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1. Alcohol 52% Free Edition
2. AnyDVD HD
3. Bullzip PDF Printer
4. ConvertXtoDVD
5. DVD43
6. DVDFab All-In-One
7. Fresh UI
8. Mp3tag
9. Process Explorer
10. SpeedFan
11. SQLyog for Windows
12. WinMerge
13. µTorrent for Windows

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Adobe Flash Player for Windows (IE)

   10.1 RC (Apr 6, 2010)

   Still no 64-bit? Still get a 1-star

2. 
   Review - Paint Shop Pro

   Ultimate X2 (Apr 22, 2009)

   Paint Shop Pro is a good program for doing somewhat advanced photo/image editing, though not on the level as Photoshop. However it is much cheaper and easier to use than Photoshop.
   
   I've been using it since about PSP 5 or so and has added several features. I feel like the interface relatively OK and easy to use. However, there are a couple reasons I'm not going to rate this a 5 star. Bugs that they've failed to address in numerous releases.
   
   1. The software doesn't work through a proxy and there's no setting to add it. Registration is required and you can't go through a proxy??? They at least fixed it in this version so that you can open up a seperate web browser to register. However, Corel checks for updates each time it starts and if it can't go through the proxy it locks up for 10 seconds before starting. Also, you have to download updates manually.
   
   2. GIF transparency bug. If you open a GIF with a transparent background, it doesn't work. It shows it as black. You can use the magic wand to delete the black background, but if your image has black on it, then you're SOL.
   
   Failing to address the business environment (proxies), and failing to address basic bugs leaves me no choice but to rate it a 2-star.

3. 
   Review - ScreenHunter Free

   5.0.125 (Sep 12, 2008)

   FastStone Capture is now a 30 day trial. The last freeware version was 5.3.
   
   Since this seems to be the best free capture utility now, I'll give it a 4 star, though it has room to improve.

4. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox (v3) for Windows

   3.0 Alpha 8 (Sep 20, 2007)

   hell0, there is a plugin for that. Tab Mix Plus. It will let you do alot of differnt things with tab manipulation as well as "Single Window" mode.

5. 
   Review - nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows

   1.58.43 Beta (May 16, 2007)

   Drivers are getting better for Vista. Here are the release notes: http://us.download.nvidi...eWare_Release_Notes.pdf
   
   However, there is still a problem with Vista and Sleep Mode....it rarely works. Fix this!!

6. Comment - Verizon Wireless hosts major LTE expansion tomorrow in 11 states

   1.58.43 Beta (Aug 17, 2011 - 1:33 PM)

   Actually, it looks like this story needs to be updated. Memphis gets it tomorrow. Woot!
   http://news.vzw.com/news...1/08/pr2011-08-17b.html

7. Comment - Verizon Wireless hosts major LTE expansion tomorrow in 11 states

   1.58.43 Beta (Aug 17, 2011 - 12:56 PM)

   When the hell is Memphis going to get LTE? I haven't even heard of half these cities.

8. Comment - Finally, Firefox for Android is stable and primed for tablets

   1.58.43 Beta (Aug 17, 2011 - 11:17 AM)

   It's an HTC Sensation on TMobile. No mods on the phone. Default. Sense 3.0. I installed the AdBlocker addon as the only extension to Firefox.
   
   I've been using Dolphin Browser HD, which appears to run much smoother with no crashes.

9. Comment - Avidemux helps get video files into the right format

   1.58.43 Beta (Aug 17, 2011 - 11:14 AM)

   I tried this app before to cut out the commercials of a video file i ripped off my Tivo (about 35GB), and it stutters when its in the viewer and extremely hard to use because of it. Wish they would fix that, but otherwise it does what i need.

10. Comment - Finally, Firefox for Android is stable and primed for tablets

    1.58.43 Beta (Aug 17, 2011 - 12:12 AM)

    I can assure you it is not stable. I'm a huge Firefox fan and was eager to try this. It crashed twice within 5 minutes and i viewed about 3 webpages. And it was quite laggy. They still have alot of work to do.