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1. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v2)

   2.0.0.3 (May 13, 2007)

   Too heavy and bloated in my opinion. The extensions are a nice feature, but I haven't found any that I would actually consider useful for me. Load times are also slow.
   
   I prefer Opera. It's lite, faster and super lean. Plus it already has many useful features available out of the box while other browser require you to install add-ons. Opera is my browser of choice by far.

2. 
   Review - Opera for Windows

   9.21 Build 8776 Beta (May 13, 2007)

   9.21 is yet another solid beta for me!
   
   @labassu
   If you did not do a fresh install then it goes without saying that you should expect crashes for beta builds. ;) However, I didn't fresh install, still waiting for a crash..none yet. Rock solid.

3. 
   Review - Opera for Linux

   9.10 Build 499 Beta (Feb 12, 2007)

   This is definitly the best browser for Linux, and coming from windows to linux only a week or so ago..I can say that this browser was definitly best on windows as well.
   
   Just seems like betanews is a bit slow at updating the beta build numbers. I'm pretty active at the desktopteam's blog so I usually get my builds from there, but they have several builds past this one..
   http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/
   
   Only disappointment here is that, with the new icon in the system try..it is the application icon and not the fancy looking icon that is installed in my Internet Apps menu (Fedora Core 6). I think it would look a lot better with the nicer icon in the systray. Performs great on the net tho!

4. 
   Review - Shrink It!

   1.0 Beta (Dec 7, 2006)

   Does exactly what it is meant/designed to do. Description is abit misleading. I was at first under the impression that it reduced image filesize. Maybe the description should use resolution instead. ;) Really only useful once or twice in my case. Maybe someone else can get more use out of it tho. Rated 5 out of 5 here simply because it does what it is supposed to do effortlessly and also to help cancel out the last comment which seems unfair to the author of this program in my honest opinion. Could use a few more features..maybe file compression to any format along with the resizing/shrinking.

5. 
   Review - Opera for Windows

   9.10 Build 8649 RC1 (Nov 13, 2006)

   Very good and stable build. Best browser available. Also great for web developers since the browser follows web standards. Fast, secure, advanced!

6. Comment - First public Opera 10.1 beta competes against its predecessor for performance

   9.10 Build 8649 RC1 (Oct 13, 2009 - 7:25 PM)

   The version is actually Opera 10.10 and not Opera 10.1 since they seem to follow a slightly different versioning system. "Opera 10 Beta 1 scores a CRPI of 6.35..." should be "Opera 10.10 Beta 1 scores a CRPI of 6.35" and the same in other similar occurrences.
   
   Hopefully we will see the new JavaScript engine soon after Opera 10.10 is pushed out into final.
   http://my.opera.com/core/blog/2009/02/04/carakan

7. Comment - Microsoft seeks 'community' help to make IE8 Standards Mode work out

   9.10 Build 8649 RC1 (Dec 4, 2008 - 11:51 AM)

   For most website, there is no reason to not be standards compliant by now. IE8 betas have been out for a long time now and sites that are too lazy to validate their code just slow the web progress for everyone. I hope Beta News is planning to send their webmaster(s) back into the cubical to fix the remaining validation errors. Until you have valid html you have no reason to blame IE. It may even still render pages wrong if they are 100% valid, but it's still a beta after all.
   
   Opera on the other hand has to compensate for IE's short comings and with the release of Opera 10 Alpha 1 yesterday we can all be thankful again that we don't _have_ to use IE anymore.

8. Comment - Microsoft Releases IE Developer Toolbar

   9.10 Build 8649 RC1 (May 10, 2007 - 10:08 PM)

   The BetaNews Staff forgot to mention along with Firefox's tools that Opera has several tools that can be used as well via the dev tools and widgets. ;)
   
   Props to Microsoft for beginning to make us all smile for once, haha. They couldn't ignore us forever. ;) But that is why there are alternative browsers..so Microsoft is pushed enough to actually develop something useful, lol.

9. Comment - ICANN Signs Contract for '.asia'

   9.10 Build 8649 RC1 (Dec 8, 2006 - 12:20 PM)

   Grrreeeeaaatt! Lets divide the web even more.. That's gonna make things better. Frankly I'm not surprised. Just recently .mobi came to destroy the open web. Why don't we just assign everyone on earth a global number (ssn) and then each person can own their own unique domain, lol, this will help unify all of man-kind. ...yea, that's about how much sense these new domains make these days. That just makes it that much more difficult for new computer users to find anything they are looking for or understand why they net a .org,gov,edu,com,net,....,mobi,*asia* in their address bar. When are "standards" ever going to mean anything for the internet?
   
   Lame move if you ask me. Looks like just another way to control what can be published. Only time will tell.

10. Comment - SnapStream Adds DVD Burning for TV

    9.10 Build 8649 RC1 (Nov 20, 2006 - 9:51 PM)

    Great! Been waiting on an update to this software for a while now. More compatibility with a few more older tv-tuner cards would also be very welcomed! ;)