2016: An interesting year.
However you look at it, 2016 will be an interesting year. It’s one that won’t be repeated for another 16 years, and then another 8, then another 4, then another 2, then the following year, then the year after that, and then not for another 1024 years. What I’m talking about is the year 2016 […]
Another exploding iPhone battery
I’ve posted before about how an iPhone in my pocket one day burst open when the battery inside it exploded. Now another iPhone, sitting on a shelf, has done the same thing.
Take the Phishing Test
Following on from my earlier post about how to spot a “Phishing” email, you can now take a short test to see how good you are at identifying fake emails. Anything less than 100% and you might be vulnerable to being tricked into installing viruses, handing over your bank login details, or worse!
How to solve Apple’s Pro Video Formats 2.0.1 constant update loop.
A software update which was made available by Apple earlier this month causes some users machines to get stuck in a constant update loop. As soon as you install the update it re-appears as available for update. If this affects you, then there is a simple solution.
What makes apple’s new watch tick?
Want to know what makes Apple’s new Watch tick? Then read on to take a look inside.
Roland TD-6V Drum Brain Repair
The Roland TD-6V Percussion Instrument is a major part of the Roland “V-Drums” line up. This week I had one for repair. Lets take a look under the hood and see whats makes this machine tick, or in this case not. This one came to me with the complaint that it would just cut out […]
Apple’s new SpaceShip building takes off. (Video)
Construction work on Apple’s new “SpaceShip” headquarters building has begun, demolition is complete and the new circular campus building is beginning to rise from the ground. This video shows where it’s up to so far, and you can also see the huge car park building. Continue reading to see the video.
Teardown: Bosch Tassimo Coffee Maker
In this video I tear down a Bosch Tassimo Coffee Machine and see whats inside.
FTDI relents to pressure, and pulls the malicious driver from windows.
As I, and many others, reported yesterday, FTDI’s latest windows driver deliberately disabled users hardware. They have now bowed to public pressure and the backlash from the engineering community and pulled the update, and promised to issue a new driver “next week”.
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