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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Tuesday Random Stuff…

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www_newsGoogle Chrome 41
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 41 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Chrome 41.0.2272.76 contains a number of fixes and improvements..”
Download or update from within the program.

Software
FileZilla 3.10.2
MediaMonkey 4.1.6
VirtualBox 4.3.24

Etc.
Ghacks is dying and needs your help – I feel your pain brother.
Opinion: The FCC’s Net Neutrality Victory Is Anything But

R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

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startrekLeonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most… human.

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Tuesday Random Stuff…

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www_newsFirefox 36 is Out
Added HTTP/2 support, security fixes, etc.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
Download other languages and operating systems
Release

CCleaner 5.03
“Improved”, “fixes”, yada, yada
Download
Version History
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.

OS X, iOS and Linux have more vulnerabilities than Windows
“It might come as something of a surprise, but Windows is more secure than not only Apple’s iOS and OS X, but also Linux. I’ll just let that sink in for a moment…”

Tiles Are For Floors And Walls, Not Windows
Thankfully there will be a Start10.

Thursday Random Stuff…

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superfishieGoogle Chrome Updated
Bugfix. “The stable channel has been updated to 40.0.2214.115 for Windows, Mac and Linux.”
Download or update from within the program.

Superfish! (No, it’s not a hipster band)
ARS Technica – Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections
Follow-up: ARS Technica – Lenovo honestly thought you’d enjoy that Superfish HTTPS spyware
Crap like this is why I always do my own clean installs.
Lenovo Owners:
Step 1 – Check if you have it: https://filippo.io/Badfish/
Step 2 – Remove it: https://filippo.io/Badfish/removing.html

About That Samsung 850 Pro SSD Firmware Update
I mentioned a few days ago that there was a firmware update for the Samsung 850 Pro SSD.
The EXM02B6Q firmware is still not available via Samsung Magician. Now I know why. This firmware update is destructive. That means you’ll have to either re-install Windows or restore from a system image.
What I Did:
1 – Backed up my computer via Acronis TI.
(Never, ever update SSD firmware without a system image.)
2 – Downloaded and burned the ISO to CD.
3 – Boot from CD and flash firmware.
4 – Power OFF then power back on. Drive would not boot.
5 – Restore image I made earlier. Success!

1 run on the AS SSD Benchmark:
s850pro_EXM02B6Q_bench