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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,766 posts.
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From sand to processor, or how a CPU is made
Intel Newsroom delivers the latest news, announcements, and updates. Stay informed on Intel innovations.
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Two-color Makerbot released
Discover MakerBot's classroom solutions: 3D printers, software, and certification that help teachers pioneer 3D printing in education.
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Arduino 1.0 now available
Arduino 1.0 is now available. Read about the milestone release of the Arduino software and download it for your computer.
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135 Terabytes for $12,000
Sobriety time. Here are all the reasons why you SHOULD NOT roll your own backblaze storage pod.
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A 1970s Cray-1 hard drive has been imaged
Two different, but somewhat related additions to the archive you might want to check out. First, I was contacted earlier this week about a project to recover information off of an old Cray-1 supercomputer hard drive. Unlike, say, trying to get your old floppies to read or pulling an old mix tape off of a
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555 Timer footstool
The succinct story of a modest little footstool– involving datasheets, cnc routing, laser engraving, plywood, glue, chips, all-thread, angle grinders, mountains of sawdust, dowel rods, spray paint, and a picture of a cat.
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House Keys copyable from 200 ft away via camera
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering2011133 points69 commentscited by 4Security & Privacy details
 UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key.
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New iMacs run fans at full on all drives other than Apple supplied...
Hard drives fail. With the new iMac from Apple, when the main drive does fail, there is no DIY replacement option available.
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Intel Reinvents Transistors Using New 3-D Structure
Intel Newsroom delivers the latest news, announcements, and updates. Stay informed on Intel innovations.
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Rootkit on a Brand new Toshiba laptop
Rootkit on a brand new Toshiba Laptop - Saturday, 30 April 2011 - Alex's blog
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Chinese Infinite Magical Hard-Drive
Chinese Magical Hard-Drive - Thursday, 07 April 2011 - Alex's blog
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AMD to Nvidia: prove it, don’t just say it
The AMD Community is entering an exciting new phase—growing into a broader ecosystem of dedicated resources designed to better support and connect you.
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Hidden warning message found in Samsung’s Galaxy tablet
The authoritative information platform for the semiconductor industry. Learn why TechInsights is the most trusted source of actionable, in-depth intelligence to the semiconductor industry.
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IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up.
Business travel can get a bit boring can’t it? (OK a LOT boring). Imagine looking out of the window on a flight to see Discovery launching on its final mission. That would be quite cool. Neil Monday just did. I once saw Comet Hale Bopp and the northern lights when flying to San Francisco. I […]
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BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries
Manufacturers take a conservative approach and specify the life of Li-ion in most consumer products as being between 300 and 500 discharge/charge cycles.…