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1. 
   Review - TUGZip

   3.0.0.0 (Aug 30, 2004)

   I really like this compression utility. It has become my everyday program both at home and at work.

2. 
   Review - Blat

   2.2.2 (Jul 20, 2004)

   The best commandline emailer bar none. Very easy to use and a lot of options.

3. 
   Review - Mozilla Thunderbird (v3.1) for Windows

   0.1 (Jul 28, 2003)

   A 0.1 release and already better than most of the email clients available. I can't wait to view the progress this client makes in the near future.
   It's my new day-to-day email client.

4. 
   Review - Xnews

   6.01.08 Beta (Jan 11, 2003)

   I've read nothing about Xnews being abandoned. Where did you hear this?

5. Comment - 1/3 of Workers Write Down Passwords

   6.01.08 Beta (Oct 18, 2006 - 10:15 PM)

   Not allowing users to write down a password can (and does) lead to unsecure, guessable passwords. When I need to change my company password, I generate a long, non-guessable password and write it down and keep it in my wallet.
   
   I keep my credit cards, debit cards, personal ID, etc in my wallet and I keep it secure on my person. I am more concerned with someone stealing my *personal* credit cards than my *company* password so any password I write down benefits from the same security. Plus, my password is a jumbled mess of characters that means nothing. Even if someone got my wallet, they have no idea where I work, what the password's for or that it's even a password. Besides, they are more interested in the credit card than a string of characters on a piece of paper.
   
   I see nothing wrong with providing users with a password generator that creates strong passwords and allowing them to write them down. It sure beats using the same password over and over again just adding a number to the end of it each time it's changed.