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It may be a very long time since some readers have installed a copy of Windows, but it appears at one point during the ...

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We all know the Hollywood trope of picking a lock with a paperclip, and while it certainly is doable, most reputable locks require slightly more sophisticated tools to pick effectively.

When coming from the world of Autodesk and kin’s proprietary CAD solutions, figuring out which FOSS 3D CAD solution is the ...

There should be rejoicing among fans of the original ARM operating system this week, as the venerable RISC OS received its ...

The Kinect is a depth-sensing camera peripheral originally designed as a accessory for the Xbox gaming console, and it quickly found its way into hobbyist and research projects. After a second ...

If you don’t know Morse code, you probably think of a radio operator using a “key” to send Morse code. These were — and still ...

When the first Raspberry Pi came out back in 2012 it was groundbreaking because it offered a usable little Linux machine with ...