This is so cool that I'm just sitting here giggling about it. Many newer computers, with newer BIOS, are able to boot from a flash memory card. My HP 2133 systems can do that. So I just used the ...

The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet ships with a custom version of Google Android designed to let you download books, periodicals, and apps from the B&N Store. But hackers have been installing other ...

Apple finally released the latest version of its desktop operating system, "OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion," to millions of Mac users around the world Wednesday. The OS is currently available for download ...

The addition of a built-in SD card reader to the 13" and 15" MacBook Pros may have dubious utility for many users, but Apple has seen fit to include at least one feature with lots of potential use.

Now that hackers have bypassed the secure bootloader on the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, the real fun begins. NOOK Tablet hacking is still in the early phases, but developers have already figured out ...

Apple's new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros introduced this week feature an SD (Secure Digital) card slot primarily for reading and writing media files to SD cards, but this tiny slot can also serve as a ...

Raspberry Pi’s SD card boot support was exemplary when it first arrived, and made it possible to load an operating system on it. Even after a decade, Raspberry Pi boards continue to support SD cards, ...

The firmware included with the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B version 1.2 introduced the possibility of booting from a USB device: before that, it was only possible to boot from an SD or microSD card. But ...