Activity for October 6

Review - SpeedCommander
13.00.5875 RC (Oct 6, 2009)

Another good file manager along the ranks of Total Commander and X2plorer. Has built-in Zip, FTP/FTPS/SFTP and advanced file renaming capabilities. With the plethora of File Manager/Explorer replacements out there boasting similar features it's difficult to pick a reason why you should use this one. I was a big user of Norton Commander back in the DOS days and that is what drew me to it. I prefer it to TC but definitely this is not as powerful as X2plorer - just easier to use.

Haven't tried Directory Opus so I can't compare but as Second Shadow pointed out all their support forums are in German.
Review - AVG Anti-Virus Free
8.5.409a1634 (Sep 17, 2009)

I apologise to those of you who were under the false impression that an AV that deletes vital system components is a good AV program. I realize this is your pet program and you will defend it to the bitter end but it doesn't change the fact that on a PC where the hard drive was wiped, XP SP2 PRO Retail (licensed copy I purchased at BestBuy 2 years ago) was installed AND NOTHING ELSE except AVG 8.5.406a1616 followed by it's updates it proceeded to flag both XP and AVG components as malware. I've never heard of an AV prog that confused its own components with malware.

It is very peculiar that FAQ #1574: False positive "user32.dll" - NOV 2008 in which AVG mistakenly flagged a vital Windows system component can no longer be found on AVG's website but older FAQs are still there.

THE REAL TAO: I do not work for a competitor. Anyone with half a brain knows that any software that deletes system files is either malware or a badly written POS.

In AVG's defense both McAfee and CA antivirus have had similar incidents. I wonder if they all use the same signature database.
Review - LimeWire for Windows
5.3.4 Beta (Sep 17, 2009)

ROFLMAO @ flippy!!

That website is full of malware!! Do a search and see for yourself or just read McAfee Site Advisor's comment:

http://www.siteadvisor.be/sites/ez-tracks.com

I am somewhat flattered that you plagiarized my review from Feb 14 2008 on your website but I don't wish to be affiliated with spam/malware/adware ridden sites in any way.

ez-tracks.com = ez-pwnyourpc.com
Review - UseNeXT
5.0.2 (Sep 15, 2009)

1. Subscribe to a well-known Newsgroup provider (Giganews, Astraweb, etc.) which has comparable pricing.
2. Download a usenet client (Newsbin Pro, Newsleecher, or if you don't want to pay get Grabit which is freeware).
3. Join an NZB forum (there are plenty).
4. Be happy.

I use Giganews and have never had a problem and max out my 30MB connection. I cancelled my account for the summer while I was vacationing and did not get billed anything. Re-instated my account, works fine. Maybe others here can recommend other providers as well.

Ignore 360baike. Click on it's name and you will see all it's posts are spam for Usenext.
Review - KillProcess
2.44 (Sep 3, 2009)

I have compared this to Process Explorer and while it is missing most of the features PE has it's advertised as having the ability to end any process or service including protected Microsoft processes. Window's built-in Task Manager won't let you end those but both PE and KillProcess will so this doesn't offer any advantage over PE. If you have Norton AV products running on your system there is a protected process called Ccsvchst.exe that cannot be terminated with either KillProcess or PE.

Summary: Good, no advantage over PE which offers more information for each running process. Would be a 5 if it could end ANY protected process.
Comment - Analysts: Consumers drop TV, turn to Internet for entertainment
2.44 (Nov 25, 2008 - 4:02 PM)

Sadly there really isnt anything worth watching. Too much 'reality TV' and other filler material (what idiot still watches 'American Idol'?).
Here's a very unsurprising study that found that unhappy people watch a lot of TV:
http://www.reuters.com/a...s/idUSTRE4AH2WA20081118

Aside from college sports and NFL TV is an electronic sleeping pill for me.

I just go out a lot because there's a lot of garbage on the world wild web as well.
Comment - Senate antitrust chief demands answers on US text messaging prices
2.44 (Sep 13, 2008 - 8:59 AM)

I'm not sure about other service providers but I am a T-Mobile customer and have had all my phones unlocked whenever my contract came up for renewal and was sent a new phone. All you need to do is call customer service and tell them you are going out of the country and want to use your phone somewhere they have no service such as Venezuela. They will walk you through unlocking process. I don't know if they are required by law to do this or they simply do it as a courtesy. I am very happy with TMob right now because I get good service in my area but if I move and want to switch my phone will already be unlocked. I hate locked phones.

@Owilliams:
I agree. Only parents are impacted by these excessive messaging charges because kids practically live off text messaging/AIM. It's much much faster to dial the phone and talk with someone than it is to message back and forth. I mostly send text as a replacement for leaving a voice mail since that comes up right on your phone instead of having to dial your mailbox and listening to a garbled message.
Comment - Yahoo to cut 1,000 jobs, warns of an uncertain 2008
2.44 (Feb 1, 2008 - 10:10 AM)

@Morena. Spammer.

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Spam. Garbage wesbsite
Comment - EBay slashes some fees as incentives for sellers
2.44 (Feb 1, 2008 - 10:09 AM)

@Morena. Spammer.

non-interesting spam
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Garbage wesbsite
Comment - Firefox share up again in Europe
2.44 (Feb 1, 2008 - 10:08 AM)

@Morena. Spammer.

horrible

http://www.spymac.com/details/?2336507
Not interesting - Spam. Garbage wesbsite