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Windows Updates
Addresses over 30 vulnerabilities.
Win10 – August 8, 2023—KB5029244 (OS Builds 19044.3324 and 19045.3324)
Win11 – August 8, 2023—KB5029253 (OS Build 22000.2295)
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 536.99 WHQL
Support for Baldur’s Gate 3, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Gord.
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Firefox 116
Over a dozen security fixes and a couple of new features.
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Microsoft PowerToys 0.72
“In this release, we focused on stability and improvements…Greatly reduced the PowerToys installed space by having utilities share the same installed path.”
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New Intel Wireless Drivers
Intel Windows 10 and Windows 11 Wi-Fi Drivers
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 and Windows 11
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Drivers for IT Admins
What I’ve been listening to lately:
[Read more…] about Music Playlists, Channels Summer 2023
My wife and I did some mountain biking last week. Thought I would share a short vid of one of the rides.
[Read more…] about Blackwater Canyon Trail Bike Ride
AMD Software Adrenalin 23.7.2 WHQL Drivers
A few fixes.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 115.0.5790.110 for Windows and Linux and 115.0.5790.114 for Mac”
Bugfixes
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Chrome for Android updated too.
Firefox 115.0.3
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Linux Mint 21.2
I just upgraded via the Update Manager.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 115 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 20 security fixes.”
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VirtualBox 7.0.10
“improves stability and fixes regressions.”
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A few fixes/improvements, support for Thunderbird, AndroidStudioCache, VMware Horizon Client, Corel PaintShop Pro, Google Drive, GoodSync, and BoxDrive.
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Windows Update
Over 80 vulnerabilities addressed.
Win10 – July 11, 2023—KB5028166 (OS Builds 19044.3208 and 19045.3208)
Win11 = July 11, 2023—KB5028185 (OS Build 22621.1992)
Haven’t seen the hawks in almost 2 weeks. Hopefully they show up next year.
Sysinternals Freeware Updated
Autoruns, Process Monitor, and Sysmon updated.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable and extended stable channels has been updated to 114.0.5735.198 for Mac and Linux and 114.0.5735.198/199 for Windows…This update includes 4 security fixes.”
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Chrome for Android updated too.
HWiNFO 7.50
Freeware hardware info tool.
A few fixes and new hardware support.
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dBpoweramp Music Converter R2023.06.26
This is the only program I use for audio ripping/converting. I use the non-free version.
A few fixes.
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Intel Wireless Drivers
Intel Killer Performance Suite 34.23.5134
Windows 10 and Windows 11 Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel Wireless Adapters 22.230.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 and Windows 11
EMDB 5.23
Freeware movie database software. A few fixes, a few new features.
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Turn your phone off every night for five minutes, Australian PM tells residents
“Experts back Anthony Albanese’s cybersecurity advice, saying forcibly closing apps could stop criminals from monitoring users or collecting data…
The Australian government’s advice is not new. In 2020, the United State’s National Security Agency issued best-practice guidelines for mobile device security, which included rebooting smartphones once a week to prevent hacking.“
