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   Review - Avant Browser

   11.0 Beta 5 (Aug 7, 2006)

   I have always liked AB and always highly recommeded it. But, the past few updates and now this beta has left a bad taste in my mouth.
   
   As stated below, it reset my home page to the Avant/Yahoo search.
   
   Also the article states "The built-in Google search engine..." which is not true. you will get the avant branded yahoo. You can change this but it is no longer a drop down selection in search options. You have to manually enter the search sites url.
   
   The setup also reset most of my options and buttons.
   
   Lastly I do not like the fact that they now built in the password manager. I would have prefered they left it as an add-on.
   
   This is looking more like adware for Yahoo than the browser I was using.

2. Comment - Microsoft Tweaks Office 2007 UI

   11.0 Beta 5 (Aug 25, 2006 - 11:52 PM)

   I use a laptop with 15" wide screen LCD in 1280 X 800 res. The ribbon took up a lot of realestate. I like the auto-hide and would love more hot keys for font formating also.

3. Comment - Microsoft Confirms Zune's Existence

   11.0 Beta 5 (Jul 24, 2006 - 11:38 AM)

   You are absolutely right. This has nothing to do with who has the better product or even which one looks better. It is all in the marketing. There were many mp3/video players out there and many before ipod.
   
   Apple has just done better marketing and convinced a lot of people that they need one of their devices.
   
   It will be interresting to see the marketing strategy from MS to try and take some of the market share back.
   
   Warning- You may not get a better device from Microsoft, But the commercials should be fun to watch.

4. Comment - Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App

   11.0 Beta 5 (Jul 17, 2006 - 2:58 PM)

   Sorry, I should have explained myself better. We have many things installed, from network appliances to servers, that can control everything they do on the computers.
   
   This application that MS has "withdrawn" I would not personally have an issue with except that I know a user will call me because they forgot their password for it or it isn't working like it should. At that point I would have to tell them I could not help them recover their data. Also, I would suggest, in the future, to use their personall network drive with encryption.

5. Comment - Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App

   11.0 Beta 5 (Jul 17, 2006 - 12:47 PM)

   Listen, it is my job to secure and maintain the servers and help people do their jobs the best I can. When these people accept employment they sign a piece of paper saying they are to use the PC for work only and they are not to install any software.
   
   We use LanDesk and UniCenter to monitor everything on the computers. There is a whole other corporate department that monitors the changes and licencing from those servers. I work for a very large corp. It is not my job to babysit people that can not follow those rules. They violate the policy a few times and then they are looking for another job.
   
   The only thing they can harm is the PC they are using and their employment. A lot of things with their PC is controled by policies. So, it is not my job to actively try to protect the stupid.

6. Comment - Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App

   11.0 Beta 5 (Jul 17, 2006 - 9:35 AM)

   I am not sure about your IT admins. I am an IT Admin myself and I really don't care what a person loads on his/her computer at work.
   
   If someone screws their PC up by installing unsupported software I can re-image the PC in a matter of minutes. They just don't need to talk to me when they loose local files they were hiding because of their stupid move. We provide network storage that is backed up daily for them to save files.
   
   Also, I am sure it is not IT Admins that do not want you to have this, it is the Corporate Executives that don't want employee's to have "Secret" files. They don't trust you.