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   Review - Foxit Reader

   4.0.0.0619 (Jul 26, 2010)

   Not sure what the problem is with Ask or other options. There is "Preferences | Internet | Hide Ask.com Search button", if that helps. The other options, typically tied with the purchased version, I simply don't select. Seems a small effort for a good, free tool. /Cheers

2. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox (v3.6) for Windows

   3.6.2 (Mar 25, 2010)

   This 3.6.2 seems to have fixed a performance problem with alpha blending (background darkened) and temporarily overlayed DIV boxes/images.

3. 
   Review - Mozilla Lightning for Windows

   1.0 Beta 1 (Mar 14, 2010)

   With regard to Stoerpser comment, Sunbird 0.9 (so Lightning) now supports "last day of the month" recurrences, and can subsequently remove individual occurences.

4. 
   Review - PeaZip for Windows (32-bit)

   1.9.3 (Nov 2, 2007)

   Um-m-mh - Attempted installation of the mobile version (at least) seems to give a virus error: "New Malware.j" in \res\lpaq\lpaq5.exe.
   
   (Otherwise, the utility looks admirable)

5. Comment - One IT pro explains why he fears and embraces disruptive cloud and mobile platforms

   1.9.3 (Feb 27, 2011 - 10:38 AM)

   Very good considerations. A few more thoughts - offline and auxilliary and choices. Sometimes you want to take it offline, to read or to update. That will be a problem with Chrome OS or cloud-only choices. Slates/tablets and SmartPhones are mostly auxiliary to primary PC's. That may switch in general and has already for some. Just as "transportation" includes walking, subways, cars, and flying as options for many of us, some people will have fewer choices or different preferences for the new range of devices. Where we can, we will say "yes" to all. So its a little bit about displacement and supplement, but not the extinguishment of PC's.

6. Comment - Will the smartphone replace the PC in three years?

   1.9.3 (Mar 4, 2010 - 5:03 PM)

   I'm with the "idiot" thread. You may as well say SmartPhones will replace TV's because they both play video. SmartPhones create a whole new venue, and in that context people are willing to accept compromises since the capability is "a miracle at all". TV's get bigger and internet connected. Desktops (22" widescreen, multimonitors) and Laptops (18") get bigger and faster multicore CPU's. We still have multi-car, multi-TV households. Its yes to all, not replacement. The usage time may increase dramatically on the mobile devices due to convenience, and we will still have all the other stuff!

7. Comment - 12 reasons why I won't buy an Apple iPad

   1.9.3 (Jan 30, 2010 - 4:25 PM)

   1 + 5. Yes, its not a PC, but with 140,000 apps, maybe we should start thinking of the i-gizmos/smartphone AS the new PC
   
   3. Web browsing is just fine
   
   4. Screen resolution fine
   
   5. Aspect ratio? Right, its a "book aspect ratio"; I actually dislke 16:9 on Laptop and PC
   
   7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11. Yes, built-in stuff is missing, but there is connectivity to missing capabilities. And time for version 2.0.
   
   10 + 12. SDK. Version 2.0 (expansion slots). Time for add-ons ecosystem. And did I say 140,000 apps (so who REALLY cares if its "closed").
   
   Am I going to buy one? Maybe as a nice color e-book reader (to replace my Sony). Depends how easy access will be to free content - PDF, YouTube-class movies, maybe music to read by. If I want Laptop features (keyboard, full Linux/Windows apps), I'll buy a laptop (seems simple).

8. Comment - Tesla rakes in over $2.6 million from Model S reservations

   1.9.3 (Apr 3, 2009 - 1:13 PM)

   If the chip industry can outsource to "fab plants", why don't the Big Three auto makers start looking at offering production capacity service? They are certainly going to have free assembly lines shortly, and it gets them off the hook for innovation (!), both effort and lead time. "Just come, and we will build it." ;)

9. Comment - Cox experiments with an 'anti-throttling' alternative

   1.9.3 (Jan 31, 2009 - 6:58 PM)

   And obvious (and obviously flawed) option is to suggest users voluntarily set a "low priority" flag. TCP/IP ToS or IP priority bits, or new proposals. It is in everyone's interest to let "background" tasks run effectively ni the network environment. If "they" (COX, any ISP, net engineers) are going to experiment, perhaps consider the social side as well as technical. A thought.