Improved Preformance and Privacy in Firefox 21.0

Improved Preformance and Privacy in Firefox 21.0

 Mozilla has released Firefox 21.0 Final, a major new version of its cross-platform, open-source web browser for Windows, Mac and Linux. Version 21 gives users more control over their tracking cookie preferences, extends the social API to support four new providers and implements support for tools to help with troubleshooting and performance issues.

Also included in this release are improvements to its Do Not Track Feature, users now have three options via the Privacy tab of Firefox’s Options dialog. The default "user says nothing" and "user says don’t track" have now been joined by a "Tell sites that I want to be tracked" option for those who wish to allow tracking in order to see more personally relevant advertising.

Mozilla has also improved Firefox's Social API to support new providers. Users now have the option to add Asian social providers Mixi and Weibo, plus news aggregators msnNOW and Cliqz. Once installed, users switch between providers by clicking the main button and selecting the chosen provider from the list.

 Lastly is this author's personal favorite the new Firefox Health Report. A tool that provides information designed to improve browser performance while also sharing data with Mozilla, This can be disabled for those that do not wish to share data with Mozilla, Options dialog -- select Advanced > Data Choices tab to do so. Firefox will also monitor start-up times and alert users via the status bar of slow start times and offer a link to a web site which will offer advise on how to improve start up speed.

Version 21.0 update also comes with the promise of improved graphics performance, the implementation of Remote Profiling for developers and the removal of support for certain depreciated History APIs as part of Firefox’s drive towards asynchronous History and Bookmarks.

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nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows 320.14 Beta

nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows 320.14 Beta

Recommended driver for Nvidia cards. It is Microsoft WHQL-certified and will also be available for download via Windows Update.

 nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows 320.14 Beta

Latest Changes

• - Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured ga
• - GeForce GTX 660: ?Up to 20% in Dirt: Showdown
• - Up to 18% in Tomb Raider
• - Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light
• - Up to 8% in StarCraft II
• - Up to 6% in Sniper Elite V2

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Homedale:WLAN Monitor WIFI access Points

Homedale::WLAN Monitor

Homedale lets you search for Wi-Fi / WLAN Access Points and monitor their signal strength. See an overview of all available access points with their signal strength, encryption [WEP/WPA/WPA2], speed and channel. You can also monitor the signal strength of selected access points in a graph over the time. With a right mouse click, you can start logging to a text file and create a screenshot. Make a right mouse click to connect and disconnect from a WLAN access point.

Signal Strength

You can also monitor the signal strength of selected access points in a graph over the time. With a right mouse click, you can start logging to a text file and create a screenshot.

 

Connect

Make a right mouse click to connect and disconnect from a WLAN access point. The blue icon shows the currently connected access point.

 

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Monitor and Log TCP Connections With TcpLogView

Monitor and Log TCP Connections With TcpLogView

TcpLogView is a free connection monitoring software for Windows. You can use TcpLogView to monitor and log TCP connections. When a process on your system creates a connection, both the process name and the location where it has connected will be logged.


TcpLogView is portable, you can use it from a USB flash drive for example. Without any active TCP connections on startup, the list that you see will be empty. As soon as you start an application that establishes an online connection, you should see new events being logged inside TcpLogView.

System Requirements & Limitations

• This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 8. On 64-bit systems, you should use the x64 build of TcpLogView.
• This utility creates the TCP log by taking a snapshot of currently open TCP connections, and comparing it to the previous snapshot. This means that if a TCP connection is opened for a very short time, then TcpLogView will not be able to capture it.
• On Windows Vista/7/8 with UAC turned on, you should run TcpLogView as administrator if you want to get full process information. 

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Download TcpLogView for 64-bit systems

 

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013 Issued: May 9, 2013

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on May 14, 2013. The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013 can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms13-may.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the May bulletin summary on May 14, 2013. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/advance.

To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications on http://technet.microsoft.com/security/dd252948.

Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on May 15, 2013, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register for the Security Bulletin Webcast at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin.

Microsoft plans to release 10 security patches May 15th 2013;

2 Rated Critical (Internet Explorer)
8 Rated Important. (2x Windows, 3x Office, 1x lync, 1x .net, and 1x MSSE)

As with all updates make sure to set a restore point and back up all data prior to downloading and installing these updates to prevent loss of data.

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