The Acer Nitro 5 is a budget gaming laptop. This model was just around 4 years old. This computer was hit with two problems: the computer does not turn on and the screen hinge was broken. Open the laptop by removing the bottom of the computer. It had many small screws that I had to →
Embedded World Exhibition&Conference 2023 is held at the exhibition site Nuremberg from March 14-16, 2023. The embedded world Exhibition&Conference facilitates direct interaction with a large number of experts and qualified suppliers from all over the world. It is highly focused segments like Embedded System Technologies, Distributed Intelligence and Internet of Things. I will be following →
Is there going to be Windows 12? Microsoft has not confirmed a release date for Windows 12 (or even acknowledged the next-generation operating system). It is not official, but there are many hints that Microsoft will release Windows 12 in 2023 or 2024. Here is some leaks and predictions material I have found on Windows →
The tyranny of GDPR popups and the websites failing to adapt get me to feeling that The GDPR is Annoying and Ineffective. Too often The practical effect of GDPR seems to me that I have to click away about half a dozen consent popups every day. Sometimes a cookie warning in addition to that. Those →
1923 cartoon eerily predicted 2023’s AI art generators H.T. Webster imagined a 2023 where a “cartoon dynamo” could generate art. He was right. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/a-cartoonist-predicted-2023s-ai-drawing-machines-in-1923/ →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in March 2023. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →
Chris Petrich Warns “Almost All” DS18B20 Sensors Not Bought From Authorized Distributors Are Fake https://www.hackster.io/news/chris-petrich-warns-almost-all-ds18b20-sensors-not-bought-from-authorized-distributors-are-fake-afcc0a8befc5 A test purchase of 1,000 sensors from 70 different sellers showed the majority to be counterfeits of extremely variable performance. →
XML is now 25 years old. You probably missed the XML standard on the 10th of February 1998 (design work started 1996; 27 years ago), but it’s almost certain that XML has touched your life in many ways. The idea of one strictly compliant universal markup language to rule them all was extremely interesting in →
When gamer kids generation really hits audio engineering there will be huge market for this kind of RGB light gadgets? Neutrik etherCON® and XLR Halo Connectors are chassis connectors that incorporate a halo light ring and assymmetric ESD safe push tab. This design allow for standard XLR connector cutouts in the chassis without the need →
The HP Envy (stylized as HP ENVY) is a line of consumer-oriented high-end laptops, desktop computers and printers manufactured and sold by HP Inc. They started as a high-end version of the HP Pavilion line. I have had a HP ENCY 17 laptop for many years. It has worked well. But just some days ago →