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Embedded Security Resource Center

Tuesday, Jan 1st, 2008

Security is a big problem in the world of commercial computing. Every day seems to bring a new horror story of a corporate computer hacked, or a security flaw emerging in a major software program. [ continue ]

PC World

Friday, Dec 7th, 2007

Although everything is online in the Web 2.0 world, there are still a few brick-and-mortar places in Silicon Valley where you can walk in and experience the kind of last-minute gratification that I typically require for the holidays. So, I wondered, what’s hot this year with the technorati, what should I go check out at the stores, and where? [ continue ]

SF Station

Friday, Nov 2nd, 2007

Some of the most fascinating works of art come as a result of experimentation and endeavors in non-fine-arts related fields. Electrical engineer and “hardware hacker” Joe Grand has been dabbling with electronics for years, tweaking archaic computer systems and breathing new life into obsolete equipment. [ continue ]

YouTube.com

Tuesday, Oct 30th, 2007

Hardware hacker Joe Grand has never really thought of himself as an artist, but he’s having his first gallery opening with the show ‘When Electronics Become Art’ at the 20 goto 10 gallery in San Francisco. [ continue ]

ArtBusiness.com

Saturday, Oct 27th, 2007

Joe Grand knows electronics, computers, engineering, and how sophisticated circuitry ticks– and that’s how he makes his living. Here he applies his considerable technological talents to art, presenting a series of digitalized battery powered badges, an art card recognition system, a framed variably lit slice of plastic that had a previous encounter with electron bombardment, and more. [ continue ]

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Hackaday

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Hamish & Andy

Episode 161

Business Insider

I'm a hacker who helps people ...