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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 →

Linux 4.0 is coming

Linus Torvalds has decided to make the next kernel version Linux 4.0 rather than Linux 3.20. Linux 4.0 is going to bring many big improvements besides the version bump with there being live kernel patching. Linus tagged the Linux 4.0-rc1 kernel just moments ago. Linux kernel live patching is an interesting feature, which allows kernel patches →