In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory ... program first loads these commands into RAM, from where they are transferred to the CPU. For the best possible ...

Because of the way computer memory works ... the vulnerabilities by altering or disabling how software code makes use of the speculative execution and caching features built into the underlying ...

Microsoft introduced Data Execution Prevention or DEP ... If there is an instance of a program on your computer using memory incorrectly, DEP notices it, closes the program and notifies you.

Intel published last week a research paper detailing a new type of computer memory ... flexibility to software" by moving most of the mechanism that prevents speculative execution attacks at ...

Researchers have found that older adults who regularly used a brain-fitness program on a computer demonstrated significantly improved memory and language skills. UCLA researchers have found that ...

If you thought the fact that an iPhone was four times as powerful as the on-board computer of the Curiosity Rover was unbelievable, take a look at the meager tech the Apollo Program used to get ...

One of the problems with developing embedded systems is the detection of memory leaks; I've found three tools that are useful for this. These tools are used to detect application program errors, not ...

The new attack was discovered by researchers at Tsinghua University, the University of Maryland, and a computer ... execution that makes it possible to extract secret data from user memory space ...

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Data Execution Prevention ... attempts to run code from protected memory locations and help prevent attacks. If DEP keeps closing the same program, is my computer under attack?