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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.