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Can you believe it? Another CES has come and gone — and the crew of Engadget was there to capture all the highs and the lows. If you haven’t been keeping track of things, this year was an insanely jam-packed frenzy of gadgety goodness. Our team bounced between the towering monuments to 3D TV, a boatload of smartbooks, netbooks, and tablets, an unexpected deluge of “superphones” and smartphones, and the requisite helping of crazy Crapgadgets and mountains of new laptops with the style and grace of a ballerina on opening night. Of course, we captured all of that madness on the pages (and pages, and pages) of…

We’ve been wondering what a Lalaized iTunes would look like, and we weren’t too far off: The WSJ says iTunes is evolving into a web-centric model, making the biggest music store in the world that much more powerful. You won’t need software anymore to buy songs from iTunes. iTunes will just be on the web—you’ll be able to buy and listen directly, through search engines or other sites, much like you can with Lala now. Or if you’re not familiar with it, think about the way Amazon is embedded on the internet, and imagine that for music, through iTunes. It’s a kind of ubiquity would make the…

This ain’t your standard supernova. A while ago, astronomers noticed an exploding star that was about 50 to 100 times brighter than normal. Here’s why: It was freakin’ huge. After two years of studying light output from the star’s death, one scientist is proposing that this star might have been the biggest ever known. About 200 times larger than a standard solar mass. And when huge stars explode, it involves some really cool words. Check out this sentence: But in the case of an extremely massive star, while its core is still made of oxygen, it releases photons that are so energetic, they create pairs of electrons and their anti-matter opposites, positrons. When the matter and antimatter meet, they annihilate each other. Electrons and positrons? Matter and…

It’s no secret that plenty of companies are hoping that 2010 will be the year of 3D , and it looks like Sony has now gotten a big boost by lining up a partnership with one of the biggest events of the year: the FIFA World Cup . As the pair have announced today, the new arrangement will see at least 25 World Cup matches produced in 3D using Sony’s 3D cameras, which will be viewable through a variety of means. That includes special public viewing events in seven cities around the world (none in North America, unfortunately), an “Official 3D Film” that will be previewed at Sony Stores and other retail outlets and, last but not least, a Blu-ray of said film that will …

Dell and HP, HP and Dell. The United States’ two biggest computer hardware manufacturers, and two of the world’s top three , have tended to match each other step for step , so it’s no surprise that Dell’s recently released SX2210T was quickly followed by a Compaq L2105tm from its closest rival. Measuring 21.5 inches each, with 1920 x 1080 resolution, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, and optical multitouch technology under their chunky bezels, these two models represent the biggest mainstream push for touchscreen computing yet. Functionally identical to standard monitors, they offer the added benefit of letting you input your heart’s urges and desires using…

There’s not much to say about these recent images of the Hover Dam Bypass except expletives mixed with a dozen synonyms of stunning . It’s not the longest or the tallest or the biggest or the complexest, but it amazes me: These images of the bridge—called the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge—were shot in September, as the 1,060-foot twin-rib concrete arch advances towards its late 2010 opening. The $240 million, 2,000-foot bridge is part of a larger project, a 3.5-mile corridor that begins in Clark County, Nevada, and ends in Mohave County, Arizona. [ Hoover Dam Bypass via Industrial Interface via DRB ]

Earlier this week, I was in Kunshan , China, to attend the 3G Industry Summit [CN], a four-day event that has attracted a few dozen speakers and an audience of over 200 people, making it one of the biggest of its kind in this country. The annual event is organized by the Kunshan government and Mobile 2.0 Forum, a communication platform with more than 1,500 members, almost single-handedly run by industry veteran Leo Wang . The summit reassured me of one thing: The Chinese market for mobile hardware, software and contents is big already and it’s bound to become huge in the very near future. Information and stats on China’s mobile web sector and profiles of 16 Chinese mobile startups after the jump.

This is a weird one: Google has just slapped Cyanogen, maker of the biggest and most successful Android ROM mod around, with a cease-and-desist letter. But Google’s reasoning doesn’t make any sense, and we’re wondering what their game is. See, Google’s cease-and-desist specifically states that Cyanogen should stop passing around Google’s closed-source apps like Google Maps, Google Talk and Gmail, because those are only supposed to be used on Google Experience Android devices like the G1 and MyTouch 3G. That makes sense, except for one thing: Cyanogen only works on the exact devices those closed-source apps were designed for, like, well, the G1 and MyTouch 3G. So what’s the point of trying to stop Cyanogen? Engadget …

The Storm Synth wristwatch conceals the current time by mixing in the real hands with six decoys (the time can be determined by locating the hands with pointed tips). Seriously, can’t we have watches that just tell us the time anymore? Indeed, there is no shortage of watches out there that make it as difficult as possible to actually tell the time. (Thanks Tokyoflash! ) Although, I suppose that watchmakers need to do something to differentiate themselves from their biggest competition—the cellphone. [ Watchismo via Technabob ]

The Asus 1008HA “Seashell” (their newest, hottest Eee) isn’t even out yet, but the company has already announced two new models based up on the similar tapered formfactor, the 1005HA-M and 1005HA-H. This handy chart will distinguish all of the precise discrepancies between the models, but the biggest shift looks to be that while the 1008HA has a Macbook-Air-like non-removable battery, the updated models will allow battery swapping (a point that may or may not matter to you). Each of the newer Seashells will also jump from the 1008HA’s 5-cell battery to a 6-cell battery, which adds some weight but surely some run time as well. Both models will hit overseas in July for converted prices of $405 …