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Hacking your car

Hacking your car

In the early days of PCs, the software was very fragile – from a security point of view. Virus software…

What sign are you?

What sign are you?

As I was born at the beginning of April, I am Aries – the sign of the Ram. This information…

Using an MMU

Using an MMU

On a previous occasion, I talked about using an MMU [memory management unit] for a specific, slight esoteric purpose. I…

Books and e-books

Books and e-books

All my life I have loved books. I was surrounded by them as a child and cannot remember a time…

OS influence on power consumption

OS influence on power consumption

Power consumption is an issue. With portable devices this affects battery life. [I am irritated by the short intervals between…

iPad impressions

iPad impressions

I am not an Apple fan. I do not mean that I have anything against the company. Far from it…

ESC Silicon Valley 2010

ESC Silicon Valley 2010

As usual, I attended the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA last week. I guess it remains the foremost…

What is my PC for?

What is my PC for?

A while ago, I wrote about the applications that I use on my phone and I thought it might be…

Introducing MCAPI

Introducing MCAPI

I recently wrote about a “multi-core” development project that I worked on many years ago, including some details of how…