planned obsolescence

How Attackers Could Send Your Smartphone To An Early Grave

A rare genetic disorder called progeria that causes symptoms of old age to manifest in the young has been popularized in books and movies such as Jack, a film that featured Robin Williams as a boy who

Hard drive design leaving XP behind

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/winXP.jpg" />Bad news for the XP diehards out there, hard drive manufacturers are tired of supporting you, and the next generation of con

The Futurist: Why The iPhone Reeks Of Planned Obsolescence

To follow-up on last week’s maelstrom of anti-Appledom, my opinions regarding the iPhone have not changed: the device will eventually be pretty awesome, but paying $600 (the effective cost is cl