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1. 
   Review - iTunes for Windows

   9.0.2 (Oct 29, 2009)

   No 64-bit support? Are they serious? LOL!!

2. 
   Review - ThreatFire

   4.6.0.19 (Sep 25, 2009)

   Absolute garbage. I'm starting to really suspect its an alpha release of one part of the next Trend antivirus product, and we're unwitting testers. AVOID.

3. 
   Review - Kaspersky Internet Security 2010

   9.0.0.318 Beta (Apr 22, 2009)

   This is the most unstable thing I've ever seen..I had to get rid of it via Safe Mode. The memory use was well over 100mb. Thank God for System Restore!

4. 
   Review - Comodo Internet Security (32-bit)

   3.9.73015.489 Beta (Apr 12, 2009)

   Defense+ is too sensitive, not smart enough..that you end up just disabling it out of annoyance. Antivirus gets a few that the others don't but misses some that ALL the others detect! Firewall is its strongest point - seems as good or better than anything else I've tried.

5. 
   Review - ThreatFire

   4.1.0.25 (Apr 9, 2009)

   Still giving the "Start menu2" error right at the end of the install..and this is on a brand new XP SP-3 install with nothing but video and NIC drivers. PC Tools support is a joke. I guess this promising little program has become crapware.

6. Comment - Performance drain: The first public perception test of the Windows 7 era

   4.1.0.25 (Nov 4, 2009 - 3:23 PM)

   A lotta wind blowing through these comments, but I think I can distill it down:
   
   The site is called BetaNews. It deals with a lot of software actively being developed. Therefore hard-core performance data is fully within its purview. When a major piece of software used by hundreds of millions is noticeably impacted by various factors that is also news.
   
   Most people probably don't care about performance until it truly impacts their user experience: pages that take half a minute to load, games that stutter and stammer, or endless drive thrashing are good examples of things that get people annoyed.
   
   These two facts are not at odds with one another. If you don't care about the minutiae of browser performance data, please drive through and have a nice day. And in any case, the tendency of many if not most people to want to "rally 'round the flag" reaches its absurd height when it comes to worshiping a piece of software. The only thing worse I can think of is people who say their faith is the only true path.

7. Comment - Performance drain: The first public perception test of the Windows 7 era

   4.1.0.25 (Nov 4, 2009 - 3:14 PM)

   I can't top that.

8. Comment - Internet Explorer slows down again: Is Microsoft messing up IE's JavaScript?

   4.1.0.25 (Nov 3, 2009 - 2:27 PM)

   Microsoft does this to themselves about twice a year. Usually means they've found a major hole that they don't want to publicize (which is smart) and their putting out some rough and unoptimized code to fill the gap. Give em' a couple weeks, they'll straighten it out..probably roll it into the next major updates for IE 7/8.

9. Comment - The new face of Android: No face

   4.1.0.25 (Nov 3, 2009 - 2:12 PM)

   Mr. Durst makes some very incisive points here (and in the process saved me the trouble of typing them, heh heh). Do we *really* want every phone to look different? Some will say that since you are the primary - or more likely only - user of your phone, and you're likely to have it for around two years, you'll get used to the interface - so why not have it be distinct? To that I would say, that's what wallpapers and themes are for. I get very tired of seeing the UI reinvented for the sake of manufacturers having something new to sell. However, if their adding functionality, making things more intuitive and easy to access, then bring on the change!
   
   I'm hearing a lot about Android being highly customizable..not so much by users, but by the carriers. This worries me greatly. The last thing we need is another Symbian mess.
   
   BTW...what the heck is the "infinite" button? That one on the left that looks like four squares? Or the ripoff of the iPhone "home" button in the middle?

10. Comment - A taste of Android's freshly baked Eclair

    4.1.0.25 (Nov 3, 2009 - 1:07 PM)

    "Increase Customer Sales with Email Marketing -- Free Trial from VerticalResponse", eh? You got spam in my article! Hey, you got your article in my spam!
    
    Seriously, though..A promising OS fragmented and crippled beyond usefulness by carriers? Its Symbian all over again.