Microcontrollers aka MCU’s are tiny little computers that can fit in the palm of your hand, in fact a lot of these herald from the era of the first computers, some not having changed much at all except for size in the past 40 years. There are thousands of theses little gadgets to choose from and they are gadgets, no… Read more →
Sadly the most unsafe browser is the most used one around, Google Chrome is not just a resource hog, but also extremely unsafe, because it was engineered with a focus on ad revenue. This probably puts a big stick in your wheel, as there is a 99% chance that you are using Chrome. You probably really like using Chrome, which… Read more →
Taking on a project like making your very own website or blog is a big undertaking and kudos to you for undertaking a project like it. A big worry when undertaking a project like this, is whether your new site is safe from criminals. Although you can never be entirely safe when it comes to things that are available on… Read more →
You have probably heard the words “home automation” or “IoT (internet of things)” in the last few years, probably as some mythical concept where you home basically does everything for you and you just have to be there. In reality it is not quite so and a lot of home automation products range from useless to borderline dangerous. Although a… Read more →
Having recently become a dad myself, you tend to spend a lot more time around children and other parents and it becomes quite clear that kids these days have a lot of access to the internet. The internet itself is not dangerous to kids per se, but there are a lot of factors and bad faith players that target kids… Read more →
A Raspberry Pi aka RasPi is what is commonly referred to as a SoC aka System on a Chip, again fancy tech speak for basically having all computer components in a tiny package. It is the exact same thing they use in smartphones to give them a lot of resources, without using too much power and while remaining small. The… Read more →
Linux is also an Operating System aka OS, which if fancy tech speak for the program that hosts and runs other programs. Linux however is a bit special, as there are very few if any computers that can be bought with it pre-installed. What is also unique about Linux is that there are litterally hundreds of different versions of it,… Read more →
Retro computing is a hobby that has been around since the 80’s, when the first mass market computers created, began to become obsolete. As these computers began to fall from grace, we as humans of course kicked up our collector gene and started hoarding the machines as they were phased out. This hobby has seen continued growth over the past… Read more →
The question of how long computers live is a hard one to answer, both because it is an ever evolving field, but also because the lifespan of a computer changes depending on your needs. This can be summed up into two categories, how long a computer can physically survive and how long the computer is actually useful for. At the… Read more →
Smartphones are one of those devices we just assume is safe and works, but there are a lot of hidden risks to owning a smartphone. Phones today are at the brink of being almost as powerful as a modern day computer and combined with them containing tonnes of our private information, there are several reasons why they are juicy targets… Read more →