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   Review - Sun ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office

   1.0 (Jul 6, 2007)

   According to the README, this plugin supports Office 2000 as well as XP/2003/2007 - great news as we never wanted/needed to migrate past Office 2000!

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   Review - Winamp 5 Full

   5.23 Build 666 Beta (Jun 6, 2006)

   666 - The Number of the LLAMA! :)

3. 
   Review - WinZip

   10.0 Build 6685 (Nov 18, 2005)

   For existing (paid) WinZip users, the upgrade fee is too much for too little.
   For example, many of the new "features" would generate ZIP files that may not be compatible with many (most?) other ZIP utilities (defeating the ZIP format's greatest strength: ZIP's created with one application can be read by any other, even on another platform).
   Also note that the command-line add-on (great for scripts), free with WinZip 9, now requires the more expensive Pro version of WZ 10.
   While I have no problem with WinZip moving to paid upgrades, they need to make those upgrades much more compelling.

4. Comment - DHS: Expect your computer to be seized without suspicion

   10.0 Build 6685 (Aug 29, 2009 - 12:01 AM)

   Which of course means that only law-abiding citizens (and really dumb criminals/terrorists) will be affected by this security theater; criminals and terrorists will just keep their incriminating data hidden on the Internet...

5. Comment - DHS: Expect your computer to be seized without suspicion

   10.0 Build 6685 (Aug 28, 2009 - 6:20 PM)

   Scott, you completely failed to address the critical Fourth Amendment issues.
   And the issue of privileged information (on a lawyer's, doctor's, or priest's computer).
   Finally, what do other countries have to say about this?

6. Comment - RadioShack calls itself 'The Shack' in attempt to modernize image

   10.0 Build 6685 (Aug 3, 2009 - 1:47 PM)

   Yet another marketing team completely without a clue...
   Why would any board of directors consider spending good money to throw away 88 years of history and brand-awareness?! Radio Shack is still arguably one of the best-known chains in the entire country, up there with Sears and JC Penney.
   
   "The Shack"?! Sounds like a low-end realtor to me...

7. Comment - Don't wait for Microsoft's patch: Secure Windows now from Monday's 0-day

   10.0 Build 6685 (Jul 7, 2009 - 12:56 PM)

   Ummm...
   why not just delete the ActiveX's DLL/OCX file? Wouldn't that end the problem immediately?

8. Comment - Firefox runs 11% faster in XP than Windows 7; IE, Opera run slower

   10.0 Build 6685 (Jun 13, 2009 - 12:57 PM)

   When quoting these numbers, you really need to mention the margin of error. For example, the Opera 10 beta results quoted above are probably within the margin of error, and so Win7 and XP scores are statistically identical.