Hardware

This video presentation discusses how to build hardware-accelerated encrypted storage drives (eDrives) in Windows 8. It also dives into details on the differences between eDrives and self-encrypting drives.

Roger Gulrajani from the Windows Hardware Ecosystem group shows us a Qualcomm Snapdragon reference device that uses an ARM processor. This is another example of the types of machines that will be running Windows 8.

This project shows how you can use the Netduino Plus to make a tweeting breathalyzer—a standalone breathalyzer that can post messages about the detected alcohol level to Twitter, using an inexpensive alcohol gas sensor.The Netduino is an open source electronics platform based on a 32-bit…

A new book, SQL Server Hardware, tells you what you need to know about your hardware before you create your database. The book by Most Valued Professional Glenn Berry of Newsgator describes how you can determine your hardware requirements for SQL Server.Glenn shares his expertise…

Last year the Coding4Fun/Channel 9 guys asked me to work on a few things for MIX10.  One of these items was a way to output a webcam stream to Windows Phone 7 for use with Clint's t-shirt cannon project you may have read about.  I figured the easiest way to accomplish this was by using a…

Solid State Drives (SSD) are great, but going into that upgrade blind can leave you with less than impressive benchmarks. There are a few things you need to know before adding a SSD to your Windows 7 PC. Ed Bott has an article worth reading called Windows 7 and SSDs: Setup secrets and tune-up…

Ben the PC Guy walked us through some of the coolest PC's in the Microsoft booth. There are so many to choose from with such different features, from high end laptops built for gaming or video editing to the incredible cut lines of the Samsung 9 Series to the futuristic dual-screened Acer…

A few years ago, Brian Peek, created a light sequencing application phidgets to animate your holiday cheer and Don, a coding4fun reader, leveraged it to animate some lights of his own for this year!Awesome job Don and thanks for telling us about it!  Update:  Don has shared his sequence…

Harford Hackerspace wanted to make our own Tron Identity Disc using the Netduino, allowing us to quickly load different versions of code to change the disc's functionality.   David Powell, Gary W. Cygiel, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Paul King, Jason McMahon present a simple lightshow in this…

Here's a quick look at the new hardware for Windows Phone 7