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The Samsung Chromebox may look like a Mac Mini. But as Bill Detwiler shows you, this Chrome OS Machine is anything but a regular desktop computer.

Bill Detwiler shows you how to remove the Kindle Fire HD’s back cover, walks you through its redesigned interior, and compares the Amazon tablet to the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.

Which cities have the infrastructure, innovative citizens, and government plans in place to become tech leaders? It’s these five, according to a new survey.

Here are four apps that will provide text-to-speech services on iOS and other platforms.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the iPhone 5 and shows you how the redesigned case and interior make it easier to disassemble and repair.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Sony PlayStation 3 Super Slim, examines the internal hardware, and compares the redesigned console to previous PS3 models.

Bill Detwiler shows you how to disassemble Microsoft’s first Windows 8 tablet, the Surface for Windows RT.

If you’re new to Linux, here’s what the home directory is, and where to find it.

Tori Murden McClure was the first woman and the first American to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone. Here’s what she learned from the death-defying journey.

Learn what the STIX and TAXII standards are and how they enable the sharing of incident response data, which will power the future of cybersecurity automation.

A decade ago, Bill Detwiler cracked open the original iPhone. As Apple celebrates the phone’s 10th anniversary, he celebrates 10 years of taking them apart.

Bill Detwiler shows you how to take apart the iPad Mini, which is actually more difficult to repair than the full-size iPad.

From the mediocre Lumia 900 to repair-friendly $7,000 PC, Bill Detwiler counts down the top five Cracking Open hardware teardowns of 2012.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Google Chromebook Pixel and shows you why it’s easy to open and service, but nearly impossible to upgrade.

Rowan Trollope, SVP and GM of IoT and innovation for Cisco, talks about AppDynamics, the software company that Cisco acquired in early 2017 for $3.7 billion. The company focuses on helping companies improve their apps as part of a digital transformation strategy.

Matt Chotin, senior director of AppDynamics, talks about how having the right app is essential to digital transformation. A new study shows that 60% of consumers have deleted an app or abandoned a website after just one attempt, if there are problems with performance, particularly when it’s a banking app.

At Cisco Live 2017, CEO Chuck Robbins discussed the company’s new intent-based networking solution that anticipates actions and stops security threats as it evolves and learns.

At Cisco Live 2017, CEO Chuck Robbins talked about the key role developers will play in building automation architecture and programming networks as AI and machine learning grow in the enterprise.