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RISC vs CISC still relevant?

There has been long time discussion on if RISC or CISC processor architecture is more efficient. CISC (Complex instruction set computing) was the most popular architecture before RISC became popular. According to Wikipedia before the RISC philosophy became prominent, many computer architects tried to bridge the so-called semantic gap, i.e. to design instruction sets that →

The leap second is coming to confuse the internet today

The leap second is coming to confuse the internet today article tells that today June 30 2015 just before midnight in London, the world’s atomic clocks will add one extra second, reading a time of 23:59:60 before ticking back to 00:00:00. You can expect to see some problems somewhere as in 2012, the unexpected leap second crashed →

Your computer leaks secret information

This is somewhat worrying development as Wired writes that Researchers develop palm-sized device, built for less than $300, that can steal laptop crypto keys using radio waves leaked by its processor. This Radio Bug Can Steal Laptop Crypto Keys, Fits Inside a Pita article tells that the list of paranoia-inducing threats to your computer’s security →

Friday Fun: Frying an Egg on a CPU

High power CPUs run very hot. But can you cook an egg on it? Search online and you can find videos of people attempting to cook on their processors, but how effective as a cooling solution is this? Frying an Egg on a CPU article makes on an analysis can you throw away your conventional →

The creation of the modern laptop

Here is some reading if you are interested in computer hardware and how it developed as you see it today. Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica: How lithium-ion batteries, industrial design and Moore’s law created modern laptops article takes a look at the creation of the modern laptop: An in-depth look at lithium-ion batteries, industrial design, →

What happened to Sourceforge? · etix’s weblog

https://blog.l0cal.com/2015/06/02/what-happened-to-sourceforge/ SourceForge used to be a good place to download software, but now many open source projects are leaving it for good reasons. It seems that it has degraded to state that you should stop using it – it is potentially harmful as you can get malware. Posted from WordPress for Android →