Computer and Security Student Association http://www.cassa.org.au Tue, 15 May 2012 15:44:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Trust Me: Human Nacho http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/trust-me-human-nacho/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/trust-me-human-nacho/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:44:34 +0000 Moon http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=713

]]> http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/trust-me-human-nacho/feed/ 0 New Study Suggests Mars Viking Robots Found Life http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/new-study-suggests-mars-viking-robots-found-life/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/new-study-suggests-mars-viking-robots-found-life/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 02:43:46 +0000 Tiira http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=708 Continue reading →]]> New analysis of data, now 36 years old, from the Viking robots, suggests that NASA had found life on Mars. This conclusion was published by an international team of mathematicians and scientists this week. The Labeled Release experiment looked for signs of microbial metabolism in soil samples in 1976. The general thinking was that the experiment had found geological not biological activity. However, the new study approached things differently. Researchers broke the data into sets of numbers and analyzed the results for complexity. What they found were close correlations between the Viking results’ complexity and those of terrestrial biological data sets. Based on this they concluded that the Viking results were more biological in nature than just geological processes.

 

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]]> http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/new-study-suggests-mars-viking-robots-found-life/feed/ 0 Learn The Power of Windows. http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/learn-the-power-of-windows/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/learn-the-power-of-windows/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 07:15:16 +0000 Funkballs http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=702 Continue reading →]]> CASSA is teaming up with Microsoft to bring you workshops on how to be awesome at Windows.

Every Wednesday at 3:00pm in building 3 there will be tutorials on advanced Windows features and other Microsoft products.

Those who attend will have the chance to win an Xbox 360 with a Kinect and Dance Central 2.

Meet in the CASSA clubroom Building 3.202

Brought to you by the Windows U Crew.

Windows U Crew

]]> http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/05/learn-the-power-of-windows/feed/ 0 One in 10 secondhand hard drives in U.K. contain personal data http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/one-in-10-secondhand-hard-drives-in-u-k-contain-personal-data/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/one-in-10-secondhand-hard-drives-in-u-k-contain-personal-data/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:42:22 +0000 Tiira http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=696 Continue reading →]]> A newly published study by Britain’s data protection regulatory agency found that more than one in 10 second-hand hard drives being sold online contain recoverable personal information from the original owner. “Many people will presume that pressing the delete button on a computer file means that it is gone forever. However this information can easily be recovered,” Britain’s Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said in a statement. In all, the research found 34,000 files containing personal or corporate information were recovered from the devices. Along with the study, a survey revealed that 65% of people hand down their old PC, laptop and cell phones to others. One in ten of those people who disposed of their old devices, left all their data on them. The British government also offered new guidelines for ensuring devices are properly wiped of data.

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]]> http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/one-in-10-secondhand-hard-drives-in-u-k-contain-personal-data/feed/ 0 IBM Graduate Positions Lecture – Presentation by IBM http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/ibm-graduate-positions-lecture-presentation-by-ibm/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/ibm-graduate-positions-lecture-presentation-by-ibm/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:49:54 +0000 PhD_Greg http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=690 Continue reading →]]> Want to work at IBM? This could be the first step on that path.

There’s an excellent networking opportunity coming up this Thursday. IBM are coming to discuss some of their existing graduate positions and I am sure we will be able to also pick their brains on “what do I need to do to work at IBM”.

See this flyer for full details. Hope you can make it!

Cheers,
Greg

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  • Computer/Laptop
  • Monitor (no CRTs please)
  • Cables (Power, USB, Ethernet)
  • Power Board (no surge protected boards please)
  • Headphones
  • Any gaming accessories you require
  • Money
  • Deodorant
  • Sleeping gear if desired

Also a side note for Steam users, please update all your games the night before.

See you there

]]> http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/megalan-2/feed/ 1 Aladin http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/aladin/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/aladin/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:57:19 +0000 Moon http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=667 Hello Cassa! This is my horrible sense of humor!

]]> http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/aladin/feed/ 0 I Cyborg http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/i-cyborg/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/i-cyborg/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:51:52 +0000 Spartan101 http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=653 Continue reading →]]> Have you guys played any of the Deus Ex games? if so you would know all about augmentations. This technology seems years and years in the future, but it may be closer than you think.

Professor Kevin Warwick, from the University of Reading (a uni in the uk) has been doing research into the feild of Cybernetics and biomedical engineering and been trialing this technology on himself.

During Project 1 he placed a chip in his arm and was able to control lights, eletronic doors and the like. During Project 2 he successfully controlled an artificial hand and had a chip implanted in his wife to comunicate telepathically.  This is some interesting stuff.

To read more more visit http://www.kevinwarwick.com/Cyborg1.htm   or google  Project Cyborg

]]> http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/i-cyborg/feed/ 0 April Fools http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-pony-overlords-2/ http://www.cassa.org.au/2012/04/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-pony-overlords-2/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:47:50 +0000 Funkballs http://www.cassa.org.au/?p=647 Unfortunately the ponification of the site has ended but at least you still have this gif of Derpy Hooves to remember it by.

DERPDERPDERPDERP

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