Computer stuff...
I’m sure all you Star Wars fans know the old crew is coming back for the new movie!
Watching The Watchers?
AV-Comparatives has a PDF that spills the beans on what info your anti-virus may be collecting about you.
New Adblocker
Help EFF Test Privacy Badger, Our New Tool to Stop Creepy Online Tracking
Sysinternals Freeware Updates
AccessChk, PsExec, Sigcheck, and VMMap were all updated.
Well, TweakHound.com has been around for 12 years this month!
Here is the first logo I made for this site:
Interesting Reads:
PC Review – How much RAM do I really need for gaming?
Everything you need to know about High-Resolution Audio, the future of music
Stephen Hawking: ‘Transcendence looks at the implications of artificial intelligence – but are we taking AI seriously enough?’
Ultimate Windows Tweaker 3.1 is out. This is for Windows 8.1 update 1 only.
These guys have done a fantastic job with this program.
Highly recommended.
Microsoft has patched the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability for all active Windows versions and Windows XP too.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2014
Firefox 29.0 has been officially released.
This brings a new interface. Learn it here.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
Release Notes
Download other languages and operating systems
Firefox 29.0 for Android is available in the Play Store.
Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.206 released.
Security fixes.
Download
Flash for IE
Flash for other browsers
Main download page
Windows 8 users check Windows Update.
AMD Catalyst 14.4 drivers are out.
Release Notes (Windows)
Release Notes (Linux)
Download Page
Windows 7 & 8 (64-bit) – http://www2.ati.com/drivers/14-4-win7-win8-win8.1-64-dd-ccc-whql.exe
Windows XP (32-bit) – http://www2.ati.com/drivers/14-4-xp32-64-dd-ccc-pack2.exe
Linux (64-bit) – http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-catalyst-14-4-linux-x86-x86-64.zip
Google Chrome has been updated to 34.0.1847.131 for Windows, Mac, and 34.0.1847.132 for Linux.
“This release fixes a number of crashes and other bugs.This release also contains a Flash Player update, to version 13.0.0.206.”
Download or update from within the program.
Source: Google Chrome Blog
CCleaner v4.13 is out.
Download
Announcement
Version History
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.
CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast download…
…This release adds compatibility with the latest Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 updates. It also sees a number of enhancements to our browser support, including improved cleaning for Chrome and Opera as well as improved Firefox plugin management.
