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The most popular blog posts about hardware & electronics on Hacker News. 122 posts.
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Why You Can't Build a Smartphone
Every day or so I read another blog post (or ranting comments) about how BlackBerry could be rehabilitated, or how Nokia could restart Maemo and build the ultimate smartphone again. Things came to a head after Jolla announced their first phone for sale. Surely this phone with an amazing user interface will vindicate…
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Seagate just reinvented the disk interface using Ethernet
There’s no doubt that cloud computing is the future of IT infrastructure. Its scalability, ease of access and capacity for analysing vast amounts of data has made it integral to how businesses, organizations, and end-users use the internet.
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How phone batteries measure the weather
Our reports examine national and regional trends in mobile and broadband network experience, and develop in-depth insights into trends impacting consumer network experience.
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(Presumably) Apple engineer comment on Lightning AV adapter design
We’ve been doing significant testing lately with video out using various iOS devices for an upcoming project. In doing so, we waded right in the middle of a strange video out mystery. It’s time to unravel that mystery. (Chung-chung!)
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180TB of Good Vibrations – Storage Pod 3.0
Get all of the latest cloud storage news and insights from Backblaze - the leading independent cloud storage provider.
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64 GB Surface Pro will only have 23 GB free
A company spokesperson has confirmed to The Verge that the 64GB edition of Surface Pro will have 23GB of free storage out of the box. The 128GB model will have 83GB of free storage. It appears that the Windows 8 install, built-in apps, and a recovery partition will make up the 41GB total on the base Surface Pro model.
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Do-it-yourself EEG, EKG, and EMG
Do-it-yourself EEG, EKG, and EMG Source: https://sites.google.com/site/chipstein/home This site features things related to my interests...
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Hacking Transcend WiFi SD Cards
UPDATE : This post has been featured in the Hacker News front page! Thanks! I have also updated this post with additional information (at t...
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A Tour Inside CloudFlare's Latest Generation Servers
CloudFlare operates at a significant scale, handling more than a trillion requests through our network every month.
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Google Glass Teardown
Google's latest and hottest gadget needs little introduction. Since its public unveiling in April 2012, the tiny head-mounted Android computer has been collecting controversy and sociological analysis . It is currently available in limited beta to eminent members of the tech community and to a selection of "Glass…
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Extreme debugging - a tale of microcode and an oven
It's been quite awhile since I debugged a computer program. Too long. Although I miss coding, the thing I miss more is the process of findin...
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5D ‘Superman memory’ crystal could lead to unlimited lifetime data storage
Scientists at the University of Southampton have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that is capable of surviving for billions of years.
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I couldn't wait for the new Mac Pro
For those of you coming from Hacker News wondering why I need OS X it’s because I’m an indie developer that makes this. I’m not sure if it was the after the 4th or 5th time my Macbook Air hard crashed rendering in Final Cut Pro that my planned upgrade timing would need to be brought forward. In any case, the writing…