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Peter Grad

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Peter Grad was a reporter, columnist and editor at newspapers in his hometown of the Bronx; Meriden, Conn., and then (for 32 years) in New Jersey at The Record. He was the Op-Ed Page editor at The Record for 18 years and also contributed a weekly computer column beginning in the nineties under the titles "The Computer Tutor" and "The PC Guy."" He designed a prototype for a video- and audio-enhanced online multimedia newspaper for The Record years before that became the norm for the nation's.

Articles by Peter Grad

Tech Xplore / Homeland Security warns of Windows worm

The Homeland Security's cybersecurity advisory division is cautioning Windows 10 users of the possibility of a wave of cyberattacks due to the recent publication of an exploit code.

Jun 9, 2020
Tech Xplore / Apple patents socially-distant selfies

Apple has been granted a patent for software that creates socially-distant group selfies.

Jun 8, 2020
Tech Xplore / Google Search shaves seconds with snippet-to-source feature

The columnist George Will once said of baseball that it is a game "measured in inches and seconds."

Jun 5, 2020
Tech Xplore / Digital Braille speaker communicates using mid-air pulses

Researchers at Bayreuth University have developed a digital-age speaker system that permits the blind to read Braille using ultrasound waves in mid-air.

Jun 4, 2020
Tech Xplore / Raspberry unveils new 8GB Pi 4 and 64-bit OS

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has finally released the 8GB version of the Pi 4.

Jun 3, 2020
Tech Xplore / Research finds some AI advances are over-hyped

Is it possible some instances of artificial intelligence are not as intelligent as we thought?

Jun 2, 2020
Tech Xplore / Wallpaper image crashing Android phones

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but apparently one image is worth potentially thousands of headaches for Android users recently.

Jun 1, 2020
Tech Xplore / Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation

The world's largest all-electric plane has successfully completed a test flight, the first step in a long process its developers say will led to an era of low-cost, pollution-free air travel.

May 29, 2020
Tech Xplore / Report: Most Chrome security bugs rooted in faulty memory code

Google researchers have revealed that nearly three-quarters of all Chrome web browser security bugs stem from memory coding problems. They say their means of combatting memory management vulnerabilities through isolating ...

May 28, 2020
Tech Xplore / German firm introducing game-changing solar-wind-wave energy platform

A German power firm will launch demonstrations of a one-of-a-kind, triple-threat power generating platform off Iraklio, Greece, later this year.

May 27, 2020
Tech Xplore / New jailbreak tool unlocks almost all iPhones

A new jailbreak tool that works on almost all iPhones in use today was released Saturday.

May 26, 2020
Tech Xplore / Digital device serves up a taste of virtual food

We're used to measuring our digital devices by how fast they are, how clear the sound is, how crisp the display is, how large the storage capacity is.

May 25, 2020
Tech Xplore / Pac-Man reinvented by Nvidia AI on its 40th birthday

Forty years ago Friday the most popular video game of all time was released.

May 23, 2020
Tech Xplore / Bluetooth flaw allows impersonation of trusted devices

A flaw in a Bluetooth protocol is leaving millions of devices vulnerable to attacks, according to a study released by a Swiss research institute.

May 21, 2020
Tech Xplore / Microsoft OpenAI computer is world's 5th most powerful

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has built the fifth most powerful computer on Earth.

May 20, 2020