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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 92.0.4515.159 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 9 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info | Android Too

Firefox 91.0.1
Bugfixes, stability fixes, and a security fix.
Download | Release Notes

HandBrake 1.4.1
“This is a small patch release which fixes a number of common issues with the 1.4 release.”
Download | Release Info

Windows 10 Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel Wireless Adapters
v22.70.0, Download
Intel Killer Performance Suite
v3.0.1606, Download

Hilarious
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Thursday News

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Left town for a few days to visit the in-laws.
No longer on Windows 11 Beta, I just couldn’t take it anymore.

Win10 Updated
Patches covering 40 some CVEs,
August 10, 2021—KB5005033 (OS Builds 19041.1165, 19042.1165, and 19043.1165)

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.7.1 OPTIONAL Drivers
1 fix, support for RX 6600 XT
Download | Release Notes

Intel Graphics Windows DCH Drivers
Driver Version: 30.0.100.9805. Half dozen fixes, Support for Naraka: Bladepoint
Download & Info

Firefox 91
A few security and privacy related improvements, “now supports logging into Microsoft, work, and school accounts using Windows single sign-on”
Download | Release Notes

Notepad++ 8.1.2
10 bug-fixes and improvements.
Download & Info

Tuesday Morning News

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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 92.0.4515.131 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 10 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info | Android Too

MediaMonkey 5.0.1.2431
“over 200 fixes and improvements.”
200??? That tells me version 5 wasn’t ready for prime time. I’m still using version 4.
Download & Info

Registry Explorer
“Replacement for the Windows built-in Regedit.exe tool”
Thanks to Mick for suggesting this new Cool Tool.
Home | Download

Here’s how police can get your data — even if you aren’t suspected of a crime
“The police are increasingly using tactics like reverse search warrants to grab the data of many people in the hope of finding their suspect among them. You might get swept up in one just because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time or looked up the wrong search term. And you might never know that you got caught in the dragnet.“

Weekend Random Stuff…

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Win10 Preview Update
There a ton of fixes and improvements in this. Might wanna give it a look.
July 29, 2021—KB5004296 (OS Builds 19041.1151, 19042.1151, and 19043.1151) Preview

Wise Disk Cleaner 10.6.1
1. Optimized the cleaning rules of Common Cleaner.
2. Added new actions in Disk Defrag, support Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernation, and Logout.
3. Newly clean up the cache files of iQIYI UWP edition.
4. Added support for cleaning up Thunder’s automatic update files.
5. Fix some known errors.
6. Optimize the operation interface.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
They also have a new program to check if your rig can do Win11: Checkit

Winaero Tweaker 1.3
A few more Win11 tweaks.
Download & Info
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Weekend Random Stuff…

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Mp3tag 3.08
“Mp3tag is a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.”
Usability improvements, a few fixes, changes, and improvements.
Download | Release Notes

EMDB 4.09
Free movie collection database software.
Download | What’s New

People are getting malware from fake Windows 11 installers
“It’s wild to have to say this, but if you’re planning to install Windows 11, you should get it from official sources. As it turns out, people who are using alternative methods to get Windows 11 are also getting some malware along with it, according to Kaspersky.”
Currently Windows 11 is pre-alpha stage. Not interested.

Thursday Random Stuff…

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Firefox 90.0.2
2 fixes and updates to support DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS) Canada rollout.
Download | Release Notes
Firefox extends privacy and security of Canadian internet users with by-default DNS-over-HTTPS rollout in Canada

Intel Killer Performance Suite 3.0.1571
This download record installs Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software for the Intel Killer products.
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Intel Wireless Driver Updates
Windows 10 Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel Wireless Adapters v22.60.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 v22.60.0

VirtualBox 6.1.24
“This is a maintenance release.”
Download | Release Notes
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Tuesday News

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Google Chrome Updated
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 92 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux”
Chrome Blog: Privacy and performance, working together in Chrome
“That’s why today, we’re making a number of privacy features more accessible, useful and powerful in Chrome — helping you make informed decisions faster, and saving you some battery, too.”
Download | Release Info | Android Too
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