Linux Kernel Nixes IDE Support In the Latest 5.14 Release Candidate https://www.tomshardware.com/news/linux-kernel-nixes-ide-support-in-the-latest-514-release-candidate Linux founder Linus Torvalds recently posted an update on the Linux Kernel Mailing List announcing the arrival of Linux kernel version 5.14. Perhaps the biggest change is the removal of legacy support for Parallel ATA (PATA), also referred to as ATAm or IDE. →
About 1 percent of all electricity generated goes to cloud computing. By the end of this decade, we could be devoting 8 percent or more. How much energy can we dedicate to all this computing? Software and hardware engineering will no doubt need to reorient their design practices more around power efficiency. Read more: Cloud →
How to Run Windows 10 From a USB Drive Loading and running Windows 10 from a USB drive is a handy option when you’re using a computer saddled with an older version of Windows. https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/88253/how-to-run-windows-10-from-a-usb-drive Windows 10 network commands https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ten-windows-10-network-commands-everyone-one-should-know/ Windows Package Manager 1.0 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/?p=6715 Kone jumissa? Näin palautat Windows 10:n menettämättä tiedostojasi Menikö kone →
Happy birthday, Donkey Kong – and Mario! Donkey Kong celebrates its 40th anniversary today THE ICONIC APE AND MARIO BOTH MADE THEIR DEBUTS ON JULY 9, 1981 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/donkey-kong-celebrates-its-40th-anniversary-today/ It was on July 9, 1981 that Nintendo first published and released the original Donkey Kong arcade machines in Japan, kicking off a series that would remain →
Behringer Cable Tester CT100 is a pretty nice and cheap cable tester for all kinds of audio cables.The CT100 accepts many type of cable you might use in a recording or live performance situation: XLR, mono and TRS phone (¼”, 1⁄8″, TT), RCA and even MIDI. here are three operating modes: Cable Test, installed Cable →
The Western Electric Model 500 and its subsequent variants were so ubiquitous that you almost couldn’t go anywhere without seeing one, especially in the United States. You have seen and heard this literal fixture of American life phone on countless of TV series and movies. Unfortunately many producers have been a little lazy and did →
Ransomware gang closes physical shops! The Swedish supermarket chain Coop, one of the largest grocery stores in the country, had to close EVERY of its 800 branches on Saturday. The cyber incident Friday after point-of-sale tills and self-service checkouts stopped working. REvil ransomware gang targeted managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers in a massive →
Ethernet Killer is well known meme in many versions. Fiftythree.org presents: The Etherkiller and Friends says” “It all started one day with this guy, the origional Etherkiller, developed with a few misc parts to warn new users that the IT department is not to be messed with. You too can make one at home, connect →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in July 2021. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →
RISC-V is an interesting open hardware CPU. My Can RISC-V – Linux of Microprocessors – Start an Open Hardware Renaissance? post from few years back told that RISC-V is the most promising open CPU design, but asked can it succeed in competitive CPU market? In a quite short history a lot has happened. Not it →