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    <title><![CDATA[Eric's Blog]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:05:54 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Xbox Project Scorpio's Full Specs Revealed - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/378</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Microsoft unveiled last year that it will be launching a super-specced Xbox One variant -- codenamed Project Scorpio -- soon. Now the company has shared what those hardware modules look like. According to a report on Eurogamer, which visited Microsoft campus at the company's invitation, the specs of...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Microsoft unveiled last year that it will be launching a super-specced Xbox One variant -- codenamed Project Scorpio -- soon. Now the company has shared what those hardware modules look like. According to a report on Eurogamer, which visited Microsoft campus at the company's invitation, the specs of...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 01:12:04 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://games.slashdot.org/story/17/04/06/1332238/xbox-project-scorpios-full-specs-revealed?utm_source=slashdot">Xbox Project Scorpio's Full Specs Revealed - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[AMD Launches Ryzen, Claims To Beat Intel's Core i7 Offering At Half the Price - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/376</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reader MojoKid writes: AMD CEO, Dr. Lisu Su took to the stage at AMD's Ryzen tech day yesterday and opened the event with official speeds, feeds, pricing, and benchmark scores for the company's upcoming Ryzen series processors. AMD's goal with Ryzen, which is based on its Zen microarchitecture, was ...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Reader MojoKid writes: AMD CEO, Dr. Lisu Su took to the stage at AMD's Ryzen tech day yesterday and opened the event with official speeds, feeds, pricing, and benchmark scores for the company's upcoming Ryzen series processors. AMD's goal with Ryzen, which is based on its Zen microarchitecture, was ...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:56:04 -0700</pubDate>
      <source url="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/02/22/1441252/amd-launches-ryzen-claims-to-beat-intels-core-i7-offering-at-half-the-price">AMD Launches Ryzen, Claims To Beat Intel's Core i7 Offering At Half the Price - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[New HDMI 2.1 Spec Includes Support For Dynamic HDR, 8K Resolution - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/377</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The HDMI Licensing Group has unveiled the HDMI 2.1 spec, adding support for dynamic HDR, 8K60, and 4K120. From a report on TechHive: To take full advantage of the new HDMI spec, you'll need a new 48-gigabit-per-second cable. That cable will also work with older HDMI 1.3 (10.2Gbps) and HDMI 2.0a (16G...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The HDMI Licensing Group has unveiled the HDMI 2.1 spec, adding support for dynamic HDR, 8K60, and 4K120. From a report on TechHive: To take full advantage of the new HDMI spec, you'll need a new 48-gigabit-per-second cable. That cable will also work with older HDMI 1.3 (10.2Gbps) and HDMI 2.0a (16G...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:53:41 -0700</pubDate>
      <source url="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/01/04/1828256/new-hdmi-21-spec-includes-support-for-dynamic-hdr-8k-resolution?utm_source=">New HDMI 2.1 Spec Includes Support For Dynamic HDR, 8K Resolution - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tesla Unveils Residential 'Solar Roof' With Updated Battery Storage System - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/375</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk today unveiled the "residential roof" -- pegged as a roofing replacement -- with solar energy gathering powers. Unlike other solar systems which must be mounted on top of a traditional roof, these new panels are actually integrated within glass roof tiles, replacing a...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk today unveiled the "residential roof" -- pegged as a roofing replacement -- with solar energy gathering powers. Unlike other solar systems which must be mounted on top of a traditional roof, these new panels are actually integrated within glass roof tiles, replacing a...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:56:40 -0700</pubDate>
      <source url="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/10/29/0439220/tesla-unveils-residential-solar-roof-with-updated-battery-storage-system?ut">Tesla Unveils Residential 'Solar Roof' With Updated Battery Storage System - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let’s Encrypt To Become A Trusted Root Certificate Authority In Firefox 50]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/374</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Let's Encrypt automated certificate authority crosses a major milestone by becoming accepted into Mozilla's certificate root store.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Let's Encrypt automated certificate authority crosses a major milestone by becoming accepted into Mozilla's certificate root store.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 15:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/let-s-encrypt-firefox-root-store,32409.html#sthash.gVqxt68R.hpvt">Let’s Encrypt To Become A Trusted Root Certificate Authority In Firefox 50</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Assembly Code That Took America to the Moon Now Published On GitHub - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/372</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An anonymous Slashdot reader writes:
"The code that took America to the moon was just published to GitHub, and it's like a 1960s time capsule," reports Quartz.  Two lines of code include the comment "# TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE," and there's also a quote from Shakespeare's play Henry VI.   In addi...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous Slashdot reader writes:
"The code that took America to the moon was just published to GitHub, and it's like a 1960s time capsule," reports Quartz.  Two lines of code include the comment "# TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE," and there's also a quote from Shakespeare's play Henry VI.   In addi...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:15:49 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://developers.slashdot.org/story/16/07/10/162241/assembly-code-that-took-america-to-the-moon-now-published-on-github?utm_so">Assembly Code That Took America to the Moon Now Published On GitHub - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Samsung Unveils World's First UFS Storage Cards, Could Replace MicroSD - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/373</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: Samsung has unveiled the world's first UFS card that could one day replace microSD cards in devices. The UFS card is based on the Universal Flash Storage 1.0 Card Extension standard and will be available in capacities from 32GB to 256GB. With a UFS card, users will be abl...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: Samsung has unveiled the world's first UFS card that could one day replace microSD cards in devices. The UFS card is based on the Universal Flash Storage 1.0 Card Extension standard and will be available in capacities from 32GB to 256GB. With a UFS card, users will be abl...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:14:59 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/07/07/0842211/samsung-unveils-worlds-first-ufs-storage-cards-could-replace-microsd?utm_so">Samsung Unveils World's First UFS Storage Cards, Could Replace MicroSD - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zend Framework - Blog - Zend Framework 3 Released!]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/371</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zend Framework project official website]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Zend Framework project official website]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 01:07:14 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://framework.zend.com/blog/2016-06-28-zend-framework-3.html">Zend Framework - Blog - Zend Framework 3 Released!</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bluetooth 5 With 2x More Range and 4x Better Speed Coming Next Week - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/370</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bluetooth is about to get more powerful. Mark Powell, executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group noted in a newsletter that Bluetooth 5 will debut on June 16. The new incarnation of wireless standard offers "double the range and quadruple the speed of low energy Bluetooth transmissio...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Bluetooth is about to get more powerful. Mark Powell, executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group noted in a newsletter that Bluetooth 5 will debut on June 16. The new incarnation of wireless standard offers "double the range and quadruple the speed of low energy Bluetooth transmissio...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2016 00:37:41 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/16/06/10/173225/bluetooth-5-with-2x-more-range-and-4x-better-speed-coming-next-week?utm_source">Bluetooth 5 With 2x More Range and 4x Better Speed Coming Next Week - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australia Engineers Set New Solar Energy World Record With 34.5% Sunlight To Energy Efficiency - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/369</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: Australian engineers have edged closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion by photovoltaic cells with a device that sets a new world efficiency record. A new solar cell configuration developed by engineers at the University of New South Wales h...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: Australian engineers have edged closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion by photovoltaic cells with a device that sets a new world efficiency record. A new solar cell configuration developed by engineers at the University of New South Wales h...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 19:33:45 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/05/18/1637250/australia-engineers-set-new-solar-energy-world-record-with-345-sunlight-to-">Australia Engineers Set New Solar Energy World Record With 34.5% Sunlight To Energy Efficiency - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Certbot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/368</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Automatically enable HTTPS on your website with EFF's Certbot, deploying Let's Encrypt certificates.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Automatically enable HTTPS on your website with EFF's Certbot, deploying Let's Encrypt certificates.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 19:14:09 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://certbot.eff.org">Certbot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lian-Li's Adjustable Motorized Standing Desk Is Also a High-End PC Chassis - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/367</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MojoKid quotes a report from HotHardware: It looks as though Lian-Li took the term desktop computer a bit too literally with its new DK-04 system, which is literally a desk that doubles as an enclosure for your PC components. The DK-04 has a clean, industrial design and even has an electrically actu...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[MojoKid quotes a report from HotHardware: It looks as though Lian-Li took the term desktop computer a bit too literally with its new DK-04 system, which is literally a desk that doubles as an enclosure for your PC components. The DK-04 has a clean, industrial design and even has an electrically actu...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 03:29:22 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/04/21/0356258/lian-lis-adjustable-motorized-standing-desk-is-also-a-high-end-pc-chassis?u">Lian-Li's Adjustable Motorized Standing Desk Is Also a High-End PC Chassis - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Red Hat Becomes First $2 Billion Open-Source Company - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/366</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Red Hat just became the first open-source company to make a cool 2 billion bucks. Not bad considering Red Hat became the first billion dollar Linux company only four years ago. Red Hat did it the old-fashioned way: They earned the money instead of play...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Red Hat just became the first open-source company to make a cool 2 billion bucks. Not bad considering Red Hat became the first billion dollar Linux company only four years ago. Red Hat did it the old-fashioned way: They earned the money instead of play...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:01:05 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="https://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/03/23/1819239/red-hat-becomes-first-2b-open-source-company?utm_source=slashdot">Red Hat Becomes First $2 Billion Open-Source Company - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[OpenWrt Turns a $14 Card Reader Into the Smallest Wireless AP - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/365</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: The Zsun Wifi card reader is a tiny micro SD card reader with WiFi connectivity. While people managed to access the device's serial console a few months ago, the plan was to eventually run OpenWrt since it's based on the popular Atheros AR9331 WiSoC combined with 64MB RAM...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: The Zsun Wifi card reader is a tiny micro SD card reader with WiFi connectivity. While people managed to access the device's serial console a few months ago, the plan was to eventually run OpenWrt since it's based on the popular Atheros AR9331 WiSoC combined with 64MB RAM...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 03:49:17 -0700</pubDate>
      <source url="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/01/26/1430201/openwrt-turns-a-14-card-reader-into-the-smallest-wireless-ap">OpenWrt Turns a $14 Card Reader Into the Smallest Wireless AP - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS Officially Released, Adds 3D Support in the Virtual GPU Driver]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/364</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Open-Channel SSDs are now supported via LightNVM]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Open-Channel SSDs are now supported via LightNVM]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:40:35 -0700</pubDate>
      <source url="http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-kernel-4-4-lts-officially-released-adds-3d-support-in-the-virtual-gpu-driver-498700.shtml">Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS Officially Released, Adds 3D Support in the Virtual GPU Driver</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[802.11ah Wi-Fi standard approved, will underpin Internet of Things]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/363</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new wireless standard that extends Wi-Fi’s reach down into the 900MHz band will keep the 802.11 family at the center of the developing Internet of Things, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced today.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A new wireless standard that extends Wi-Fi’s reach down into the 900MHz band will keep the 802.11 family at the center of the developing Internet of Things, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced today.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 07:37:12 -0700</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.networkworld.com/article/3018954/wi-fi/802-11ah-wi-fi-standard-approved-will-underpin-internet-of-things.html">802.11ah Wi-Fi standard approved, will underpin Internet of Things</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Linux Ransomware Has Predictable Key, Automated Decryption Tool Released - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/362</link>
      <description><![CDATA[itwbennett writes: Last week a new piece of ransomware was discovered that targets Linux servers. Yesterday, researchers at Bitdefender discovered a critical flaw in how the ransomware (dubbed Linux.Encoder.1) operates while testing a sample in their lab and released a free tool that will automatica...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[itwbennett writes: Last week a new piece of ransomware was discovered that targets Linux servers. Yesterday, researchers at Bitdefender discovered a critical flaw in how the ransomware (dubbed Linux.Encoder.1) operates while testing a sample in their lab and released a free tool that will automatica...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2015 22:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <source url="http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/11/11/2114219/linux-ransomware-has-predictable-key-automated-decryption-tool-released?utm_source">Linux Ransomware Has Predictable Key, Automated Decryption Tool Released - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[MAME Emulating a Sonic the Hedgehog Popcorn Machine - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/361</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New submitter AmericaCounterweight writes: Polygon is reporting that the MAME development team has unearthed and emulated one of the most obscure pieces of Sonic heritage: a popcorn machine.  MAME developer David Haywood reports that contributors "purchased the PCB for another novelty Sonic item, th...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New submitter AmericaCounterweight writes: Polygon is reporting that the MAME development team has unearthed and emulated one of the most obscure pieces of Sonic heritage: a popcorn machine.  MAME developer David Haywood reports that contributors "purchased the PCB for another novelty Sonic item, th...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:26:47 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/10/27/163232/mame-emulating-a-sonic-the-hedgehog-popcorn-machine?utm_source=slashdot">MAME Emulating a Sonic the Hedgehog Popcorn Machine - Slashdot</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Open source typeface “Hack” brings design to source code | Ars Technica]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/360</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sweet spot is 8px-12px, but you can tell the difference between I and 1 at 6px.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sweet spot is 8px-12px, but you can tell the difference between I and 1 at 6px.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2015 04:59:08 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/open-source-typeface-hack-brings-design-to-source-code/">Open source typeface “Hack” brings design to source code | Ars Technica</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Android M's Official Name Is Marshmallow - Slashdot]]></title>
      <link>http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/news/index/index/type/reader/id/359</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: As they've done in the past, Google has revealed the name for the upcoming version of Android with a new statue in front of its headquarters. Android's sixth version will be called Marshmallow. Dave Burke, Android's VP of engineering, unveiled the statue on Twitter.
Googl...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader writes: As they've done in the past, Google has revealed the name for the upcoming version of Android with a new statue in front of its headquarters. Android's sixth version will be called Marshmallow. Dave Burke, Android's VP of engineering, unveiled the statue on Twitter.
Googl...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 02:42:09 -0600</pubDate>
      <source url="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/15/08/17/188201/android-ms-official-name-is-marshmallow?utm_source=slashdot"> Android M's Official Name Is Marshmallow - Slashdot</source>
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