Foxit Reader 6.0.6 released.
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Notepad++ 6.4.3
Notepad++ 6.4.3 is out.
“contains mainly a fix of crash issue of Function List and the enhancements of delimiter selection and multi-instance options.”
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Random Friday Stuff
You hardcore overclockers should head over to Ninja Lane. They reviewed the beautiful Gigabyte Z87X OC and they liked it.
Apple fanboys are excitedly parroting the news that Apple was named “brand of the year“. To the rest of us it affirms the moniker iSheep.
Houses and cars are predictably being hacked. I’ve always wondered why “critical systems” are connected to the outside world. For you and me our houses and cars are about as critical as it gets.
“Tweak and Customize”. These are synonyms dude. Just sayin’. 😉
Windows NT is 20 years old!
“XP Retirement Party”. This infographic made the rounds this week with many Windows pundits saying good riddance. The poster was really just cry for you to buy Windows 8. While Microsoft and many Geeks agree that folks should move on, perhaps they should ask, “why the resistance?” Maybe, just maybe, they should give folks what they want and stop trying to tell them how they should be using their PC. Start menu anyone?
Sir Mick Jagger turned 70 today. How he made it that far is beyond me. Cheers Mick (hope you get a Little T&A). :clink:
Hope you all have a great weekend! I’m headed out to a Redskins Rally for a beer or two (checking out the cheerleaders too 😉 )
LibreOffice 4.1
LibreOffice 4.1 was released this morning.
“The office suite features a large number of improvements which bring compatibility with proprietary and legacy file formats to the next level”
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Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.6
Intel has released SSD Toolbox version 3.1.6.
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Winamp 5.65
Winamp 5.65 is out.
See this forum post for changelog and download links.
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 Released
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 is out. It is available via Windows Update as well as downloadable.
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Office 2010…contains new updates which improve security, performance, and stability. Additionally, the SP is a roll-up of all previously released updates.
Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2687455) 32-Bit Edition
Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2687455) 64-Bit Edition
Updates are also available for the Visio and PowerPoint viewers via Windows Update.
One Sweet Mother (board)
Just up at [H]ardOCP: ASUS Sabertooth Z87 LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
If you want a long-lasting, good-performing motherboard this may be it.
If I had the cash to put together a Haswell system this motherboard would be at the top of my list.
Tuesday Random Stuff
Random Tuesday morning news from around the web.
Ed Bott is at it again: The Metro hater’s guide to the Windows 8.1 Preview
Tom’s Hardware has tested 31 USB 3.0 Thumb Drives. Their “winner” is the SanDisk Extreme 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model SDCZ80-064G-A75. A comment to the article led me to check out the Newegg reviews in which 45% gave this drive one star (as of this writing). Faster isn’t always better.
Wanna know what wi-fi would look like?
Do not mess with Kevin Rose’s dog!
New pics from NASA of the Earth from 898.414 million miles (1.445858 billion kilometers) away.
Acronis True Image 2014 Beta Invite
Acronis True Image 2014 Beta Invite
What’s New?
– Disk backup to Acronis Cloud Back up your system or other partitions directly to the Cloud saving all data and partition structure.
– Bare metal system recovery from the Cloud When your system becomes unbootable or you change your hard drive, you can recover your system from Acronis Cloud using Bootable media.
– Incremental recovery from the Cloud When you recover a partition from the Cloud, data is recovered incrementally. It makes the operation very fast.