My review of the vault and how it works

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Third Party Patch Roundup – February 2018

February is the shortest month of all but, at least, the good news is that we do have a smaller number of updates to deal with than the average.

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Video: Using Chromed-Brass and Carbon Fibre Hardline Tubing

These premium materials are sure to earn your rig serious bragging rights - we show you how to use them properly sand safely!

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Nitro Concepts S300 Review

Another gaming chair throws its hat into the ring.

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Smach Z handheld PC project announces pre-orders

For more than an Indiegogo pledge, oddly.

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Microchip acquires Microsemi for £6.06 billion

The semi market shrinks again.

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European Commission issues illegal content recommendations

Take down terror content within the hour.

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Tech Phone-in: Fevzi Turkalp from GadgetDetective.com answers 5live listeners’ technology questions

From smartphones & tablets, to dealing with malware & protecting your privacy, Fevzi Turkalp has all the tech advice you need to choose the best tech for your needs & keep your existing gadgets running smoothly. In this week’s tech phone-in, Fevzi reviews Serif’s Affinity Pro, a competitor to Adobe’s professional Photoshop application, that runs on an iPad and costs under twenty pounds, and he also advises listeners on… • Choosing a basic tablet to use as a TV • Choosing a budget smartphone for a teenager • Networking two PCs together • Solving problems with poor radio reception • PC crashes and how to work out what’s causing them • Problems with iPhoto on Apple Mac computers • Troubleshooting a faulty Apple MacBook Pro laptop First broadcast on Up All Night on March 2nd 2018.

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Fractal Design Meshify C Mini TG Dark Tint Review

Another member of the Meshify family, this time micro-ATX and with tempered glass.

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Founder Cevat Yerli leaves Crytek

Puts his brothers in charge.

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Logitech launches Craft keyboard SDK

Adds more software support, too.

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Sony drops PS3, Vita games from PS Plus roster

Concentrates on PS4.

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Thermaltake View 37 RGB Review

A curved acrylic panel with great views inside, but is the rest of this RGB-laden case up to scratch?

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MSI B350I Pro AC Review

MSI finally outs a mini-ITX board for Ryzen CPUs, but how does it stack up against Asus' and Gigabyte's efforts?

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Rust Review

Rust is the ultimate survival challenge, if not the best survival game.

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Wacom announces Cintiq Pro Engine PC module

Turns its Cintiq Pro 24 into a workstation.

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Cloudflare warns of Memcached DDoS flaw

Massive amplification possible.

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ESRB adds 'In-Game Purchases' warning to roster

Only applies to physical products, though.

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Mini Mods: "Modular" Fan Cabling

A quick mod that helps manage all those pesky fan cables!

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Khronos Group brings Vulkan support to Apple's macOS, iOS platforms

Opens up the MoltenVK driver.

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Microsoft brings Quantum Development Kit to Linux, macOS

Improves performance, too.

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Deepcool announces 'frameless' MF120 Wi-Fi fan set

Not actually frameless, naturally.

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Game On: Toys, Nintendo and Cardboard

Nintendo Labo - the moment where Switch and cardboard collide - was shared with some young gamers and their guardians at the Science Museum last week and Adam was taken along by the apprentice. And the toy co's have been showing their wares in New York and Andy Robertson reports on what was on offer.

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Descenders Preview

A downhill stunt-cycling game in the vein of Tony Hawk, Descenders is a great idea but needs more of its own identity to succeed.

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Google pulls ARCore out of beta, launches v1.0

Hits its 100 million device goal.

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Researchers announce Veil private browsing tech

No browser changes required.

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Google code commits point to Linux-on-Chrome OS plans

Virtual machine tech for app expansion.

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GDPR goes live in 3 months. Are you ready?

Is it possible that some organizations have not yet heard about GDPR - the new EU legislation? Sadly, yes. And an even greater number who have heard about it don’t realise how their own organization will be impacted.

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SpaceX launches first Starlink broadband satellites

Plans a total of 12,000.

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Samsung breaks ground on dedicated 7nm EUV fab

Promises performance or power-draw boosts.

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Blizzard releases surprise patch for 2002's Warcraft III

Announces invitational event, too.

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Corsair Obsidian Series 500D Review

The Obsidian Series makes a welcome return.

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AMD announces Epyc, Ryzen embedded families

Boasts multiple customer wins.

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Destiny 2 updates suffer slight schedule slip

Some content pushed to Season 3.

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Alphacool launches Eisbaer LT AIO family

Cheaper than the original Eisbaer range.

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Rainbow Six Siege Operation Chimera and Outbreak Hands-On

We get to play with Siege's new content drop, and the limited edition Outbreak PvE mode.

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Qualcomm Centriq chips picked for Hatch streaming platform

A niche win, but still a win.

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Microsoft adds Direct Purchase feature to Mixer

Five percent kickback for streamers.

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EA announces Burnout Paradise Remastered

Ultra HD support on Xbox One X, PS4 Pro.

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Under the Spotlight: WING X99 by Andreas Fredholm

We sit down with Andreas Fredholm to learn a bit more about his Mod of the Year winning rig, WING X99.

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Intel releases discrete GPU prototype details

Targeting low-power markets.

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Microsoft adds 'Cohorts' to Windows Insider programme

Aims for better feedback.

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Warhorse promises Kingdom Come: Deliverance save system fix

Still no quicksave feature, though.

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Game On - The science of FPS and the comicbook evolution

Dr Wayne Mackey explains how a neuroscientist got involved in building AimLab, a training programme for FPS players and Tripwire Editor, Joel Meadows talks about a new addition to the UK comics calendar.

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Attack of the Earthlings Review

Finally, a turn-based strategy that lets you become the bad guys.

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Microsoft promises Xbox One X, S 1440p support

Coming soon to Insiders.

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Microsoft publishes, deletes Windows 10 on Arm limitations list

Some major restrictions in there.

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System Shock: Remastered put on pause

Mission creep blamed.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review

A vast and sumptuous medieval RPG, albeit one that lacks the polish and brains of its contemporaries.

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Video: How To Paint Your Motherboard and Graphics Card

We take you through a quick and simple way to spruce up your hardware with a matching colour scheme.

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Apple devices hit by Unicode character crash bug

Beta builds not affected.

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Khronos Group launches glTF Draco compression extension

Up to 12 times smaller.

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EKWB apologises for Threadripper water block, monoblock design flaws

Offers partial refund, upgrade kit.

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BBC 5Live Tech Phone-in: Fevzi Turkalp from GadgetDetective.com answers 5Live listeners’ technology questions

From smartphones & tablets, to dealing with malware & protecting your privacy, our resident expert, Fevzi Turkalp has all the tech advice you need to choose the best tech for your needs & keep your existing gadgets running smoothly. In this week’s tech phone-in, Fevzi advises listeners on… • Headphones for swimmers • Choosing between the iPad Pro 10.5 and the iPad Pro 12.9 • Reinstating Windows 7 from Windows 10 • Putting old PCs to good use by using the Linux Operating System • Updating Android smartphone apps • Problems with laptop displays • What a VPN is and whether you need one • Why some iPhones slow down and shut down, and what to do about it The Tech phone-in is back on Friday 2nd March 2018 from 2am In the meantime you can contact Fevzi with your tech questions on Twitter @GadgetDetective

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The 6 malware culprits at every workplace

No matter how many times your IT staff tells employees not to download software and  no matter how many policies and  employee handbooks, it is inevitable, an employee is going to put  your network at risk by bending or breaking those rules.

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