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Audacity 3.4.2
“the world’s most popular audio editing and recording app”
Bugfixes
Download | Changelog

HandBrake 1.7.0
Free, multi-OS, video converter.
Codec updates, fixes, some new features.
Download | Release Notes

Windows Updates
Addresses over 2 dozen vulnerabilities.
Win10 – November 14, 2023—KB5032189 (OS Builds 19044.3693 and 19045.3693)
Win11 – November 14, 2023—KB5032190 (OS Builds 22621.2715 and 22631.2715)

Wise Disk Cleaner 11.0.6
Support cleaning additional items and a few fixes.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 546.17 WHQL
Support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III…
Download & Info

Intel Arc & Iris Xe Graphics 31.0.101.4953 (WHQL Certified)
A few game related fixes.
Download & Info

HWiNFO 7.66
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Fixes and new hardware support’
Download (I use portable) | Version History

AMD Software Adrenalin 23.11.1 WHQL Drivers
Support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, The Invincible , JX3 Ultimate. Several fixes.
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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 546.01 WHQL
Support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Desynced, Jusant, and RoboCop: Rogue City. A handful of fixes.
Download | Release Notes
See also: GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 546.08

Intel Arc & Iris Xe Graphics 31.0.101.4952
A whole slew of game related support, improvements, and fixes.
Download & Info

dBpoweramp Music Converter R2023-11-01
“dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, Batch Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with essential codecs (mp3, wave, FLAC, m4a, Apple Lossless, AIFF), additional codecs can be installed from [Codec Central], as well as Utility Codecs which perform actions on audio files.”
Download & Info (update from within program) | Changes

Audacity 3.4
“the world’s most popular audio editing and recording app”
Several new features and fixes.
Download | Changelog, includes video on the “New Musical Features”.

A few more of my new favorite YouTube channels:
ATHLEAN-X
“This is where you can find all the latest FREE workouts, nutrition and training advice to get you on your way to a healthy, leaner, more muscular, athletic body by training like an athlete.”
Professor of Rock
“A channel celebrating the power of music – featuring stories of the greatest songs and artists of the Rock Era, as told by the artists themselves.”

We “Fall Back” Sunday
Here in the U.S.A., Daylight Saving Time ends at 0200hrs on Sunday, November 5th (except for Arizona and Hawaii). We set the clocks back 1 hour and go back to Standard Time.
NPR – Six things to know about the political debate around daylight saving time
“And pretty much everyone agrees that ending the time changes is generally a good idea. Our bodies can be very sensitive to disruptions to our circadian rhythms.
But the medical community has taken issue with how the bill proposes to make the change…”
I DGAF about how we get there but can we please just pick a time and leave it be?

EMDB 5.26
Freeware movie collection database software.2 new features and a few fixes.
Download | What’s New

PowerToys .75
“a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.”
Many fixes
Download, Info & Changes

VLC Media Player 3.0.20
“free and open source cross-platform multimedia player”
Addresses a security issue and a couple of fixes.
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AMD Software Adrenalin 23.9.23 WHQL Drivers
Download & Info

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 537.42 WHQL
Couple of bugfixes, support for several new games.
Download | Release Notes

Mp3tag 3.22b
“fixes a security issue in one of the external libraries used by Mp3tag”
Download | Release Notes

Windows Updates
16-18 vulnerabilities addressed.
Win10 – September 12, 2023—KB5030211 (OS Builds 19044.3448 and 19045.3448)
Win11 – September 12, 2023—KB5030217 (OS Build 22000.2416)

GPU-Z 2.55.0
New hardware support, 4 fixes.
Download & Info

FileZilla Server 1.7.3
“Fixed a security vulnerability introduced in 1.7.0-rc1, update urgently recommended.”
Download & Info

Google Chrome has gone to weekly releases and it feels like the posts here about it sound like a broken record. Done posting about it.

AMD Software Adrenalin 23.9.1 WHQL Drivers
Support for new hardware and some new features. See: https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/software
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HWiNFO 7.62
New hardware support and a few fixes/improvements.
Download ( I use portable) | Version History

CPU-Z 2.07
Support for the latest hardware and a single fix.
Download & Info

Wise Disk Cleaner 11.0.4
Minor update.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info

Mp3tag 3.22
Several fixes, several under-the-hood changes.
Download | Release Info | Changelog

Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack 28.2.1
Download & Info
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