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1. 
   Review - AMD Catalyst Drivers for Windows

   9.2 (Feb 23, 2009)

   I'd give these a 0 if possible.
   
   They still haven't fixed the Catalyst intaller. It breaks fails to install the control center with what appears to be a framework error. This issue has existed since version 8.1
   
   They have not fixed the driver restart error nor have the fixed the system freeze error.

2. 
   Review - VirtualBox

   2.0.0 (Sep 4, 2008)

   This is a solid virtualization tool and a good option as a replacement for Virtual PC.
   
   It does have it's shortcomings. The biggest being the lack of native network interface support for windows. 2.0 added this support for Mac OS and Solaris, when will it be added for windows?. The Network driver and required bridging has been known to break other applications.
   
   It is the clear choice if you want to run a Linux guest OS. The video card support is superior to Virtal PC.
   
   The other issue that needs to be addressed is the ability to run it alongside Virtual PC and VM Ware.

3. Comment - HP: Oracle's halt for Itanium support is "anti-customer"

   2.0.0 (Aug 19, 2011 - 12:15 PM)

   Oracle needs to wake up. Their decision to drop Itanium support is a smoke screen to force people onto their overpriced and under-performing Sun platform.
   
   I have the pleasure of installing Oracle Financials on a Windows server. What a joke...
   
   It requires a unix emulator (MKS is preferred but cygwin will "work") and ancient versions of software (for example Zip 2.3 circa 1999) in order to be installed. Try finding a cygwin compliant copy of Zip 2.3!
   
   Larry can get someone else to pay for his next America's cup yacht.....

4. Comment - Too soon to call HP's TouchPad a failure? We'll see tonight

   2.0.0 (Aug 18, 2011 - 12:22 PM)

   My wife will be having major surgery soon and announced she wanted a tablet for movies and internet access while in the hospital and during recovery. That lead to the great tablet trials of 2011 where we tried every vendors tablet we could get our hands on.
   
   The HP had plenty of issues, the major one being it doesn't always respond to touches. The HP rep was struggling to make gestures work aand sometimes it wouldn't even scroll the screen. NEXT!
   
   The Asus products running Google were tempting because they had USB, HDMI, and SDRAM slots the competitors lacked. They were a bit heavier than the other brands.
   
   In the end my wife decided on her first Apple product, the iPad2. After using the device myself for a few days it is well constructed and easy to use.
   
   The HP Touchpad? Not so much...

5. Comment - I want my Windows Update Rollup!

   2.0.0 (Aug 11, 2011 - 6:11 PM)

   That's what the MDT is for...
   
   The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit will keep your OS Images up to date and ready to go for your WDS Lite-Touch or SCCM Zero-Touch install. It supports manual install via flash drive (or CD) too.
   
   It takes a little planning and setup work but once the infrastructure is in place yo follow procedires and every new deployment is up to date.

6. Comment - Internet Explorer usage is a falling rock

   2.0.0 (Jul 1, 2011 - 2:05 PM)

   In the corporate world IE is the only browser that lets us manage the install process and lock down the browser via group policy.
   
   Chrome teases with some light weight GPO's while firefox and Opera ignore that.
   
   IE gets updates via WSUS and I can force them to be applied. The rest? They update when they feel like it and then you have to wait for the user to feel like applying them.
   
   I'm keeping IE.

7. Comment - Google responds to Office 365: Help us compile 365 reasons Apps is better

   2.0.0 (Jun 28, 2011 - 5:57 PM)

   My data is now instantly searchable world wide.
   
   Adds are now targeted to me based on the information google promised not to collect.