royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 05 2009 | security, hardware, developmentsecurity best practices
quoted: Here at the Microsoft Security Response Center, we investigate thousands of security reports every year. In some cases, we find that a report describes a bona fide security vulnerability resulting from a flaw in one of our products; when this happens, we develop a patch as quickly as possible to correct the error. (See "A Tour of the Microsoft Security Response Center"). In other cases, the reported problems simply result from a mistake someone made in using the product. But many fall in between. They discuss real security problems, but the problems don't result from product flaws. Over the years, we've developed a list of issues like these, that we call the 10 Immutable Laws of Security.
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 31 2008 | security, hardware, gadgets, homes
Quoted: Now, with a little knowledge, even nonengineers can add a home security system to their homes for less than a standard prewired installation by a professional.
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 13 2008 | computers, hardware
Refaving from Zach
Quoted: fit-PC is a tiny, noiseless, extremely power-efficient PC - designed by CompuLab - one of the leading vendors in embedded computing.
fit-PC is designed to fit where a standard PC is too bulky, noisy and power-consuming.
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 06 2008 | video, hardware, television, dvr, time-shifting
DVR with open source hardware and software. $230.
Quoted: The creator of a new video recorder, has invited skilled users to customize or “hack” its device and share the improvements with others.
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 16 2007 | household, hardware, safety
Innovative fire extinguishers and smoke/CO alarms -- they connect to each other wirelessly. When one goes off, they all go off. If you use a fire extinguisher, the alarms go off.
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 25 2007 | hard drives, hardware, laptops
Might have to consider this drive for my laptop. My current drive is 5400rpm, but I got it because it was the largest drive available at the time, 60GB larger than the 7200rpm model. This drive is both faster and larger. Wish it was a bit cheaper.
Quoted: Hitachi / TravelStar 7K200 / 200GB / 7200 / 16MB / 2.5
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 30 2007 | hardware
Dell monitor review
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 30 2007 | computers, hardware, education
Quoted: The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) group's dream of selling cheap and power-efficient laptops is slowly getting expensive. Touted as a $100 laptop , the product has seen a 75 percent rise in price in the last 3 months.
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 27 2006 | hardware, usb, flash drives
Surprise removal = pulling out a flash drive without telling Windows
Quoted: Surprise removal of hardware is a common end-user scenario that has always been a challenge for Windows. During the development and testing of Windows 95 ...
- royleban | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 20 2006 | hardware, keyboard, input, gadgets
Redotting from Mike
Keyboard that puts a color display on each key!
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