MediaMonkey 5.0
“9 years after the first release of MediaMonkey 4, we’re proud to announce MediaMonkey 5! It’s a complete overhaul of MediaMonkey that includes a foundation for a more modern UI, a framework that allows MediaMonkey better integrate with cloud/music services, and allows MediaMonkey to eventually become cross-platform and support different form factors.”
I fired it up. Album Art isn’t there. I feel like I’m looking at the periodic table. Went to Views and nothing obvious. I shouldn’t have to work for it. Displays just fine in MediaMonkey 4. Uninstalled (at least for now).
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Thursday Morning News…
Sysinternals Freeware Updated
***Do not update Autoruns. Version 13.99 crashes on Win10 20H2 x64.
Autoruns, Procmon, Sysmon, and others updated.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 90.0.4430.85 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 7 security fixes.”
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Tuesday Random Stuff…
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 Recommended (WHQL)
A bunch of new features. Be sure to see the release notes.
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Tor Browser 10.0.16
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Tails 4.18
Couple of fixes. Updated Firefox.
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VirtualBox 6.1.20
A bunch of fixes and a few improvements.
Download | Changelog
Off Topic
Dunning-Kruger Effect: Ignorance and Overconfidence Affect Intuitive Thinking, New Study Says
“To put it bluntly, the Dunning-Kruger effect says that due to cognitive bias, incompetent people are too inept to realize they are incompetent, which causes them to defend incorrect opinions or beliefs.”
Sharks’ Patrick Marleau Passes Gordie Howe for Most Games Played in NHL History
“Nobody has played more regular-season games in NHL history than San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau.
Monday’s contest against the Vegas Golden Knights was the 1,768th game of his career, which passed the legendary Gordie Howe’s mark of 1,767…The 41-year-old entered the league in the 1997-98 season for the Sharks”
Well done sir.
Monday Random Stuff…
Firefox 88
A few of minor changes and fixes. 13 security fixes. FTP disabled and is slated for removal.
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Audacity 3.0.2
“Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.”
A few improvements and fixes.
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What Is Hi-Fi Audio, and Should You Pay More for It?
“Can I Hear the Difference in Quality?…Do I Need Special Equipment?…Where Can I Stream It?…How Much Does It Cost?”
Friday Random Stuff…
Patch Tuesday
Thursday Random Stuff…
It’s boring out there computer news wise. I’m sure folks have been doing some spring breaking like I have been.
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack
Version: 26.2 Date: 3/31/2021
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HWiNFO
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Download (I use the portable version) | Version History
Are You One of the 533M People Who Got Facebooked?
“Ne’er-do-wells leaked personal data — including phone numbers — for some 553 million Facebook users this week.”
#DeleteFacebook
String theorist Michio Kaku: ‘Reaching out to aliens is a terrible idea’
“There are some colleagues of mine that believe we should reach out to them. I think that’s a terrible idea. We all know what happened to Montezuma when he met Cortés in Mexico so many hundreds of years ago.”
Dr. Stephen Hawking had the same instinct.
Thursday Random Stuff…
PowerToys v0.35
A few fixes and improvements.
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VMware Workstation 16.1.1 Player
“Important Fixes
In this release of VMware Workstation Player, the VMNet driver related security improvements as suggested by BoB driverThru have been implemented.”
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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 465.89 WHQL
“This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the launch of Outriders, which features NVIDIA DLSS technology. Additionally, this release also provides optimal day-1 support for:
DIRT 5’s new ray tracing update, The launch of Evil Genius 2: World Domination, The launch of the KINGDOM HEARTS Series on the Epic Games Store
Gaming Technology: Includes support for Resizable BAR across the GeForce RTX 30 Series of Desktop and Notebook GPUs, Includes beta support for virtualization on GeForce GPUs”
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If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser
“A new crop of internet browsers from Brave, DuckDuckGo and others offer stronger privacy protections than what you might be used to.”
Go Sports!
It’s snowing on opening day at Comerica Park and Tarheels Coach Roy Williams retired. I keep hoping the latter is an April Fool’s joke.
New Intel Chipset Drivers
Intel Chipset Drivers
Package version: 10.1.18716.8265
Installer version: 3.1.7.142
Date: 03/30/2021
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
Microsoft Windows 10 (Refer Release Notes for details.)
Microsoft Windows 10 x64
Microsoft Windows* Server 2016 x64
Microsoft Windows* Server 2019 x64
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Wednesday Morning Random Stuff…
Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 89.0.4389.114 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 8 security fixes.”
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel Wireless Adapters
Version: 22.40.0 Date: 3/30/2021
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Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10
Version: 22.40.0 Date: 3/30/2021
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DuckDuckGo – Most Browser Tracking Protection Doesn’t Actually Stop Tracking by Default, but We Can Help
“While Google, Facebook, and others work hard to have their trackers get around browser roadblocks in pursuit of your data, we provide the tool to really push back without changing how you use the Internet. For everyone who’s had enough: the DuckDuckGo app & extension lets you take back your online privacy now.”
EFF – Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Browsers. Here’s What We Know.
“As we said before, “Google can choose to dismantle the old scaffolding for surveillance without replacing it with something new and uniquely harmful.” Google has failed to address the harms of FLoC, or even to convince us that they can be addressed. Instead, it’s running a test that will share new data about millions of unsuspecting users. This is another step in the wrong direction.”
Arstechnica – Intel 11th-generation Rocket Lake-S gaming CPUs did not impress us
“Rocket Lake-S has managed to achieve single-threaded parity with AMD’s Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 5, at the price of a significant decrease in multithreaded performance in Core i9. This makes i9-11900K an underwhelming upgrade, to say the least.“