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...
Engadget’s Seattle reader meetup is next week!
By Brian Heater posted Oct 26th 2012 2:30PM Hard to believe, but the Engadget Seattle meetup is finally here — or it will be in a mere matter of days. We’ve got full guest and waiting lists for our SIC event, so we fully expect to see a whole lot of you at The Showbox come next week for some gadget talk and sweet giveaways. Need directions or other information? Click the source link below, and we’ll see you soon!...
DOJ: Dotcom could face new charges if he launches new service
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom could violate the terms of his bail, or face new criminal charges, if he launches a new file-sharing and storage service as planned, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing this week. Dotcom, who said earlier this month he plans to launch a service called Mega, would renege on assurances he made to a New Zealand court before he was granted bail in the DOJ’s copyright infringement case...
Visualized: Inside Moog’s Sound Lab
By Billy Steele posted Oct 26th 2012 2:56PM As touring acts grow weary from their travels across the US of A, Moog has a spot for them to get re-energized. Inside the synth maker’s North Carolina headquarters sits a room that’s decked out with the company’s analog tech and effects (including a Model 15 synthesizer) — waiting for musicians who are on the road to stop by for a visit. It’s here in the Sound...
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...
