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Toshiba bows out of netbooks in the US, sees Ultrabooks as the wave of the future May 25th 2012, 15:07 The pace of netbook launches has visibly slowed between the dual-pronged pressures of tablets and ultrabooks, and at least for Americans, it's about to get a lot slower. A Toshiba executive has warned that there aren't any plans to bring more netbooks to the US; the NB510's presence at CES this year is now as close as Yankees will get to any more Atom-powered notebooks from the outfit. Instead, all of Toshiba's enthusiasm for ultraportables in the country will be spent on Ultrabooks like the Portege Z835. It's a sad day for those who like their computers tiny, especially as it hikes the minimum price for a super-light Toshiba laptop to $800, but it's hard to ignore a rapidly declining market. We also imagine that Toshiba will gladly steer you to one of its Excite tablets if you're looking for the basics in a small shape. Toshiba bows out of netbooks in the US, sees Ultrabooks as the wave of the future originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 May 2012 11:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Liliputing  | Email this | Comments Apple introduces 'free app of the week,' kicks things off with Cut the Rope: Experiments May 25th 2012, 14:39 Amazon has been offering a free app of the day for a while now, but that offer is good for Android users only. Well, Apple seems to have caught on to the fact that iOS users like to save money too, as it's debuting a "free app of the week" offer. Cupertino kicked off the new promotion yesterday via Twitter, where it announced that the game Cut the Rope: Experiments will be the first free download. Click on through to the source link, and you'll see that the Appstore indeed lists the title as "free for a limited time." Apple introduces 'free app of the week,' kicks things off with Cut the Rope: Experiments originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 May 2012 10:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Pocketnow  |  @AppStore  | Email this | Comments Engadget Podcast 295 - 05.25.2012 May 25th 2012, 14:15 A lot's bubbling in the Law & Order sector of technology news this week, and you know these guys will get you hyper-informed on the ins and outs of patents, patent trolls, and the definition of "obviousness" as it applies to the lives of both the dinosaurs and the pioneers of said sector. If you're not into that stuff, we can't blame you, and for you we'll play along with Maker Faire from home and wax meta on Finnish phone companies. From our studio, to your home, it's The Engadget Podcast. Host: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Orbital - Never 04:45 - Google officially closes deal for Motorola Mobility 11:55 - HP cuts 27,000 jobs, profit tumbles 31 percent in Q2 19:07 - Jury issues verdict in Android suit, finds that Google doesn't infringe Oracle patents 21:20 - ITC says again that Apple and RIM don't violate Kodak patent 23:53 - Nokia 808 PureView sample images: a moveable feast in 41 megapixels 28:37 - Nokia World broken up into smaller events, bumped up to September 5-6 32:25 - ASUS Zenbook Prime UX21A preview 35:17 - Maker Faire Bay Area 2012, in pictures: 3D printers, unicorns, tesla coils and zombies (video) 46:08 - Incantor brings World of Warcraft to real life (hands-on) 51:05 - gTar iPhone guitar hands-on 53:33 - Apple applies for optical stylus patent, Hell reports coldest day on record 55:33 - Obit: Eugene Polley, co-creator of the wireless TV remote, passes away aged 96 56:54 - Listener questions Hear the podcast Subscribe to the podcast [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC). 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Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Media files: Engadget_Podcast_295.mp3 (audio/mpeg, 40.3 MB) Nokia has its wicked way with Bing Maps, stork delivers traffic advice and geocoding May 25th 2012, 13:46 We already knew that Nokia had been running its fingers through Bing's map-like hair, marking it with its scent, now it's added a little lipstick to its collar. The latest addition to the Microsoft-mapping service now uses Nokia's live traffic and geocoding algorithms. This brings the functionality of Nokia's "Where" platform over to 24 nations (including the US, UK and Canada) of Bing users. Best of all for American maps that info also covers side streets. Good to see the Nokia / Microsoft collaboration yielding ever more fruits, let's just hope they're considering the bigger picture, too. Nokia has its wicked way with Bing Maps, stork delivers traffic advice and geocoding originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 May 2012 09:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. 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