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1. 
   Review - Norton Removal Tool for Windows 2000/XP/Vista

   2008.0.3.13 (Mar 19, 2008)

   I can't possibly write a rating higher then a 3....it really needs to be able to remove Symantec antivirus as well, I mean its almost the same program, made by the same company. Instead of relying on customers writing and updating large .bat files and huge .reg files. As for everyones comments on it being bloated, it bogs down my system far less then every other av I tried, except for the non-live scanning ones, which shouldn't count.
   
   But since we're straying off topic anyway give me a chance to scream spyware are viruses too, I shouldn't need two separate programs scanning every file my computer accesses, for --- sakes someone make a program for both!

2. 
   Review - µTorrent for Windows

   1.8 Build 6838 Alpha (Dec 11, 2007)

   No spyware that we know of...considering all the amounts of data sent to how many different ip's it'd be kind of hard to figure out if it was.
   
   Ever since they sold out I don't trust them anymore, neither do a lot of people, and I'm fairly convinced that as soon as theres an alternative that isn't extreme bloat/adware(bitcomet) or just extremely slow and crappy (azur...the frog, I can't ever spell it right) then utorrent will loose most the remaining people who are crossing their fingers hoping all their torrent activity isn't being sold to RIAA/MPAA or some advertising company.
   
   I give it a 3 because its still one of the lightest, and most stable torrent programs out there, and because there's a small *chance* this isn't spyware. It really needs its source opened if the creators want its customers to stop dropping, and have any hope of regaining the popularity it once had.

3. 
   Review - Yahoo! Messenger for Windows

   9.0.0.907 Beta (Nov 8, 2007)

   I give it a 3, as its still one of the most common messengers and makes web cam easy, and while bloated its still crashes far less then Skype. Also ICQ is still the best IM client IMHO because the messages are directly peer-to-peer and not routed through some mystery (untrustworthy?) middle server, which also makes transfers faster, and most importantly its the only IM I know of where I can right-click on my contacts to get their current/last known IP address, useful if your pals don't have a static.

4. 
   Review - SmartFTP (x86)

   2.5.1007.2 Beta (Oct 18, 2007)

   Didn't SmartFTP use to be completely free? and does it still nag you constantly that the build your running was compiled along time ago based off your calender date and that there is probably an update, making a very annoying nag system for closed networks... Try FileZilla people.

5. 
   Review - UltraMon

   3.0.0 Beta 1 (Sep 12, 2007)

   Had to update my review and lower the score, sorry Ultramon I love your skin support, but I just got hit with a painful bug. Appearently the smart taskbar doesn't support processes started under another account with the runas command.

6. Comment - A wish list for Office 2010

   3.0.0 Beta 1 (Jun 28, 2009 - 6:16 AM)

   Didn't really read what I wrote did you, I have half a dozen Access applications that use SQL. Access doesn't have to do the database-ing, it can be an easy to use interface without having to code your own software program or make a web interface, and is easy enough to use for end users to create their own reports query's and filters.

7. Comment - A wish list for Office 2010

   3.0.0 Beta 1 (Jun 25, 2009 - 2:37 PM)

   1. He wants he's old interface back. He also still call's it wordstar on occasion and blathers on about how much better it is than wordperfect...
   
   Seriously though, I hardly ever use any office products, so I almost never remember where what I'm looking for is. Everything's been a lot easier to find with the ribbon though, so I like it.
   
   Holy frikken pss, I just scrolled up to read #2+ (as I started typing my comments before I finished reading) and he is going on and on about word perfect. I swear I didn't even really know when I made my above comment.
   
   Otherwise I can agree with a few other things that's been said. Maybe re-allocate some of the bloat into more plugin's/add-ons/extentions/whatever you want to call it today, have a shortcut to start with minimal features for slower machines, maybe dymanically only enable plugins as they're discovered used for your current doc.
   
   As for corruption, I haven't really seen any issues with this unless your using access. For the love of g*d, why does Access files become 10x or 100x+ bigger then shrink back to the original size when you click compact and repair? Query-catching? I guess that could explain a little, but I'd rather feel better without any type of caching - to much risk that you coded something poorly and the users will receive outdated data. I'd turn it off. There's still no explanation, especially if the tables are up-scaled. With a little bit of the obvious I think access could be reliable, heck I have a couple completely reliable ones that are read-only and obdc to sql. The trick is to make the access file read-only. To bad half of everything doesn't work in read-only mode, and I have to spend tons of time researching ways to write code that does the same thing, only read-only friendly. Grr.

8. Comment - IRS hires its first-ever CTO; who will be Obama's?

   3.0.0 Beta 1 (Nov 20, 2008 - 4:18 AM)

   Al gore never said he invented the internet, that was a republican smearing campain to make people not vote for him.
   
   I can't believe how many frikken geniuses still think this how many years later...

9. Comment - SP2 for Vista, WS2K8 to enter beta Wednesday, will support Blu-ray

   3.0.0 Beta 1 (Oct 27, 2008 - 8:41 AM)

   The only reason I don't have a big complaint about it is my personal addiction to bitlocker. That and my technet subscription still costs the same =)

10. Comment - SP2 for Vista, WS2K8 to enter beta Wednesday, will support Blu-ray

    3.0.0 Beta 1 (Oct 26, 2008 - 5:33 AM)

    I didn't mean to imply touchscreen capabilitys weren't already in windows, just that the interface will be more multi-touch oriented and friendly.
    
    Other then that little tweaks and enhancements, I just don't expect anything else to really be a hudge difference, though I still plan to upgrade (although after the extreme lack of content for vista ultimate users, I would hope we'd get a free windows7 upgrade off windowsupdate, though I don't expect it.)