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Report: Orion test flight pushed back to 2014, manned flight until 2021 Jan 30th 2012, 19:42 Even something as exhaustively planned as the test-flight of the Orion spacecraft isn't immune to a slipping timeline. It's reportedly been pushed back from next year to 2014 -- when we're expecting to see the capsule launch from Cape Canaveral, loop around the planet twice at 3,700 miles (the furthest any spacecraft has journeyed since the '70s) before splashing down in the Pacific. This unmanned test was designed to see if the vehicle's heat-shield, flight-software and parachutes all work before lives are risked on board. It's also signified a pushing back of the first launch from 2016 until 2021. This means there's nine more years before someone calls us up as a crew replacement -- at least that's how our dream goes. Report: Orion test flight pushed back to 2014, manned flight until 2021 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Slashgear  |  Philadelphia National News  | Email this | Comments Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check we're paying attention Jan 30th 2012, 19:14 Intel opened its back door and shuttled out a refresh of its chips without so much as a phone call, typical! Three desktop Core i5 chips made their way into the big bad world, the i5-2550K replacing the i5-2500K, the i5-2450P replacing the i5-2400 and the i5-2380P replacing the i5-2320. There's a suspicion that the P that follows the two latter models means the GPUs have been disabled / removed to differentiate the price. The four Celerons, two low-voltage, two ultra-low voltage similarly replace older models, from the $70 B720 (replacing the B710) through to the $134 Celeron 867, supplanting the 857. If that list of numbers hasn't whetted your appetite for, erm, more numbers, then head on past for detail so comprehensive you'll have to make sure it's covered by your HMO. [Thanks, Malek] Continue reading Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check we're paying attention Intel quietly outs seven new Sandy Bridge CPUs to check we're paying attention originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink VR Zone  |  Anandtech  | Email this | Comments Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell, Rogers and Telus in February Jan 30th 2012, 18:46 Those of you who seem to be more closely connected to the Maple Leaf than the pine needle might've jumped on the envious side at the news that folks across the border are getting their hands on the LTE Galaxy Note. Envy no more. Via blog post, Rogers has announced that Samsung's "phablet" creation will be surfing through its fresh 4G waves in the upcoming month. Aside from the Rogers branding we expect to see, it'll be hard to distinguish this Note from its AT&T brother, as it'll be identical in the specs department. Based on a page thrown up at Best Buy Canada, it looks as if it'll sell for $249.99 on a three-year contract (with Bell and Telus getting in on the fun, too), with the first of 'em shipping out on Valentine's Day. Desperate to be the first to try and fit this in your pocket? Head on to the source to join the carrier's reservation system. Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Bell, Rogers and Telus in February originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Android Central, Unwired View  |  Rogers, Best Buy Canada  | Email this | Comments Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in Jan 30th 2012, 18:18 Over the years, stories have become more than just single bursts of information. These days, there's as much drama in the consumer technology world as there is sports, politics or your average episode of Days of our Lives. Take SOPA, for example. We'd be remiss of our duties here if we simply reported on what it was, without ever following up on protests, delays, judgments and other vitally important developments. In fact, it's tough to think of too many stories covered today that don't correspond with some sort of saga -- even the departure of RIM's co-CEOs represents just a single slice of a far larger tale. For those that follow this stuff 24/7, jumping in at any point in the story is no issue; piecing together the past with the present is second nature. But if you're actually working during the day, hopping aimlessly into an ongoing saga mid-stream can be downright disorienting. Painful, even. We've been working hard to come up with an unobtrusive solution, and we think we've found it. We've actually had our Follow The Saga functionality since January of last year -- we quietly debuted it with the launch of Verizon's iPhone 4 -- but today's iteration is far more interactive. We've been testing these out over the past few weeks, and today we're happy to officially introduce them. If you see the badge shown after the break in any post that pops up here at Engadget, just give it a click to be taken to the full saga, and scroll up and down to see related stories before and after the one you happen to be looking at. We're hoping it'll be particularly helpful to those who happen to stumble upon a saga somewhere in the middle, but want to get caught up on what happened prior and where we stand now. As with everything we do, we'll be continually tweaking and evolving the tool in the months ahead. Enjoy! Psst... want to see it in action? Have a look under the body of this SOPA post to see how we got to where we are today. Continue reading Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:18:00 EDT. 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