Software Updates
Bleachbit 2.0 (I use the portable version)
Macrium Reflect Free 7.1.2917
Notepad++ 7.5.5
VLC 3.0.1
Software
Wednesday Random Stuff…
BIOS Hell
BIOS updates are being recalled and replaced. Woody Leonhard has the scoop on several vendors.
My new rig had a second BIOS update 2 days ago. Previous BIOS version was F5i. It has disappeared and been replaced by F5m. Yesterday I reran PCMark10 on that rig. Performance drooped again. On PCMark10 I now have a performance loss of 6.4% overall, with a high of 9.9% in Essentials. Post updated here: Meltdown & Spectre Updates Benchmarked
Software Updates
EMDB 3.10
Mp3tag 2.86
Tuesday News
Samsung Magician 5.2
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Getting “We apologize for your inconvenience Please try again within 24 hours” ?
Major Geeks has it!
Thanks Arthur!
CCleaner 5.39
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Minor fixes
Chrome & Firefox Updated
Chrome 63.0.3239.132
AFAIK this does not address the Meltdown and Spectre stuff. That was due to happen with Chrome 64 due out next Tuesday.
“The stable channel has been updated to 63.0.3239.132 for Windows, Mac and Linux”
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Firefox 54.0.4
“Security fixes to address the Meltdown and Spectre timing attacks”
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Release Notes
Firefox Quantum 57.0.2
Version 57.0.2, first offered to Release channel users on December 7, 2017
Fixed
-Block old versions of G Data Endpoint Security for crashing Firefox on start up – Windows only (bug 1421991)
-Fix a regression with WebGL and D3D9 – Windows only
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Thanks Scott!
Wednesday Random Stuff…
Google Chrome Updated
” The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 63 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.
Chrome 63.0.3239.84 contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 63.
This update includes 37 security fixes.”
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Battle For The Net
https://www.battleforthenet.com/
“The new chairman of the FCC was a top lawyer at Verizon. Now he’s calling for a vote to kill net neutrality. We’re protesting at retail stores across the U.S. to demand that Congress stop Verizon’s puppet FCC from destroying the Internet as we know it.”
Join The Protest
Monday Morning News
Classic Shell Finished
Classic Shell forum: Classic Shell no longer in development. Source code released
Basically Win10s constant changes breaks stuff and it just takes too much free time to keep it going.
That sucks. Hopefully someone picks up the flag and keeps charging forward.
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Reader Emails
Recent emails…
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Macrium Reflect 7 Free Edition Updated
Firefox Quantum
Firefox 57, a.k.a Firefox Quantum will be released today. It’s a big deal. Completely redesigned, the folks at Mozilla say it’s twice as fast and uses 30% less memory. In addition, the interface will be cleaner and is designed for high-resolution displays
If you want to know the hows see here: Entering the Quantum Era—How Firefox got fast again and where it’s going to get faster
One of the downsides of an all new browser is that many old add-ons will not work. It is up to the add-on creators to update their stuff. The hysterical, chicken-littles over at Zdnet call this “add-on armageddon“.
I’m pretty pumped about Firefox Quantum. I hope it returns Firefox to its former glory.