Favorite Files

1. AnyDVD HD
2. Autoruns
3. CDex
4. ClrMamePro
5. DC++
6. DivX for Windows
7. Dr. DivX
8. DVDFab All-In-One for Windows
9. Easy CD-DA Extractor
10. FinePrint
11. Free MovieDB
12. Google Earth for Windows
13. GSpot
14. Hamachi for Windows
15. Input Director
16. Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE)
17. Light Image Resizer
18. MAME
19. Mozilla Firefox for Windows
20. Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition
21. Mozilla Thunderbird for Windows
22. Mp3tag
23. OpenOffice.org for Windows
24. Opera (32-bit) for Windows
25. Paint.NET
26. PeaZip for Windows (32-bit)
27. PeerBlock
28. Process Lasso (x32) Free Edition
29. ReNamer
30. Skype for Windows
31. Spotify for Windows
32. Stellarium for Windows
33. Sysinternals Suite
34. The GIMP
35. VirtualDub (32-bit)
36. Windows Live Messenger
37. WinRAR (32-bit)
38. Yahoo! Messenger for Windows

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Adobe Photoshop for Windows

   CS6 13.0.1.1 Final (Oct 2, 2012)

   Great program.
   When I read the other comments concerning the price I thought "$1,000 no it can't be that expensive" so I checked.
   The full price of Photoshop CS6 is $699.
   The full price of Design Standard (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Bridge and a few other small tools) is $1,299.
   I must say that does seem a touch excessive, and probably well outside the reach of most people.
   Might I therefore suggest two version an individual version (say $100 per program) and a corporate version (say $250 per program).

2. 
   Review - Adobe Flash Player for Windows (Non-IE)

   11.3.300.257 (Jun 9, 2012)

   Flash Player 11.3.300.257
   DO NOT UPDATE.
   
   While I don't like giving such bad reviews, this update simply doesn't work.
   
   Doesn't work with Firefox 12,13 or 15
   Flash appears blank on all sites (inc Youtube and Adobe test page)
   
   I've removed and installed the earlier 11,2,202,235 - which works fine

3. 
   Review - VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows (64-bit)

   2.0.1 (Mar 19, 2012)

   I use VLC player because I can tweak the playback speed (I watch everything at 110%) previously this worked without any problems, however today 2.0.1 was messing up (not correctly updating areas of the screen). I hope this is just a gremlin and will vanish (perhaps after a restart). Playback at normal speed is fine.

4. 
   Review - Mouse without Borders

   2.1.0.8 (Sep 14, 2011)

   Impressive :-)
   This has one major advantage over other similar programs such as Synergy and Input Director, in that you can 'drag and drop' files between systems.
   I expect Synergy and Input Director to follow with this function soon.

5. 
   Review - Soluto

   1.2.115.0 Beta (May 25, 2011)

   Works fine here :-)
   
   4 PCs (1 XP, 1 Vista, 2 Windows 7). Not a problem with any.

6. Comment - LulzSec reveals the stupidest passwords on the planet

   1.2.115.0 Beta (Jun 19, 2011 - 4:08 PM)

   I haven't used a passWORD for years, I've been using passPHRASE.
   I think a phrase is a better way to think about this.
   A minimum length of 32 characters.

7. Comment - Elcomsoft launches free tool for extracting Facebook passwords

   1.2.115.0 Beta (Jun 3, 2011 - 6:34 PM)

   @Rikrdo So what you are saying is that this program (or something like it) could get the 'remembered' passwords for any site. Then this is a browser issue and not really about any specific site. I would be very interested to read more on this, could you post links to articles?

8. Comment - Elcomsoft launches free tool for extracting Facebook passwords

   1.2.115.0 Beta (Jun 3, 2011 - 6:28 PM)

   @sagum - As I understand it copyright was to protect a persons earnings from an idea, allowing them exclusive profit for a period of time - after that time the idea could be copied by others.
   
   I would like to say two things on this subject ...
   1. Copyright is about EARNINGS not ownership, since the idea was that copyright should eventually end
   2. The law should change to reflect the actual lose of earnings
   
   In some court cases people have been fined #2000 per item because that is the set amount for a breach of copyright. If a poor person with no intention (or means) of ever buying the item makes a copy of it - then where is the lose of earnings?

9. Comment - Elcomsoft launches free tool for extracting Facebook passwords

   1.2.115.0 Beta (Jun 2, 2011 - 8:38 PM)

   Since when has Betanews been advertising hacking software?
   If there are issues with the security of a site sure bring it to our (and the website owners) attention. But help distribute a hack tool - that is plain nuts and lowers the respectability of Betanews.

10. Comment - Is Firefox doomed?

    1.2.115.0 Beta (Mar 27, 2011 - 4:09 PM)

    This item seems to be talking about 3 different subjects. Browsers, OS and Apps. And Firefox addons.
    
    There is a clear distinction between OS, Browser, Apps and FF addons.
    OS = the basic software for the hardware.
    Browser = a window that displays web pages.
    Apps = mini applications.
    FF Addons = add ons to add functionality to the browser or mini applications.
    
    If Google come out with a box with a browser inside and call that an OS, then what stops another company coming out with a box and putting Firefox inside?
    Both could sit on top of Linux, Android already does.