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1. 
   Review - NetLimiter Pro (32-bit)

   2.0 Alpha 3 (May 2, 2005)

   @ c4p0ne
   
   just buy yourself a old computer, install a proxy and you don't have to do it on all your machines.
   the program itself really does what it should, i wouldn't want a program like this to be installed on my machine, without myself beeing able to control it
   
   that other mentioned tool from DU is worthless for the purpose NetLimiter offers: SPeed Limits for each application.
   
   since it is shareware and not yet stable (i know, alpha not yet even beta) it gets a 4 out of 5

2. 
   Review - KishKish SAM

   0.11.2.2 Beta (Feb 20, 2005)

   @ deemon : stop talking bullsh*t. there is no answering machine in skype, it shows you just who called you when you were not it.
   
   the program itself is great, works well and supports 2 different answering profiles and the option to mute the sound when it picks up a phonecall.
   
   used it now for a while and no crash yet, usability is simple & good, so 5* from me
   
   reedit :
   
   just checked skype.com, last official is 1.1.79, the .81vm is still beta, and doesn't have such a good and configurable AM like SAM is. by the way i don't even find it in .81 :/
   
   and most important : SAM is free.
   
   compared to Pamela (www.pamela-systems.com) it has some features missing, but the good freatures are not free in pamela, so the basic version of pamela is crap compared to SAM.
   
   so still 5* for pam which allows me to select the message i want to.
   
   EDIT 3:
   
   NEW VERSION 1.0.4.4 of SAM is out, and now works properly and perfect. i couldn't imagine skype without SAM anymore.

3. 
   Review - Adobe Reader for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2008

   7.0 (Dec 24, 2004)

   the smallest availlable download size of the reader is 13,3 mb if you don't install the yahoo bar and elements 2.0 and those extra useless plugins.
   
   reader 7 adds a loader in your startup folder, which preloads the reader in your swap file/page file so it starts considerably faster than 6.xx, without eating your ram.
   
   and FINALLY i can open pdf links directly from iexplorer & firefox without crashing those apps & freezing the system.
   
   big plus to that compared to 6.xx (which deserves a 0 rating)

4. 
   Review - Winamp 5 Full

   5.08 (Dec 24, 2004)

   unfortunately this release seems to be the last winamp from nullsoft.
   
   when you go to the Credits you can read the message there:
   
   Winamp 5: the final nullsoft edition
   Dedicated to all our users
   
   it's sad to see what has been made of nullsoft when it was bought by aol. :(
   
   @ marcos_cu :
   
   adding that bundle is NOT the only update.
   
   they fixed several bugs, although they didn't mention it.
   
   5.06 & 5.07 had a bug in their streaming decoder, which led to a loop after streaming 403.53 minutes.
   
   that error is gone in 5.08

5. 
   Review - ATI Catalyst Drivers for Windows XP

   4.12 (Dec 14, 2004)

   well the drivers would be nice if they were not that bloated and pain in the a** to download. almost 22 MB for drivers and that really bad control center is way too much.
   
   and it still has some annoying bugs :
   
   1.) i get a BSOD on a fresh installed winXP sp1 & 2 when i try to use the regular windows screen config menu.. as soon as i click the "Advanced" button in the screen config menu ==> BSOD
   
   2.) as in the 4.12 beta my OS loads 1 out of 2 bootups. the screen stays dark for 1-2 minutes, then i get the message that the VPU recovery failed, then it switches me to software render mode and i have to restart.
   
   nvidia ain't perfect too, i don't like their way to disptribute drivers without giving the possibility to just upgrade the driver alone instead having to download the entire package each time they relase a new driver all over again.
   
   i am one of those ppl who don't really care about 1-2% performance gain in some games, but who cares for a rock solid system which should run 24/7...
   
   yet alone the VPU recover program is emberracing..
   
   why does a vpu crash ? are the drivers so badly programmed ? i had many vidcards in my systems, some from nvidia, and some ati. those from nvidia didn't crash so often as the atis do.

6. Comment - Microsoft Remakes DRM for MSN Music Service

   4.12 (Apr 4, 2004 - 3:53 AM)

   did you compare the price for a DRM free file and a CD ?
   
   if you buy an DRM free album online you pay way more than for a CD you can buy "offline" in a music store. and you have also have to pay the traffic fee (see addition below) and you don't have any cover or other stuff.
   
   So why should i bother paying more for the right i already have by buying the CD
   
   Here we go with traffic: in germany and other countries many ISPs have decreased traffic on well known P2P ports to keep prices down. They legitimate their doing by always pointing out that the programs that use these ports are illegal and other forhand reasons. Now if all of us would stop P2Ping and change to "legal" M$ all-into-your-OS - integrated music buying no provider would cut down the traffic limits and so the total amount of traffic would rise, and so would the monthly fee every user has to pay. So the Mi/RIAA makes even more money on yer back.

7. Comment - Microsoft Remakes DRM for MSN Music Service

   4.12 (Apr 4, 2004 - 3:43 AM)

   the problem is not that i don't want to pay 10$ so i can get whatever i want. Just imagine the owner of the shop (M$ or any) just makes a "price reevaluation" and increases the price for it's service to (let's say some) 30 $. you then would have to pay the new price or quit the subscription and then loosing all your rights to play already bought songs. so it's the easyest way to firstly sell cheap a** songs and then rise the price and you THEN pay the price they want you to or loose it.
   
   I personally don't like the idea of someone beeing able to check my files or have ANY control & knowledge of what i'm listening to. With this rights control & stuff the RIAA/labels/majors won't need any sales charts anymore, they just make some quick log analyzing and you will be a happy "glass customer" which will be happy to receieve personalized ads

8. Comment - AOL Execs Flush Nullsoft's WASTE

   4.12 (Jun 1, 2003 - 6:07 PM)

   one funny thing btw...
   
   i found one AOL homepage user mirroring the win executable also ;) hehe if i were AOLs boss i would hide myself into a large artctic hidden cave and stay there for a while :D

9. Comment - Microsoft Shows Off 'Athens' PC Prototype

   4.12 (May 11, 2003 - 8:55 AM)

   i don't think M$ or any1 in the comp. business wants to screw me over. the main goal of their behaviour is to gain control of DRM for all possible kind of media, documents, software and virtually anything one could claim as intelectual property.
   
   Sure M$ doesn't do that just for themselves to gain total world domination, they are delivering large companies with tools to totally control their stuff, but doing this they sacrifice the fair use for normal computer users.
   
   i don't bash M$ for beeing a world domination grabbing criminal mastermind, but the way they (and many other major software/hardware companies) change the use and creation of availlable public knowledge is quite alerting.
   
   There was a funny comic in a larger german computer culture magazine: Einstein with a IBM s***, standing in front of a chalkboard with a part of his relativity formula.
   
   e=mc
   
   and saying: "The rest can be purchased online via micropayment, since we have the copyrights on it"
   
   That's why I think any way of giving any major company really total control of all their digital data is quite dangerous for public knowledge and research. in combination with the DMCA any major can add some simple copy protection to it's stuff, so it is officially prohibited to bypass that protection.
   
   there are already some university professors from europe who aren't allowed to travel to the USA, bec. they had proven in their research that some copy protections are breakable and therefore can be put to jail when entering USA.

10. Comment - HighMAT Spec Extended to DVDs

    4.12 (May 9, 2003 - 10:54 AM)

    from www.highmat.com:
    
    HighMAT provides a powerful, reliable and active standard for storing, managing and accessing digital audio, video and photo collections.
    
    accessing could also be something with DRM.
    
    one of the downsides is that hardware must support it. so you'd have to buy a new car audio, dvd player (de facto all non PC components) to take advantage of the new functionallity.