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Reviewed CyberLink PowerDVD 11.0.1919.0 August 3 - 3:05 PM ET This program is vastly superior to the Mac OS X Lion DVD player in every way. PowerDVD 11 never, ever crashes unlike Lion's DVD player. PowerDVD 11 also has superior video quality than Lion's player even when it's running in software only mode.... Read full review
Reviewed Google Chrome (Beta) 14.0.835.15 Beta August 2 - 3:09 PM ET @helenpierce - Google Chrome has a feature that blocks spam and malware sites. Blocking the website you mention was very likely intentional. It's too bad that Microsoft doesn't have this kind of feature. Maybe for IE 10? Read full review
Reviewed Parted Magic 6.4 July 28 - 2:55 PM ET Great program, but I can't clone a smaller hard disk to a larger one. Unless the two hard disks have identical capacity I get an error part way through the process. BTW, why isn't this version on the developer's web site? They only have version... Read full review
Reviewed AMD Catalyst Drivers for Windows 11.7 July 28 - 3:21 AM ET Won't work on my laptop. It's not HP's fault because they fully support installing stock AMD graphics drivers on their Core i5-based Pavilion dm4 laptops. It's AMD's fault because they STILL don't support laptops with switchable graphics. AMD... Read full review
Reviewed Wine 1.3.25 Development July 25 - 3:18 PM ET This program finally works. Kind of. Low end games that use yesteryear's DirectX version now work. Except for the issue where going from full screen at 800x600 resolution back to windowed mode doesn't work. In my computer's case, going from this... Read full review

Reviewed CyberLink PowerDVD 11.0.1919.0

August 3 - 3:05 PM ET

This program is vastly superior to the Mac OS X Lion DVD player in every way. PowerDVD 11 never, ever crashes unlike Lion's DVD player. PowerDVD 11 also has superior video quality than Lion's player even when it's running in software only mode.... Read full review

Reviewed Google Chrome (Beta) 14.0.835.15 Beta

August 2 - 3:09 PM ET

@helenpierce - Google Chrome has a feature that blocks spam and malware sites. Blocking the website you mention was very likely intentional. It's too bad that Microsoft doesn't have this kind of feature. Maybe for IE 10? Read full review

Reviewed Parted Magic 6.4

July 28 - 2:55 PM ET

Great program, but I can't clone a smaller hard disk to a larger one. Unless the two hard disks have identical capacity I get an error part way through the process.

BTW, why isn't this version on the developer's web site? They only have version... Read full review

Reviewed AMD Catalyst Drivers for Windows 11.7

July 28 - 3:21 AM ET

Won't work on my laptop. It's not HP's fault because they fully support installing stock AMD graphics drivers on their Core i5-based Pavilion dm4 laptops. It's AMD's fault because they STILL don't support laptops with switchable graphics. AMD... Read full review

Reviewed Wine 1.3.25 Development

July 25 - 3:18 PM ET

This program finally works. Kind of. Low end games that use yesteryear's DirectX version now work. Except for the issue where going from full screen at 800x600 resolution back to windowed mode doesn't work. In my computer's case, going from this... Read full review

smarterthanyou

Reviewed CyberLink PowerDVD 11.0.1919.0

Reviewed Google Chrome (Beta) 14.0.835.15 Beta

Reviewed Parted Magic 6.4

Reviewed AMD Catalyst Drivers for Windows 11.7

Reviewed Wine 1.3.25 Development

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