family friendly showcase of the latest military gear.




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The Big Ticket: High-End Gear to Make You Drool

If you’ve got the bucks, there’s a world of awe-inspiring gadgets and goodies out there. And The Big Ticket is your weekly peek into the best goods gobs of money can buy. 




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TomTom launches Top Gear Limited Edition GPS

TomTom has unleashed a limited edition GPS device designed for fans of the popular Top Gear television show. The TomTom GO LIVE Top Gear edition, as it’s called, features Stig mode, Jeremy Clarkson’s voice-guided directions, and unique points of interests selected by Top Gear, including race tracks and raceways related to the show. The TomTom [...]
SlashGear

John Deere’s Battle Gear: Classic American Companies Supporting American Soldiers

You might be surprised to learn that the green-tractor company makes some remarkably cool military gear. Here are three top American brands who have been quietly taking know-how — honed from years of experience on U.S. plains, ranches and ski slopes — to the combat zone.




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Nokia to partner with Monster for “fierce” audio gear

Nokia may soon be unveiling a new partnership with Monster Cable to introduce co-branded audio gear. According to leaked marketing graphics obtained by PocketNow, the duo appear to be readying at least one product called the Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster. This move could be similar to HTC’s deal with Monster’s Beats Audio [...]
SlashGear

Switched On: Assets in gear

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Ecosystems take years to build and depend on other companies. Really, who has the time these days? Plus, they kick in only if a product reaches critical mass. Microsoft and SanDisk demonstrated the risk a few years back with their digital media players in seeding the market with third-party cases and docks using their own proprietary and now abandoned connectors. Over the past year, though, we’ve seen a number of tech companies take a new approach to mobile product development — the corporate showcase — where they convincingly shun any notion of silos by throwing just about everything they’ve got into a product.

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Switched On: Assets in gear originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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