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Join the community - in the OCAU Forums! Niblets of News (0 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 15-April-2026  20:22:21 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Windows Task Manager 30th Birthday. A behind the scenes look at its development and secrets with the author. Personal computing as we know it is dead. Now, we’re seeing inklings of a CPU shortage. Chrome just shipped a better browser layout. Tab junkies take note. Terahertz waves can see a chip’s internal activity. Superman would be proud. Amazon buying satellite firm Globalstar. Apple, the space race is hitting home. Nvidia quashes rumor. Is this like the football coach the board support on Sunday evening and sack on Monday. Valve's VRAM Hack. 8GB ought to be enough for anybody. Testing 208 billion transistors. All that testing is making me thirsty. France to (gradually) ditch windows in government. Thanks IntelInside for the link. Baz's Pics. Baz takes some pics. Thanks Baz. Mid-Week Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 15-April-2026  20:14:09 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Network: EnGenius ECW520 Cloud Managed WiFi 7 AP @ NikKTech ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI Gaming Router @ TweakTown Audio Visual: ASUS ROG Swift PG32UCDM3 @ TweakTown MSI MPG 322UR QD-OLED X24 @ TechPowerUp Creative Pebble Nova @ TechPowerUp ASUS ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV @ TweakTown Keyboard, Mouse: MARVO MAGMA M40 Magnetic Gaming Keyboard @ Madshrimps Epomaker Luma100 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard @ APHnetworks Epomaker Carbon X Gaming Mouse @ Madshrimps Cooling: XMG Neo 16 (E25) + Oasis Water Cooler @ TechPowerUp ID-Cooling FROZN A620 SLK @ TechPowerUp MSI MAG COREFROZR AA13 CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers Storage: Kingston IronKey Locker+ 50 G2 256GB @ FunkyKit Ugreen DH2300 NAS @ guru3D Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E CARBON MAX WIFI @ guru3D GIGABYTE X870E Aero X3D Wood Motherboard @TweakTown PSU: Asrock SL-1200P @ TechPowerUp FSP MEGA TI 1650W @ APHnetworks Video Card: MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X PZ @ ThePCEnthusiast MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z @ FunkyKit Portable, Prebuilt: EnGenius ECW520 Cloud Managed WiFi 7 AP @ Madshrimps iPhone 17e @ HotHardware Misc: MOZA CM2 HD Racing Dashboard Display @ TweakTown Pragmata Performance Benchmark @ TechPowerUp CPUID & HWMonitor Compromised (1 Comments) (link)  Sunday, 12-April-2026  15:22:11 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Igorslab is reporting CPUID and HWMonitor downloads were both compromised and a .dll file is delivering a nasty virus. The official product page does not display an unusual filename, but rather the standard download path for the setup version, while the ZIP version links directly to a Cloudflare R2 domain. Clicking the setup link takes you to a separate CPUID download page, which explicitly states that the file “hwmonitor_1.63.exe” is ready and that the actual download will then take place via download.cpuid.com. This setup is interesting in itself because it does not consist of a single, consistently identical download path. At the same time, reports have been circulating in the community since today—primarily on Reddit—stating that users did not receive the expected file hwmonitor_1.63.exe upon download, but rather an installer named HWiNFO_Monitor_Setup.exe. If you have downloaded either of these programmes it's time to get busy with a (number of) virus scan and removal tools. Misc Pics (21 Comments) (link)  Friday, 10-April-2026  14:12:16 (GMT +10) - by Agg Early this week. ;)

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