Movers and shakers: the Engadget Index

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Engadget and Blogging Stocks have teamed up to create the Engadget Index. A portfolio of the hot tech stocks both in front and behind the scenes of the technology sector. Engadget will update the index monthly and quarterly, to give a snapshot of the tech sector, which also gives a glimmer of insight into the consumer electronics world at large (of course, they didn’t really buy the stocks, and aren’t financial advisors, so take whatever they glean with a grain of blogging salt).

From Engadget:
“We “purchased” 1 share of stock from fifty technology companies hand-selected by our editors, at prices dated October 2nd, 2006 — the first effective date of Q4 2006. Our total investment for the fifty stocks is $1475.16. As time presses on we’ll make additions and subtractions to our running list of stocks as necessary. We will, of course, notify you guys whenever the portfolio lineup changes.”

Stay tuned each month to see what happens…

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October 27th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

Netscape backstage on the “Heroes” set

Netscape anchor Ryan Budke found himself on the set of NBC’s hit Heroes (it probably wasn’t as accidental as that), with a video camera and complete access to actors and producers and shenanigans and stuff. Here’s the post. And check out some video–

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October 20th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

WIN (and a Crime Dog) at DigitalLife

For those of us who weren’t able to attend last weekend’s DigitalLife event — billed as “The ultimate consumer technology, gaming & entertainment event of the year” — in New York City, Weblogs, Inc.’s tech blogs had the affair blanketed, and there’s coverage galore across the network. Engadget and young son EdgadgetHD were there, along with The Wireless Report and Joystiq. Needless to say, they all covered the show from different angles, so go check them out and see what glorious games and gadgets are on the horizon. (Plus, maybe you can figure out what the heck McGruff was doing there.)

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October 20th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

DV Guru interviews director Sujewa Ekanayake

dvguru interview With Google promising to open its video platform to indie filmmakers, and the acquisition of YouTube, it would seem self-distribution of movies is on the rise. Digital distribution makes sense, and it is potentially a powerful tool for those without a huge budget to get their films to audiences. With this in mind, Brian Liolia of DV Guru recently interviewed Sujewa Ekanayake. His film, Date Number One, was made on a shoestring, and Ekanayake is a master of DIY filmmaking. Now, with digital tools at his disposal, he has entered the world of DIY distribution as well.

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October 18th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

Twitching with Wii anticipation? Engadget and Joystiq have you covered.

If you’re one of the legions of gamers with the Nintendo Wii release date — November 19, for those of you criminally out of touch with the gaming world — circled in red on your calendar, Joystiq and Engadget’s coverage of the console should at least give you a fix as you wait out the next five weeks. Most recently, Engadget scored not only a price list for Wii and accessories (including notes of markup margin, so you know exactly how much retailers are taking from you), but also a slew of spyshots featuring things like dog tags and controller gloves.

To catch up on all the Wii details you’ve missed, check out Joystiq’s and Engadget’s past coverage and, oh yeah, WIN’s dedicated Wii site, where you can discuss Wii minutia with others who share your obsession.

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October 9th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

Autoblog, live from the Paris Motor Show

Not to be outdone by the globetrotting Joystiq team, the Autoblog folks decided to take an international trip of their own and headed to Paris for the city’s annual Auto Show. Though they’re all back home now, the Autobloggers covered the show extensively, offering photo and text coverage of world premieres, flying vans and unbelievably gorgeous new cars from legendary automakers. Among lots of other things. Over on AutoblogGreen, meanwhile, there’s coverage of all the hybrid and environmentally friendly offerings at the show, including this insane-looking ~~space car~~ “electro-solar hybrid vehicle.”

Next up for the Autoblog team? The SEMA Show in Vegas over Halloween weekend — stay tuned for early photos of many more world premieres.

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October 2nd, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

Joystiq at TGS

The incredibly lucky bloggers over at Joystiq just got back from a few, game-filled days at the 2006 installment of the annual Tokyo Game Show. And, thanks to their hard work, the rest of us can pretend we were there (without the waiting in line). In addition to copious text and photo reports on upcoming games, they also posted tons of embedded video offering detailed looks at the show’s big debuts. Though most of your gamers (quite reasonably) probably hang on Joystiq’s every word, those of you who missed the reports can find them all collected here.

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September 30th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

Weblogs goes mobile

Looking at Cinematical on your Blackberry giving your scrolling thumb cramps? Well, friends, your suffering is at an end: just point that mobile browser to the normal address and — Wah-la! — the fancy new site detects a mobile device and redirects you to a content-rich, small-screen friendly version of your favorite tech blog!* (If it doesn’t autodetect — Sidekick users, this means you — simply type “m.cinematical.com” into your address line, and you’re good to go.)

Also included in the first round of mobile roll-outs are Engadget, Download Squad, Engadget Mobile, EngadgetHD, Joystiq, TUAW and TV Squad, with more to come in the future.

*Keep in mind that the mobile version are in beta, so there may still be a few kinks in the system. If a page doesn’t work the way it should, it will eventually. We promise.

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September 28th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

TV Squad launches weekly vodcast

Like PVR Wire did earlier this month with their podcast, another Weblogs, Inc. site — TV Squad, to be precise — introduced a new feature yesterday: their very own video podcast. (And there was much rejoicing.)

Entitled Previously on TV Squad, the feature is a short, blogger-hosted, weekly program recapping the big stories in the world of TV for the past seven days. (This week, Steve-O of Jackass “fame” did the TV Squad folks a favor by urinating on a red carpet, thus giving them a killer opening story.) Take a look, let them know what you think, and stop by next Monday for installment the second.

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September 26th, 2006 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

Check out the new Engadget

engadget 2.0 Engadget rolled out some nifty new features and a subtle redesign this week. What’s new? How about user-moderated comments? That’s right, vote comments up or down, or collapse and filter them. No more waiting for a comment email either, Engadget works with a simple login, so comments appear just like magic. And for those of you rocking the web on big screens, the entire page is dynamic, so scaling up to widescreen results in more content and (this is so cool), bigger pictures! There are many more new things, like a ‘Breaking News’ box, tags, feeds, and such, but you get the idea. Engadget 2.0 is here.