Idle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internet ( www.tomshardware.com )
Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4 source code on GitHub — 45 year old code now open-source ( www.tomshardware.com )
Determined enthusiasts are building a custom 3dfx graphics card — VoodooX has 32MB RAM and DVI output ( www.tomshardware.com )
Macintosh Classic gets quadrupled memory with 4MB of onboard RAM — no daughterboard required ( www.tomshardware.com )
An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in 1989-91 (featuring GEIS AppleLink and a look at System 7.0 alpha) ( oldvcr.blogspot.com )
Retro laptop powered by the Intel 8088 processor updated to v2.0 with Cirrus Logic VGA graphics — Book 8088 adds COM and LTP ports, too ( www.tomshardware.com )