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   Review - Norton AntiVirus

   2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 12, 2009)

   Norton Antivirus has always been an excellent product at preventing and removing viruses. If an AV product doesn't use as much resources as Norton, then it's not doing its job and will have very, very low virus detection and removal rates. Unfortunately, now it has product activation similar to that found in Windows. I frequently like to try alternative operating systems on my computer and much of the time this involves reinstalling Windows since I don't like VM's. It's bad enough that I have to call Microsoft all the time to reactivate Windows. I don't need the hassle of calling anyone else just to use the software I paid for.

2. Comment - Reports from iPhone users that MMS rollout has begun

   2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 15, 2009 - 2:47 PM)

   AT&T didn't allow anyone to send MMS in August. While it may be true that you don't need ver 3.1 of the iPhone OS, AT&T will not allow anyone to send MMS until sometime this month (September).

3. Comment - Not exactly Bing 2.0: Latest 'Visual Search' feature fails to impress

   2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 15, 2009 - 2:43 PM)

   Fails to impress? Just look at all of that eye candy! That was the entire purpose of this new Bing search and I'd say it exceeds all expectations. Bing 2.1 will probably be designed to be an easy to use search engine.

4. Comment - Opera 10 Final released, bringing back 'turbo' mode

   2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 2, 2009 - 5:28 AM)

   The lossless compression that nearly every dialup modem does is just as good as Opera Turbo. The best part is there are no fuzzy graphics that are almost impossible to decipher. The technology used in Opera Turbo is identical to what AOL used when they were strictly a dialup internet provider. It didn't provide any significant speed improvement then and it still doesn't now. Even with 9600 baud and 14.4K dialup modems the speed improvement is negligible. The typical download speeds at most WiFi hotspots is 85-100KB/s. This is no worse than DSL.