It Costs Just $1.36 a Year to Charge an iPad
NEW YORK (AP) — That coffee you’re drinking while gazing at your iPad? It cost more than all the electricity needed to run those games, emails, videos and news stories for a year.The annual cost to charge an iPad is just $1.36, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, a non-profit research and development group funded by electric utilities.By comparison, a 60-watt compact fluorescent bulb costs $1.61, a desktop PC...
Dell XPS 10 lets the FCC get under its skin, into its manual
By Sean Buckley posted Oct 30th 2012 2:40AM We already got a pretty good look at the Dell XPS 10’s outward facade, but if it’s internal hardware you’re after, you may want to take a look at the FCC’s latest: they tore the transforming tablet apart. The federal teardown is garnished with the standard trappings: FCC labels, frequency tests and Dell attestations — one of which notes the WiFi and Bluetooth...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer touts Windows 8 momentum
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the company’s annual Build developer conference emphasizing the momentum of the company’s new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. “In just the last three days, we have sold 4 million Windows 8 upgrades,” Ballmer said Tuesday at the conference in Redmond, Washington. “The level of embrace from enthusiasts is very, very high.” Ballmer noted that...
Foster the People Pumps Up with Logic Pro
For several months in 2011, the radio hit “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People was the song we couldn’t get out of our heads. For Mark Foster, who wrote the song, getting it out of his head — and into a demo — was no problem at all. Using Logic Pro, and playing all the instruments himself, Foster was able to write and record the single in just a day and a half. After the demo went viral on the web, the song climbed the charts and...
EE switches on 4G in 11 UK cities, offers fiber broadband to 11 million sites and opens 700 stores
By Jamie Rigg posted Oct 30th 2012 3:50AM Today marks the launch of the UK’s first 4G network, with EE switching on its service in 11 cities: London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton. If you don’t have access immediately, you might not be waiting long, as the company promises 2,000 square miles of 4G network will be added every month from now on. This...
