cloak and dagger Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:37:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 What is a game cartridge? https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-is-a-game-cartridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-game-cartridge Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:00:57 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=12996 What is a game cartridge? If you’re asking, you must not have grown up in the 1980s. But that’s OK. We’re happy to share our generation’s fun with you. A game cartridge is a plastic case containing a circuit board,

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]]> 12996 USB malware: What you need to know https://dfarq.homeip.net/usb-malware-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usb-malware-what-you-need-to-know Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:00:58 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7305 Tomorrow morning on Fox 2: How this USB drive could be worse than the worst malware you’ve ever imagined! Yes, when a security vulnerability hits TV news, it’s a big deal. It’s probably also sensationalized. And it’s not time to

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]]> 7305 What I miss about the old days of computing https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-i-miss-about-the-old-days-of-computing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-i-miss-about-the-old-days-of-computing Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:49:11 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6719 Lifehacker asked this week what graybeards like me (mine gets longer every week) miss about the old days of computing. I don’t think it’s any single thing. One attraction was the simplicity. Especially with the 8-bit computers, it was possible

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