Posts Tagged ‘computers’
Over at EDGE.org, the must-read hub of intellectual inquiry and head-spinning science, Boing Boing pal and legendary book agent John Brockman is launching a new series of essays "from important third culture thinkers to address the empirically-driven and science related hot-button cultural issues of our time." First up is author George Dyson's "Childhood's ...
The start of 2019 is creeping up fast, and that means it's time once again to make a list of New Year's resolutions that you'll inevitably ditch after a couple weeks.
Here's one you can keep though: Vow to buckle down and get **** done in 2019 with a... ...
Editor's note: PCMag and Mashable are both owned by Ziff Davis.
Staying productive can be hard. We get it. As much as you love your job or field of study, keeping all of your tasks straight quickly devolves into opening Twitter more often than we'd l... ...
A rare, fully-operational Enigma cipher machine from World War II will go up for auction at Sothebys tomorrow as part of an amazing History of Science & Technology auction (also including Richard Feynman's Nobel Prize). The Enigma is expected to go for around $200,000.
From a 1999 article I wrote for
Like it or not, your Windows 10 is highly vulnerable to all kinds of pernicious attacks — and hackers are just getting more and more creative with creeping into your personal computer. Denial of service, SQL injections, cross-site scr... ...
The popularity of gaming PCs has exploded in recent years. Sure, there are plenty of people who won’t abandoned their beloved consoles. But a large number of gaming enthusiasts have been shifting their attention. And with good reason.
For... ...
Arthur C. Clarke forecasts the future in 1974. We've come a long way. Kinda.
(via r/ObscureMedia)
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All the fancy PC hardware in the world doesn't matter if you don't have a decent way to see what it's doing. Having the best PC gaming monitor you can find is just as important as what CPU or GPU you're running, and you'll want one that can complemen... ...
As people and homes become more connected, the need for WiFi connectivity continues to increase. This is where having a quality Wi-Fi router, sometimes called a wireless router, becomes essential. Which Wi-Fi router you choose will depend on a number... ...
Chris Veltri, proprietor of San Francisco's legendary Groove Merchant record shop, posted this astounding artifact to his Instagram wunderkammer of outré culture paper ephemera @collagedropoutsf! It's a poster for a lecture by artificial intelligence pioneer Herbert Simon that took place at UC Berkeley in 1974. The speech was titled "How Man and Computers Understand ...