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1. 
   Review - kX Project Audio Driver

   5.10.0.3538m Beta (Aug 15, 2007)

   Want to get your perfectly good SB Live working in Vista after Creative abandoned you? Then this is the package for you. Perfect? Nope, but free and functional. Thanks for the great work and hi quality audio.

2. 
   Review - MediaPortal

   0.1.3.0 Pre-Release (Jul 3, 2005)

   Just installed and configured it. Slightly faster launch times than previous versions and no freezes so far. Not a fan of the included mpeg2 codecs, but all in all this is the best MP release to date.

3. 
   Review - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP/2003

   1.2.2.2 (Jun 2, 2005)

   My four way 64 X2 system runs slower with this release. My Quake 3 framerate has dropped significantly.

4. 
   Review - ImTOO 3GP Video Converter

   2.1.44.502b (May 23, 2005)

   This isn't shareware. It doesn't work at all if you don't have the paid for reg key.

5. 
   Review - J. River Media Center

   11.0.246 Beta (Apr 23, 2005)

   Swiss army knives of media formats. Wacky interface in my opinion. They've got an awesome deal going whereby existing registered users ($s) can pay them more $s to beta test their software.

6. Comment - Now That The Novelty's Worn Off...

   11.0.246 Beta (Jan 16, 2007 - 11:28 AM)

   I think the problem most people are having lies more in the marketing than in the product. Steve Jobs is pandering to the shareholders/board with his launch presentation.
   
   This is a flagship product, with loads of bling appeal. So normally you would sell high, ship few, and keep the market wanting. (restricted supply)
   
   For Cingular its a great deal as well. Pay a higher price for the product to maintain an exclusive contract and in so doing, garner a bit of the "cream" off of your competitor's higher-revenue clients as they churn, just to get the phone. Good market positioning!
   
   The only fly in the ointment is the ridiculous assertion that they will sell 10million of these things to Cingular customers. This is the incongruous part of the message and the bit aimed at shareholders. That said, even with the lower volume that they will end up with, the premium margins they will enjoy will still make shareholders happy.
   
   My personal beef is the locking down of the OSX derived platform to 3rd party developers. It limits the appeal of a phone with this much capability. Especially being the owner of both UIQ (A1000) and Windows 2003 (iPaq 6315) PDA phones where this is the norm. This could ultimately be the big hurt on the unit's appeal, by strangling innovation and preventing grassroots development of new capabilities.

7. Comment - 'DVD Jon' Reopens iTunes DRM Hole

   11.0.246 Beta (Mar 24, 2005 - 1:05 AM)

   How is that choice? You have one person that controls your access to something you have always had access to and have paid for, who is now forcing additional restrictions on your personal use. Are you saying that as a consumer I should attempt to negotiate my own terms with the music conglomerates? Or is your argument simply, if I don't like it, don't do it? Coz I don't do it.
   DRM does impact fair-use since DRM conditions include restrictions on the number of times you play the file, what devices the file may be played on and the number of transfers the DRM file may undertake. Fair use allows the consumer to play, copy and use in whatever personal way they choose.
   As far as boring life, it sure will be fun when the no record flag is implemented on a tv show's season finale or super bowl so that the media rights owner can force you to watch the program on their terms. Lol, you won't even have the right to fast-forward the ads.... but I guess, you have the choice not to watch.

8. Comment - 'DVD Jon' Reopens iTunes DRM Hole

   11.0.246 Beta (Mar 23, 2005 - 2:48 PM)

   DRM infringes on my fair-use rights. Simple, end of story.
   As a consumer, DRM is starting to pervade every avenue of home entertainment. Arguments for the inclusion of DRM protect the publisher's rights. Who is arguing for my rights?
   Why should I have to install hacked software to simply store the file I have legally paid for, in multiple places? Why should the copyright holder have ANY say as to what device I play it back? Why should HDTV/DTV content providers specify 1) What I can record and 2) How long I can store and view a publicly broadcasted signal?
   These are all LEGAL rights I have now, which the DMCA, RIAA, and MPIA are usurping.
   Do I buy music online? Nope, I wont bother with DRM infected music as it violates my rights.
   Do I buy less CDs now than I did 5 years ago? Yup.
   Is it because of p2p filesharing? Nope, I finally uninstalled my last p2p client last week after not using it for 2 years.
   Then why? The music is plain CRAP. Even when I did fileshare, I bought the CDs I liked. During my p2p days I bought more cds than I ever did before or will after.
   CD sales are slumping because there is little to no innovation in the music industry. This is manifested in their approaches to licensing and publishing. Today's music is as tired as RIAA/MPIAA/DMCA rhetoric.

9. Comment - Microsoft Closes Activation Loophole

   11.0.246 Beta (Feb 25, 2005 - 8:37 PM)

   Linux is as user friendly as a MS support call.
   Bizarre file scheme, no real hardware manager, and way too much time spent in terminal fixing what went wrong during installation. Frequent and fractured updates and overall lousy driver support. I would love to have an alternative to MS, but Linux, be it KDE or GNOME as a front-end, sure aint it.
   I just recently tried Fedora again trying to get MythTV going on a supposedly supported card. Gave up after three days of screwing around.