The Rise and Fall of LimeWire

Released in the year 2000, LimeWire followed the foundation laid by Napster and began what I consider to be the golden age of online piracy. Millions would use the software to get the songs and movies they wanted completely free. However something like this could only last for so long…Today we talk about the Rise and Fall of LimeWire.

Official RaspberryPi 4 7″ Touchscreen Display Review – Is it Any Good?

Is the Official Raspberry Pi 7 inch Touch screen worth buying in 2020 for the Raspberry Pi 4? Let’s Find out. In this video, we take a look and test out the Official Raspberry Pi 7” DSI touchscreen paired with the Raspberry Pi 4 It works with no drivers in Raspbian and RetroPie and has a resolution of 800×480 but is it worth buying?

RaspberryPi 4 OpenMediaVault NAS

Raspberry Pi 4 OMV NAS tutorial, including hardware selection, software installation and configuration. This video explains all you need to know to start using a Pi 4 — or any other Raspberry Pi — for sharing files across a local area network (LAN) using OpenMediaVault.

PLEASE NOTE THAT on December 9th 2019, OpenMediaVault removed (depreciated) the image files for directly installing OMV on a Raspberry Pi 4b or other SBC, with the installation process now involving the installation of Armbian, and then OMV installation via a terminal. This means that the install method shown in this video sadly no longer works. Sorry. 🙁 You can download a pdf explaining the new method from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/open… by clicking on the links for OMV 4 or 5 for SBCs. I will update this video description and related pinned comment if the situation changes and the direct installation files become available again.

Get in the C: RaspberryPi 4 can handle a wider range of USB adapters thanks to revised design’s silent arrival

There is good news for prospective buyers of the diminutive Raspberry Pi 4 as the USB-C issue that stopped the device working with some power supplies has been fixed.

The issue arose with the change to a USB Type-C connector for powering the device. An error in detection circuitry on the Pi side caused some power adapters to mistake the computer for an audio device, and therefore not shove the expected power down the line. The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s own USB power supply (yours for £8) was fine, other cables (marked with an “e”) were less so.

Pi fans have been speculating over the last few months that the fix had landed after purchasers reported spotting a new design in the wild.

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UC San Diego Engineers Design New Low-Power Wi-Fi Chip for IoT Devices

Smaller than a grain of rice, UCSD’s chip enables devices to communicate with networks using 5,000 less power than today’s Wi-Fi radios.

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have designed a new Wi-Fi radio chip that’s smaller than a grain of rice and consumes 5,000 times less power than current Wi-Fi radios, which the engineer’s state could be used for IoT devices, wearables, and smart home setups. The tiny chip can allow smart devices to connect with existing Wi-Fi networks at a rate of two megabits per second while using just 28 microwatts of power.

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