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   Review - AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot)

   2.50 Alpha (Jan 7, 2009)

   JCookes is right, DVD backup is a non-issue these days. Update for one-click BluRay backup and it will be useful again.

2. Comment - A better Bing? Betanews 'Name That Search Engine' contest winners

   2.50 Alpha (Jun 10, 2009 - 1:45 PM)

   Why is this reply ranked -4 and -3 above? Did PC_Tool say something wrong in this comment?

3. Comment - Microsoft's 'One More Thing:' Full game downloads

   2.50 Alpha (Jun 2, 2009 - 8:24 AM)

   NO-CD cracks from GCW are great and all for PC, but they don't apply to the 360 game ripping rules that he speaks of.

4. Comment - Google's Chrome is gaining users, especially in the wee hours

   2.50 Alpha (Sep 4, 2008 - 6:23 PM)

   I like that Chrome crashes simply by typing :% into the address bar. Good Work Google.

5. Comment - Review: The first Google Chrome beta

   2.50 Alpha (Sep 4, 2008 - 10:19 AM)

   You are missing the point. Yes slipstreaming an updater is frowned upon, but yes everyone implements one. The biggest issue is that it persists even after being uninstalled from the PC, absolutely zero Google services exist on that PC. The uninstaller does not even prompt you to remove the updater, it just uninstalls Chrome, but leaves the updater service to run on your PC and probably (I would not be surprised) phone home every so often. THIS is a no-no because there is no Google software on the PC to be updated, and thus the uninstaller should be removing the updater as well, as many other applications do. One uninstaller suite that allows you to select what applications are uninstalled / reinstalled /etc from that suite.

6. Comment - Review: The first Google Chrome beta

   2.50 Alpha (Sep 3, 2008 - 5:30 PM)

   Install Chrome and you will find GoogleUpdate.exe running in your task manager. Killing it does not stop it from returning however, you will also find it in msconfig. To make matters worse, before I removed it from msconfig I had uninstalled Chrome and the updater still reappeared a short while later in my running processes. I had to kill the associated exe and remove it from msconfig to be rid of it completely. Who does Google think they are? Apple?