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Member since August 24, 2004

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  1. Review - Adobe Shockwave Player

    11.0.0.458 (Jun 20, 2008)

    Shockwave works pretty well. It wouldn't be my first choice for creating on-line content but as a client it works and it doesn't bork my machine. Uninstalls clean too. Not bad.

  2. Review - AVG Anti-Virus Free

    8.0.100a1323 (Jun 10, 2008)

    The resident scanner is a resource hog, it is true. However, to be effecient it has to be. All resident anti-virus/anti-spyware scanners are the same that way. If you can discipline yourself to manually scan each file you download and use Firefox 3.0 RC2 you can disable the resident anti-virus scanner and link checker and you'll get your resources back.

  3. Review - Adblock Plus

    0.7.5.4 (Apr 11, 2008)

    Adblock Plus, as great as it is, has two downsides. Firstly, when friends are talking about some annoying ad on such and such a site you don't know what they're talking about and you feel a little left out. Secondly, when you're visiting friends or relatives and you go to check your web mail you get a short trip through hell. No, the goggles do not help.

  4. Review - MediaMonkey

    3.0.3.1155 RC-1 (Apr 5, 2008)

    The most wonderful thing about this app is its ability to load music onto a wide range of MP3 players without having to use such ghastly proprietary programs as iTunes, Windows Media player 11 or Sonic Stage even in Windows 2000. As a player it's not that great but there are lots of alternatives for that function.

  5. Review - ImgBurn

    2.4.1.0 (Apr 2, 2008)

    The sketchy multisession support isn't a deal breaker for me. All to often I have found that, when attempting to add a new session weeks or months later, either a new session can't be written or writing a new session ruins the entire disc. Discs are cheap these days and spending 20 to 50 cents for a new compilation isn't going to break ones budget. Back when a CD-R cost five bucks a disc taking a chance with multisession was, at times, worth it but not any more I think. ImgBurn still needs some work but, overall, I'm quite satisfied with it.