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1. 
   Review - PrimoPDF

   3.2 (Nov 24, 2007)

   It does actually create PDFs. However, it also connects to their website continuously. It does work, but with a myriad of other free PDF writers (CutePDF Free, Doro, etc.) it's hard to find any feature this gets right that those miss, while at the same time this behaves slower and it's connection to their website is annoying and unneeded. I'd pass.

2. 
   Review - WinRAR (32-bit)

   3.71 Final (Sep 21, 2007)

   This should be the primary archiving tool of anyone doing anything serious. At this point, even major board manufacturers (like Asus, MSI, etc.) distribute their archives in RAR format.. but it's not just the format, it's the fact that lifetime support is that.. I paid for this three years ago.. and every upgrade since then: free. The universal support of so many archive formats, as well as non-archive formats (extremely quick parsing of ISO/IMG/DMG) allow for quick use of so many options that make this THE app to have.

3. 
   Review - Nero

   7.0.1.4b (Dec 24, 2005)

   No change since 4.0? Are you kidding? Recode, NeroVisions, DVD+DL support, support for LightScribe, NerobackitUp!... just to name a few of the more major changes.
   
   Version 7 has brought out several changes that are appreciated:
   
   Easy compilation of multiple AVI/MP4/Quicktime into a DVD with Menu features in NeroVision, NeroRecode. The newest thing I'm seeing is the now support for DiVX6 .divx files to import into NeroVision Express, as well as a tighter outbound compression scheme option in NeroBackup for FTP Usage. Both of which are welcome options.

4. 
   Review - iTunes for Windows

   5.0 (Sep 8, 2005)

   I am pretty unhappy as a registered Quicktime 6.0 Pro owner; install Itunes, you have to take Quicktime 7, and of course, Apple offers no discount at all in going form registered 6.0 to 7.0 quicktime.

5. Comment - Flashback 1990: The debut of Windows 3.0

   5.0 (Oct 24, 2009 - 1:58 AM)

   This kind of misses the point. And, a lot of people missed the real point when Windows 3.0 came out. I remebered being a beta tester for it. And the big news at the time was that Windows 3.0 would be a unifying factor for the software industry.
   
   Ventura Publisher was THE big app on GEM Desktop. While many people worked around DOS, and Wordperfect still dominated there, the start of desktop publishing and graphic editing needs was beginning to appear. Earlier versions of Windows had significant problems most notably with font management, mixing in multiple typesets .. Windows 2.0 really needed Adobe PostScript (ATM or Adobe Type Manager) to be functional. Windows 3.0 was going to be the introduction of Truetype, newly licensed from Apple, and would cut the need to rely on Adobe.
   
   This was the potential godsend. Up until then, several non-adobe developers were torn.. they could develop for GEM/Desktop like Ventura (I believe there was also a version of Borland tools and Quattro for GEM), they could look at the up and coming GeoWorks, which provided it's own inbuilt suite which was more effective then Dos based MSWorks, or they could look at OS2.
   
   The moment that it became clear that other desktop publishing tools could reside on Windows because there might not be a need for Adobe Type Manager, the doors opened wide open. People began shipping font and formats quickly, and DOS applications oriented around publication started moving to Windows. By the time Windows 3.1 was out, enough apps came out with it that real printing work was now being done on Windows.
   
   Businesses now began to see Windows as a way to do something that they couldn't do with DOS, which really only provided access to fonts already hardware remembered in the printer (example, Epson LQ had "Helvetica" as FONT1 in WordPerfect)
   
   It wasn't about pretty looks.. all of the applications, even if you only had one open at once (most common) still could use the same font and style base with almost no cost to the customer, and no need to rush out and buy Typecase.
   
   Changed everything about the market overnight.

6. Comment - Testers claim discovery of serious CHKDSK bug in Windows 7 RTM build

   5.0 (Aug 6, 2009 - 8:29 AM)

   What utility still uses CHKDSK? Acronis uses their own tool, not Chkdsk to measure disc health. O&O uses their own. Norton uses their own (dd), so does Diskkeeper uses their own tool, etc. I'm trying to think of any tool... outside of windows itself, that spawns chkdsk as a process. And I can't think of any. It'd have to be some cheap crap to do that, actually..

7. Comment - Testers claim discovery of serious CHKDSK bug in Windows 7 RTM build

   5.0 (Aug 6, 2009 - 8:23 AM)

   Shockingly, there is a user available solution to this. CHKDSK, a command prompt application, can be aborted by pressing CONTROL-C. Once the process is aborted, problem solved! I realize this is a miraculous unusual step that apparently some have forgotten, but then again, phase 4 chksdk generally only happens in chkdsk /r or chkdsk /r /x command line tasks.
   
   The # of people impacted therefore seems to be low, that is of those who are installing Windows7 on drives with potential bad sectors seeking to do a recovery.
   
   I've tried to reproduce this (I ran an /r /x just to give it a test) though not on the RTM... and uh, so far, I can't turn this up.
   
   I tend to agree with MS.. this isn't much of a showstopper. Ranks right up there with the still yet unfixed poorly written help files :)

8. Comment - Palm Pre: Rounding up (or down) the reviews

   5.0 (Jun 4, 2009 - 2:15 PM)

   Eh. All depends. I consider things like the iPod the most useless item ever.. well, hell, I consider all touch screen phones worthless ;)

9. Comment - Palm Pre: Rounding up (or down) the reviews

   5.0 (Jun 4, 2009 - 1:13 PM)

   I'll never give up my Blackberry. Good to know the gadget folks still miss the whole point.. I haven't seen an Iphone manage multiple exchange or tons of email addresses with even 1/2 the ease I can on my BB. I'm staying put.