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  1. Review - Screamer Radio

    0.4.3 (Oct 17, 2008)

    Just use xmplay for radio streaming. I haven't found anything close, certainly not SR.

  2. Review - Adobe Flash Player for Windows

    10.0.12.36 (Oct 17, 2008)

    Works great with Flashblock my fav Firefox addon ever.

  3. Review - Virtual CloneDrive

    5.4.1.1 (Oct 17, 2008)

    Interesting program with potential. But it has limited support iso's. MagicDisk is much better in my view http://www.magiciso.com/...-magicdisc-overview.htm . Also, if you're running xp MS has a free and very lightweight virtual drive; I'm sure it's as good as slysoft's piece. Check out http://www.informit.com/...x?p=406936&seqNum=2 for more info.

  4. Review - Revo Uninstaller

    1.75 (Oct 10, 2008)

    Better than anything commercial in my view. Solid. Thanx to the developer for this excellent product.

  5. Review - Google Toolbar for Firefox

    5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Oct 4, 2008)

    Genius toolbar. I love to be able "send to" a webpage in gmail; very useful feature. I'm bummed that they seem to have removed "word find" from the latest Firefox version. Not sure why they would do that. It's incredibly useful for finding searched for terms on an individual page. Of course, you could just have it highlight those words if you wanted. Personally, I just drag the icons and feature I like onto my usual Firefox toolbar and close the Google bar itself. I know you might be skeptical because so many companies put out bogus toolbars, but give it a try before you form your opinion.

  6. Comment - First look at latest OpenOffice merits a second

    5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Oct 10, 2008 - 9:35 PM)

    Without Outline support this program is useless to me. I live in Outline. What sort of primitive program doesn't do outlines? These developers are obviously not writers. It would be great to see this program in a better state of development so that they can really up the anti on MS. So far I'm not seeing it. If nothing else, they're helping keep the price of Office within better reach, especially for students.

  7. Comment - Dell found guilty in New York of misleading, harassing customers

    5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (May 28, 2008 - 12:42 AM)

    The greedy always go the same way don't they? Dell was once mighty, but they, like the rest of the corporate world, are just good at hiding criminal behaviour. Shame on you low lifes. Lies, greed and criminal behaviour. It's the norm, not the exception. I say don't buy their junk and you won't have to deal with their finance department. Imagine the fancy dinners, cars, jets, all that waste on the backs of people who can't even afford to buy one of their fire hazard pieces of junk. Makes you sick. I hope they go to jail. Say hello to Conrad for us.

  8. Comment - Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 available on Mozilla servers

    5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (May 16, 2008 - 5:34 PM)

    Plugins. That's what we love about FF. But it seems they're also the biggest issue with making the transition to v3. Maybe Mozilla should give some thought to this in the next major update. Most plugins are actually compatible and can be easily made to be, but it requires tweaking that's probably beyond the average user. I personally won't be switching until every plugin I love is working properly. I'll bet most plugin writers will wait until its final before even bothering with a re-write, and I imagine many great plugins will never get redone, since some of the authors have moved on. This will mean that some people will just stay with v2.

  9. Comment - Outcry over BitTorrent blocking stretches to Canada

    5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (May 14, 2008 - 9:01 AM)

    I'm sure p2p is the culprit! I'd say Porn is still by far the most traffic. Perhaps they should put a cap on Porn? I'd love to see that one fly. There'd be outcries of free speech violations. The freedom to wank baby. We know how to live. Anyhow, is anyone still with Bell or Rogers? Please. There are much better options out there. Caveat Emptor.

  10. Comment - XP's death sentence may not be commuted

    5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Apr 24, 2008 - 9:02 PM)

    I think that the rap against Vista is totally over blown. The real story, in the long run, will be how two companies stifled computer development by monopoly ownership. The rap on Vista is just a bit of dust, a footnote.