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Member since August 29, 2004

Name
Hideki Saito
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Review - OpenOffice.org for Windows
3.0.0 Beta (May 8, 2008)

Started using it to do some work things.
Quite stable so far; crashed once, but recovered just fine.

I think it's getting better and better.
Review - Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)
Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (Dec 12, 2007)

Totally bogus.
Doesn't even install, after having me wait for hours. Ok, I understand this is not RTM, but hey, it is "RELEASE CANDIDATE" and how hard is it to Microsoft to make sure it AT LEAST installs!?
Review - Microsoft Private Folder
1.0 (Jul 12, 2006)

Somewhat malicious. It is not reliable. Seems to hang explorer.exe at 99% of CPU usage frequently beyond repair. (thus hard-reset is only solution, because task manager can't kill this explorer.exe when this happens.)
Review - Google Desktop for Windows
2.0 Beta Updated (With Sidebar) (Oct 14, 2005)

Indexing can take long, but program itself is like under 2MB download, and there is very functional sidebar.

Alerts are nice that I get non-blocking popup on the bottom of the screen, and it works with Gmail, too.

I like it.
Review - Rendezvous for Windows
Technology Preview 3 (Feb 24, 2005)

This enables me to use printer installed on AirPort base station which I have my printer hooked up.

Also, it is nice as you can refer other computer blahblah.local, without having DNS.
Comment - First look at latest OpenOffice merits a second
Technology Preview 3 (Oct 13, 2008 - 5:04 PM)

Not really. There is a database pakage since 2.x. (It is true that back in old version of OOo didn't have actual front-end for DB components.) There are wizard and reporting tools.
Comment - USITC to investigate whether Wii violates month-old patent
Technology Preview 3 (Sep 18, 2008 - 9:02 PM)

I'm not patent expert so I'm probably missing some details, but even within countries who honors first-file, wouldn't they lose a ground if the invention is publicized before filing?
Comment - GPS real-time tracking products begin to catch fire
Technology Preview 3 (Jun 26, 2008 - 10:52 PM)

Might be better to just get amateur radio license :-)

I mean, it's little more challenging than just buying one of those devices, but with APRS mentioned in the article, you can setup tracker relatively cheap, and full setup with higher power radio would cost a little under $600 (TM-D710), and you can use it to talk to people too. (and also, no monthly fee. Well almost, you pay $14 to take the test, and that's good for 10 years, renewal is cheap, too) Technician class Amateur Radio license is not that hard to pass.

You won't get nice service of notifying when you go out of "safe zone" and such, but your family and/or friend can track you from the PC.

It works over cellphone network, too, though data connection. As APRS is actually connected to the internet, too. But real beauty is that it does not rely on it, so independant from your cellphone coverage area!
Comment - Can a touch-screen interface turn Windows around?
Technology Preview 3 (May 28, 2008 - 6:15 AM)

I don't have much faith in credibility of MS being able to make decent touch interface.

They have introduced this supposedbly great tablet platform they love so much, and then it's quite crappy for left handed person.

They've already screwed up in two different platforms, Tablet PC, and Windows CE, wonder if this will be any better.
Comment - Analysts see 'ringback tones' part of a $40 billion industry
Technology Preview 3 (Mar 5, 2008 - 6:34 PM)

Thanks :-)