Hacking & Retrocomputing

Raspberry PI 4 benchmarks: How does it compare to the PI 3 B+

As you may know our beloved Raspberry PI got a nice upgrade with the PI 4B! You will see in the benchmarks below that our Raspi has really improved on all aspects...

So is it worth the upgrade? I compiled the benchmark results I have found around the Net and …
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My review of the Amazfit Bip smartwatch

A smartwatch what for? Even if I'm a little geeky on the edges and like to test new Soft or Hardware stuff, I must admit that I've never been tempted to buy a smartwatch, such as the Apple iWatch or Samsung Gear, or any fitness tracker, but this Amazfit Bip …
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Wanscam JW0004 IP Webcam hacking continued...

A few years ago, in November 2014, I started to audit my Wanscam JW0004, and found a few interesting vulnerabilities.

I was concerned about the security flaws already found and I knew I would find more if time allowed. Other researchers found more, and if you want to see how …
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Wanscam JW0004 IP Webcam hacking

Yes, I've bought this crappy webcam... On paper, it seems to have really nice features, but in reality there are lots of bugs and not everything works as expected. So if you can buy a Foscam instead go for it, but that's not the same price :-)

If you're stuck with …
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New Amazon EC2 T2 micro instances computing power

In 2009, I tested the computing performance of 'M1 small' EC2 instances. At this time it was the cheapest EC2 instances available, at $0.10 per hour.

Now 'T2 Micro' instances are available at only $0.013 per hour. I wanted to test how they compare to the old instances …
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