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Firefox 65.0.1
Bugfixes, stability fixes, 3 security updates.
Download (all) | Download 32-bit EN-US | Download 64-bit EN-US | Release Notes

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready WHQL Driver 418.91
Provides the optimal gaming experience when using DLSS and Ray Tracing in Battlefield V and Metro Exodus.
Download | Release Notes

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Updated
Download EN-US | Download All | Security Bulletin

Intel Ethernet Drivers
See the Readme.txt file on the download page. There are a ton of adapters no longer supported. You’ll want to see the “Other Versions” drivers earlier than 23.5.
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack 23.5.2 (all Windows, Linux, or FreeBSD)
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Windows 7, 23.5.2
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Windows 8.1, 23.5.2
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Windows 10, 23.5.2

Google Chrome Themes
Colors for Chrome. I’m using my usual Black (Just Black).

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon and Google When You Go to Bed
For several years, Amazon and Google have collected data every time someone used a smart speaker to turn on a light or lock a door. Now they’re asking smart-home gadget makers such as Logitech and Hunter Fan Co. to send a continuous stream of information. In other words, after you connect a light fixture to Alexa, Amazon wants to know every time the light is turned on or off, regardless of whether you asked Alexa to toggle the switch. Televisions must report the channel they’re set to. Smart locks must keep the company apprised whether or not the front door bolt is engaged.
Those devices will never see the inside of my home.

Android phones can be hacked remotely by viewing malicious PNG image
Android users are being told to patch their Android OS Nougat (7.0), Oreo (8.0) and Pie (9.0) as soon as updates are available after a bug related to PNG images was found.
“as soon as updates are available” Yeah, that’s the thing isn’t it.

FREE Android App – App lock & gallery vault pro (nornally $4.49)
Apps locker & vaults is one of the best Android lock app with privacy guard, the best app locker with password & pattern lock screen, an amazing apps lock that provide high secure features.
This is the super aap locks that will protects your apps, hide picture, all features of app lock for apps & vaulty in a same lock box. Privacy your photo, note, call, sms, email, settings…, all the privacy guard functions for you to ensure your phone security and keep your privacy safe. With this app loxk security protection, your privacy is well protected with password lock screen & pattern lock screen.
Just passing this along and don’t know how long this deal will last. I don’t know anything about this app but the developer has a 3 dozen apps with good ratings. You’ll have to excuse the bad grammar and spelling as the developer seems to be from Vietnam.

Tudder
Tinder for livestock. Sheer genius (ba dum dum tss). And, so many jokes untold…

Franklin County moonshine legend Amos Law dies at 83
Officers kicked down the door of his Rocky Mount home. They dragged him outside, stuffed him into a police car and drove him to jail.
Over and over again.

Patch Tuesday

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Updates available for all supported versions of Windows.
Office updates available too. (how to check for Office updates)

Win10 1809 – February 12, 2019—KB4487044 (OS Build 17763.316)
Win10 1803 – February 12, 2019—KB4487017 (OS Build 17134.590)
Win10 1709 – February 12, 2019—KB4486996 (OS Build 16299.967)

Windows 8.1 – February 12, 2019—KB4487028 (Security-only update)

Windows 7 – Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 update history

Office 365 11231.20174 and other versions

Note from Microsoft:
February 11, 2019 12:45 PM PST
Windows Update customers were recently affected by a network infrastructure event caused by an external DNS service provider’s global outage. A software update to the external provider’s DNS servers resulted in the distribution of corrupted DNS records that affected connectivity to the Windows Update service. The DNS records were restored by January 30, 2019 (00:10 UTC), but downstream effects continued. We believe the issue to be fully mitigated because the majority of local Internet Service Providers (ISP) have refreshed their DNS servers and customer services have been restored. If you are still encountering download failures, please contact your local ISP.
While this was not an issue with Microsoft’s services, we take any service disruption for our customers seriously. We will work with partners to better understand this so we can provide higher quality service in the future even across diverse global network providers.

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MS Office Updates Out, Some Already Pulled
How-to update MS Office: Install Office updates
All Office Downloads & Info
Office Standalone Latest Updates
Update history for Office 365 ProPlus – Version 1812: January 3
The updates for Office 2010 have been pulled:
January 2, 2019, update for Office 2010 (KB4032217)
After you install this update, you may experience difficulties in Microsoft Excel or other applications. To resolve this, uninstall the update by following the instructions in the “More information” section.
This update is no longer available.

Updated: WACUP (WinAmp Community Update Project)
Version 1.0.0.3174 released
WACUP (which can be pronounced as wakeup or wac-up or however you prefer it in your native tongue) is designed to work only with the patched Winamp 5.666 release to provide bug fixes, updates of existing features and most importantly new features with the goal to eventually become it’s own highly Winamp compatible media player.
WACUP makes use of the benefits of Winamp being heavily based on a plug-in system so new plug-ins can add additional features as well as allowing replacements to be created which provide better implementations over the plug-ins natively included with Winamp.
Download & Info

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Apple plasters privacy ad on billboard near Las Vegas Convention Center ahead of CES
“What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone.”
Well played Apple. Never been to CES (can’t afford it) and I didn’t know CES was still a serious thing. Especially since there was a move to reduce or eliminate the best thing about it, Booth Babes!

Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data
The Weather Channel app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers, the city attorney of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.

Popular Weather App Collects Too Much User Data, Security Experts Say
The app, called “Weather Forecast—World Weather Accurate Radar,” collects data including smartphone users’ geographic locations, email addresses and unique 15-digit International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers on TCL servers in China

Congrats on the new baby. Would you like a DNA screening test?
Every baby born in the United States is given a routine blood test to screen for dozens of inherited medical conditions. Now, the U.S. National Institutes of Health is exploring whether to use DNA sequencing to screen newborn babies for additional genetic abnormalities and disorders…One of the “key ethical issues” when using genome sequencing as a screening tool in newborns (or children in general), she wrote, “is that a comprehensive genetic profile is established without the person’s consent and without a clinical indication…”The issue with genetic information is, that once generated, it cannot be made ‘undone,’ ” wrote Lunshof, who was not involved in Beggs’ study. “If genetic information (that is often probabilistic) is on file, will it be used similar to ‘existing disorders’ and lead to denial of health insurance coverage?”

Move Over ‘Friends,’ Millennials Now Find ‘Seinfeld’ Problematic
Now, one of the most popular and successful TV shows of all time is considered problematic for several jokes that were okay – or a little edgy – in the 1990s that are now offensive to American millennials. The previous victim of this new, politically correct world was “Friends.” Now, “Seinfeld” is getting the social justice warrior treatment.

Blue Moon named official “craft beer” of the Kentucky Derby
Twatwaffles. Blue Moon isn’t craft beer. It is owned by MillerCoors which is owned the Molson Coors Brewing Company, world’s 7th largest brewing company.
Craft beer has the following label:

METALLICA’s LARS ULRICH Interviews JOAN JETT For ‘It’s Electric!’ Radio Show
Joan Jett recently joined METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich for a special edition of “It’s Electric!”, his online radio show on Apple Music’s Beats 1. She reflects on performing with NIRVANA at the 2014 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, dissects the role of women in glam rock, discusses her 2018 documentary “Bad Reputation”, and more.
I love Joan Jett!

The Apathetic Washington Redskins Fans

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Warning – This a completely Off Topic and self-serving post.
I’ve put this here as much as a place maker for myself as anything.

The Redskins suck. They’ve sucked for a long time. So long that the once rabid fan-base has mostly become “over it”. For a little while each season I try to care, but I just don’t. Not anymore. I’m a guy that used to watch 3 NFL games at once. Usually one of them was my other favorite, the Raiders. Yeah I know, I can really pick’em. At least my Sundays are free for other things now.
[Read more…] about The Apathetic Washington Redskins Fans

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Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Nvidiux: Nvidia GPU Overclocking And Underclocking Software For Linux (GUI)
“Nvidiux is a graphical Nvidia GPU overclocking tool for Linux. The application makes it easy to overclock or underclock Nvidia GPUs, while also providing some extra features like fan control or GPU monitoring.”
Cool!

The best phone to buy right now (2018) – The Verge
LOL. I knew what their pick was before I clicked the link. And they wonder why people call them iVerge…

USPS Site Exposed Data on 60 Million Users
“U.S. Postal Service just fixed a security weakness that allowed anyone who has an account at usps.com to view account details for some 60 million other users, and in some cases to modify account details on their behalf.”
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…

Exclusive poll: America sours on social media giants
“In the past year, there has been a 15-point spike in the number of people who fear the federal government won’t do enough to regulate big tech companies — with 55% now sharing this concern…Yes, but: About 40% of Americans still feel that social media is a net positive for society. Overall, 65% of people say smartphones have made their quality of life better…Americans are more aware than ever before about the dark side of technologies, which should worry Silicon Valley.”
Apparently 40% of Americans wear rose colored glasses.

Google Reveals Plans to Monitor Our Moods, Our Movements, and Our Children’s Behavior at Home
“What the patents describe are sensors and cameras mounted in every room to follow us and analyze what we’re doing throughout our home.
They describe how the cameras can even recognize the image of a movie star’s image on a resident’s t-shirt, connect it to the person’s browsing history, and send the person an ad for a new movie the star is in.”
Smart homes, for people who aren’t.

Windows 10 Telemetry
This topic has been making the rounds for the last couple of days. The German government Federal Office for Information Security did a paper entitled, “Analysis of Telemetry component in Windows 10“. It dissects and offers advice on slowing/stopping/blocking Win10 telemetry.
This article and analysis offers absolutely nothing new. Geeks have known all this information for some time. Everything you could possibly want to know on this subject and the available solutions are available here:
Forums at Mt Digital Life – [REPO] Windows 10 TELEMETRY REPOSITORY (requires login to see everything)

My Amazon Fire HD 10
Received, rooted, hacked. Still playing with it. Article at least a week out.

Wednesday Random Stuff…

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Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 416.94 WHQL
“Provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V, Fallout 76, and Hitman 2”
Download | Release Notes

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.5 Released
I bookmarked this this morning. Unfortunately ATM the site seems to be having issues.
Download | Release Announcement

U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves are Abusing USPS’s Mail Scanning Service
“A year ago, KrebsOnSecurity warned that “Informed Delivery,” a new offering from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that lets residents view scanned images of all incoming mail, was likely to be abused by identity thieves and other fraudsters unless the USPS beefed up security around the program and made it easier for people to opt out. This week, the U.S. Secret Service issued an internal alert warning that many of its field offices have reported crooks are indeed using Informed Delivery to commit various identity theft and credit card fraud schemes.”

Hacker Breaks Down 26 Hacking Scenes From Movies & TV | WIRED
Not quite hacker related but the one tech related Hollywood BS that sets me off is “can you enhance that” when talking about pics or video.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! NO. NO you fracking can’t!

Wednesday Morning News

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Intel Graphics Driver for Windows 10
Version: 25.20.100.6373 Date: 11/5/2018

Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Drivers
Windows 7 Version: 20.90.0 Date: 11/6/2018
Windows 8.1 Version: 20.90.0 Date: 11/6/2018
Windows 10 Version: 20.90.0 Date: 11/6/2018

Microsoft Office November Updates
Bugfixes
Microsoft – How to install Office Updates

ADV180028 | Guidance for configuring BitLocker to enforce software encryption
Security Advisory – Published: 11/06/2018
“Microsoft is aware of reports of vulnerabilities in the hardware encryption of certain self-encrypting drives (SEDs). Customers concerned about this issue should consider using the software only encryption provided by BitLocker Drive Encryption™. On Windows computers with self-encrypting drives, BitLocker Drive Encryption™ manages encryption and will use hardware encryption by default. Administrators who want to force software encryption on computers with self-encrypting drives can accomplish this by deploying a Group Policy to override the default behavior. Windows will consult Group Policy to enforce software encryption only at the time of enabling BitLocker.”

System76 readies release of American-made powerhouse Linux PC
“Finding a native Linux PC isn’t easy. Any Best Buy has an assortment of Windows PCs and Chromebooks. But Linux-powered computers? Not so much. Now System76, one of the leading Linux PC companies, has created something even rarer: A PC built in the US.”

Friday Random Stuff…

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Macrium Reflect 7.2.3825
Update to fix a couple of issues.
Download

jv16 PowerTools 4.2.0.1920
Bugfixes and improvements.
Download | Blog announcement

Time To Patch
Woody says, It’s time to install the October Windows and Office patches — and maybe tweak your settings
“Yesterday, Microsoft suddenly stopped playing Three Card Monte with the Win7 Monthly Rollup. The Win10 1809 ‘up’grade remains under wraps. For the first time in a long time, the coast’s clear. Now’s an excellent time to get your October patches installed and, if you’re using a Win10 Pro version, consider changing some Windows Update advanced options.”

Amazon Early Black Friday Deals are live.
Amazon Early Black Friday Deals: Computer & Accessories

Have a great weekend!

Windows 10 1809 Is Out

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It took half a dozen “Check for updates” but it is showing up on Windows Update for me.
Windows 10 update history updated.
1809 Media Creation Tool is live.
Find out what’s new in Windows and Office in October

This post will be updated as news comes out.

Official Download Page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

ISOs:
Links may change at any time.
EN-US, x64:
https://software-download.microsoft.com/sg/Win10_1809_English_x64.iso?t=817bbaae-0315-460c-9626-43568e7f8e70&e=1538574542&h=021093a58665ad333c036bd14185d24a
EN-US, INTERNATIONAL, x64
https://software-download.microsoft.com/pr/Win10_1809_EnglishInternational_x64.iso?t=7c769231-a5d3-4460-9791-5b84446e9399&e=1538575517&h=102cd82c393e07d2ddaf95dde30665b1

Other builds here: https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php

Thursday Morning Random Stuff…

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FYI, I’m running Windows 10 October 2018 Update / 1809. So far everything seems to be OK. As with every other major update I had to reinstall SoundBlaster drivers.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition Optional 18.9.3
Support for Assassin’s Creed and Forza Horizon 4.
Download | Release Notes

Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox 3.5.5
Download | Release Notes

LibreOffice 6.1.2
Download | Release Notes

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Product updates based on your feedback
“We’ve heard—and appreciate—your feedback. We’re going to make a few updates in the next release of Chrome (Version 70, released mid-October) to better communicate our changes and offer more control over the experience…While we think sign-in consistency will help many of our users, we’re adding a control that allows users to turn off linking web-based sign-in with browser-based sign-in—that way users have more control over their experience. For users that disable this feature, signing into a Google website will not sign them into Chrome.”
Condensed version, you’ll bee able to disable the universal sign in.

Almost Every Major Free VPN Service is a Glorified Data Farm
“While many VPN service providers would want you to believe that they have charitable aims in offering VPN access for free, the reality is that most free VPN services are glorified data farms. I will know because I specialize in testing and reviewing VPNs. In a recent study my organization conducted, analyzing the most popular free VPN services, we discovered that pretty much every popular free VPN service is a glorified data farm or abuse access to user’s data and resources in some form. Hotspot Shield, in particular, is a major culprit.”
I use TorGuard. Use coupon code TweakHound for 50% Off for Life.

Hurricane Florence
Has anyone found a charity like the one JJ Watt set up for Houston?

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