The BIOS has evolved very little since the birth of the PC in 1981, remaining a chunk of hand-crafted assembly language code most users know only for the series of arcane configuration and test messages fleetingly displayed when they turn on their PC. Intel first signalled that all … [Read more...]
Back in the 1930s, TV broadcast engineers had to design a transmission and reception system that satisfied a number of … [Read More...]
Encryption software is one of the most important yet most overlooked aspects of PC upkeep. In today's world, it seems that nothing is safe and … [Read More...]
The 4004 CPU was the forerunner of all of today's Intel offerings and, to date, all PC processors have been based on the original Intel designs. … [Read More...]