Favorite Files

1. 7-Zip (32-bit)
2. Adobe Acrobat Professional
3. CPU-Z
4. eTrust Antivirus
5. FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder
6. FileZilla v3 for Windows
7. foobar2000
8. Foxit Reader
9. GTK+
10. Inkscape for Windows
11. IrfanView
12. IrfanView PlugIns
13. Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE)
14. Media Player Classic for Windows 2000/XP
15. Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v2)
16. Notepad++
17. OpenOffice.org for Windows
18. Paint.NET
19. PDFCreator
20. Pidgin for Windows
21. PuTTY
22. RyanVM Addon Pack
23. RyanVM Integrator
24. RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
25. The GIMP
26. TrueCrypt
27. VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows
28. Wireshark for Windows

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Foxit Reader

   2.0 Build 0930 (Jan 8, 2007)

   Slow and inefficient when reading large PDFs with big images. Scrolling speed is severely slow in such conditions.
   
   Has DRM rubbish built in as well, and therefore is just as frustrating as Acrobat Reader.
   
   Better than the official reader, but not by any wide margin. There are better viewers out there.

2. 
   Review - ZoneAlarm Free

   6.5.737.000 (Jan 8, 2007)

   Useless for advanced users as the interface/GUI is clumsy, hard to navigate, over-simplified, etc. But this is a trait of all Windows GUI personal firewalls.
   
   Also not very good for new users either, as they are not going to know what their yes/no answers to firewall popups will actually affect.
   
   Very standard and 'safe' within the industry. Nothing innovative at all. They're just doing what everyone else does, with nothing special about it.

3. 
   Review - ZoneAlarm Pro

   6.5.737.000 (Jan 8, 2007)

   Horrible user interface, hard to properly configure, overly complicated while trying to be simple. You have to click too many times to get things done, and the format of the GUI isn't clear and concise.

4. 
   Review - Norton Internet Security

   2007 Beta (10.0.0.1) (Jan 8, 2007)

   Norton Internet Slowdown 2007? Oh, I must have read it incorrectly.
   
   This is a resource hogging, money wasting piece of ineffective software that will not keep you anymore secure than a default Windows XP SP2 installation.
   
   There are much better alternatives out there which are free, starting with common sense with surfing habits.

5. 
   Review - RealPlayer for Windows

   10.5 Build 6.0.12.1741 (Jan 8, 2007)

   Just when you thought iTunes, QuickTime and Windows Media Player couldn't get any worse... along comes Real Player!
   
   Don't waste your time with 5 different programs for 5 different formats: use VLC (VideoLAN Client), Media Player Classic or another open source/free media player that can support all these WM, QT, RM formats and more.