Activity for August 17

Review - TigerVNC
1.1 (1.0.90) Beta 1 (Jul 28, 2011)

Can't really say if this is any good because it won't connect to RealVNC servers. It seems that TigerVNC doesn't support the AES encryption used by RealVNC.

Shame.
Review - Norton Internet Security
2012 19.1.0.16 Beta (Jul 27, 2011)

High score to counter the idiots reviewing it without even testing it. Yes, Norton was rubbish, circa 2006. You're 5 years out of date, you hacks. :p
Review - Intel Matrix Storage Manager
8.9.0.1023 (Dec 4, 2009)

Did it occur to you there is a significant price difference because RAID is more expensive to implement and support? *facepalm*

If you wanted AHCI, you should have bought a board with ICH*R. You cheaped out though, and got what you paid for. And it's not like Intel isn't known for crippling its products deliberately (VT, for example? :P)
Review - Norton Removal Tool
2010.0.0.98 (Sep 21, 2009)

Does exactly what it advertises - and is fairly thorough. Doesn't get ALL Norton traces, but 99% ain't bad. And it's a helluva lot better than CA (no removal tool that works), AVG (broken removal tool), McAfee (not bad, but not as good as Norton) or ZoneAlarm (none and uninstaller doesn't work more often than not).

For those bagging Norton - probably worth trying it again. It isn't 2006 anymore, and Norton's 2009-2010 product is arguably the fastest integrated product on the market (NIS, not 360).
Review - Tag&Rename
3.5.3 (Sep 21, 2009)

Why does this have such a low rating? One of the few shareware apps out there that is worth the money. Does what it advertises and more, and it does it a damn-sight better than anything else. Very impressive app. I love Tag & Rename.
Comment - SilveOS, the Silverlight-based 'operating system' takes on Chrome OS
3.5.3 (Aug 17, 2011 - 11:25 PM)

That's actually pretty cool. I've tested Chrome OS and been unimpressed... but this one (although nowhere near completion) has restored my faith a little in webtop/webOS environments. And it's fast. Very fast.
Comment - Office 365 becomes Office 364 with Wednesday outage
3.5.3 (Aug 17, 2011 - 11:13 PM)

To be fair, Google's push/Exchange has been up and down over the last couple of weeks - so none are immune.

I must admit I didn't notice the 365 outage. Currently testing to see if I can migrate from Gmail/Gcal to 365... but I don't think I can because there is no way to interact with others using Google Calendars (which is pretty much everyone I know).
Comment - Got Dropbox? And Android Phone? Try Dropsync
3.5.3 (Aug 16, 2011 - 11:12 PM)

Given Dropbox's woeful security record of late I'm surprised anyone is still using it.

Your data is safer in a laptop left on the passenger seat of a convertible. :p
Comment - iPhones are for the rich, Androids for the rest of us [Infographic]
3.5.3 (Aug 16, 2011 - 11:06 PM)

Actually it says the opposite quite clearly:
"Android users are 80% more likely to only have a high school diploma."

You seem to be aptly demonstrating that intelligence with your post. :p /s
Comment - NSS tests claim IE9 blocks 96% of social engineering attacks, Firefox 8%
3.5.3 (Aug 15, 2011 - 7:17 PM)

As long as the Koolaid includes AdBlock, HTTPS Everywhere and a bunch of other add-ons, yeah, I will.

But I'll still recommend IE9 to everyone else. ;)