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   Review - HDD Health

   2.1 Build 159 (Aug 7, 2006)

   Does read SATA drives at this time.
   
   However, it is incorrectly reporting drive sizes. My two 160GB IDE drives are reporting as 134 GB. My 80GB drive is reporting as 398GB, and my 200GB is reporting as 2000GB!!!
   
   It seems to be pulling capacity numbers out of its arse. Giving it a 4 because it actually reports temperatures on the SATA drives which almost nothing else will do.

2. 
   Review - HD Tune

   2.52 (Aug 7, 2006)

   Nice, but it can't read my SATA drives at all. Makes it pretty useless for me.

3. 
   Review - Yahoo! Music Jukebox

   1.0.2.138 (Dec 11, 2005)

   Pretty good integration. I wouldn't use it for its own sake, but since I am a Plus! Launchcast subscriber (by nature of being SBC/Yahoo DSL customer), I tried it out. I subscribed to Yahoo Music Unlimited as well, which is awesome. I only listen to music at my PC, so the monthly fee model works much better for me than the pay by song model.
   
   It could use some feature work, but is reliable enough for me.

4. Comment - RadioShack Sends Pink Slips via E-mail

   1.0.2.138 (Aug 30, 2006 - 4:18 PM)

   The RS human resources team has always been "quirky" as far as I've heard.
   
   My own personal experience simply involves trying to get a job there. You have to jump through tons of hoops. When I tried to get a job there in the past, I was told to go to a regional training event, which was without pay. By going, I could have a CHANCE at a job - nothing was guaranteed. Nor would they even allow me to request my local store (which was actually in need at the time of employees), but rather they would simply assign one after you were hired.
   
   I decided that their method wasn't the ideal one for me. I've seen other companies that use regional training centers for new hires, but usually you have an idea that you even have a job before you schedule a day to waste, but not at Radio $hack.

5. Comment - WindowBlinds 5 Brings Vista UI to XP

   1.0.2.138 (Nov 30, 2005 - 2:21 AM)

   Okay, that is plain wrong. First off, even the 4.x versions used *VERY FEW* resources. Second off, if you'd RTFA, you'd see that version 5 doesn't even leave the loader in memory. You GUESS that it takes a lot of resources without actually trying it. That would make you wrong.

6. Comment - WindowBlinds 5 Brings Vista UI to XP

   1.0.2.138 (Nov 30, 2005 - 2:18 AM)

   At very high res (1600x1200) on a Trinitron display, cleartype actually looks better than standard font smoothing. However, even on a Trinitron, that's only an accident that it looks okay. It's *seriously* only designed for an LCD, because the subpixel blending which ClearType uses is not available on a CRT.

7. Comment - WindowBlinds 5 Brings Vista UI to XP

   1.0.2.138 (Nov 30, 2005 - 2:15 AM)

   Thing is, windowblinds uses very few resources! If you're using win98 or something, I might understand, but on XP it's very light. Benchmark testing shows that it's actually easier on resources than the built-in XP theme!

8. Comment - New UI Font Coming to Vista, Office 12

   1.0.2.138 (Nov 24, 2005 - 5:11 AM)

   I hope the final version of Segoe UI isn't the same as the copy I've got on my system (came packaged with a vista-like skin I believe). It looks horrible on my CRT (21" Trinitron)... some of the letters butt up against each other in ways that look bad. I hope what I've got, then, is a clone or preliminary version, and that the final will look better!