the problem with the bit thing is that it's just one measure of the system that's loosing its significance. sure, in the 16 bit days, 32 bit graphics was a big deal, but today? i'd rather have 256 ...

Following ElcomSoft's claim that despite the 256-bit encryption Acrobat 9 passwords are susceptible to more efficient brute forcing than Acrobat 8 passwords -- a claim that Adobe confirmed citing ...

Some images of a PCB (printed circuit board), reportedly for AMD’s next-generation Navi GPUs, have surfaced that suggest it will use GDDR6 memory, linked to the GPU via a 256-bit memory interface. For ...

AMD is expected to drop its mid-range Radeon R9 380X next month, based on the Antigua XT GPU, it should rock 4GB of GDDR5 spread out across a 256-bit memory bus. Gamers have been expecting the release ...

Anyone in the market for 256-bit AES XTS hardware encrypted USB storage might be interested in a new piece of kit launched by Apricorn this week in the form of the Aegis NVX. Available in capacities ...

On September 19, in a conference room at the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, California, Crown Sterling CEO Robert Grant, COO Joseph Hopkins, and a pair of programmers staged a demonstration of ...

Intel has decided that AES encryption feature of the 520 Series SSD (Cherryville) does not actually feature 256-bit encryption. It turns out that the SSD actually only supports 128-bit encryption, ...

Take 1TB and divide it by two and you've got a pair of new 2.5-inch 500GB disks just introduced by Fujitsu. Fujitsu's MJA2 series of 9.5-mm tall, SATA 3.0Gbps, 5400 RPM disks consume just 1.4 watts ...

Amongst the various high rollers who read Engadget -- defense industry big wigs, international businessmen, and the like -- security is a major concern, and over the last couple years we've seen quite ...

Readers of a certain age will remember those 'invisible ink' spy toys that let you write a 'secret' message which would only appear after rubbing the page with half of a lemon. Yeah, this is not that.