A floppy disk launched world's first ransomware attack 35 years ago
The attack, masterminded by American biologist Dr. Joseph Lewis Andrew Popp Jr., arrived via a seemingly innocuous 5.25-inch ...
Enthusiast mulls reviving Sony's retro micro PC — Orange Pi CM5 planned as mainboard upgrade
A fan of Sony's classic handheld Windows slider PC designs is developing a drop-in upgrade based on an Orange Pi CM5.
Forty years ago, the first Coen brothers movie set the tone for their filmography. Here’s why you should watch it now
The Coen brothers' debut film, the Texas noir Blood Simple, was released January 18th, 1985. Its legacy echoes through their subsequent films.
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Quantum engineers 'squeeze' laser frequency combs to make more sensitive gas sensors
Scientists use devices known as frequency comb lasers to search for methane in the air above oil and gas operations and to screen for signs of infection in human breath. A new study could help make ...
5 lightweight Linux distributions that will bring your old PC back to life
If you have an aging computer and want to repurpose it, these lightweight Linux distributions will serve you for years to ...
Very's special MacBook Air deal even Apple can't match - but be quick
The 2024 M3 MacBook Air is one of the newest in Apple's fleet and while its look resembles many of Apple's previous models ...
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10 Things To Look For When Buying A Used Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle
PHEVs have become more and more popular in recent years. Here's what you need to know about buying a used one.
This portable, lightweight Linux distro has an old-school feel
If you need a lightning-fast, portable Linux distribution to run on aging hardware or spin up a quick server, 4MLinux is a ...
12 Strange & Bizarre Microsoft Products You Probably Didn't Know Existed
Microsoft spent much of the late 1990s and early 2000s trying to find the next big thing with mixed results. Here are a few ...
I get more attention in my 36mph electric car than friends do in their Ferraris
Eccentric British entrepreneur Sir Clive Sinclair hoped his Sinclair C5 would launch a transport revolution. It bombed but ...
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Small, ultra-low-power, and very processing-efficient 32-bit processor
The PipelineZero Embedded Processor implements a small, ultra-low-power, and very processing-efficient 32-bit processor, ideal for energy-sensitive deeply embedded applications such as wearable ...
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Performance analysis of 8-bit pipelined Asynchronous Processor core
Synchronous processors which consume more than 40 % of power in clock circuitry are being conveniently replaced by low power delay-insensitive (DI) asynchronous Processor modules/cores. In this paper, ...