I don’t see anything critical since the last round of updates but there are “important” updates available. What you get depends on what OS you are running.
New Poll Up
I decided to bring back the polls widget. Nothing fancy here and certainly not scientific! It’s over there – – – – >
Process Explorer v14.01, Autoruns v10.05
Microsoft/Sysinternals updates: Process Explorer v14.01, Autoruns v10.05 (source Sysinternals Blog)
Process Explorer v14.01: This update fixes a bug related to the DLL view and adds a tab to the new system information dialog, Summary, that displays all the performance graphs together.
Autoruns v10.05: This Autoruns update adds ActiveSync autostart locations, fixes a bug in that prevented offline scanning from working in some cases, and fixes a formatting bug in the scheduled tasks display.
Update: Adobe Reader vs. Foxit
Leonard Rosenthol (PDF Architect, Adobe Systems) stopped by the blog and answered a few questions. The update is at the bottom of the article.
GeForce/ION Driver Release 263.09 WHQL
“This is a WHQL-certified driver for the new GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 460 SE.”
No reason to download if you don’t have one of those cards. Available for XP, Vista, and Seven. Get’em here.
Adobe Reader vs. Foxit
This article is intended to give the average home user some insight into the two most popular PDF readers. Folks in a corporate environment or that do more than just read PDF’s will obviously have different requirements and / or constraints. Please take that into consideration when reading this article.
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ATI Catalyst 10.11’s Released
ATI Catalyst 10.11 drivers are available for XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Linux drivers also available here.
iTunes 10.1
What’s new in iTunes 10.1
* Use AirPlay to instantly and wirelessly stream videos from iTunes to the all-new Apple TV.
* Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.2.
* Provides a number of important stability and performance improvements.
CCleaner v3.0
This a a new version of CCleaner. Download CCleaner. According to the forums there is no longer a “slim” version.
*edit – apparently the forums were mistaken, The slim version showed up.
* A new 64-bit native EXE designed specifically for 64-bit systems.
* A new Drive Wiper tool screen under the Tools section, which allows users to securely erase the contents or free space on a specified drive.
* Improved support for Internet Explorer 9 and the Google Chrome browsers.
* We have also added improved cleaning support for HTML5 database storage, allowing CCleaner to effectively manage the next generation of web applications.
* Additional cleaning support for Microsoft Silverlight Isolated Storage.
* We’ve added three new environment variables (%SystemDirectory%, %SystemDirectory32%, and %SystemDirectory64%).
* New application icon.
* New Intelligent cookie keeping feature.
* and more…
Thunderbird 3.1.6
Download or update from within the program (Help / Check for Updates).
Thunderbird 3.1.6 fixes the following issues in Thunderbird 3.1.5:
* Fixes a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution. This issue does not affect email or newsgroups but could be triggered through browser-like features or add-ons.