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Our news archive search is now powered by Google. You can search the main site or the guest-viewable forums. To search the entire forums, log in and use the forum search engine. Search the main OCAU site with Google: Search OCAU Forums with Google: View News : Last 7 Days, Last 14 Days, Last 30 Days. View Monthly Archives. 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. ;) Newsy News Bites (4 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 8-April-2026  17:28:12 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Microsoft Kills NVMe Registry Trick For Faster SSDs In Windows 11. M$ at it again Apple’s 50-year odyssey. Happy 50th Birthday Apple YouTube’s Copyright System Took Down NVIDIA’s DLSS Video. nVidia didn't pay for YT Premium Dancing Behind the Scenes. Wheres the tap-shoes Quantum Computers Could Obliterate Encryption. Q-day, its not to stick a flower behind your ear Opting out of personal data use won't be an option. This'll end well Claude AI To Use Your Computer Like A Human. Does it spend the day surfing O-COW too ?? Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. Worth every cent Scientists Turn Bourbon Waste Into Supercapacitors With A 25x Energy Boost. I'd drink to that LinkedIn is spying on you. Someone left the (browser)gate open AI Pet Translator: Can Decode Dog Barks & Cat Meows Feed me Seymour ? Wednesday Afternoon Reviews (3 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 8-April-2026  16:11:54 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Keyboard, Mouse, Wecam: EPOMAKER Magcore65 Lite Gaming Keyboard @ FunkyKit Corsair MAKR PRO 75 Hall Effect DIY Keyboard @ TweakTown CORSAIR MM Glass Large Precision Gaming Mouse Pad @ FunkyKit OBSBOT Tiny 3 AI-Powered Spatial Audio 4K PTZ Webcam @ NikKTech EPOMAKER TH108 V2 PRO Keyboard @ FunkyKit EPOMAKER TH108 V2 PRO Keyboard @ Madshrimps CORSAIR MAKR PRO 75 Hall Effect DIY Keyboard @ FunkyKit Razer Viper V4 Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown Cases, Cooling: darkFlash DY460 @ TechPowerUp SAMA V62 PC Case @ ThinkComputers TRYX FLOVA F50 Mid-Tower ATX @ FunkyKit ASRock Steel Legend 360 LCD Liquid CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers HYTE FA12 Cooling Fan @ APHnetworks Gamdias ATLAS M4 @ TechPowerUp Storage: WD_Black SN8100 4TB @ ThePCEnthusiast KIOXIA CD9P-R 7.68TB E3.S @ TweakTown Motherboard: MSI MEG X870E Ace Max @ TechPowerUp Aorus X870E Elite X3D Ice Motherboard @ HardwareAsylum MSI MPG X870I Edge Ti Evo WiFi Motherboard @ TweakTown Portable, Prebuilt: Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite @ HotHardware GEEKOM GeekBook X14 Pro @ TweakTown Misc: EIBOS POLYPHEMUS 3D Printing Filament Dryer @ FunkyKit AMD FSR 5 Scarlet Cortex @ TechPowerUp Dark Sweeper 1426W @ be quiet! HiFiMAN HE1000 Unveiled @ ThePCEnthusiast ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi White OC @ TechPowerUp Misc Pics (14 Comments) (link)  Friday, 3-April-2026  13:01:59 (GMT +10) - by Agg Have a good Easter! Watch NASA Send Humans To The Moon LIVE!!! #Artemis2 (6 Comments) (link)  Thursday, 2-April-2026  09:29:10 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Watch NASA Send Humans To The Moon LIVE!!! #Artemis2 5 minutes !!! Edit - thanks Sphinx for the heads up post this morning Retro Gaming April 2026 (2 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 1-April-2026  18:33:29 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN This month's "Retro Let's Play" for April is Unreal Tournament 2004. Unreal Tournament 2004 was released a mere 17 months after Unreal Tournament 2003. It was to be a mere upgrade but it came with changes to movement and weapon switching speed. To a twitch fps player, those two becomes hardwired into your brain, so when fundamental things like that change... people get miffed. As of 2026, Unreal Tournament 2004 remains the highest-rated game in the Unreal series on Metacritic. ut2k4 has all the game modes of its predecessors, but two of the reasons for the success of ut2k4 was the new Onslaught game mode and the sheer volume of user made maps and mods. click for the thread! Intel Core Ultra 7 - 270K Plus + 250k Plus (3 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 1-April-2026  18:10:48 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN The number of written reviews of Intels new CPU launch is a little underwhelming, is this proof reading is a dying art form ? For those that wont be reading anything except the youTube titles, the TL;DR from this launch is Intel have a pretty good CPU here. Otherwise, read on to find out just how good and if it's time to throw your Ryzen 9 9950X3D Dual Edition in the bin yet Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus @ TechPowerUp Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus @ TechPowerUp Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus @ TweakTown Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus @ TweakTown Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus @ Vortez Core Ultra 7 270K Plus & Ultra 5 250K Plus @ HotHardware Wednesday Afternoon Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 1-April-2026  18:02:10 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Keyboard, Mouse: MCHOSE A7 V2 Ultra @ TechPowerUp CHERRY STREAM DESKTOP ULTIMATE Office Kit @ Madshrimps be quiet! Dark Perk Sym Wireless Optical Mouse @ APHnetworks NuPhy Node 100 High Profile Wireless Keyboard @ TweakTown Core Ultra 7 270K Plus & Ultra 5 250K Plus @ Madshrimps be quiet! Dark Perk Ergo Wireless Optical Mouse @ APHnetworks Glorious Model O Eternal Wired Mouse @ Madshrimps Rapoo VT2 Max @ TechPowerUp Corsair SABRE v2 PRO CARBON FIBER Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown EPOMAKER LUMA100 Ergonomic Keyboard @ FunkyKit Cases, Cooling: darkFlash Explore DE360 @ TweakTown ASRock Steel Legend 360 LCD AIO @ FunkyKit Corsair 3200D Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown Corsair 3200D RS ARGB @ TechPowerUp Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi OCF Motherboard @ TweakTown ASRock Phantom Gaming Z890M Riptide WiFi Motherboard @ FunkyKit ASRock B860 Challenger WiFi White @ FunkyKit PSU: MOAIPLAY ORA PRO G1 1000 ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit @ NikKTech Enermax Revolution III S 1000W ATX 3.1 PSU @ FunkyKit CPS PcCooler YT1200 ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit @ NikKTech Glorious Model O Eternal Wired Mouse @ TechPowerUp CyberPower GX950UC Uninterruptible Power Supply @ Software, Benchmark: NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 @ HotHardware Crimson Desert Performance @ TechPowerUp Death Stranding 2 Performance @ TechPowerUp Crimson Desert Handheld Performance @ TechPowerUp Death Stranding 2 Handheld Performance @ TechPowerUp Portable, Prebuilt: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra @ HotHardware HP OmniBook 7 @ High Performance Laptops Misc: Nitro Concepts S-Racer Compact Sim Racing Cockpit @ TweakTown OnePlus Pad Go 2 @ HotHardware Simagic P700 Sim Racing Pedals @ TweakTown Sharkoon Skiller SGH40W @ TechPowerUp Misc Pics (14 Comments) (link)  Friday, 27-March-2026  15:12:26 (GMT +10) - by Agg This weekend is a triple-header for motorsport - F1, MotoGP and World Superbike! Extra large bag of peanut M&M's for me, then. Anyway, the first two of these might be NSFW I guess.. Friday Afternoon Reviews (3 Comments) (link)  Friday, 27-March-2026  14:44:34 (GMT +10) - by Agg Cooling: TRYX TURRIS 620 CPU Air Cooler on FunkyKit. XMG Neo 16 (A25) + Oasis Water Cooler on TechPowerUp. SAMA L70 360mm ARGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler on Tweaktown. MSI MAG CORELIQUID A13 360 CPU Liquid Cooler on ThinkComputers. Audio Visual: Logitech G325 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming HeadsetLogitech G325 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset on Tweaktown. Edifier ES850NB ANC Over-Ear Headphones on NikKTech. AOC Agon Pro AG346UCD Monitor on OCInside. Edifier NeoBuds Planar on Tweaktown. Storage: DapuStor Roealsen6 R6060 E1.L 245.76TB SSD on Tweaktown. ASUSTOR Lockerstor 2 Gen2+ AS6702T v2 NAS on Tweaktown. TERRAMASTER D1 SSD Pro Thunderbolt/USB Portable Enclosure on Tweaktown. Ugreen NASync iDX6011 Pro on TechPowerUp. XPG MARS 980 BLADE 2TB NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 SSD on NeoSeeker. TerraMaster F4-424 Pro NAS on NeoSeeker. Misc Pics (21 Comments) (link)  Friday, 20-March-2026  14:03:56 (GMT +10) - by Agg Friday again! Friday Afternoon (3 Comments) (link)  Friday, 20-March-2026  13:54:48 (GMT +10) - by Agg StorageReview set a new record by calculating 314 trilling digits of pi. The calculation ran for months on a single Dell PowerEdge R7725, pushing modern CPU and storage infrastructure to the limit while demonstrating just how far enterprise hardware has come. When the run finally finished, however, the record itself turned out to be only part of the story. The computation produced a massive dataset comprising 628 files, each roughly 206 GB, totaling over 130 TB. This from metamorphosis: Single Ram stick with fake dual for ram users who want to make their setup look like it's dual. Because clearly there is nothing more important happening in the world right now. As the article notes, fake RAM for glowing bling for empty slots isn't new, but maybe they're making a resurgence due to the AI-driven RAM pricing issue. You should update your iPhone to avoid a serious exploit. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new iOS full-chain exploit that leveraged multiple zero-day vulnerabilities to fully compromise devices. Based on toolmarks in recovered payloads, we believe the exploit chain to be called DarkSword. Since at least November 2025, GTIG has observed multiple commercial surveillance vendors and suspected state-sponsored actors utilizing DarkSword in distinct campaigns. The laws around deepfakes became more strict in NSW last month. In 2025, the NSW Government strengthened protections against the non-consensual recording or sharing of sexual content by amending the Crimes Act 1900. The Act already covered sexually explicit image material but now includes digitally-generated deepfakes. This means that it is a crime in NSW to create or share sexual images or audio without consent – regardless of how they were made. It is also a crime to threaten to make such material. Thursday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Thursday, 19-March-2026  23:20:17 (GMT +10) - by Agg Motherboard & CPU: BIOSTAR Z890 Valkyrie Motherboard on NikKTech. ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero motherboard on Guru3D. MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk Max Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp. MSI MPG X870I Edge Ti Evo Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp. Portable & Prebuilt: ACEMAGIC K1 mini-PC on TechPowerUp. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Review: Powerful, Familiar Flagship phone on HotHardware. Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 Review: RTX PRO 5000 Power in a True Workstation Laptop on StorageReview. Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 4 Review: RTX PRO 500 GPU With a CPU That Punches Above Its Tier on StorageReview. Lenovo ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 Review: RTX PRO 2000 Benchmarked in a 4.6 lb Workstation on StorageReview. Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 Review: Big Workstation Capability in a 14-Inch Design on StorageReview. Audio Visual: Dangbei Freedo Portable 1080p Projector on NeoSeeker. SOUNDPEATS Cove Pro Bluetooth Headset on APHNetworks. TP-Link Tapo C660 Kit Solar-Powered Pan/Tilt Security Camera Kit on Tweaktown. aune SR7000 Closed Back Hi-Res Headphones on NikKTech. Cases: Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition case on TechPowerUp. MSI MAG Pano 120R PZ Case on ThinkComputers. Antec FLUX Pro Noctua Edition Full-Tower Chassis on Tweaktown. Cooler Master MasterFrame 360 Panorama on TechPowerUp. Cooler Master COSMOS ALPHA Computer Case on APHNetworks. CORSAIR 3200D RS ARGB on Vortez. Storage: ASUS ROG Strix Aiolos SSD Enclosure on TechPowerUp. Corsair MP700 MICRO 4TB Review: PCIe Gen5 Performance in a Compact 2242 SSD on StorageReview. Misc: MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G GAMING OC video card on NeoSeeker. NETGEAR Orbi Wi-Fi 7 370 Dual Band Mesh System Review - Mid-Range Value on Tweaktown. G.Skill Trident Z5 Royal Neo DDR5-6000 CL28 memory on ThePCEnthusiast. CORSAIR VANGUARD AIR 99 WIRELESS Mechanical Keyboard on FunkyKit. TRYX STAGE Liquid CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers. FSP MEGA GM 1000W ATX3.1/PCIe 5.1 PSU on FunkyKit. Epomaker Magcore 87 Gaming KeyboardEpomaker Magcore 87 Gaming Keyboard on MadShrimps. Simagic Alpha EVO Ultra 28Nm Wheelbase for sim racing on Tweaktown. Frontier AI Models Face Off: GPT-5.4 vs. Gemini 3.1 Pro vs. Claude Opus 4.6 vs. Grok 4.20 on Tweaktown. Ubiquiti 10.0 CVE - Networking Security Concerns (0 Comments) (link)  Thursday, 19-March-2026  20:57:49 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN This news just in from DJ_Hippster Ubiquiti just announced a CVE on their networking line which I'm sure plenty of you are using for home setups. Base Score: 10.0 (Critical) More info at this link Please go and update your Cloud Keys, Unifi and On-Prem installations to ensure you are not exposed. Further discussion in the thread

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