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Wednesday, 26-November-2014 14:44:14 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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There's a new cybercrime reporting website for Australia. Cybercrime victims will be able to report criminals in real time following today’s launch of a revolutionary new online system for all Australians – the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (the ACORN). The ACORN is a national policing initiative that will allow members of the public to easily and instantly report cases of cybercrime.
SilentPCReview have their latest quiet ATX gaming build guide. To help you do just that, we walk you go through the process of planning and building a mid/high-end gaming PC. You can find build guides on countless review sites, but being SPCR, we approach it with a heavy emphasis on noise-reduction.
AirQ pointed out some super spyware called Reign. Reign has been out in the digital wild since at least 2008, operates much like a back-door Trojan, and has been used against governments, internet providers, telecom companies, researchers, businesses, and private individuals, says Symantec. Regin affects Windows-based computers and operates in five stages, giving the attacker a "powerful framework for mass surveillance" and offers flexibility so attackers can customize the packages embedded within the malware. More info from Symantec here and Kaspersky here.
UNSW has made a packet from piracy fines. The University of NSW says it has issued 238 fines - estimated to total about $100,000 - to students illicitly downloading copyright infringing material such as movies and TV shows on its Wi-Fi network since 2008. UNSW told Fairfax Media on Thursday it made "no apology" for taking "strong action to discourage piracy, which is not only unlawful but unethical".
If your rectangular monitor bothers you, mpot noticed a new square one from EIZO. EIZO says that its new monitor is "wide all around". It's 1920 x 1920 pixel square resolution is said to offer 78 per cent more pixels than a traditional Full HD monitor. "The extended vertical space is convenient for displaying large amounts of information in long windows, reducing the need for excess scrolling and providing a more efficient view of data," the firm writes, attempting to persuade us of the square aspect EV2730Q monitor's utility value.
Mike sent in this video explaining the SR-71 linked last week. Veteran Blackbird pilot Richard Graham explains how the cockpit actually works in this fascinating video filmed inside the cockpit. Lots of technical words, but seeing him moving around inside that tight cockpit is really cool.
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