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Boeing's spyplane development wing won an $89 million contract this week to build the SolarEagle unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, designed to fly continuously for five years at 65,000 feet. As the winner of Darpa's Vulture II program, the plane really only has to fly for one to three months by 2014, however. SolarEagle comes from Boeing's Phantom Works, the same design [...]

Facebook is building a mobile phone, says a source who has knowledge of the project. Or rather, theyre building the software for the phone and working with a third party to actually build the hardware. Which is exactly what Apple and everyone else does, too.It was a little less than a year ago that we broke the news that Google [...]

Lenovo's LePad and U1 Hybrid tablet/notebook contraption was probably one of the best looking, and most talked about pieces of tech to hit this side of the world in a long while. The talk only bumped up when there was "confirmation" that the Tablet duo devices was canned, and wouldn't be seeing a release after all. And then it was [...]

Hold onto your hyperthreaded horses, because this is liable to whip up an angry mob — Intel’s asking customers to pay extra if they want the full power of their store-bought silicon. An eagle-eyed Engadget reader was surfing the Best Buy shelves when he noticed this $50 card — and sure enough, Intel websites confirm — that lets you download [...]

High fashion meets high tech with this new spray-on clothing designed by a Spanish fashionisto. The design team also hopes to use the technology for spray-on bandages and hygienic upholstery. Manel Torres worked with scientists at Imperial College London to invent the silly-string-like spray, announced just in time for Fashion Week. The sprayable shirt consists of short fibers mixed with [...]