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Join the community - in the OCAU Forums! Retro Misc Pics (10 Comments) (link)  Friday, 16-May-2025  14:50:59 (GMT +10) - by Agg Travelling for work again, so here's Misc Pics from October 2012: Back to normal next week! 5th October 2012: 12th October 2012: 19th Oct 2012: 26th Oct 2012: Thursday Bumper News Catch-up (6 Comments) (link)  Thursday, 15-May-2025  17:12:58 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Another day, another security flaw or three. Nothing to see here, move along. Heads up to all ASUS motherboard, prebuilt system, and laptop owners: if you're running the company's DriverHub software, be sure to update it to the latest version ASAP. The reason for this is an exceedingly nasty bug loitering in the utility that could easily allow for remote code execution. Intel CPUs face renewed data leak threat as spectre mitigations fall short. Patch those BIOS's people. The exploit works by injecting malicious patterns into the CPU's branch prediction unit, coercing it to speculatively execute privileged code paths. The kicker? No root required. Intel has responded with microcode updates. The bad part is that they have a performance hit associated, but thankfully, the worst-case slowdowns aren't as serious as previous speculative horror stories. Microsoft has no plans to fix Windows RDP bug that lets you log in with old passwords. The security flaw that leaves machines vulnerable using Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). In a recent report submitted to the Microsoft Security Response Center by Daniel Wade, the current configuration of Windows RDP will allow users to access machines to using old, cached passwords even if they have been updated or changed. Do you recall the discussions about 'Recall'? That groan you hear is anyone on Win 11. Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds. Cool future battery tech? Maybe. Researchers have developed a hybrid energy-storage option that offers a better balance between storage capacity and discharge rates. The component, called a zinc-ion micro-capacitor, could one day find its way into compact devices. “It wasn’t our aim to outperform microbatteries and microsupercapacitors in every way,” says Buddha Deka Boruah, a lecturer in energy storage at UCL, “but to create a middle-ground device that balances energy and power in a small footprint.” Robots in rehabilitation roles. Kangaroo robots ?? Wheres my flying car driven by funtime robots? The integration of KUKA robots into robotic physiotherapy equipment offers numerous advantages, such as precise motion planning and control of robot-assisted therapy, individualized training, reduced therapist workload and patient-progress monitoring. As a result, these robotic therapies can be superior to many conventional physical therapies in restabilizing patients’ limbs. History of the birth of the internet. Yes, yes, you already know the story. But you dont. And it's probably not what you think. Read on. In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that you’re using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals in his office. 1966, Robert Taylor was the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Information Processing Techniques Office. The agency created in response to the launch of Sputnik. Storage device boiled in salt water, then grilled in an oven. Ha! Blinky will find a way to kill it. Storage startup Cerabyte has shared a video in which it torture tests its memory media. The firm took a sliver of its archival glass storage and boiled it in a kettle filled with salt water (100C, 212F), then, for good measure, it grilled it in a pizza oven (250C, 480F). The durability demo confirms that the media was unscathed after this process, and the data on the Cerabyte media remained “100% intact.” Thirsty Thursday Reviews (1 Comments) (link)  Thursday, 15-May-2025  16:29:22 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Audio Visual: Epomaker Alice 66 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard @ aphNetworks Sennheiser HD 620S Closed Back Headphones @ NikKTech Keyboard, Mouse: NZXT Lift Elite Wireless Mouse and NZXT Zone XXL @ OCinside G-Wolves Hati-R Pro 8K @ TweakTown Case, Cooling: Corsair Titan 360 RX RGB iCUE LINK AIO @ guru3D Formula V Line Crystal Z8 Floe @ TechPowerUp Corsair Nautilus 360 RS Liquid CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers Storage: Kingston FURY Renegade G5 2TB Gen5 NVMe SSD @ NikKTech SanDisk WD Black SN8100 2TB SSD @ TweakTown Acer MA200 1TB M.2 2230 NVMe SSD @ NikKTech Kingston FURY Renegade G5 4TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD @ FunkyKit Kingston Fury Renegade G5 4TB SSD @ TweakTown Orico IG740 Pro 2TB SSD @ TweakTown Crucial P510 1TB SSD @ TweakTown Acer MA200 1 TB @ TechPowerUp Motherboard, Memory: Funky Kit Review - Crucial Pro Overclocking 64GB DDR5-6400 @ FunkyKit MSI MAG B850 Edge Ti WiFi Motherboard @ HardwareAsylum XPG Lancer CUDIMM RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB DDR5 RAM @ aphNetworks PSU: Silicon Power QS58 20000 mAh Power Bank @ Madshrimps ENDORFY Supremo FM6 1000W Power Supply Unit @ NikKTech Video Card: INNO3D GeForce RTX 5060 Ti TWIN X2 8GB @ TweakTown NY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Epic-X RGB Plus OC @ TechPowerUp Zotac GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Twin Edge OC @ ThePCEnthusiast Software and Benchmark: DOOM: The Dark Ages Performance Benchmark @ TechPowerUp TweakTown's 2025 CPU Cooler Testing and Methodology Update @ TweakTown Prebuilt: Alienware Area-51 @ HotHardware

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