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1. 
   Review - FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder

   20071004 rev1503 (Oct 5, 2007)

   @echohead
   
   Ummm...you spend 20mins b****ing about how bad and inefficient FFDShow is and then tell everyone to install the full k-lite CODEC pack...
   Have you even bothered to read the contents of it? Here's the first few lines:
   
   Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 3.4.5 FULL version :
   
   • Player :
   - Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.1]
   • FFDShow :
   - FFDShow [rev. 1475]
   - extra plugins
   - FFDShow VFW interface
   
   Plus all sorts of other crap you don't need.
   FFDShow ISN'T just an alternative to DivX, as you state, it's an extremely efficient DECODER of said CODEC as well as a bunch of other formats. On my old Celeron 700Mhz, certain DivX/XviD encoded files would go out of sync because the CPU couldn't keep up. FFDShow was so much faster, it was able to play those same files perfectly.
   You don't know what you're talking about, it's one of the best applications to install on ANY PC.

2. 
   Review - New Computer Designer

   0.6.21.0 (May 17, 2007)

   I just tried this. I looked at the screenshot and thought "this looks like a useless application" but I tried it anyway.
   
   And guess what, it IS a useless application.
   
   All you get are a bunch of tabs, CPU, Memory, Case etc.
   In each tab are a couple of drop-down boxes that list manufacturers and some of their products. Some.
   You still have to go out and find the prices yourself and if you want a product that's not listed, well, good luck.
   
   Overall, the same thing could be done with a spreadsheet template, or a simple online thing (That could be more up to date and even list places that sell the items).
   
   I'm giving it a 2 because the application itself, I guess, didn't seem buggy or anything. But it's still useless.

3. 
   Review - Apple Boot Camp

   1.1.1 Beta (Sep 17, 2006)

   I hate to break it to a lot of you Apple fanboys (some of whom can't even spell "amazing") but this program is neither Apple's invention or anything revolutionary. It's just a fancy boot manager with a nice GUI. Boot managers have been around for decades, they've existed on both PPC and x86 macs long before Apple ever released this. Apple has done nothing special here, they've just done (in their own, graphically appealing way) what Linux Developers and Microsoft have been doing for years.
   That said, this appears to be nicely done none the less, but if you're going to comment on it, get your facts right.

4. 
   Review - Vuze for Windows

   2.5.0.1 Beta 5 (Sep 4, 2006)

   This is an excellent program and nobody can say anything bad about it except for it's memory usage.
   I myself prefer uTorrent as I'm fortunate enough to own a connection fast enough to let me torrent without affecting the games I play online too much (maybe an extra 20-30ms on my ping as long as I limit the upload accordingly) and Azureus would just eat up too much of my RAM.
   But other than that, you can't fault the program, plus it'll work on just about ANY operating system you can think of, a distinct advantage over uTorrent.
   In the end, it's up to you what you use, but that by no means makes this a bad program.

5. 
   Review - MySpaceIM

   1.0.281.0 Beta (May 23, 2006)

   This program is clearly a rip-off of AIM based around the myspace hype.
   We don't need another IM client, nor do we need one to be linked into MySpace.

6. Comment - GPU-enriched 3D for Web browsers targeted for H1 2010

   1.0.281.0 Beta (Aug 4, 2009 - 5:46 PM)

   That would be your fault for being on a WebGL page at the time.

7. Comment - Every UK home to get a smart meter

   1.0.281.0 Beta (May 12, 2009 - 8:29 PM)

   Ummm....is anyone else thinking this is just fancy marketing talk for installing a meter that's inevitably going to charge you MORE?
   
   Particularly that last line. A different age? An age where it didn't matter if you were undercharged by half a unit? Yeah, I don't think so.

8. Comment - SanDisk unveils 'slotMusic,' a flash-based competitor to CD music

   1.0.281.0 Beta (Sep 22, 2008 - 5:42 PM)

   My MP3 player and my phone can both accept these. Since most people don't even use portable CD players these days, it's not a bad idea.

9. Comment - Corel: We are not...not for sale

   1.0.281.0 Beta (Aug 22, 2008 - 12:11 PM)

   No, because Microsoft never forced OEMs to bundle Word or Works?

10. Comment - Mozilla: Tell us how you see the future of Web browsing

    1.0.281.0 Beta (Aug 6, 2008 - 9:52 AM)

    "maybe Firefox, maybe something else"
    
    Keep living up to your name.