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Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Google Chrome for Windows

   27.0.1453.93 (May 21, 2013)

   Still no overhaul for the download manager to allow for the Save/Open/Cancel prompt offered by other browsers, I see. Chrome is a good browser, but their refusal to implement this one little thing makes it too much of a pain for daily use to me and many others. To be fair though, I can see how it's not an issue to most people. If like me you download a broad range of files, then you'll want to be able to chose file by file whether you want to save it or simply open it.

2. 
   Review - Ad-Aware

   10.5.0.4339 (Feb 19, 2013)

   I remember the anti-spyware version of this program falling out of favour a few years ago, when it did indeed become very resource - hungry. It's now a full Antivirus & Antispyware package and very light on the system wherever I've used it.
   
   Best of all, the Antivirus comparison sites list it up there among the top handful for the level of protection it gives.

3. 
   Review - Puran Defrag

   7.6 (Feb 1, 2013)

   Excellent defragger that is now free. Just one gotcha - look out for the offer to install Babylon Toolbar during the installation (unless you actually want it of course). Apart from that little proviso (which I don't feel warrants subtracting a star), it does a very good job. One of the best I've seen, it includes the option to do a boot-time defrag which will defrag the pagefile if possible, and a scheduler.

4. 
   Review - Avira Free Antivirus

   12.0.0.1167 (Jul 26, 2012)

   Excellent program. But according to their site, the latest is still 12.0.0.1125, which is the version this link downloads.

5. 
   Review - avast! Free Antivirus

   7.0.1451 (Jun 28, 2012)

   Very good antivirus. But how come this program is identical to the 7.0.1426 version that was available in March ? I thought this was supposed to be 7.0.1451 ?

6. Comment - Apple lied to get that injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?

   7.0.1451 (Aug 15, 2011 - 8:01 PM)

   Not sure whether you're actually apologising, or think your original post was meant to be funny. To be clear - the original post was revolting, and contained items (insulting a persons mother etc) which are just plain WRONG. Again, I'm not sure if the 'split personality' reference is meant to be a joke, but it is quite clear there's something wrong with you.

7. Comment - Apple lied to get that injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?

   7.0.1451 (Aug 15, 2011 - 7:16 PM)

   This post is absolutely disgusting and a complete disgrace .....

8. Comment - UK finally makes ripping your own DVDs and CDs legal

   7.0.1451 (Aug 4, 2011 - 7:47 PM)

   Now that's odd. I can't think of one person I know who's ever abided by this law anyway. So now we're supposed to celebrate? Hmm ...
   
   On another note, I read that on the other hand, this new decision means music prices will go up here in the UK. Apparently everyone's in agreement that it IS obviously wrong to make a copy of that CD for our own use. So it's 'only fair' to charge a small subsidy to offset the fact they're now going to allow us to do it. So no, they aren't bowing to common sense after all - still bowing to the music bosses.

9. Comment - My mother is getting a Chromebook

   7.0.1451 (Jul 30, 2011 - 7:06 PM)

   You're obviously talking about gmail webmail there. The mail.google.com is the server for accessing mail using IMAP, which is what he said in his article.

10. Comment - Want Thunderbird 5 to be more like Outlook? Try Lightning

    7.0.1451 (Jul 30, 2011 - 6:54 PM)

    Thanks for the heads up about this - quite a nice bit of software that I've already tried previous versions of.
    
    I'd already read about this update on the downloadcrew site. Note though, that the link there for the Windows version actually downloads the Mac version.