When you convert a cassette tape or vinyl record into MP3, you usually get one long file per side. That’s fine for singles, but what if you have albums? You’ll probably want to split the recording into individual tracks to The post How to split an MP3 into individual tracks for free appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
I saw a post recently on social media where someone was offering a free tool for optimizing Windows’ behavior with SSDs. It turns out it’s just a graphical front-end for a tool Windows already comes with called fsutil. But it’s The post Tune Windows to use your SSD more effectively appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
There are two ways to look at the question of who bought Gateway computers. Who bought the company, and who bought the computers. Gateway’s computers didn’t have the best reputation, but people loved the company until they didn’t. Gateway fell The post Who bought Gateway computers? appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
30 years ago today, on October 16, 1995, Roland Vossen accidentally invented spyware in a Usenet post. Well, not exactly. He didn’t invent spyware so much as he invented the term. His Usenet post contained the first recorded use of The post Spyware invented October 16, 1995 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
On October 15, 2002, 3dfx went out of business. It was really a technicality, however. 3dfx hadn’t been a viable company for about 2 years, having sold the majority of its intellectual property to rival Nvidia on December 15, 2000 The post What happened to 3dfx appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
It was 16 years ago today on October 14, 2009, that SCO fired its CEO, Darl McBride. And it was about 13 months ago, on September 16, 2024, that McBride died at the age of 64 of complications from ALS. The post When SCO fired Darl McBride appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
Microsoft Access didn’t exist in the MS-DOS era. Microsoft wasn’t even a player in databases until relatively late in the MS-DOS era. The dominant database during most of the DOS era was a company called Ashton-Tate. They had a product The post What happened to Ashton-Tate and dBase appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
When Commodore released its VIC-20 computer in 1981, one of the peripherals it also released was a matching joystick. Cast in white plastic like the VIC-20, the Commodore VIC-1311 looked like an albino Atari joystick from the same time period. The post Commodore’s knockoff Atari joystick from 1982 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
On October 9, 1991, Apple Records settled one of its many lawsuits with Apple Computer. It wasn’t the first time the two companies tangled. Nor would it be the last. Apple Records was the Beatles’ record label. Apple Computer was, The post When Apple Records sued Apple Computer appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
As someone who lived through the dotcom bubble, experiencing the breakthrough of the Internet in the early 1990s and worked in technology during the boom later in the decade, I’ve been asked what I think of the AI phenomenon going The post AI’s parallels with the dotcom bubble appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
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David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more| The Silicon Underground
Building a computer in the 90s was almost always harder than it needed to be. Let's step through one build that stood out above the rest for me.| The Silicon Underground
Altavista was the first great search engine. It started out as a marketing gimmick and became a brief sensation. Here's what happened to Altavista and why.| The Silicon Underground
The DEC Rainbow 100 from 1982 was an early challenger to the IBM PC. In this blog post, I explore why it failed in spite of being better.| The Silicon Underground
I’m reading a book called Trade-Off, by former USA Today technology columnist Kevin Maney. It’s primarily a marketing book. Maney argues that all products are a balance of fidelity and convenience, and highly favor one or the other. He additionally| The Silicon Underground
This computer was so good and so far out there, we didn't know what we had.| The Silicon Underground
Images he created when demonstrating an Amiga in 1985 surfaced in 2024| The Silicon Underground
The Gotek floppy emulator is a must-have for retro PCs. Here's why, along with instructions to help you get your vintage PC up and running with one.| The Silicon Underground
SD to IDE adapters provide a convenient way to provide storage to systems that can't use serial ATA. But how's the performance? Let's dig in to find out.| The Silicon Underground
