Cyber breaches abound in 2019 https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/26/cyber-breaches-abound-in-2019/ News of high-profile cyber breaches has been uncharacteristically subdued in recent quarters. Is this a harbinger of a worse hacking landscape in 2019? The answer is unequivocally yes. No question, cyber breaches have been a gigantic thorn in the global economy for years. But expect them to be even →
https://swling.com/blog/2019/01/the-nsas-software-defined-radio-application-redhawk-is-now-open-source/ page says that NSA released a bunch of software to open source at https://code.nsa.gov/ There is an interesting looking project called “RedHawk” which is described as: “A software-defined radio (SDR) framework designed to support the development, deployment, and management of real-time software radio applications.” github link: https://github.com/redhawksdr Here’s the documentation: https://redhawksdr.github.io/Documentation/index.html →
For some time it seems that analogue video has seemed die in many applications when digital technologies have replaced the analog video technology. For example the trend in video surveillance systems that old legacy analogue composite video systems are replaces with digital camera interfaces that range from SDI to IP video. In normal video systems →
Winter is a good time for skiing. Ski trail signs are there to guide you down the mountain. But for a novice, they aren’t usually informative enough. That’s why someone decided to take these signs to another level… take a look at https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-ski-slope-signs/ →
I have wanted to have an easy to use meter for measuring small SMD component. I first tried to fill my need with CEM SMD-100 Smart Electronic Components Tester few months ago, but that CEM SMD-100 meter did not work for me because it was very unreliable. To fill the need, I decided to test →
This is an interesting article to read: https://securityboulevard.com/2018/12/hackers-are-our-societys-immune-system-keren-elazari-on-the-future-of-cybersecurity/ →
Biggest telecom operator Telia is trying to get rid of offering wired telephone service this year. Only three percent of voice calls in Finland are from traditional wired telephones. Telia has only few thousand consumer wired telephone lines left and almost 30 000 business lines. Other big operator Elisa has tried for years to actively →
CES is the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 year. This year CES 2019 is held January 8-11 at Las Vegas. So the show starts tomorrow. And some press events by some companies →
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/usb-c-authentication-program,news-28949.html The USB Implementers Forum has plan to make popular cables and ports more secure and safer for users – and give more control to equipment makers. USB-C products have been the cause of power-surge damage to devices when users plug in a non-compliant charger and bad USB-C cable. Most users know that USB gadgets →
This post is here to comments links and news on intetesting IoT and embedded systena products I see on news. →