This 331.82 Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience in Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag and Need for Speed: Rivals. These Game Ready drivers will also provide performance enhancements in a wide variety of different games. When running at 4K resolutions, SLI performance increases by as much as 50% in key titles like Metro: Last Light, Crysis 3, and Battlefield 4.
Thunderbird 24.1.1
Pass the word, it’s Thunderbird (24.1.1).
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Random Monday Stuff
NASA has sent MAVEN on it’s way to Mars. The mission is to “determine the role that loss of atmospheric gas to space played in changing the Martian climate through time. Where did the atmosphere – and the water – go?” I’m putting my money on the blame going to Marvin Martian.
System cleaners System Ninja and Bleachbit have been updated.
In Linux news, openSUSE 13.1 will be released tomorrow and a Canonical (Ubuntu) developer disses Linux Mint.
[H]ardOCP has a Battlefield 4 Video Card Performance and IQ Review. Good info from those folks as always.
Firefox 25.0.1
Firefox 25.0.1 has been officially released.
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Windows 8.1 Mouse Pointer Freeze Fix
Microsoft has issued a fix for you gamers with mouser issues.
I’m guessing it will show up via Windows Update at some point but it hasn’t yet.
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KB – Mouse pointer stutters or freezes when you play certain games in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Google Chrome Updated
Chrome updated to 31.0.1650.57 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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Source: Google Chrome Blog
Chrome for Android has also been updated:
“The Chrome Team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 31 to the Stable channel for Android users. Chrome 31.0.1650.59, which will be will be available in Google Play over the next few days.“
Adobe Flash Updated
Adobe Flash Player 11.9.900.152 released. “Important bug and security fixes.”
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Flash for IE
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Time To Run Windows Update
Updates available for:
– All currently Operating Systems.
– All currently supported versions of Internet Explorer.
– Office 2003-20013
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2013
Google Chrome Updated
Google Chrome updated to 31.0.1650.48 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Bugfixes and 25 security fixes.
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Source: Google Chrome Blog
Microsoft Security Essentials Updated
Microsoft Security Essentials 4.4.304.0 has been released.
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MS does not have release notes for MSE.