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Member since August 10, 2004

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    Kevin Baron

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  1. Review - PowerDVD

    9.0.2227 (Nov 3, 2009)

    It's just a video player and to be honest mostly for dvd's. It shouldnt cost more then 15 bucks.

  2. Review - Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable

    3.00.0089.00 (Aug 19, 2009)

    Gamers know what Live is. It lets you talk and chat while multiplayer gaming. It's a cool product. That of course gamers find usefull, like me.

  3. Review - Google Chrome for Windows

    0.2.149.27 Beta (Sep 2, 2008)

    Do we really need another browser? This Chrome seems to have no sidebars, which i like. It seems decent yet it doesn't look like anything special.

  4. Review - JavaRa

    1.05 Beta (Apr 30, 2008)

    Java sucks, what else should i say.

  5. Review - Winamp 5 Full

    5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Nov 11, 2007)

    After useing this version for a few week i just have to say, nothing is better. I've always used winamp, and yes tried many others. But this new version is everything i wanted it to be. Really a great update. It's so polished and well done. Many of the issues i had are now fixed. Except the scrolling feature in the playlist. I see no reason why it can't scroll thru hundreds if not thousands of songs with ease. If you go slow it does. Anyway, a great product.

  6. Comment - Google Chrome 4: Yes, it's fast, but is it usable?

    5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Nov 6, 2009 - 11:21 PM)

    Finally some truth from you Scott. Chrome does suck. It's like Vista(a unfinished idea). Windows 7 is a finished idea and product. But we are talking about google today.

    Regardless the lack of a favorites sidebar was a major issue for me. Cause i keep my sidebar open at all times. I got room for it on my 30inch monitor. Plus i use things like folders to organize my favorites so it makes things easy. Chrome lacks functionality in favor of speed.

    Example hxxp://img97.imageshack.us/i/63790824.jpg/\

    Now Nothing is 20 times faster then IE8 or 7 for that matter. We need to get to the bottom of this BS lie. I'm not here to say IE is the fastest. But when you say 20 times faster you lie point blank.

    IN MY INFORMAL testing it took Firefox 6 secs. to fully load msnbc and IE took 5 secs. Betanews took 3 secs on IE and 2 on firefox.

    Now i am no Scott M. Fulton the 3rd. But if you do the math i say if in fact IE is 20 times slower i should still be waiting for these pages to load. My Safari browser on my iPhone isnt even that slow SCOTT!

    Please dont waste our time with lies. If you testing refers to some test platform or something that is not a real world useage item, get rid of it. I dont see a major difference in speed between most of these browsers. Cause maybe i have a brain perhaps. I WILL NEVER SAY IE IS FASTER, CAUSE I DONT CARE. I am saying it works, it doesnt crash for me. It does what i need it to and it does it as fast as most other browsers from what i can tell in my informal testing. I don't need to know how fast it renders a javascript test file. I need to know how fast it loads my porn. Which it does really well.

    I do thank you Scott for shedding some light on the fact chrome stinks like a egg on features. I also dont like that recently viewed page i counldnt get rid of that shows whoever the last 8 or so pages i viewed. I got kids people, i dont need them knowing i was looking at porn last night. At least IE, Firefox and Opera at least all share a common look and functionality that makes it easy to switch between the 3 without pulling your hair out. Safari is just no fun. i used it once a year or so ago and it just felt like crap. Chrome felt better. But not by much.

    SCOTT please give us some real world testing. Cause if betanews loads on firefox in 3 secs. then it should take a full min. according to you.

    I am tired being made to look folish cause I cling to IE. IT is NOT AT ALL that slow. Be honest for once. It seems you keep plugging away with this browser war just to anger people. I dont think anyone cares about this made up browser war betanews created. We use what we like, not what you want us to like. And we dont use something cause we are dumb and dont care. Most of us have tried them all and settled with what FEELS GOOD TO US. It's personal choice.

  7. Comment - What hath Mac wrought? A remembrance after a quarter-century

    5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Nov 6, 2009 - 4:43 PM)

    Personal computers have come a long way. It feels like a million years ago when i wrote my first game for a mac. Things have really changed. I must say regardless of apple or microsoft, things are alot more meaningful with personal computers now then back then.

  8. Comment - Verizon Wireless launches new Android, Chocolate, and ruggedized phones

    5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Nov 6, 2009 - 12:52 PM)

    Cute phones but who cares, they are not iphones. Droid i have seen in person. does not impress me and is not good to look at.

  9. Comment - Sophos study suggests Windows 7 UAC's default setting is self-defeating

    5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Nov 5, 2009 - 6:05 PM)

    UAC sucks and has since vista. I never liked it and always turned it off. On windows 7 i have it set to never notify. But i use Microsoft Security Essentials. Which does catch stuff seemingly well. But no antivirus is perfect, of that i know for a fact.

    Microsoft needs to scrap UAC in favor of something that works but is not annoying. Maybe thats why they offered Microsoft Security Essentials for free.

    I should also add that Microsoft Security Essentials should come preinstalled on every pc. Sure it would anger every antivirus company on earth but it would make pc's safer. Cause far to many pc owners are brainless newbs who know nothing about how to protect themselves.

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

    5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Nov 5, 2009 - 12:38 PM)

    Here's a idea. Since most people probably have broadband and any speed difference in these browsers is negligible at best. Why not talk about real issues. The writer must hate IE or microsoft in general to be not letting this issue die. I have road runner with turbo boost. Which means nothing loads slow, EVER. IE is more secure i guess, but again I just like it more. The interface and all the little things that make me wanna use it more then firefox. Opera is almost a clone of firefox interface wise. So I like that to. Chrome and Opera are a joke. I really hate useing them. I've tried to like something more then IE but I just don't.
    So Scott why not move on to a subject we every day readers give a crap about. Like maybe the improvements to readyboost in windows 7 and chart the actual speed improvements there. If you havent heard the news maybe do some research and inform the rest of the site.