Favorite Files

1. AC3Filter
2. Adobe Reader for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2008
3. Adobe Shockwave Player
4. AnyDVD HD
5. AVG Anti-Virus Free
6. BurnAware Free
7. CCleaner
8. ConvertXtoDVD
9. DAEMON Tools
10. DivX for Windows
11. Exact Audio Copy
12. FileZilla Portable
13. FileZilla v3 for Windows
14. Google Chrome for Windows
15. HijackThis
16. Internet Explorer Collection
17. Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE)
18. KeePass Password Safe Classic Edition
19. KeePass Password Safe Professional Edition
20. Messenger Plus! Live
21. Miro for Windows
22. Mp3tag
23. Nero
24. Notepad++
25. O&O Defrag Professional
26. PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition
27. PeerGuardian for Windows 2000/XP/2003
28. QuickTime Alternative (QT7)
29. Real Alternative Regular
30. REAPER for Windows (x86)
31. Sandboxie
32. save2pc
33. Skype for Windows
34. UltraISO
35. Unlocker
36. VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows
37. Vuze for Windows
38. Winamp 5 Full
39. WinRAR (32-bit)
40. WinRAR Unplugged

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - SUPER ©

   2009.build.36 (Jun 12, 2009)

   Appalling website with the download link requiring you to spend at least 5 minutes looking for it.
   
   Other than that, this program has been useful to me on ocasion and never crashed or let me down, so since I'm rating the program it gets a 5.
   
   The website would score a 0.

2. 
   Review - Windows Media Components for QuickTime

   2.2.2.7 (Jun 10, 2009)

   This is in fact version 2.2.3.7
   
   Works pretty well for me. Slightly stupid that you're supposed to pay to make WMV files though.

3. 
   Review - REAPER for Windows (x86)

   3.0 (May 26, 2009)

   There really aren't words to describe how spectacular this piece of software has become over the last few years.
   With version 3 it has really solidified and become strongly worth considering among the expensive alternatives.

4. 
   Review - CPU-Z

   1.51 (Apr 28, 2009)

   Why on earth have they given it an installer?
   The whole point of it (for me) was that it was portable and could be used to analyse core system components when diagnosing faults.
   
   They've kept the version without though, so that's all good.
   Available here: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history

5. 
   Review - Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows XP

   8.0 (Mar 19, 2009)

   Easily the best browser that Microsoft have made thus far.
   Still quite a long way behind Chrome, Opera and Firefox in terms of performance, but excellent from a web designers viewpoint.
   Thank you, Microsoft.

6. Comment - New EU telecoms framework mandates user consent before getting cookies

   8.0 (Nov 11, 2009 - 3:50 PM)

   Interesting thought. Perhaps we'll have to go back to the bad old days of passing all the info through the URL.

7. Comment - New EU telecoms framework mandates user consent before getting cookies

   8.0 (Nov 11, 2009 - 3:49 PM)

   Well what do they do about European companies with servers in the US/elsewhere?
   Where would the law stand on that?

8. Comment - Is AES encryption crackable?

   8.0 (Nov 5, 2009 - 11:46 AM)

   The answer to the question of "Is AES encryption crackable?" is yes.
   What we are seeing over the past 10/20 years is a gradual increase in the time it takes to crack such encryption.
   
   WEP = near instantaneous
   WPA = Bit longer
   WPA2 = Longer still
   
   Much the same with hashing algorithms too.
   
   MD5 is broken.
   SHA1 is flawed but not proved yet.
   SHA2 isn't broken yet.

9. Comment - Faster or more secure? Microsoft publishes IE patch to Automatic Updates

   8.0 (Nov 5, 2009 - 11:40 AM)

   Heh, Do you Canadian's actually know what the 5th Nov is actually a celebration of?

10. Comment - Internet Explorer slows down again: Is Microsoft messing up IE's JavaScript?

    8.0 (Nov 3, 2009 - 6:23 PM)

    I adore your bad analogies.
    
    What it's actually like is a boat with a hole.
    Essentially, what this update has done is trade speed for a plug for the hole.
    
    Which would you rather? Die after 30 seconds of attempting to cross the ocean at breakneck speed (which of course it wasn't in the first place), or actually reach the other side one day?