Want to hack on brand new 8-bit 1980s hardware? Until recently you needed a time machine, or deep pockets to do this. All that has recently changed with the NABU PC. A retro machine that can be bought ...

The device shown in Figure 17-1 is an RS-232–to–TTL converter board, designed to allow a PC with a serial (RS-232) port to communicate with a device that has a console (TTL) port. External converters ...

A high-speed Internet connection is no longer a luxury for most businesses; it's a necessity. As a result, many businesses now use broadband cable connections to surf and work over the Web at ...

My mom just called me tonight telling me that she came home this evening and her home office circuit breaker was tripped. The cable modem is burnt, with visible black marks on the outside of the unit, ...

Ok guys, next week i'm finally going to say good bye to this shithole dial-up 28.8 max connection (damn shitty phonelines) and getting a cable modem. Well the only way i get to do this is if my mom ...

Memory With memory in short supply, Gigabyte unveils high-capacity set-up that can support up to 256 GB of DDR5-7200 and is bound to cost the prettiest of pennies Hardware This $280 DDR5 memory kit ...

An Oregon hardware hacker and author has been hit with federal criminal charges arising from his longstanding business of selling unlocked cable modems that can be used to steal extra speed from a ...

An expert on cable modem hacking has been arrested by federal authorities on computer intrusion charges. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Ryan Harris, 26, ran a San Diego company ...

Your 16-Mbit cable connection is going to look awfully puny when a new generation of 10-Gbit cable modems enter the scene—whenever that turns out to be. On the other hand, there’s good reason to ...

If you take the excellent Netgear C3000 Cable Modem Router ($89.99 at Amazon) and replace its router with the impressive Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (WNDR3700), you get Netgear's ...

Before installing your new modem, you need to disconnect your old modem from your cable wall outlet and computer first. Connect the modem power cord into an electrical outlet. Connect the other end to ...

Cox offers several high-speed Internet packages for both residential and business customers from varying speeds to bundled packages of Internet, phone and cable connections. While most customers only ...