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Midway execs found not guilty in conspiracy suit

Oct 27th 2009 2:11PM on Joystiq

Congratulations to the Nicastro family for completing their 20 year rape and pillage of a once-great set of companies! (Williams, Bally/Midway, AND Atari) Be sure to send Sumner a nice box of cigars when you all make it down to Florida for the winter.

Apple's 9/9 event: the TUAW Liveblog

Sep 9th 2009 1:33PM on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Anyone know of a feed that has more news and less blabber? This is annoying.

Samsung's PRAM chips hit mass production in June

May 5th 2009 11:36PM on Engadget

You need to write to memory to play back video? Since when?

iPhone Dev 101: Useful Cocoa Development Resources

Mar 25th 2009 10:33AM on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

The Hillegass book is awesome. Make sure you get the new 3rd edition (green cover). Highly recommended.

X11 on G1 hack is for those who like a little extra OS in their OS

Feb 24th 2009 10:17AM on Engadget

Android uses a pretty standard version of Linux as the hardware abstraction layer. They've only added a few small things like IPC and timers to the kernel. Saying that Android is "trying to eliminate linux" is certainly a misnomer.

The G1 also packs a punch because Google did a lot of optimization in places that really show. For example, many of the standard C library functions were hand-coded into ARM assembly for optimal performance.

Apple teams up with Adobe for iPhone Flash at long last

Feb 1st 2009 11:45AM on Engadget

It's called battery life and processor speed. Desktop Flash, especially v8 and beyond, is a hog. YouTube only works on the platform because Apple put a H.264 decompressor in hardware and convinced YouTube to convert their videos from the ON2 codec to H.264.

Apple teams up with Adobe for iPhone Flash at long last

Feb 1st 2009 9:58AM on Engadget

I'll believe it when I see it. Flash is a CPU hog to begin with, and the only way you can get 25+ fps to the video buffers on the iPhone is if you cheat the API and talk to the hardware or OGL accelerators directly. Native quicktime is cheating, we know that for a fact after talking to Apple.

So if a NATIVE non-Apple app can't do full motion, an interpreted app (flash/Hulu) is gonna REALLY suck.

And for the guy that can't get more than 15 frames out an OMAP3530, you're doing something wrong. Use the DSP.

Student charts electrical usage in real-time, much to Big Brother's delight

Jan 20th 2009 8:02AM on Engadget

You can also buy one here for about $150-200. Includes internet connectivity and a small monitor box to put on your desk to watch consumption:

http://www.theenergydetective.com

@Rik: Not everyone lives in an area with abundant natural gas. Some people even use electric stoves and heat pumps. Wrap that one around your noggin.

Student charts electrical usage in real-time, much to Big Brother's delight

Jan 20th 2009 1:26AM on Engadget

Yes, it IS useful. Many utilities are now offering real-time pricing of electricity. The price changes hourly, based on weather and load predictions. In the summer, late at night, the price can even go NEGATIVE, meaning you get paid to take excess load off the grid.

Knowing consumption minute by minute and shifting load to cheaper times can knock down a hefty portion of your bill.

3M's MPro110 pocket projector reviewed: okay for geeks, so it's okay for you

Jan 4th 2009 9:45AM on Engadget

3M has sold overhead projectors for decades.

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"

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