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Computing

Open Unknown USB Drives/CD-ROMs With A Virtual Machine To Avoid Malware Attacks

The US Department of Homeland Security recently planted several USB drives and CD-ROMs in a government facility parking lot to see how easy it would be to spread viruses, and 60% of workers plugged the drives and CDs into their computers accidentally executing the malware inside. To avoid the same mistake you should always open unkown discs and USB drives with a virtual machine.

May 9, 2011
Entertainment

How To Recover CDs After A Flood

With disasters sprouting up over the world, you might need to recover your CDs from a flood one day. Well, if you still have CDs that is. But it’s best to be prepared! Instructables has a great little write-up on what to do and surprisingly it involves more water. But clean water! And no solutions! Check out the whole how to here. [Instructables]

April 19, 2011
Science

Erasing A CD With Electricity Looks Crazy

I’m not exactly sure what’s going on here but it looks like electricity is being zapped onto the spinning CD and basically sucking and erasing all its data. What’s left is a piece of plastic. There are easier ways to erase data but damn if I can find anything cooler.

April 5, 2011
Entertainment

Rip, Watch, Organise Everything: The Ultimate Media Guide

Yes, the times are changing. Yes, we’ve cut back on purchasing CDs, DVDs and BDs lately. Yes, we still have plenty of discs lying around in jewel cases on dusty shelves or in enormous three-ring binders. And yes — most definitely yes — we want to be able to access all these movies and songs from our PC, television and our shiny new smartphone.

February 19, 2011
Entertainment

This Is What The Dying Music Industry Looks Like

Instead of eulogies for a music industry too slow to adapt to the digital age, its mourners should just print up this chart on huge poster boards. And while digital sales are helping staunch the bleeding, as you can see here it’s not nearly enough.

January 11, 2011
Gadgets

Why The CD Is 74 Minutes Long?

When the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard came out in 1980, there was a curious fact about it: It was 74 minutes long. Not 60 minutes. Or an even 70 minutes. No, 74. And it was all one deaf man’s fault.

December 29, 2010
Software

I’m Not Buying Any More CDs That Don’t Look Like Lunch Meat

Sorry Kanye, sorry Diddy, sorry Taylor, sorry Coldplay. Unless your next album looks like a perfectly packaged piece of delicious cured meat, like Shidlas’s Saliami Postmodern, I’m not biting.

November 29, 2010
Online

How A Burnt Lady Gaga CD Helped Leak Intelligence Files

Exactly 251,287 pieces of data from 250 US embassies and consulates was released yesterday by WikiLeaks, and while none of the information was particularly shocking, it’s been described as the largest intelligence leak in history. Here’s how it happened:

June 24, 2010

Half A Million CDs In A Sea Of Obsolescence

Where do all those “1000 HOURS FREE!” AOL discs end up? Apparently at Long Knoll Park in Kilmington, England, where a group of 160 friends recently laid 600,000 discs to create CDSea, a massive waterway of obsolete media.

Mini Orchestra Plays On Microchip Inside CD Case

For $US27, you can pre-order a mini orchestra in a CD case. Unlike a normal CD, where you pop it into a player, you just plug your headphones into the case and listen. Albeit, try to “listen”.

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