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  1. Review - TopStyle

    4.0.0.81 (Jul 2, 2010)

    The publisher and homepage for this application are incorrect. TopStyle was aquired by Stefan van As in 2008 as noted here: http://nick.typepad.com/...12/ann-topstyle-ac.html

    In theory the new website is http://www.topstyle4.com but I have tons of issues getting to it (may be a work proxy issue).

    I haven't actually tried the latest version so I'm giving it an arbitrary rating of 4, feel free to ignore.

  2. Review - Mozilla Firefox (v2) for Linux

    2.0 Final (Oct 24, 2006)

    Forget Firefox, stay free, get IceWeasel

  3. Review - Pidgin for Windows

    2.0.0 Beta 4 (Oct 19, 2006)

    This is my IM client of choice on Linux but it's not so great on Windows. If you want a much better Open Source alternative for Windows use Miranda. GAIM is king on Linux though.

  4. Review - Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows XP

    7.0 Final (Oct 19, 2006)

    The new security features are GREAT. The css support is greatly improved but still lags behind the competition a bit. The "Find on this page" stinks as does the lack of a download manager (but that you can get by with 3rd party tools). The worst thing though it the HORRIBLE UI. I've been using IE7 since beta 1 and it most certainly has NOT grown on me. Whoever designed the UI should be fired. It is THE WORST UI design I've ever seen on a professionally developed app by a large commercial entity. I wouldn't mind so much if you could at least customize the default layout more but there is very little customization options available. One of the main "features" of Firefox over the Mozilla suite was customizable toolbars, seems Microsoft didn't learn that lesson.

  5. Comment - Would you buy Verizon iPhone?

    7.0 Final (Jan 11, 2011 - 12:33 PM)

    I left AT&T (feature phone) to get my first smart phone (Droid 2, which I preferred over the iPhone enough to switch). I suspect my next phone will be Android based as well but who knows. That said if an iPhone is what I wanted the AT&T one is still superior (at this point) but I assume the iPhone 5 isn't too far off and if Verizon gets one with LTE and AT&T doesn't then that generation may be the one Verizon has the advantage on not this one.

  6. Comment - Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone raises questions about Android, mobile gaming

    7.0 Final (Oct 28, 2010 - 11:07 AM)

    Why would they want to deny that?

  7. Comment - New PlayStation 3 includes largest hard drive of any video game console

    7.0 Final (Aug 19, 2010 - 12:11 PM)

    Because the console can BE your media server. That's like asking why you would want a camera *on* your phone? Sure tech savy readers of BetaNews probably have much more capable computers serving as media servers but Joe Console Owner does not.

  8. Comment - Facebook adds check-in feature with "Places," teams up with likely competitors

    7.0 Final (Aug 19, 2010 - 10:39 AM)

    To let people know you're not home and it's safe to rob you. ;-)

  9. Comment - How does the new Motorola Droid 2 differ from the original?

    7.0 Final (Aug 17, 2010 - 10:38 AM)

    The original Droid has 256MB of RAM and the Droid 2 has 512MB.
    This puts it in line with the rumored min. requirements for Android 3.0 (512MB RAM, 1GHz Processor, and 800x480 resolution... which also happens to be the specs for the Nexus One which Google is using as a developer platform now)