Archive for September 2023

GNU at 40

GNU project turned 40 years old few days ago. GNU turns 40: Stallman’s baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there’s cake It turned the software industry upside down regardless https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/20/gnu_turns_40/ Happy birthday to GNU. On September 27, there will be events in both the US and Switzerland to celebrate the 40th anniversary

Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi 5 has been released! Raspberry Pi 5 is a higher-performance computer than Raspberry Pi 4. It promises to offer 2–3× the speed of the previous generation. The new board features silicon designed in‑house for the best possible performance. Raspberry Pi features a new quad core 2.4 GHz Cortex-A76 Arm CPU (in BCM2712 SoC),

15 Years of Android

Here is one interesting article on Android smart phone history: The first Android is 15 years old, and it is the opposite of everything we want in a smartphone today https://www.techradar.com/phones/the-first-android-is-15-years-old-and-it-is-the-opposite-of-everything-we-want-in-a-smartphone-today The HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1 is fifteen years old as of September 23. This first Android phone was launched in 2008 as the

Computer history: Modems

A modem, short for “modulator-demodulator,” is a device that converts digital data from a computer or other digital device into an analog signal that can be transmitted over analog communication lines, such as a telephone line. The term Modem Definition is an acronym for modulator-demodulator. The primary modem function is to convert digital data into

Friday Fun: Mixer abuse

Behringer X32 mixer abuse video https://youtu.be/LlmQrF0TimU?si=Bu_Ss_NCZ9KfYj8O X32 Fader Abuse (#1 @ Assembly 2017 wild demo compo) “Real wild” is a category of realtime demos for strange platforms and hardware that don’t fit any of the standard categories (like PC, 4k, oldschool etc). Basically a fun “everything else” category. Here’s a bit of explanation about the

The History of IoT Security

There’s a significant danger that the rapid pace of IoT advancement is potentially outstripping the development of the IoT security infrastructure. The Internet of Things may sound like a recent phenomenon but its roots can be traced back to the 19th Century. In fact, the concept of connected devices dates back to 1832. Read more