Hope you weren’t planning on falling asleep tonight. We’ve got a very spooky episode of The Engadget Show coming at you this week. We get a behind the scenes tour of the technology that goes into running Manhattan’s Nightmare haunted house. And we swing by New York Comic Con, to discuss the state of digital comics and shoot the breeze with geek legends Mark Hamill and Stan Lee.

We also announce the winners of our Frankengadget contest and give away the clothes from Tim’s back to the winner of our in-studio costume contest, courtesy of Halloweencostumes.com — oh, did we mention that Tim and Brian and dressed as Darth Vader and a storm trooper this whole episode? Because they are.

Intel’s staff futurist Brian David Johnson stops by to talk about the near future of the chipmaker and the role science fiction plays in his daily work. We pay tribute to Steve Jobs with the help of some eager Apple fans. And we take a look at the iPhone 4S, Amazon Kindle and the ASUS Zenbook UX31.

Gallery: Engadget Show — October 2011

Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater
Special guests: Brian David Johnson
Producer: Guy Streit
Director: Alexander Vietmeier
Executive Producers: Joshua Fruhlinger, Brian Heater and Michael Rubens

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The Engadget Show – 026: A visit from Intel, a trip to New York Comic Con, haunted houses and costume contests originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s Monday, and we’re still here to help by letting you peek into the recording booth when the Engadget HD podcast goes to mp3 at 9PM. We’re slightly delayed due to the Netflix earnings, so take a peek at the live stream, chat and list of topics after the break.

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Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 9PM originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Amped Wireless gives your WiFi 1.5-mile range: never lose signal in the garden again

Amped Wireless gives your WiFi 1.5-mile range: never lose signal in the garden again originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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FCC Fridays: October 21, 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you haven’t picked up a copy of Distro yet, you’re missing out on all sort of great content, including a little gem hidden away on the back page of each issue. We asked some of our favorite indie cartoonists to create strips based on tech news, and thus Engadget: The Comic was born. It’s a weekly feature by a cast of revolving artists, including Box Brown, Dustin Harbin, Ed Piskor and more, that will appear first in the pages of Distro and eventually make its way onto our site. To give you some idea of what you’re in store for, we’ve included a gallery below. We hope you enjoy reading these as much as we have.

Introducing Engadget: The Comic! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google’s Andy Rubin kicked off the opening keynote here at the Asian branch of All Things D (that’s AsiaD, if you’re curious), and he finally cleared up a figure we’ve been wondering about for eons. During a back-and-forth with Walt Mossberg about the proliferation of the iPad and whether or not Android was “a flop” in the tablet market, he affirmed that around six million Android-based tablets were “out there.” Of course, that’s only tablets that access Google services, as those are the only ones Google can account for with any degree of certainty. For comparison’s sake, Apple pushed 15 million iPads onto the market in 2010 alone, selling three million in just 80 days after the launch of the original. In fact, Apple sold 11.12 million iPads in its most recent quarter alone (9.25 million the one before that), which represented a 166 percent increase year-over-year. Moral of the story? Apple still owns the tablet market, but hey, at least we now know the score.

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Google’s Andy Rubin: ‘six million’ Android-based tablets out there originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Even though it’s been a week that’s all about cellphones, there’s still plenty of HD news to decipher, from last week’s comments to our review of the Logitech Harmony Link. If you know us, you know Harmony = rant, but you’ll probably want to tune in just to see where Logitech’s latest effort to connect all our devices simply succeeds, and where it failed, failed and failed again. Apple, Intel, Boxee, Google, Roku, Slingbox and Crestron are all other names coming at the connected living room from a different angle and unsurprisingly, they’re all here. Give a listen to find out what they’re up to, plus our picks of what to watch on your HDTV this week.

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21:30 – Logitech Harmony Link review
30:00 – Crestron debuts free, paid mobile apps for Android devices
37:00 – Photo Stream, NHL, AirPlay mirroring and more added to Apple TV with software update
44:15 – Apple reportedly trying to add movie streaming to its iCloud
48:19 – Hulu owners ‘terminate sale process’, won’t sell to anyone
49:35 – Boxee Box adds music streaming from Spotify, just press play
51:17 – Google TV 2.0: app developers get final add-on for Android SDK
55:19 – Intel may be giving up on smart TVs, ceding market to ARM
56:35 – Roku announces $50 LT model, will add HBO Go streaming to all of its boxes this month
01:00:17 – SlingPlayer app now available for Honeycomb tablets, priced at $30
01:01:23 – Transformers Blu-ray 3D release coming to Japan in January, still no release date for US
01:02:30 – Must See HDTV (October 17th – 23rd)

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Engadget HD Podcast 270 – 10.18.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Doug, who seems pretty fed up with those troubling WiFi dead zones in his abode. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I have a Wireless-N router, but it had to go in the basement. As a result, there are a few areas that get little or no signal in my home. What can I do to fill those deadspots?”

So, networking gurus of the world — what’s your repeater setup like? We’re aiming for something simplistic, something that a consumer could toss together without having to hire the equivalent of a Geek Squad. Any swell repeater / router recommendations for a brother in need?

Ask Engadget: best WiFi repeater setup for killing wireless dead zones? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A somewhat sombre duo addresses the passing of the man whose invention gave birth to podcasting itself. They also talk about tablets and cars, so don’t worry about a thing. It’s the Engadget Podcast…still hungry, with respect and humility.

Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Baker Street

00:00:30 – Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has passed away at 56
00:16:15 – Remembering Steve Jobs: we all pay tribute
00:36:00 – Apple’s ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ keynote liveblog!
00:38:45 – iPhone 4S hands-on!
00:42:00 – iPhone 4S officially announced: lands October 14th starting at $199 in sizes up to 64GB, coming to Sprint
00:47:58 – Grid10 review
00:59:00 – Amazon Kindle review (2011)
01:05:10 – Tesla Model S test ride and factory tour (video)

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Engadget Podcast 259 – 10.07.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What’s that? An Engadget Mobile Podcast in the middle of the week? Something important must have happened.

Host: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen
Guest: Michael Gorman
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Daestro – Light Powered (Ghostly International)

02:00 – Apple’s iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iPod roundup: details, specs and release dates
44:25 – Samsung teases next week’s ‘Unpacked,’ offers a momentary glance at a mysterious device

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 107 – 10.06.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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