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1. 
   Review - Comodo Firewall Pro

   2.4.1.96 Beta (Nov 24, 2006)

   Sammo, the problem is most likely somewhere between the chair and the computer screen...

2. 
   Review - openSUSE

   10.2 RC1 (Nov 24, 2006)

   SuSE has changed quite a lot since Novell took the reigns - most of it in a good way. However, with the MS deal I am less inclined to install it on my system. I think I will be sticking with Ubuntu for now...
   
   P.S. If MS really wanted operability with linux it's ever so simple: Publish APIs to all major interfaces (samba, ntfs etc etc.) There is no need for a 'deal' which is basically patent related anyway. At least it's only America that actually uses software patents (at least for now!).

3. 
   Review - foobar2000

   0.9.4.2 Beta (Nov 13, 2006)

   When you get this for the first time download columns_ui. There you will find a nicer interface and a real volume bar. :)

4. 
   Review - Nero

   7.5.7.0 (Oct 16, 2006)

   Seems to be the case that when good programs have been around for a long time the company doesn't know what to do except add more features and increase the bloat. It happened to Norton a long time ago. It happened to Zonealarm and many others.
   
   Regarding Nero, version 5.5 was probably the leanest (but didn't include DVD recording) and so v6.6 is probably the best version to use, with v7 being slow and overbloated.

5. 
   Review - Mp3tag

   2.36h Beta (Oct 10, 2006)

   meteecee, I used to use ID3Tag-it but mp3tag is the best tool of it's kind. It's very extensible and intuative compared to most others (and that inclused tag&rename and godfather too!).
   
   Very useful feature I have been using it for lately was to remove all unwanted fields from all my music files at once, and also removing unwanted tag types (lyrics3, ape, etc.) so I am just left with what I actually use.

6. Comment - Sun Opens Java Source Code Under GPL

   2.36h Beta (Nov 13, 2006 - 5:47 PM)

   If Java is true GPL it'll mean that MS could create their own version but would have to provide all source code and have no restrictions beyond those in the GPL.

7. Comment - Secunia: Exploit Truly Does Affect IE7

   2.36h Beta (Oct 20, 2006 - 8:37 PM)

   The problem is that IE is hooked into many windows components whereas a third party browser is not and therefore would not be vulnerable to the same attacks.

8. Comment - Secunia: Exploit Truly Does Affect IE7

   2.36h Beta (Oct 20, 2006 - 8:32 PM)

   This comment makes no sense at all.

9. Comment - Microsoft Patches 28 Security Flaws

   2.36h Beta (Oct 12, 2006 - 8:17 AM)

   But the crux of the argument is not where you download/install from but the fact then as soon as MS release a patch for a vulnerability, the likelihood of that being exploited is greatly increased. Therefore if MS were to release patches every day for example, then businesses would be forced to test/update constantly. I can only assume that you don't work in the industry from the way that you speak...

10. Comment - Microsoft Patches 28 Security Flaws

    2.36h Beta (Oct 11, 2006 - 7:10 PM)

    Almost all companies will update windows whether via winupdate or other means. If patches are released all the time then exploits for those vulnerabilities are likely to appear and the companies which have been unable to test their environment against the (possibly) daily updates will fall behind on their updating and hence become vulnerable to the attacks. Ideally from a business PoV the fewer patch releases the better as this requires less testing - that's why service packs are much more welcome. But obviously as we all know it's not safe to hold back on the patches for that long...