Favorite Files

1. AudioShell
2. AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot)
3. BitComet
4. Cabos for Windows
5. CloneCD
6. DAEMON Tools
7. DivX for Windows
8. eMule
9. EvilLyrics
10. FlashGet
11. Flexible Renamer
12. Foxit Reader
13. Ghrone
14. GNOME
15. GSpot
16. ICQ Lite
17. ICQ Pro
18. KeyNote
19. Koepi's XviD Codec
20. Logitech iTouch Keyboard Software
21. Maxthon (Classic) Standard
22. MediaPortal
23. Mmm FREE
24. Mp3tag
25. MusicBrainz Tagger
26. Picasa for Windows
27. PowerOff
28. PuTTY
29. Renamer
30. Resource Hacker
31. Startup Control Panel
32. SyncBackSE
33. tiny hexer
34. VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows
35. Winamp 5 Full
36. WindowBlinds
37. Wireshark for Windows

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v2)

   1.5 Final (Nov 29, 2005)

   Lots of good things, esp. the momentum of its support. But slow start-up speed is IMO a *really* bad point. Browser should be as ubiquitous as menus or dialog boxes nowadays, you don't start up the browser like you start up the computer.
   
   Second point lots of features are copied from Opera and MyIE2 (Maxthon), which is not a bad thing as long as you're not Microsoft. Both Opera & Maxthon are faster to start up than Firefox though.

2. 
   Review - eBay Toolbar

   4.4.0.2 (Nov 24, 2005)

   UI is slow, uninstalling program crashed leaving entries in IE toolbar list.
   
   Didn't work for me at all because can't sign-in, leaving the search bar only useful tool.
   
   The account protection feature warns you if you enter ebay password to non-ebay site. Too bad it even warns you when you try to log on to eBay!
   
   Tray-icon can't be closed unless you use Task Manager.
   
   Feels like a badly-programmed application to me.

3. 
   Review - IrfanView

   3.97 (May 10, 2005)

   It's fast, simple and powerful. Includes screen capture. I've been using it for years and it's always the essential part of my Windows. The downside is the icons can be improved and it still doesn't support unicode filename.

4. 
   Review - Picasa for Windows

   2.0.0 Build 18.84 (May 10, 2005)

   2.0 Still doesn't support Unicode so 4 stars.

5. 
   Review - Adobe Reader for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2008

   7.0 Beta (Sep 14, 2004)

   It's a READER for god's sake... The latest versions take forever to load. Besides the user interface has never been adequately designed, making navigation through documents a pain.

6. Comment - Can Screen Keyboards Foil Fraudsters?

   7.0 Beta (Feb 18, 2005 - 7:41 AM)

   The keyboard shows anyone around you exactly what you typed on screen... No matter how fast your typing is!
   
   A desperate attempt... I doubt it will increase security much though.

7. Comment - Study: Half of Gmail Switchers from Hotmail

   7.0 Beta (Feb 16, 2005 - 1:32 PM)

   Hotmail used to have free POP3/forwarding, so did Yahoo and many others. They shut it now because they've attracted enough customer-base.
   
   Give Gmail some time and it will charge you for POP and forwarding.