From SyncError: Tonight's update has been made in anticipation and support of Dreamhack Winter 2009, taking place this November 26th-29th in Elmia, Sweden. These changes are primarily system and back-end related and do not change gameplay. Dreamhack will be hosting a QUAKE LIVE 64 player Duel tournament. We look forward to following the matches through the US Thanksgiving holiday week and would like to wish the best of luck to the tournament participants.
All that time and no changes, I must say I am disappointed (although I get that it's a free game and all that noise).
I don't know why I let these "updates" peak my interest anymore. They always end up being extremely disappointing, with nothing new. Heck, I even had myself prepared this time... I had my expectations set to uber low. All I wanted was one new cvar, and they even failed at that. I've never heard of an update where, nothing was updated before.