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New Nvidia Drivers

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nvidiaGeForce Game Ready Driver 353.06 WHQL available.
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Just in time for the highly anticipated title Heroes of the Storm, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience. This driver is also aligned with the launch of the new flagship gaming GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. In addition, this new Game Ready driver provides a number of new gaming features and benefits based around G-SYNC technology, Dynamic Super Resolution, and enhancements for the latest new titles.

Wednesday Random Stuff…

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win7orbThe Worlds #1 Operating System On Sale
Newegg has Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit – OEM on sale.
Note: This qualifies for the free Win10 upgrade if you’re so inclined.
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Tax for CA, IN, NJ, TN residents.
Expires 28MAY2015

Abracadabra *poof* Mandriva Is Gone
The first Linux distro I ever used is no more.
OpenMandriva will carry the flag forward (in reality it has for the last couple of years).

A Tip Of The Hat
Fedora Linux 22 has been released.

Sysinternals Freeware Updates

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cooltoolsUpdates include Autoruns v13.4 and Process Monitor v3.2.
See the Sysinternals blog for more info.

Autoruns v13.4
Autoruns, the most comprehensive utility available for showing what executables, DLLs, and drivers are configured to automatically start and load, now reports Office addins, adds several additional autostart locations, and no longer hides hosting executables like cmd.exe, powershell.exe and others when Windows and Microsoft filters are in effect.

Process Monitor v3.2
Process Monitor, a real-time system monitoring utility that captures registry, file system, process and thread, CPU, DLL and network activity, adds an option to show all file system values in hexadecimal, adds additional error code and file system control strings, and fixes a bug that prevented boot capture on Windows 10.

Tuesday News

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www_newsDebunked: Your SSD won’t lose data if left unplugged after all

CCleaner 5.06
CCleaner’s monthly update is out.
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Version History
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.

Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 43.0.2357.81 for Windows, Mac and Linux.”
Lots of complaints about this release in the comments (see link above).
Download or update from within the program.

Tuesday News

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google chromeGoogle Chrome 43.0.2357.65
“The Chrome team is happy to announce the promotion of Chrome 43 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.
This update includes 37 security fixes.”
Download or update from within the program.

New Nvidia Drivers
352.86 WHQL drivers for Windows 7 – 8.1 (There are also 352.84 WHQL drivers for Win10).
“Just in time for the highly anticipated title The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience.”
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Etc.
I would love to have the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 Active as my next phone, except for the AT&T part. :cry1:

Patch Tuesday

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windows securityTime To Rune Windows Update
I had 21 updates on one machine, 16 on another.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2015

Adobe Reader 11.0.11
Download Adobe Reader or update from within the program (Help > Check for updates).
APSB15-10 Security Updates Available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh.
These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take over the affected system.
Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions.”

Flash Updated
Download Adobe Flash Player
APSB15-09 Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player
“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions.”
Download:
Flash for IE
Flash for other browsers
Main download page
Windows 8/8.1 users check Windows Update. Flash was updated today (KB3061904).
Google Chrome users, Flash was updated today with Chrome 42.0.2311.152.

Google Chrome 42.0.2311.152
“The stable channel has been updated to 42.0.2311.152 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
The only change in this update is a new version of Adobe Flash (17.0.0.188).”
Download or update from within the program.

Firefox 38
Not to be left out, Mozilla says “Me too!” with an update to version 38.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
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Monday Random Stuff…

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apple_and_androidHaHaHaHa
Too funny: Google shuts down Maps editor after peeing Android debacle

Ain’t Nuthin’ Perfect
SSDs lose data if left without power for just 7 days
“If long term storage is required, image the SSD onto a mechanical drive and place that drive in storage as well as the SSD”

Undead
It’s been around two years since AS SSD Benchmark got an update. Version 1.8.5608.42992 is out.
Download it here. Read about it here.

This Ones For You Daniel
Font rendering in openSUSE 13.2 just hasn’t quite been right.
Nenad Latinović has put a post up at openSUSE Lizards that may help you fix it: How To Get Superbly Hinted Fonts in openSUSE 13.2

Site News
Martin at Ghacks is using a site called Patreon to recover revenue lost to adblockers. Folks can donate a specified amount per month. As a reward type thing, Martin gives patrons registered user status which, among other things, gives them ad free viewing. I’m considering this and as would use it to bring back the comment system for registered users only (and only as long as your registered). It’s just a thought at this point.