by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | EDUCATION
from the hook-them-young dept. Adafruit Industries just posted the first episode in a new educational series aimed at teaching kids about electronics. The episode is entitled ‘A is for Ampere’ and teaches the basic theory behind electrical current. The...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the not-unlike-an-aging-robocop dept. Seagate announced its third-generation hybrid drives last month, revealing a full family of notebook and desktop drives that combine mechanical platters with solid-state storage. These so-called SSHDs are Seagate’s...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, POLITICAL, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the now-you’re-just-being-jerks dept. Emergency-service providers and other organizations are being targeted with TDoS (telephony denial of service) attacks, according to a security alert (PDF) from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, obtained...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the why-you-always-smash-them-with-a-hammer-before-reselling-them dept. To probably no one’s surprise, wiping a smartphone by standard methods doesn’t get all the data erased. From an article at Wired: ‘Problem is, even if you do everything...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the set-in-3D-stone dept. The three largest memory makers announced the final specifications for three-dimensional DRAM, which is aimed at increasing performance for networking and high performance computing markets. Micron, Samsung and Hynix are leading the...
