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1. 
   Review - Magic Mail Monitor

   2.94 Beta 15 (Jan 7, 2007)

   This version works well now but I don't notice any difference between it and beta 13. The filter function works fine now.

2. 
   Review - CCleaner

   1.32.345 (Aug 12, 2006)

   This program does a great job of clearing away the clutter and also helps you to keep your Windows registry in trim. The only thing that one needs to be aware of is that this is not a click-and-go program the first time you install it. It requires careful configuration once it has been installed. After that it's click and go.

3. 
   Review - FastStone Image Viewer

   2.6 Beta 5 (Jul 17, 2006)

   This is still the best image viewer there is and it's still fast despite modifications. Since the main modifications between this version and the previous one it was easy to see that everything works fine. I'm also delighted with the fact that FastStone now shows all of the EXIF information because, as an amateur photographer it's nice to quickly see why a particular snapshot turned out better than another.
   I rate it 6 ;)

4. 
   Review - RemoveWGA

   1.1 (Jun 30, 2006)

   I like small programs that do exactly what they claim to do and nothing more.

5. 
   Review - PDFCreator

   0.9.2 (Jun 23, 2006)

   This version runs much faster than 9.1 on my PC.
   Great little program. Simple, fast and efficient.

6. Comment - Microsoft Patches Windows Cursor Flaw

   0.9.2 (Apr 4, 2007 - 5:41 PM)

   I have also experienced this problem on my AMD PC but the patch worked fine on my Intel PC. It may be possible that this problem is limited to AMD PCs?

7. Comment - Happy Holidays 2006 from BetaNews

   0.9.2 (Dec 30, 2006 - 6:21 PM)

   Thank you BetaNews for keeping us all up to date, even with the new year (you're among the first to wish me a Happy Holiday)
   
   Happy New Year to all beta testers, everywhere :)

8. Comment - Novell Ousts CEO, CFO in Shakeup

   0.9.2 (Jun 23, 2006 - 11:37 AM)

   I have been aquainted with Novell's products since 1985 and have never been disappointed by them. Quite the contrary. The keyword which springs to mind is "reliable." Netware and Advanced Netware were more reliable than DOS for instance and less accessible to virus threats (I never encountered a single one all the time I worked with these products.)
   
   Taking the plunge into open source is a challenge but a rewarding one. The ammount of feedback and helpful modifications to source code will help to speed up future versions as well as creating a major contribution to goodwill within the programming community and will be interesting to follow.
   
   The number of companies who have survived the past 20 years can be counted on your fingers. Novell is one of them and if they forsee a future in open source then there probably will be one.
   
   I have downloaded SUSE Linux 10.0 from Novell but haven't yet installed it. I plan on building a new server up from scratch based on dual channel technology so it should prove interesting.
   
   Since I am now retired I don't have the purchasing power that I had when I was working so this project will take a while.
   
   If one might be permitted to sneak in a quick little question to Novell it would be this: How about a Linux based version of COMPSURF.EXE?

9. Comment - Microsoft, FTC Bust Porn Spammers

   0.9.2 (Jul 20, 2005 - 4:41 PM)

   This stance has been long awaited by many users of the internet for quite a few years now. It is a well known "trick" that one never even opts out of such spam. The minutest signs of response (of any kind) would give rise to a deluge of similar spam. Even if it didn't work with the "ignore it and it's bound to go away" attitude it did, at least have the effect that the volume of such material decreased quite noticably. It would be nice to be able to filter such mail although it's kinda routine to run one's antispam program and get rid of all of it in a couple of seconds. Such mail tends to dampen one's enthusiasm for the electronic highway. I can remember a time when one could connect to the predecessors to the internet without even the need for antivirus software. Like any good thing, it gets corrupted over a period of time. Pity. Now there is even a legal case against the use of spyware and adware. It would be a sensible move for the internet community to deal with all of these nuisances simultaneously so that future generations won't need to be concerned with it.

10. Comment - IBM Backs Linux with $100 Million

    0.9.2 (Feb 19, 2005 - 5:19 AM)

    This is different, spiked. OS2 is a commercial IBM product. Linux is not.