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1. 
   Review - Winamp 5 Full

   5.33 Build 1079 (Feb 6, 2007)

   Winamp 5.33 Beta, Build 1079
   What's New (whole list)
   
   * Improved: [gen_ml] unicode tree item title support
   * Improved: [NDE] speed optimizations
   * Improved: [ml_history] localized dates
   * Improved: [ml_local] Unicode media library support
   * Improved: [ml_playlists] now uses m3u8 to retain unicode file info
   * Improved: [ml_playlists] playlists in send-to submenu
   * Improved: [ml_pmp] playback-from-device of unicode filenames
   * Improved: [ml_wire] moved discover page to main page
   * Improved: [pmp_p4s] auto-detection of supported file formats
   * Fixed: playlist directory loading fix (again)
   * Fixed: recursive playlist loading
   * Fixed: video lockup when switching video display settings
   * Fixed: HTML playlist generation
   * Fixed: temp file cleanup after burning
   * Fixed: Alt+L from video window
   * Fixed: fullscreen video display drawing glitch
   * Fixed: recursive shortcut loading
   * Fixed ASX Loader not reading local relative paths correctly
   * Fixed: [gen_ml] & needs expanding to && for any menu entries showing filenames
   * Fixed: [in_flac] not saving genres.txt in multiuser directory
   * Fixed: [in_mp3] create id3v2 tag when writing album artist
   * Fixed: [in_mp3] workaround for id3v2.4 tags with badly formatted frame sizes
   * Fixed: [in_vorbis] writing blank metadata instead of erasing
   * Fixed: [in_wave] sometimes not remembering custom extensions
   * Fixed: [in_wm] stack overflow on hi-def multichannel audio with replaygain enabled
   * Fixed: [in_wm] File Info editor album artist not saving
   * Fixed: [ml_local] Modern skin pledit winshade 'Manage Playlist' button bug
   * Fixed: [ml_local] ignoring files with ellipsis (...)
   * Fixed: [ml_local] editing disc via 'edit selected items'
   * Fixed: [ml_local] sorting fix
   * Fixed: [ml_local] ratings menu
   * Fixed: [ml_local] crash when sorting by replaygain
   * Fixed: [ml_local] deadlock when retrieving title to guess metadata
   * Fixed: [ml_local] no longer causes unicode files in playlist to display ?????
   * Fixed: [ml_playlists] time column and 'status' in statusbar
   * Fixed: [ml_pmp]
   * Fixed: [ml_rg] multi-channel files being calculated incorrectly
   * Fixed: [ml_transcode] bad/missing metadata on transcoded files
   * Fixed: [ml_transcode] error on overly long filenames ("can't open destination file")
   * Fixed: [ml_wire] podcasts that change titles not updating properly
   * Updated: Coding Technologies aacPlus encoder 8.0.3
   * Updated: [enc_flac] Flake SVN r114
   * Updated: [gen_ff] Freetype 2.3.1
   * Updated: [gen_jumpex] Jump To File Extra v0.97.11 (build 109)

2. 
   Review - Windows Media Player for Windows XP (32-bit)

   11.0.5721.5146 (Jan 17, 2007)

   Anyone care to comment on any possible speed increases for this release (from previous posts its sounds unlikely but I thought I'd ask)?

3. 
   Review - VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows

   0.8.6a (Jan 3, 2007)

   Though I can't find any documentation or confirmation, this release is probably a security release relating to the recent security advisory:
   http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html
   
   The 0.8.6a release at the bottom of the page is a called a 'bugfix release'.

4. 
   Review - Adobe Reader for Windows

   8.0.0 (Dec 5, 2006)

   Tested on Windows Vista Beta 2, with ie7 and FF 2.0. Zeon 2.4 1gb of ram.
   
   The netopsystems installer took approx. 70 seconds to unzip (using 90,000+ k of RAM). Afterwards, the installer asked 2 questions and installed.
   
   It does seem to load a little faster now (approx 2 - 10 seconds depending on whether the DLLs are still loaded in memory).
   
   The browser plugin keeps the sidebar clutter down, and the selection / page tools seem to work well enough in ie7 and ff 2.0.
   
   I give it a 4 because they still haven't figured out that there's plenty of software out there (apple 10.4, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ etc) that creates basic PDFs. Just reading PDF files isn't enough to evangelize PDF, they should bundle the printer to create PDFs. They should spend their money on the people who need to create cool fillable PDFs and what not.

5. 
   Review - Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications

   1.0 (Nov 28, 2006)

   I wonder if microsoft embedded a 'kill switch' in this one?

6. Comment - This time Apple public relations has gone too far

   1.0 (Jun 1, 2011 - 3:09 AM)

   Conan and Apple:
   http://video.teamcoco.co...7&eref=sharethisUrl

7. Comment - Studios Take Claims of AACS Crack Seriously

   1.0 (Dec 30, 2006 - 2:35 PM)

   there's a youtube link and a rapidshare link in the youtube description... why read what others have to see when you can see and play with the code yourself.
   
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=_oZGYb92isE

8. Comment - 802.11n Standard Unlikely Until 2008

   1.0 (Aug 15, 2006 - 2:11 AM)

   oops you're right. 802.11i is security.
   
   doh.

9. Comment - 802.11n Standard Unlikely Until 2008

   1.0 (Aug 14, 2006 - 5:20 PM)

   So much for built-in wifi security. WEP is trivial, WPA isn't perfect, and WPA2(802.11n) may not be same WPA2 in 2008. I expect to see a lot more info and tutorials on running IPSec on public wifi networks soon. Its only a matter of time before easy sniffing tools are in the hands of the script kiddies.

10. Comment - BitTorrent Signs Deal With Warner Bros.

    1.0 (May 9, 2006 - 9:21 PM)

    Technology Pundit? Nothin' personal, but if BitTorrent is ruined by shares throttling the bandwidth, then why ARE people using BitTorrent right now? Its pretty obvious that it works. 2 replies:
    1.Sure its not user-friendly at the moment, but I'm sure whatever Warner Bros client they end up using will be nice and easy to use and to throttle your bandwidth.
    2.I'm also sure that there will be a credits system in place to create incentives for people to NOT throttle their bandwidth, much like the recent Apple 10.5 Software Update / iTunes credits rumor going around right now.