It’s been in beta for a while, but tonight—at 9 PM EST—BlackBerry’s very own Twitter app will be available for download. From what we’re seeing, it might be the most BlackBerry-like of any Twitter apps available so far. More

This awkward-looking contraption can read your mind—sort of. It’s an encephalometer from Hitatchi, and it measures the change in blood flow across your brain. You know what that makes it good for? Neuromarketing, apparently! And an old joke. More

The curtain has been pulled back on iPhone 4 , and the list of new features is massive: There’s multitasking (finally!), a refreshed interface, and literally hundreds of other changes, all coming this summer. Here’s the rundown. More

Riding Honda’s U3-X personal mobility prototype is easy. Very easy. Gut-fatteningly, motivation-drainingly, muscle-atrophyingly easy. More

Welcome, ununseptium. With 117 protons , it is the latest super-heavy element, a discovery that fills a gap in the current periodic table of elements, and bolsters the idea that we may yet find an “island of stability” among heavyweight atoms More

While it’s only a matter of time before solid state storage becomes cheap and reliable enough to replace magnetic media for good, companies like Western Digital are still finding ways to keep those platters a’ spinning. Take this new WD VelociRaptor VR200M, for instance. Critics agree that while it doesn’t offer anywhere near SSD levels of performance, it’s certainly the fastest rotational SATA drive ever tested — 15 to 30 percent improved over the last generation of VelociRaptors , depending on the benchmark — and at roughly 50 cents per gigabyte for the three-platter, 600GB WD6000BLHX ($329), it offers more capacity than any SSD you could hope to buy without refinancing your third vacation home. Reviewers note that with a 15mm drive height , you still won’t be dropping one of these speed demons in your new laptop, and your desktop might be better off with a cheaper 7200RPM drive paired with a similarly inexpensive SSD, but if you’re looking for that single drive that does it all, the new VelociRaptor is your best bet. Hit the links below for the full skinny, and a deep, deep dive into the fascinating world of IOPS, read speeds and write times. Read - TechReport Read - AnandTech Read - PC Perspective Read - HotHardware Read - Tom’s Hardware Read - ExtremeTech Read - LegitReviews Read - StorageReview Read - DesktopReview Western Digital VelociRaptor VR200M review roundup: fast, capacious, but no SSD originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:02:00 EST.

Wondering why we hadn’t heard from NASA’s Mars Phoenix lander in a while ? Ever since the harsh Martian winter of 2008 set in, the poor guy’s been in deep freeze. This week, he’s got one last chance to make contact. More

I like this. It’s a bit boxy and too big for my taste—and the 3D renders have a few aliasing and compositing glitches—but this Nintendo 3DS concept is great from all angles. More

Own a piece of the fascinating battery spokesbunny saga, for a minimum of $15,000! “What fascinating battery spokesbunny saga?” you might ask. Well, have you ever heard of the Duracell bunny? More

Every time I get sad I don’t have a hoverboard, I remind myself that Back to the Future II takes place in 2015. There’s still time! And as these exquisite original concept drawings show, there’s so much more to crave. More