David Stonier-Gibson Reopening I was delighted earlier in the month to be able to put out an all-member email heralding the re-opening of our Moorabbin club rooms and workshop. Some rules and restrictions still apply, but we can now go… Continue Reading…

Hugh Macdonald Two issues ago I detailed my switch to using a Linux distribution on some of my computers and a good number of other members also shared their Linux stories, and the reason they use the various distributions that… Continue Reading…

Hugh Macdonald I’ve been paying a lot of attention to Linux of late in the pages of PC Update, but of course the fact remains that the majority of members use Windows as their main operating system. And members love… Continue Reading…

Tim McQueen Breaking & Entering The extraordinary story of a hacker called ‘Alien’ Jeremy N Smith Scribe 2019, 292 Pages. Here’s a book on computing that can make one feel old. Smith outlines the career of ‘Alien’; a username selected… Continue Reading…

David Stonier-Gibson I purchased a comprehensive set of tools for the Moorabbin Maker Room this morning, just in time for members of the Microcontroller Workshop SIG to enjoy with their face to face meeting tomorrow. The collection includes Soldering irons… Continue Reading…

Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University Last week, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) issued warnings to Australian health-care providers that it had observed an increase in cyber incidents targeting the sector. These attacks seem to be aimed at infiltrating networks… Continue Reading…