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1. 
   Review - FairUse4WM

   1.1 (Aug 25, 2006)

   Awesome. This will not last and will one day only be a faint memory in computing history.
   
   Get it now!

2. 
   Review - Exact Audio Copy

   0.95 Beta 4 (Feb 21, 2006)

   My life would not be complete without it.

3. 
   Review - QuickTime for Windows

   6.5.2 (Oct 26, 2004)

   I like this program because it doesn't strive to be an all inclusive media center, but just a simple quicktime player. It has never supported the wide range of formats out there and I doubt it ever will. It does seem to have out of memory errors when I have several IE windows open with QT video files embedded within each for some reason. This problem has plagued me since the 6 series.
   
   Aires, export to AVI is there still.

4. Comment - We want your Windows XP memories

   6.5.2 (Jul 12, 2011 - 4:20 AM)

   I remember how amused I was when I first saw the picture of devils0wn burned CD-R, complete with the VLK written crudely with a marker, in front of the official Windows XP launch countdown clock- a whole 35 days before launch.
   
   I remember the shock and dismay of many when they learned that their Windows XP OEM disc, provided that they even got one at all, could not be used to install onto other computers due to the newfangled BIOS locks Microsoft had built into the installation disc. Making backup discs became a great way for stores to make a bit more off their customers.
   
   I remember how proud Microsoft was to mention that they had blacklisted several leaked keys, including the FCKGW key that a great many had actually committed to memory, in SP1.
   
   I remember how insulted people felt that they had to activate their copies online after having just purchased their copies at their local stores, and the frustration of those that had to call and speak to a representative when they needed to move their licenses off a dead computer to a newer build or after having just made several hardware changes to their systems.
   
   I remember reading tutorials on slipstreaming and creating a working bootable CD, including workarounds to the BIOS locks by switching OEMBIOS files. Flashing custom BIOSes also made its first appearance. Microsoft later posted in their tech docs generic OEM XP keys as a nod to the techs that needed an easy way to reinstall OEM versions onto their clients' computers.
   
   I remember the merriment of many when giant dump lists of VLKs started appearing everywhere as a cacophonous celebration of a new tool called the Blue List key generator.
   
   I remember SP2 and how it rendered those same vaunted blue lists of VLKs to nothing more than massive jumbles of letters and numbers. Validators were born in search of the ever elusive 640 PIDs that would work with SP2.
   
   Not willing to stand by and wait for the pirates' next move, Microsoft released their own notorious counterpart to the Blue List key generator: Windows Genuine Advantage/Notification. How many false positives? How many got locked out? How many pirates slayed? We will never truly know. WGA cracks appeared and served as protest to this new mode of antipiracy mechanism.
   
   There was a great pause in between as it seemed that Microsoft had finally, seemingly, won this war with WGA. A Pyrrhic victory, if that, given the uproar of bad press and mal sentiment expressed over WGA by the main public over concerns of privacy. Quietly on the ocean front, however, pirates began visiting their local libraries and internet cafes in order to copy down keys posted on the outside of the PCs or resorted to using magical keyfinders to copy legitimate VLKs straight from inside of the PCs themselves.
   
   Closing the single use key loophole presented by the naked keys brandished on the outside of PCs, Microsoft began demanded that if and whenever those keys were attempted to be activated online, customers would have to call and verify in order to complete the activation process. Nothing, however, could be done about the stolen VLKs swiped from within the computer's memory.
   
   Acquiescing, perhaps realizing the agony inflicted upon the legitimate customer, Microsoft finally relented and made it optional to input a key at install with SP3. Customers had 30 days to activate, and pirates had 30 days to find a crack or key.
   
   Has any other OS been as ravaged, or has metamorphosed more in response to this war on piracy? For this, I will always remember Windows XP.

5. Comment - Video: Netflix on PlayStation 3

   6.5.2 (Nov 7, 2009 - 9:27 PM)

   Point of STREAMING is to NOT have to put in a disc. Get it?

6. Comment - Region woes hose Obama gift to UK prime minister

   6.5.2 (Mar 21, 2009 - 2:47 AM)

   What a dumb gift.
   
   Makes me cringe just thinking about it.
   
   Probably one of those discount DVD sets too.

7. Comment - Discount brings street price of Windows Home Server down to $100

   6.5.2 (Nov 7, 2008 - 12:01 AM)

   http://support.microsoft...946676/en-us?spid=12624
   
   List of Confirmed Applications
   • Windows Vista Photo Gallery
   • Windows Live Photo Gallery
   • Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
   • Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
   • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
   • Microsoft Money 2007
   • SyncToy 2.0 Beta
   • Intuit QuickBooks
   • uTorrent
   
   User Reported Applications
   (Now that Power Pack 1 is out, it is unlikely that Microsoft will update this list.)
   
   • Photoshop Elements
   • Zune Software
   • Apple iTunes
   • TagScanner
   • Mozilla Thunderbird
   • Adobe Lightroom
   • Intuit Quicken
   • MS Digital Image Library
   • MP3BookHelper
   • ACDSee
   • WinAmp
   • Windows Media Player 11
   • Microsoft Office Excel
   • Visual DataFlex
   
   Now, what are the chances that a WHS customer uses one of the above listed applications?

8. Comment - Discount brings street price of Windows Home Server down to $100

   6.5.2 (Nov 5, 2008 - 9:32 PM)

   Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Intuit QuickBooks aren't used anymore?