What Is PCI Compliance? A Simple Guide for Businesses
Safeguard your customers’ card data using these industry-standard security protocols. Continue reading What Is PCI Compliance? A Simple Guide for Businesses
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The Amiga We All Wanted In 1993
To be an Amiga fan during the dying days of the hardware platform back in the mid 1990s was to have a bleak existence indeed. Commodore had squandered what was …read more Continue reading The Amiga We All Wanted In 1993
A Better Use For The AGP Slot, Decades Later
For a while around a quarter century ago PC motherboards came with a special slot, a little shorter than the PCI slots which ruled the roost back then, and offset …read more Continue reading A Better Use For The AGP Slot, Decades Later
How Intel Gave Us The PCI Bus While Burying VESA’s VL-Bus
The early days of home computing were quite a jungle of different standards and convoluted solutions to make one piece of hardware work on as many different platforms as possible. …read more Continue reading How Intel Gave Us The PCI Bus While Burying VESA’s VL-Bus
Cheap Hack Gets PCI-X Card Working In PCI Slot
PCI and PCI-X are not directly compatible, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that means you’re out of luck if you need to use a PCI-X card in a machine …read more Continue reading Cheap Hack Gets PCI-X Card Working In PCI Slot
Running a Modern Graphics Card In a 33 MHz PCI Slot
If you ever looked at a PCI to PCIe x16 adapter and wondered what’d happen if you were to stick a modern PCIe GPU in it, the answer apparently is …read more Continue reading Running a Modern Graphics Card In a 33 MHz PCI Slot
A Dedicated GPU For Your Favorite SBC
The Raspberry Pi is famous for its low cost, versatile and open Linux environment, and plentiful I/O, making it a perfect device not only for its originally-intended educational purposes but …read more Continue reading A Dedicated GPU For Your Favorite SBC
Are you ready for PCI DSS 4.0?
In just under a year’s time, organizations will have had to comply with several new requirements under version 4.0 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). About PCI DSS PCI DSS comprises 12 requirements to protect payment card da… Continue reading Are you ready for PCI DSS 4.0?
Server Network Cards Made Extra Cool
Using cheap and powerful server expansion cards in your desktop builds is a tempting option for many hackers. Of course, they don’t always fit mechanically or work perfectly; for instance, …read more Continue reading Server Network Cards Made Extra Cool
PCI Secure Software Standard 1.2 released
PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published version 1.2 of the PCI Secure Software Standard and its supporting program documentation. The PCI Secure Software Standard is one of two standards that are part of the PCI Software Security Framework (… Continue reading PCI Secure Software Standard 1.2 released