Swype spotted swiftly slinging fingers across Windows 7 screens?

That's not your grandpappy's touchscreen panel, nor his standard Windows 7 input method of choice, oh no -- unless our eyes deceive us, we're looking at a 3M M2256PW ten-finger multitouch display, and on it, a genuine Swype keyboard.

Zephyr solar UAV sets yet another flight record: 7 days and counting!

This certainly is an interesting time for solar powered flight. Solar Impulse just returned from a 26-hour manned test flight, and now QinetiQ's Zephyr, a drone who we last saw clocking over 83 hours in-flight is in the air again: this time, it's more like seven days and counting!

Brother shakes up expectations with vibration-charged low-power batteries

Lithium-ion battery technology keeps improving by (theoretical) leaps and bounds, but what good's that to you when you're faced with a dead TV remote?

Panasonic Lumix LX5 outed by tech support page, improvements are black and white

Panasonic may be pushing Micro Four Thirds tech these days, but that doesn't mean it's forgotten about the pocketable high-end -- in fact, full spec sheets and pictures have just leaked from the company's technical support website, detailing the unannounced latest in the Lumix LX lineup.

Roehr Motorcycles releases the eSuperBike, the fastest electric motorcycle money can buy

Impressed by the Brammo Empulse, which just became official earlier this week? Wait 'till you get a load of this. Roehr Motorcycles has just confirmed that its eRoehr line of bikes is now available for order, and they are quite a suite of machines. If you're not familiar with the company, they're about the only American manufacturer making a proper sportbike these days, and now they have a suite of electric offerings too. Full details after the break.

TSMC begins construction of new $9.3b foundry, wants to sate our constant hunger for chips

TSMC might not necessarily be a household name, but the product of its labors tends to be all over homeelectronics.

AT&T bonds two phone lines to extend U-verse's reach, ensure it is the 98th caller

Like your average teenager, AT&T has recognized the power in using two phone lines to cheaply extend its reach and influence.

Sperm gene same as it was 600 million years ago, miraculously still in fashion

We've had a thing for sperm ever since Look Who's Talking broadened our appreciation for the reproductive arts, and now scientists at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine have discovered a wealth of new information about the world's most adored swimmers.

First real Symbian^4 screen shots emerge

We'd argue that the "wow" factor still isn't there quite yet, but we'll admit: Symbian^4 is clearly going to be a bit of a departure from the versions that came before it.

RIM co-CEOs pull no punches responding to Apple's antenna statements

Thought Nokia's statement was strongly worded? That was nothing compared to the little tirade put together by RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie -- a pair of dudes known for having some of the bigger mouths (and bigger egos) in the wireless industry -- in direct response to Apple's Friday press conference on antenna issues.

Inside Apple's 'black lab' wireless testing facilities

It's not surprising that after Apple finished explaining the iPhone 4 antenna issues to the press today, the company wanted to go one step further and say "yes, actually, we do test the hell out of these phones before we release them to the public.

2011 Subaru Outback gains in-car WiFi option, strange Maine birds not included

Slowly but surely, the future is creeping up on us. In-flight WiFi is getting there, and in-car WiFi is following suit. Autonet Mobile already sunk its teeth in at General Motors, and now it's doing likewise over at Subaru.

Toyota and Tesla plan to bring electric RAV4 to market in 2012

We'd already heard that Toyota and Tesla were working on some electric vehicle prototypes, and the two companies have now come out and officially confirmed that they are, in fact, working on an electric RAV4 crossover.

Magellan busts out 510, 610 and 710 eXplorist outdoor GPS for all you... outdoors types

Magellan's just updated its eXplorist handheld outdoor GPS units. The 510, 610 and 710 (as they are called) all feature 3-inch,

Boxee's first production Box gets shown off to the world (video)

Looks like the first production Boxee Box must have slipped through customs alongside those Popboxes that went out yesterday, shown off in this video by Chief Product Officer Zach Klein.

LaCie's XtremKey tested... emotionally (video)

Look, we all know that the wusses at the Engadget HQ couldn't put a dent in LaCie's ultra-rugged XtremKey,

Google pointer activity monitoring could influence search engine results, probably won't

For the latest development in Google's mad quest for search engine efficacy, the company was granted a patent titled, in the necessarily wordy way that these things are, "System and method for modulating search relevancy using pointer activity monitoring."

Scientists formalize perfect handshake; world peace on track for 2012

PH = (e² + ve²)(d²) + (cg + dr)² + π{(4< s >2)(4< p >2)}² + (vi + t + te)² + {(4< c >2)(4< du >2)}²

The Robotic Butterfly That Flies Like The Real Thing

The ChouChou Robotic Butterfly is just like a real butterfly, except it can live forever.