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30 years of GNU Manifesto

The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty page tells that it was March, 1985 when Richard M. Stallman published the GNU Manifesto in Dr. Dobb’s Journal of Software Tools. The GNU Manifesto is characteristic of its author—deceptively simple, lucid, explicitly left-leaning, and entirely uncompromising. Perhaps the most significant innovation in the GNU Manifesto is a method of →

Windows Hello will let you say goodbye to passwords in Windows 10 – Geek

http://mobile.geek.com/latest/256238-windows-hello-will-let-you-say-goodbye-to-passwords-in-windows-10?origref=http:%2F%2Flm.facebook.com%2Flsr.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.geek.com%252Fmicrosoft%252Fwindows-hello-will-let-you-say-goodbye-to-passwords-in-windows-10-1618238%252F%26ext%3D1426624586%26hash%3DAclhV3X53_IzKbvjGqK7M66Mxl_SZM9qPLgANPoAgZBS7w%26_rdr Posted from WordPress for Android →

The Changing Face of the Desktop – PC Mag

http://mobile.pcmag.com/news/54428-the-changing-face-of-the-desktop?origref=http:%2F%2Flm.facebook.com%2Flsr.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.pcmag.com%252Farticle2%252F0%252C2817%252C2477836%252C00.asp%26ext%3D1426265130%26hash%3DAcmf-ErDmYFU4ZpIoCuXv11hjZaTK7mB1X7NfZtPAVmxTA%26_rdr Posted from WordPress for Android →

USB Killer

http://kukuruku.co/hub/diy/usb-killer It is well known fact that USB security is broken. So when you plug in unknown USB stick to your PC, you can get viruses to your PC OS and firmware. But can it seriously physically damage your PC.  The designer of this gadget was thinking of this possibility and built such evil fake →

Cheap USB2.0 video capture

I got a new laptop (Windows 8), but I occasionally needed to capture analogue video. What device to use with it? My older USB capture hardware was not compatible, so I needed a new one. Preferably something cheap. I found USB2.0 Video TV Tuner DVD Audio Capture Card Converter Record Receiver as suitable looking product →