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July 2015
Misc Pics (22 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 31-July-2015  14:42:00 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Happy SysAdmin Day!









Friday Midday (2 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 31-July-2015  12:21:00 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Today is SysAdmin Day! Wait… what exactly is SysAdmin Day? Oh, it’s only the single greatest 24 hours on the planet… and pretty much the most important holiday of the year. It’s also the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to the heroic men and women who, come rain or shine, prevent disasters, keep IT secure and put out tech fires left and right. In case your users haven't shown you proper gratitude today, here's an inspirational video from mpot.

Intel and Micron have announced 3D XPoint Memory, apparently 1000x faster than NAND. "This is something many people thought was impossible," exclaimed Intel Senior Vice President Rob Crooke. During an invite-only press conference, Crooke along with Micron CEO Mark Durcan revealed a radically new class of storage and memory architecture called 3D XPoint (pronounced "Cross Point"). To say this is a game-changer would be the understatement of the year. More coverage on TechARP. Discussion here.

Reaction to Windows 10 seems to be mostly positive, but some aspects are a bit odd, including having to pay for ad-free Solitaire. You can make the ads go away, but, as you may have guessed, it'll cost you, and not just once: The Microsoft Solitaire Collection Premium Edition is effectively a subscription service that goes for $1.50 a month, or $10 for a year. The Premium version of the game does away with ads, and also offers more coins for completing "Daily Challenges," and a boost when you play TriPeaks or Pyramid.

Meanwhile Guru3D take a quick look at Windows 8.1 vs 10 graphics performance. With Windows 10 releases yesterday the question quickly rises, is there a performance gain with Windows 10 already? Next to that with threaded optimizations will gameplay be more smooth ? In this article we'll have a quick look at Windows 8.1 vs 10 graphics performance with the help of four of our regular benchmarks and FCAT results. In this article we will use both a GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon R9 Fury.

Slashdot and SourceForge are to be sold off by their parent company, thanks mpot. The Company acquired Slashdot Media in 2012 both to provide the Dice business with broader reach into Slashdot's user community base and to extend the Dice business outside North America by engaging with SourceForge's significant international technology user community. The Company, however, has not successfully leveraged the Slashdot user base to further Dice's digital recruitment business; and with the acquisition of The IT Job Board and success of Open Web, the anticipated value to the Company of the SourceForge traffic outside North America has not materialized.

Synology are having an event in Sydney to show off (and give away) some of their new goodies. I'm excited to let you know that registration for Synology 2016 has started today -- the first event we host for Australian end users (or anyone interested in Synology!). In this event, we'll reveal our plans for the following year, and what will be brought to our NAS servers ... Food and drink will be served. Demo area will be set up so users can try out some of the coolest features. There are also chances to win Synology NAS and other prizes at the event -- those who register before 20 August will have an additional chance to win from the prize draw.



Friday Morning Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 31-July-2015  11:13:05 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Input Etc:
Tesoro Lobera Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on NikKTech.
SteelSeries QcK XXL Gaming Mousepad on LegitReviews.
COUGAR 700K Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on OCClub.

Cases:
Sentey SS6-2440 Slim Series Micro-ATX Tower Chassis on Tweaktown.
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M on OCAholic.
BitFenix Aegis Micro-ATX Tower on Tweaktown.

Video Cards:
XFX R9 390 Double Dissipation Core Edition on LanOC.
GeForce GTX 980 Ti cards compared on TechReport.
The AMD Radeon R9 Fury Is Currently A Disaster On Linux on Phoronix.

Audio Visual:
Tt eSports Shock Console Gaming Headset on Modders-Inc.
Thermaltake LUXA2 GroovyA Wireless Speaker on OCClub.
Kingston HyperX Cloud Core Gaming Headset on Tweaktown.
Wasabi Mango UHD420 42-in 4K - FreeSync and HDMI 2.0 monitor on PCPerspective.
Tt eSports Shock 3D 7.1 headset on Vortez.

Misc:
Technolamp WiFi LED Strip Lighting Set on GeekInspector.
Seagate Backup Plus Slim on HWHeaven.
Amped Wireless TAP-EX2 AC750 Wireless Range Extender on Tweaktown.
Noctua NH-L9x65 Low Profile CPU Cooler on NeoSeeker.
Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-2666 MHz 4x 4 GB memory on TechPowerUp.
Lenovo ThinkPad T450s ultrabook on TechSport.
ASUS Sabertooth X99 TUF motherboard on HotHardware.



Windows 10 (5 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 29-July-2015  11:06:50 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Windows 10 officially launches today - here's some reviews:

Wired
c|net
TechRadar
The Wall Street Journal
Engadget
Gizmodo

PCGamer cover getting your PC ready for the upgrade. Discussion continues in our Windows Operating Systems forum.



Wednesday Morning Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 29-July-2015  06:10:36 (GMT +10) - by booj

CPUs & Motherboards:
ASRock N3150 Braswell Motherboard Round-up on eTeknix.
AMD A10-7870K Godavari APU on Legit Reviews.

Graphics Cards:
Palit GTX 980 Ti Super JetStream 6 GB on TechPowerup.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme Edition on TweakTown.
PowerColor PCS+ R9 380 4GB on Bjorn3D.
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Graphics Card on ThinkComputers.
NVIDIA Quadro M6000 Graphics Card on Techgage.

Storage:
QNAP TS-453mini NAS on Madshrimps.
Silicon Power Armor A65 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Disk on eTeknix.

Cases:
BitFenix Prodigy M Colour Series Micro-ATX Chassis on eTeknix.
Thermaltake Core V21 Mini-ITX/Mini-ATX PC Case on NikKTech.
Antec P70 Performance Series Mid-Tower on TweakTown.

Cooling:
SilverStone TD02-E Liquid CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.
Reeven Four Eyes Touch (RFC-03) Fan Controller on Modders-Inc.

Portable & Prebuilt:
MSI GT72 Dominator Pro G gaming laptop on PC Perspective.
HP Omen Pro 15.6'' on ocaholic.
Acer Aspire S7-393 Review (2015) on Hot Hardware.

Misc:
Tesoro Kuven Pro Real 5.1 Gaming Headset on TweakTown.
Thermaltake Poseidon Z Plus Smart Keyboard on Benchmark Reviews.



Tuesday Night (2 Comments) (link)
 Tuesday, 28-July-2015  23:55:12 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Windows 10 officially launches tomorrow, and Microsoft is already pre-loading it via Windows Update, thanks mpot. According to reports by some users, a $windows.~BT folder can be found in the operating system partition. It amounts to around 3GB and most probably contains the installation files for the upgrade. The upgrade will still take place tomorrow, when the operating system officially launches; only the files have been downloaded right now. Once you're running Windows 10, there's now a tool to block automatic updates which previously were mandatory.

A Government commissioned survey has provided an insight into what it would take to stop most Australian pirates, thanks mj. The top three things that would encourage Aussies to stop? If legal services were cheaper (39 per cent), if everything Australians wanted was available legally (38 per cent), and if everything they wanted was available legally online as soon as it was released elsewhere (36 per cent). Sounds like the last few times this question was asked.

RnR sent in this worrying Android vulnerability. A fully weaponized successful attack could even delete the message before you see it. You will only see the notification. These vulnerabilities are extremely dangerous because they do not require that the victim take any action to be exploited. Unlike spear-phishing, where the victim needs to open a PDF file or a link sent by the attacker, this vulnerability can be triggered while you sleep. Before you wake up, the attacker will remove any signs of the device being compromised and you will continue your day as usual—with a trojaned phone.

Google is stripping down Google+ and untangling other services from it. That includes Google+ Photos elements being phased into the Photos app, and location sharing will be moved to Hangouts. What’s more, over at the YouTube blog, it was revealed that YouTube comments and Google+ comments will no longer be linked. Plus, other YouTube activities, like creating a channel, will no longer require a Google+ profile.

PC Perspective report on the DirectX 12 Multiadapter feature. That is where Vulkan and DirectX 12 could shine. They grab much of the performance and flexibility from OpenCL and wrap it in a graphics API that developers already want to use. Their existence might lead to more variety in how AI is calculated or lighting is performed. Any modern GPU in your system is enumerated and can be attached to a stream of commands, regardless of whatever else is in your system and active.

Dean spotted this retro gaming preservation project at Flinders University. Researchers at Flinders University are hoping to collect memories and games of Australia's early video gaming industry before they are lost to digital degradation. With many of the first home computer games now more than 30 years old, Associate Professor Melanie Swalwell, a researcher from the School of Humanities Department of Screen and Media, fears the nostalgic items will become unusable soon if not transferred or stored. Discussion here in the Retro & Arcade forum.

ArsTechnica have taken a look inside a $340 audiophile Ethernet cable, thanks mpot. So, with an X-acto knife and spudgers and vice grips in hand, I separated the hefty expensive cable into its components, layer by layer. Potentially fantastical claims about audio clarity aside, the cable itself is of reasonably high quality, with braided and foil shielding around the entire cable coupled with foil shielding around the individual twisted pair bundles.

Techgage have been overclocking an Intel NUC. With our review of Intel’s NUC5i5RYK complete, it was time to have a little fun. With the power limiter unlocked, some minor memory overclocking available, and a fire extinguisher ready, we find out what the latest generation of NUCs are really capable of when the heat is on!

This coming Friday is SysAdmin Day and there seems to be an "official" Australian site now. Want to be our Australian SysAdmin of the Year for 2015? Let us know about the IT initiatives you have championed this past year in order to improve end-user satisfaction.



Monday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Monday, 27-July-2015  22:12:04 (GMT +10) - by booj

Motherboards & CPUs:
AMD A10-7870K Godavari APU on Guru3D.
MSI X99A Godlike Gaming Motherboard on Hardware Asylum.
ASRock Fatal1ty X99 Professional/3.1 (Intel X99) Motherboard on TweakTown.
Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell CPU on Hot Hardware.

Graphics Cards:
AMD Fury X "Fiji" Voltage Scaling on techPowerUp.
HIS Radeon R9 390 IceQ X2 OC 8GB on Madshrimps.
Sapphire Nitro R9 390 on LanOC Reviews.
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti Super JetStream on TweakTown.
ASUS GTX 980 Ti Strix on Hardware Heaven.

Storage:
Kingston microSDHC Mobility Kit 32GB on APH Networks.
QNAP TS-453 Mini 4-Bay NAS on eTeknix.
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 2.5 HDD V3 2TB on NikKTech.

Input etc:
AZIO MGK 1 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on TweakTown.
Razer Mamba Tournament Edition Mouse on Hardware Heaven.

Misc:
Audio-Technica ATH-PDG1 Headset on Hardware Heaven.
Noctua NH-C14S CPU Cooler on APH Networks.
Antec Earthwatts Platinum 550 W on HWI.
Bitfenix Alchemy Stripe LED Magnetic on ocaholic.
Windows 10 on TechSpot.



Misc Pics (19 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 24-July-2015  14:33:49 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Friday again!









Friday Afternoon (5 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 24-July-2015  14:31:10 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Australia will have a new largest supercomputer soon, thanks mpot. The Bureau of Meteorology has chosen Cray to build the agency's new US$59m (AU$77m) supercomputer in what will become Australia's largest. The weather bureau first went to market for a replacement of its existing Oracle/ Sun-based high-performance computational (HPC) system in 2013, with an aim to improve its weather modelling capabilities.

We also have some unusual champions. First, the Rubik's Cube World Champion. Australian Feliks Zemdegs took the Rubik's Cube world title for the second time at the 2015 World Championship finals in Brazil. Most people have fiddled with a rubik's cube, few have probably ever been able to complete it even without removing the coloured stickers. But it took 19-year-old Feliks Zemdegs less than six seconds to win his second world title in Sao Paulo.

Also, a Brisbane man has won the first US Drone Racing Championships. Chad Nowak of Brisbane, won all three events at the competition. He won the individual time trial, was on the winning team time trial squad, and won the freestyle trick event. The sport of first-person view (FPV) drone racing is still in its infancy. It involves small, custom-built drones with cameras attached to them that broadcast video feeds back to specially-designed goggles that allow pilots to see what the drones see. The drones are fast and nimble, and can hit speeds nearing 70 mph. I.. want to do this.

TheSSDReview have done some HDD RAID analysis for a change. Doesn’t The SSD Review just test SSDs? Those are good questions. Our answer to them is simple. We were given the opportunity and we couldn’t resist. If someone offered to a test drive in their new Lamborghini, would you say no? We didn’t think so! So, today we will be reviewing the HGST Ultrastar He8, but we won’t be testing just one drive. Today we will be testing eight of them in multiple RAID configurations as well! That is right, 64TB worth of the latest and greatest enterprise storage! Go big or go home right?

U2 meanwhile tour with an all-flash array to handle their visual effects, thanks Sniper. Both the VNXe 3200, which can store up to 450 terabytes of data, and the Data Domain, are in 2U form factors that fit standard racks; Desmedt is using two of the flash arrays. The Data Domain 2500 can store up to 6.6 petabytes, and has maximum throughput of 13.4 terabytes per hour, so the nightly backup can be accomplished before the team packs up for the next stop on the road.

Non-surprise of the week is that North Korea's Linux has spyware. ERNW security analyst Florian Grunow says North Korea's Red Star Linux operating system is tracking users by tagging content with unique hidden tags. The operating system, developed from 2002 as a replacement for Windows XP, was relaunched with a Mac-like interface in 2013's version three. The newest version emerged in January 2015. Grunow says files including Microsoft Word documents and JPEG images connected to but not necessarily executed in Red Star will have a tag introduced into its code that includes a number based on hardware serial numbers. More info here.

At first I thought this was another Turing Test article but it seems to be a different kind of test, for robot self-awareness. A humanoid robot in New York solved a classic puzzle that researchers say requires self-awareness. This is the first time a robot has passed such a test. Selmer Bringsjord, who ran the test, said that after passing many tests of this kind over time, robots will amass a repertoire of human-like abilities that eventually become useful when combined.

Wired have an article on remote car hacking. As the two hackers remotely toyed with the air-conditioning, radio, and windshield wipers, I mentally congratulated myself on my courage under pressure. That’s when they cut the transmission. Immediately my accelerator stopped working. As I frantically pressed the pedal and watched the RPMs climb, the Jeep lost half its speed, then slowed to a crawl. Discussion here.

Volvo meanwhile say they will be the first to have driverless cars on Australian roads. I thought Google already tested here? Maybe not. Combined with road research agency ARRB Group, Volvo will demonstrate driverless vehicle technology on South Australian roads. Volvo’s soon to be launched XC90 SUV will have its existing autonomous features specially programmed for the trial to be able to be operated hands free, within a controlled environment. The programming will take advantage of adaptive cruise control and pilot assist functions which keeps the car in between lanes and stops them from running into cars in front.



Friday Afternoon Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 24-July-2015  14:17:14 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Motherboard & CPU:
Gigabyte's X99-Gaming 5P motherboard on TechReport.
Comparing NetBurst Celeron & Pentium 4 To Broadwell's Core i7 5775C on Phoronix.
GIGABYTE X99 SLI Review, Excellence On A Budget on Bjorn3D.
Gigabyte F2A88X-UP4 Motherboard on TechnologyX.
ASRock N3700M "Braswell" Micro-ATX SFF PC Motherboard on Tweaktown.

Audio Visual:
NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV on OCClub.
Razer Leviathan speakers on Vortez.
ASUS MG279Q 27-inch IPS FreeSync Gaming Monitor on LegitReviews.

Cases:
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M on BenchmarkReviews.
Zalman Z11 NEO on TechPowerUp.
be quiet! Silent Base 800 Windowed Edition Mid-Tower Chassis on eTeknix.

Storage:
HP StorageWorks RDX Disk Backup USB 3.0 System on Tweaktown.
ADATA XPG SX930 120GB, 240GB and 480GB SATA III Gaming SSD on Tweaktown.
QNAP TVS-x63 (TVS-463-8GB): AMD Powered NAS on Bjorn3D.
Synology DS414slim & QNAP TS-453mini NAS on TechSpot.
Samsung Pro Plus microSDHC 32GB and EVO Plus 128GB microSDXC on TheSSDReview.

Video Cards:
15-Way AMD/NVIDIA Graphics Card Comparison For 4K Linux Gaming on Phoronix.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WindForce 3X OC 4GB on NikKTech.
Asus STRIX Radeon R9 390X Review: Hawaii Gets 8GB on HotHardware.
ASUS GTX 980 Ti STRIX Gaming 6 GB on TechPowerUp.

Input Etc:
Keycool Hero 84 keyboard on LanOC.
Azio MKG1 Mechanical Keyboard on OCClub.
Tt eSPORTS Poseidon Z Forged Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.

Misc:
Technolamp Smart LED WiFi Controller Set on GeekInspector.
Vertagear SL2000 Gaming Chair on LegitReviews.
Crucial 16GB Ballistix Elite 2666MHz Memory on Bjorn3D.
ZOTAC ZBOX Nano CI540 Plus mini-PC on Bjorn3D.
Deepcool Captain 240 Liquid CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.



Wednesday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 22-July-2015  23:46:54 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Motherboard & CPU:
Intel Core i7 5775C: Once Going, This Broadwell CPU Is Great On Linux on Phoronix.
GIGABYTE X99-SLI (Intel X99) Motherboard on Tweaktown.
MSI X99A GODLIKE Gaming Motherboard on Guru3D.

Video Cards:
PNY GTX 960 XLR8 on OCClub.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme Edition on FutureLooks.

Portable & Prebuilt:
VKWorld VK6735 Smartphone on MadShrimps.
Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro Black Edition - Mobile Gaming at a Resonable Price on PCPerspective.
Dell Venue 10 7000 2-in-1 Review: Brains And Beauty on HotHardware.
LUXA2 Smart Clip & Tab Clip phone holder on ThinkComputers.

Audio Visual:
SteelSeries Siberia v3 Prism RGB Gaming Headset on Tweaktown.
Roku 3 (2015) Streaming Media Player on MegaTechNews.

Misc:
GSKill Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000Mhz Quad Channel Memory on HWAsylum.
Deepcool Assassin II CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.
Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum Keyboard on BenchmarkReviews.
SSD Charts 2015: 58 SSDs - Intel SSD 750 400 GB & 1.2 TB on OCaholic.
Raidmax Narwhal case on OCaholic.
Raidmax Vampire RX-1000GH 1000W PSU on NikKTech.`



Forum Projects (2 Comments) (link)
 Tuesday, 21-July-2015  18:31:43 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Here's some interesting things from people in the forums:


sammy_b0i has a
compact mATX build

doigal built a small
and cheap CNC machine

Ripjaws reviewed the
SHAW MINI ONE case


Lan Addict built a
dual-radiator Micro-ATX machine

straiton meanwhile has
a DIY watercooled setup

Mrfocal is building
a watercooled gaming desk PC



Tuesday Afternoon (5 Comments) (link)
 Tuesday, 21-July-2015  14:23:02 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Microsoft have issued an out-of-band update to address a security issue. This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits an untrusted webpage that contains embedded OpenType fonts. This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. So, you probably want to fire up Windows Update.

Commodore (the computer company, not the car) are back, with a smartphone. More info here. This isn’t the first time Commodore has risen from the dead. Five years ago, an American company called Commodore USA released the C64x, an all-in-one PC sporting an Intel Atom processor, Nvidia Ios2 graphics, 4GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage, and a Blu-Ray reader. Nostalgia and retro gaming weren’t enough, however, and Commodore USA shut down in 2013. Are YOU keeping up with the Commodore?

Spectrum have an article about making a safer Internet of Things, thanks mpot. And most IoT products, even if secured, have no way to automatically update their security software when vulnerabilities are discovered. As things now stand, bad actors can exploit any vulnerability they find for as long as the 10 or even 20 years the devices remain in use. The situation has got to change. Product makers—and the people who use these gadgets—have to protect against hacking. And it is possible to do it.

China meanwhile have responded to U.S. restrictions by making their own supercomputer chips. When the U.S. blocked exports of Intel chips for key Chinese supercomputers the expectation was that it would do little more than hasten the development of native architectures, effectively pushing up the timeline for Chinese chipmakers to find their own solutions to large-scale computing without Intel. It appears that this is exactly what has happened. And far sooner than most might have thought.

HWSecrets explain what the 80 Plus Cerfication really means. The 80 Plus certification was created to allow consumers to know which power supplies are the most efficient ones and, as the name implies, guarantees that the power supply is able to present efficiency of 80%. With more and more manufacturers trying to design power supplies with efficiency well above 80%, they decided to create three new certification categories: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Learn what they really mean.

There's a new $100M initiative to find intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. It has the backing of Dr Stephen Hawking and will involve (among other facilities) the Parkes Telescope. The first of two initiatives announced today, Breakthrough Listen, will be the most powerful, comprehensive and intensive scientific search ever undertaken for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. The second, Breakthrough Message, will fund an international competition to generate messages representing humanity and planet Earth, which might one day be sent to other civilizations.



Tuesday Midday Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Tuesday, 21-July-2015  12:11:10 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Motherboard & CPU:
Moving From Intel Ivy Bridge 3770K to Intel Broadwell 5775C on LegitReviews.
ASRock X99 OC FORMULA/3.1 (Intel LGA 2011-3) on TechPowerUp.
Gigabyte MU70-SU0 (Intel C612) Server Motherboard on eTeknix.
Intel Core i7-5775C on Modders-Inc.

Portable & Prebuilt:
ASUS ROG G751 17-inch NVIDIA G-Sync Gaming Laptop on Tweaktown.
Gigabyte BRIX S BXi5H-5200 PC Kit on LegitReviews.
LG G4 Smartphone on TechSpot.

Cases:
BitFenix Prodigy M Micro-Tower on Techgage.

Storage:
Plextor M6V 240 GB SSD on Guru3D.
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB ST 400VN000 on ComputingOnDemand.

Video Cards:
AMD Radeon Fury Crossfire on PCWorld.
Sapphire Tri-X R9 390X on ThinkComputers.
XFX R9 380 4G DD, XFX Review, XFX Rocks the DD Coolers Again on Bjorn3D.
Sapphire Tri-X R9 Fury 4GB on eTeknix.
ASUS STRIX Gaming GTX 980 Ti 6GB on OCAholic.
Asus Strix R9 390X Gaming 8G OC on Bjorn3D.
ASUS STRIX GTX 980Ti DC3 OC on Vortez.
MSI Radeon R7 370 GAMING 4G on Phoronix.



Monday Morning Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Monday, 20-July-2015  01:58:03 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Motherboard & CPU:
BIOSTAR Hi-Fi Z97Z7 ATX Motherboard on FutureLooks.
Intel Celeron N3050 Braswell Linux Performance on Phoronix.
Intel Core i7-5775C on LanOC.
Asrock Z97 Extreme 4 Motherboard on Modders-Inc.

Video Cards:
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ on Tweaktown.
HIS Radeon R9 390X IceQ X2 OC 8GB on MadShrimps.
HIS Radeon R9 390X IceQ X2 on Tweaktown.
AMD R9 Fury X CrossfireX 12K Eyefinity on eTeknix.

Cooling:
be quiet! Dark Rock TF CPU Cooler on NeoSeeker.
Noctua NH-L9x65 CPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Noctua NH-D15S CPU Cooler on APHNetworks.

Storage:
Thecus W4000+ NAS on Guru3D.
OCZ TRION 100 480GB Solid State Drive on eTeknix.
Seagate Archive 8TB ST8000AS002 HDD on Tweaktown.
OCZ Vector 180 SSD on Vortez.
CineRAID CR-H236 Dual SATA Drive Docking Station on NikKTech.
OCZ Vector 180 240GB SSD on MadShrimps.

Misc:
Maxnomic Commander S BWE PC Gaming Chair on HotHardware.
Sorcerer King game on OCClub.
KLEVV CRAS 3000MHz 16GB DDR4 Memory Kit on eTeknix.
Dell Venue 10 Series 7000 Android Tablet on MegaTechNews.
TteSports Isurus Pro In-Ear Gaming Headset on eTeknix.



Misc Pics (50 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 17-July-2015  14:35:29 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Thanks to metamorphosis and warhead this week!









Thursday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Thursday, 16-July-2015  23:37:18 (GMT +10) - by booj

Motherboards & CPUs:
Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell Processor on Techspot.
Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell Processor on Guru3D.

Graphics Cards:
Sapphire Tri-X Radeon R9 Fury on Modders-Inc.
ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 970 on ThinkComputers.

Cooling:
NZXT Kraken X61 CPU Cooler on Benchmark Reviews.
Alphacool Eisberg 240 Liquid CPU Cooler on NikKTech.

Input etc:
Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on eTeknix.
Epicgear Dezimator X on LanOC.
Element Gaming Beryllium Keyboard on Vortez.

Cases:
NZXT Noctis 450 Mid-Tower Chassis on TweakTown.
Be Quiet! Silent Base 800 Window on Guru3D.
be quiet! Silent Base 800 Window on Vortez.
NZXT Noctis 450 Mid Tower Case ThinkComputers.

Audio:
PowerColor Devil HDX PCIe Sound Card on OCC.
Creative Sound Blaster X7 & E-UM XM7 Bookshelf Speakers on Legion Hardware.

Portable & Prebuilt:
ASUS ZenBook UX305 Ultrabook on Techgage.
MSI AIO Gaming 24GE IPS on ocaholic.
ASRock Beebox on Hardware Secrets.
Turning Up The Dials On Intel’s NUC – Overclock And Overpower on Techgage.

Networking:
Netgear ProSAFE GSS108E 8-Port Gigabit Click Switch on Legit Reviews.



Ainol Mini PC (43 Comments) (link)
 Thursday, 16-July-2015  15:45:42 (GMT +10) - by Agg

I've taken a look at the somewhat unfortunately named Ainol Mini PC. It's certainly tiny, but is it any good? And what's the point of it, anyway?


click for the review!



Fallout-Inspired PC Mods (1 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 15-July-2015  23:21:43 (GMT +10) - by Agg

I just noticed these two very impressive case mods in the forums, both inspired by the "Fallout" games:


VAULT BOY by alexciobanu

Project "Fallout 4" by Zenator



Wednesday Afternoon (3 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 15-July-2015  14:47:49 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, has passed away, thanks dasuperham. Mr Iwata started out as a programmer in a Nintendo subsidiary in the 1980s and became president of Nintendo in 2002. Under his leadership, the company launched its hugely successful Wii and Nintendo DS consoles and he was considered the crucial driver behind the focus on easy-to-use consoles, a move that allowed the company to tap into a much wider audience beyond the traditional gaming community. He was also hugely personally popular with gamers, with more info here on Time.com. Discussion here.

You may have noticed that Firefox is blocking Flash by default now. On its support pages, Mozilla said the block would remain until "Adobe releases an updated version to address known critical security issues". Attackers were known to use vulnerabilities in Flash to install malicious software on computers and steal data, it added. The vulnerabilities in the documents stolen from Hacking Team have been quickly added to so-called exploit kits which are used by many thieves when they craft campaigns that seek to take over victims' computers.

With help from Canberra's Deep Space Communication Complex, NASA's "New Horizons" probe has completed its flyby of Pluto and successfully phoned home. Images from the flyby will be available soon, but here's some from the approach. New Horizons launched on Jan. 19, 2006; it swung past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February 2007, and will conduct a five-month-long reconnaissance flyby study of Pluto and its moons in summer 2015. Pluto closest approach is scheduled for July 14, 2015. As part of an extended mission, the spacecraft is expected to head farther into the Kuiper Belt to examine one or two of the ancient, icy mini-worlds in that vast region, at least a billion miles beyond Neptune’s orbit. Discussion here.

GIGABYTE have a Z97 Last Hurrah Challenge on HWBOT. This new challenge gives the community a last chance to test their skills on the GIGABYTE Z97 platform before the next series of motherboards comes around. By participating, overclockers have the chance to win $2,000 USD in cash prizes and two mystery motherboards, which will be revealed soon!

NVIDIA meanwhile have a contest to win a GTA V game code. Sadly it requires a Facebook account, but if you've got one it might be worth entering.



Wednesday Afternoon Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 15-July-2015  12:14:15 (GMT +10) - by booj

Motherboards & CPUs:
MSI X99A Gaming 9 ACK on Modders-Inc.
ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Motherboard on ThinkComputers.
BIOSTAR GAMING Z97X Motherboard on Madshrimps.

Cases:
Thermaltake Suppressor F51 on Benchmark Reviews.
Thermaltake Core X2 Micro ATX Cube Chassis on Legit Reviews.
Fractal Design Define S on ocaholic.
Fractal Design Define S on Techgage.

Storage:
Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD on NikKTech.
Kingston FCR-HS4 Memory Card Reader on APH Networks.
Kingston HyperX Predator 480 Gb vs. Kingston HyperX Savage 480 Gb SSD on Hardware Secrets.
Micron M510DC SSD (480GB) on The SSD Review.

Network Attached Storage:
Synology DiskStation DS715 2-Bay Value NAS on eteknix.
Asustor AS5102T on techPowerUp.

Portables & Prebuilt:
PC Specialist Proteus II notebook on Vortez.
Xotic PC Executioner Stage 4 Gaming PC on Hot Hardware.

Audio:
Razer Seiren Pro RZ05 Microphone on TweakTown.
Luxa2 GroovyA Bluetooth Speaker on techPowerUp.
The Best Wireless Gaming Headset on Techspot.

Input etc:
Azio MGK1 Mechanical Keyboard and EXO1 Mouse on PureOverclock.
AZIO EXO 1 Optical Gaming Mouse on TweakTown.

Networking:
Netgear AC600 802.11AC Mini WiFi Adapter on GeekInspector.
ASUS RT-AC68P AC-1900 Wireless Router on GeekInspector.

Misc:
ASUS Radeon R9 Fury STRIX on Guru3D.
Netatmo Welcome Home Camera With Facial Recognition on eTeknix.
Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler on Legit Reviews.
Corsair RM850i Fully Modular 850W on PC Perspective.



Monday Morning (8 Comments) (link)
 Monday, 13-July-2015  01:46:29 (GMT +10) - by Agg

TheSSDReview have a guide to speeding up the boot time of your PC. There are some other things you can do than just slapping an SSD in your system and setting the SATA mode to AHCI or RAID to achieve ultra-fast boot times by using the latest hardware. When we say ultra-fast, we mean powered off system to desktop in 6-10 seconds. I recently built a ridiculously fast-booting PC (but maybe that guide can help me make it even faster) - I'll probably write a little article about it soon but in the meantime there's info in this thread.

Much to nobody's surprise, the NSA are spying on pretty much everything, thanks alch. Newly revealed documents from the Edward Snowden trove show that it's much more than a Google-like search engine for the world's private communications data. Rather, it's more like a gigantic sea-dwelling kimodo dragon with double-jointed jaws that snarfs up the data equivalent of Great White Sharks like they were hors d'oeuvres.

GamersNexus looked at the Radeon R9 Fury X vs GTX 980 Ti. This Fury X review will explain the architecture and HBM, then dig into CrossFire performance, frametimes, the thermal envelope and CLC, and overclocking potential. Direct comparisons pitting the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X vs. the GTX 980 Ti will be made, including coverage of EVGA's GTX 980 Ti Hybrid, a liquid-cooled competitor at the high-end.

Wired report on the decline in PC sales. Meanwhile, researchers at IDC, which doesn’t count tablets in its report, calculated an 11.8 percent drop year-over-year to 66.1 million PCs shipped. To put that number into context, Apple said in its most recent earnings report that it had sold 61 million iPhones during the same quarter—and that’s just one smartphone from one (massively popular) company.

Microsoft have provided more info on the free Windows 10 upgrade scheme. "With the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft will provide new features and functionality over time," another slide in the short PowerPoint presentation said. "We will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device. We think of Windows as a Service -- continuous updates over time."



Monday Morning Reviews (1 Comments) (link)
 Monday, 13-July-2015  00:36:24 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Portable & Prebuilt:
PC Specialist Lafité Notebook on eTeknix.
ASUS G751J Gaming Notebook on OCAholic.

Video Cards:
AMD Radeon R9 380 2GB CrossFireX on eTeknix.
Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury Tri-X OC on LegitReviews.
ASUS Radeon R9 Fury STRIX 4 GB on TechPowerUp.
Asus' Strix Radeon R9 Fury on TechReport.
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti Super Jetstream on Guru3D.
Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB on PCPerspective.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury on HotHardware.
SAPPHIRE Tri-X Radeon R9 Fury on Tweaktown.
AMD Fury X vs. NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti: 2- and 3-Way Multi-GPU Performance on PCPerspective.

Input Etc:
Turtle Beach Grip 500 Laser Mouse on APHNetworks.
Tt eSPORTS Ventus X Laser Gaming Mouse on Tweaktown.

Power Supply:
Inateck AL2011 2-Port USB Car Charger w/ MFi Lightning Cable on LegitReviews.
Corsair RMi Series RM650i Fully-Modular Power Supply on eTeknix.

Storage:
Transcend StoreJet 500 256GB Portable SSD on Tweaktown.
Intel 750 400GB NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 AIC SSD on Tweaktown.
Toshiba Canvio AeroCast Mobile Wireless Storage Device on Tweaktown.
OCZ Trion 100 240GB 480GB 960GB SATA SSD on PCPerspective.
OCZ TRION 100 - 240 and 480 GB SSD on Guru3D.
OCZ Trion 100 Series SSD Review: Driving Cost Out Of Solid State Storage on HotHardware.
OCZ Trion 100 SSD Review (240GB/480GB/960GB) on TheSSDReview.
OCZ Trion 100 480 GB SSD on LegitReviews.
OCZ Trion 100 SSD on HWHeaven.
OCZ Trion 100 960GB on OCAholic.
OCZ TRION 100 480GB SATA III SSD on Tweaktown.
OCZ Trion 100 480GB on TechPowerUp.

Misc:
Belly Armor’s RadiaShield Men’s Boxer Brief on LegitReviews.
Inateck HB4009 USB Hub on APHNetworks.
CRYORIG H7 CPU Cooler on NikKTech.
SuperMicro Gaming S5 Special Edition Mid-Tower Chassis on eTeknix.
The Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition Experience on TechARP.



Misc Pics (33 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 10-July-2015  14:40:47 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Thanks to mpot and David this week!









Thursday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Thursday, 9-July-2015  23:57:34 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Motherboard & CPU:
Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell Processor on ThinkComputers.
ASUS Sabertooth X99 on OCClub.
Asus TUF Sabertooth X99 on Bjorn3D.
Intel Core i7-5775C (Broadwell) on LegionHW.

Audio Visual:
Sennheiser MX 686G Sport Earphone on TechnologyX.
CM Storm Sirus-C Professional 2.2 Gaming Headset on Tweaktown.
Logitech G230 and G35 Headsets on PCPerspective.
TteSports Shock 3D 7.1 PC Gaming Headset on eTeknix.
Razer Seiren Pro microphone on LanOC.
PAPAGO! GoSafe 520 Dashcam on Bjorn3D.

Input Etc:
Cherry MX Board 6.0 on OCAholic.
Azio MGK1 Mechanical Keyboard on BenchmarkReviews.
Cougar 500K Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.

Storage:
Thecus N5810 Pro SMB NAS on Tweaktown.
ASUSTOR AS-5102T 2-bay NAS on MadShrimps.
ICY DOCK ICYCube MB561U3S-4S Four Bay USB 3.0 Storage Enclosure on Tweaktown.

Portable & Prebuilt:
Lenovo LaVie Z And LaVie Z 360 laptops on HotHardware.
Asrock Beebox N3000 mini PC on TechSpot.
Intel NUC5i5RYK Mini PC on TechGage.

Video Cards:
Zotac GTX 980 Ti Amp! Edition 8 GB on TechPowerUp.
The Sapphire Fury X vs the EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC+ Showdown on BabelTechReviews.

Misc:
Makeblock mBot Educational STEM Robot on TechnologyX.
Klevv Genuine DDR3-2400-CL11 1.65V memory on OCAholic.
Corsair H100i GTX CPU Cooler on HWSecrets.
Seasonic Snow Silent 750 W on TechPowerUp.
Lian Li PC-T80 Test Bench on ThinkComputers.
D-Link Wifi Smart Plug on ThinkComputers.



Tuesday Night (4 Comments) (link)
 Tuesday, 7-July-2015  21:21:37 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Currently enjoying a last-week-of-school-holidays minibreak with my kids on the South Coast, but here's some news catchup:

The Plex forum has been hacked, thanks Mark. If you use the Plex media server for your movie and TV library and have ever used the Plex forums, you’ll need to change your password this morning. The company announced its forum servers were hacked, leaving email addresses, forum messages, and hashed passwords vulnerable. More info here, official notification here.

Callan meanwhile warns that iTunes 12.2 should perhaps be avoided for the moment. Worrying numbers of users have reported that their music libraries have become corrupt, metadata has gone awry, and album art has become mixed up. But more irritating -- if that's not putting it too lightly -- the iTunes Match feature has caused files to be crippled with DRM. Choosing to sync music to the cloud is something that lots of people will opt to do, and the addition of DRM is something that has irked many. More details here.

PC Perspective have a quad-core gaming roundup. Rather than rail against this quad-core trend and question its necessity, I decided instead to see just how much of a difference the processor alone might make with some game benchmarks. This quickly escalated into more and more system configurations as I accumulated parts, eventually arriving at 36 different configurations at various price points.

PCWorld report on Frame Rate Target Control in AMD's recent drivers. For years, AMD has prioritized raw graphics processing horsepower over things like power efficiency and quieter operation. Then Nvidia’s Maxwell architecture came along and proved that video cards could dominate the benchmarks while still sipping power. With the launch of the new Radeon Fury X and Radeon R300 series, AMD has responded to community criticism and competitive heat with Frame Rate Targeting Control, a meaningful feature that has a serious impact on daily gaming sessions.

There's something eye-catching about a headline with the words Turing, Android and Liquid Metal, but it turns out to be a new smartphone, thanks mpot. The Turing Phone uses its own brand of Liquid Metal called Liquidmorphium, which provides excellent shock absorption characteristics. So instead of making a dent in the smartphone casing or cracking/chipping like plastic when dropped, a Turing Phone should in theory “shake it off” while at the same time protecting the fragile display from breaking.

Here's a cool bouncing panoramic camera ball. A new device from an MIT alumnus will soon be helping police assess dangerous situations from a safe distance. The softball-sized explorer triggers its six cameras when tossed into a room. It then sends the images back to police, where they are rapidly stitched into a panoramic image for tactical assessment.



Tuesday Evening Reviews (3 Comments) (link)
 Tuesday, 7-July-2015  20:55:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Video Cards:
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX on Guru3D.
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 on HWSecrets.
SAPPHIRE R9 Fury X on Votez.
Hands On With The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, R9 Fury X2 & R9 Nano on TechARP.

Storage:
ICY DOCK Black Vortex on Tweaktown.
Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SSD on Guru3D.
Samsung 850 EVO and Pro 2TB SATA SSD on PCPerspective.
Samsung 850 EVO and 850 PRO 2TB SSDs on Tweaktown.
Samsung 850 PRO 2TB SSD Vs Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SSD on LegitReviews.
Samsung 850 EVO and Pro 2TB SSD on TheSSDReview.

Motherboard & CPU:
ASRock X99 Extreme6/3.1 on HWSecrets.
ASRock X99 OC Formula/3.1 (Intel X99) on Tweaktown.
ASUS X99 Sabertooth on OCAholic.

Networking:
Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router on NikKTech.

Portable & Prebuilt:
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (SM-G925) Smartphone on TechARP.
Microsoft Surface 3 on TechSpot.

Misc:
Deepcool Captain 240 Liquid CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.
Supermicro S5 Gaming Midtower on Techgage.



Sunday Morning Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Sunday, 5-July-2015  10:16:38 (GMT +10) - by booj

Motherboards & CPUs:
Intel Core i7-5775C 3.3GHz Broadwell LGA-1150 CPU Performance Overview on TweakTown.
Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 on ocaholic.

Graphics Cards:
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked on Bjorn3d
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ on Techgage.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6 GB on techPowerUp.
XFX R9 390X Double Dissipation on Vortez.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X on Legion Hardware.
AMD Radeon R9 390X CrossFire Scaling on ocaholic.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Video Cards in CrossFire on TweakTown.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X on Anandtech.

Storage:
VisionTek 240GB Go Drive on Bjorn3d.
Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD on APH Networks.
Samsung EVO+ and PRO+ Micro SD on PureOverclock.
Kingston HyperX Savage SSD 240GB on Neoseeker.
Netgear ReadyNAS 202 on techPowerUp.
Samsung SM951 256GB NVMe PCIe SSD on Custom PC Review.
Akitio Thunder2 Quad Mini External Storage Enclosure on TweakTown.

Cases:
SilverStone Fortress FT05 on Bjorn3d.
Bitfenix Aegis on Modders-Inc.

Input etc:
CHERRY MX Board 6.0 Keyboard on Techgage.
Ozone Strike Pro Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on OCC.
Noko Leatherworks TKL Wrist Rest on LanOC.
Saitek X-55 Rhino HOTAS System on NikKTech.

Misc:
Corsair HG10 A1 Bracket + H80i GT Cooler on Madshrimps.
ASRock Beebox (N3000) Fanless Small Form Factor PC on TweakTown.



Misc Pics (38 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 3-July-2015  14:14:24 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Thanks to Andrew and Brian this week!









Thursday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Thursday, 2-July-2015  23:57:09 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Portable & Prebuilt:
Dell Inspiron 13 7000 Special Edition 2-in-1 on HotHardware.
LG G4 vs. Samsung Galaxy S6 edge - The Battle of Android on Tweaktown.

Video Cards:
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme on Guru3D.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SLI in 4K Surround, or 6480x3840 on Tweaktown.
PowerColor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8GB on Guru3D.
Retail AMD Fury X Sound Testing - Pump Whine Investigation on PCPerspective.
AMD R9 Fury X 4GB Graphics Card Crossfire on eTeknix.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X on TechSpot.
PowerColor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8 GB on TechPowerUp.

Cooling:
NZXT Kraken X41 CPU Cooler in BenchmarkReviews.
Thermaltake Commander FT Touchscreen Fan Controller on Tweaktown.
be quiet! Shadow Rock LP Cooler on NeoSeeker.

Input Etc:
Razer Naga EPIC Chroma mouse on Vortez.
Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex Gaming Mouse on LegitReviews.

Cases:
Be Quiet! Silent Base 800 Midi Tower on NikKTech.
Fractal Design Node 202 on OCAholic.

Misc:
D-Link DCS-935L HD Wi-Fi Camera on Tweaktown.
Corsair HX1200i 1200W on ThinkComputers.
Batman Arkham Knight Gameplay And Performance Review on HotHardware.
Corsair Neutron XT 240 GiB SSD on HWSecrets.



Tile Review (21 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 1-July-2015  13:25:51 (GMT +10) - by Agg

How did I find time to write this review? Well, for a start I haven't spent hours looking for my keys, now I have a Tile on them:


click for the review!



Wednesday Morning (1 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 1-July-2015  11:10:13 (GMT +10) - by Agg

The Washington Post have an interesting historical article about a group of hackers testifying before the US Congress about internet security, back in 1998 - and how little has changed since, thanks mpot. The seven young men sitting before some of Capitol Hill’s most powerful lawmakers weren’t graduate students or junior analysts from some think tank. No, Space Rogue, Kingpin, Mudge and the others were hackers who had come from the mysterious environs of cyberspace to deliver a terrifying warning to the world.

Closer to home, an Australian anti-piracy crusader wants to tell everyone why illicit downloading is bad. Graham Burke is obsessed with three things right now: online piracy, Queensland rainfall trends and his bathroom scales. I'm at Rockpool Bar & Grill in Sydney's CBD to have lunch with Burke, perhaps the most influential person in Australia's internet piracy debate and a man known to stalk parliament as a lobbyist.

It's not delivered by drones, but Amazon have launched a one-hour delivery service in London. Nope, not April 1st, I checked. Amazon.com Inc launched its one-hour delivery service, Prime Now, for select areas of London on Tuesday and said it would expand the program to additional cities in the United Kingdom by the end of the year. For a fee of 6.99 pounds, Amazon Prime members can have orders worth 20 pounds ($31.43) or more delivered in one hour, the company said on its UK website on Tuesday.

Google Earth is 10 years old. 2005 was the beginning of Google Earth’s evolution, as well. In August of that year, Hurricane Katrina showed us how useful mapping tools like Earth could be for crisis response efforts. Rescue workers compared before and after Satellite imagery in Google Earth to better locate where people were stranded. And in the years after, with more than 2 billion downloads by people in nearly every country in the world, Earth has enabled people to discover new coral reefs, journey to the Moon and into deep space, find long-lost parents, clear landmines and much more.

Microsoft are looking at how to use Minecraft in Education. I’m personally excited by how educators are incorporating Minecraft into their curriculum and what their students are picking up in this immersive learning environment. Elementary students in Seattle are learning foundational math skills by calculating perimeter, area and volume in Minecraft during a Saturday math program. Middle school students in Los Angeles are learning about major world religions as part of their humanities class. They are visiting sacred sites in their city, researching international sites and then building them in Minecraft.

MIT are working on software that can fix itself. At the Association for Computing Machinery’s Programming Language Design and Implementation conference this month, MIT researchers presented a new system that repairs dangerous software bugs by automatically importing functionality from other, more secure applications. Surely just one more step on the road to the future enslavement of mankind!



Wednesday Morning Reviews (0 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 1-July-2015  05:16:51 (GMT +10) - by aftahours

Audio:
Tt eSPORTS Isurus Pro In-Ear Gaming Headset on TweakTown
Asus Strix 7.1 on Hardware Heaven

Case:
Be Quiet Silent Base 800 Case on Hardware Asylum
Corsair Carbide 100R Silent Edition Chassis on Legit Reviews
SilverStone Fortress FT04 Case on ThinkComputers.org
Fractal Design Define S Case on Tech Report

Keyboard/Mouse:
Turtle Beach Impact 700 Mechanical Keyboard on APH Networks
Tt eSPORTS Commander Gaming Gear Combo on Think Computers
Razer Firefly Mousemat on Vortez

Storage:
WD My Cloud EX4100 4-Bay Expert Series 16TB NAS on eTeknix
QNAP TVS-871U-RP-i3-4G NAS Server on NikKTech
Synology DiskStation DS1515 NAS on Techspot

Videocard:
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming OC on Guru3D
MSI R9 380 Gaming 4G on PureOverclock
PowerColor PCS+ R9 380 on LanOC Reviews

CPU/RAM/Mobo:
eDRAM Overclocking on the Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell CPU on Legit Reviews
G.Skill Ripjaws4 F4-3000C15Q-16GRBB on Tech Powerup
ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer/3.1 Motherboard on Hardware Secrets

Misc:
SpotCam HD Camera on OC Inside
ASUS MG279Q 27-in 1440P 144Hz IPS 35-90Hz FreeSync Monitor on PC Perspective




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