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Reviewed Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro (32-bit) 4.0.1007.7323 (591) March 28 - 4:48 AM ET A good firewall. No BSOD for me, never had any for ages, so i guess it's not the fault of outpost. I think a software firewall like Outpost is indeed useful, since hardware firewalls can't filter trafic according to applicative rules, which... Read full review
Reviewed Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61 May 20 - 7:49 AM ET I've just had a very painful experience with that firewall. I installed it, and when I rebooted and connected to the internet, it kept on asking me about programs accessing the Internet. That's ok for me, that's the classic Firewall learning... Read full review
Reviewed MySQL for Windows 5.1.6 Alpha February 15 - 9:20 AM ET Mark, you're forgetting to mention that BDB and InnoDB are only two of the many storages engines provided with MySQL (MyISAM, Memory, MERGE, NDB, ISAM...). Thanks to MySQL's modular design, it will always possible to design alternative storage... Read full review
Reviewed Paint.NET 2.6 Beta 2 January 18 - 5:21 AM ET Good and serious replacement to MS Paint, but not quite the GIMP or Photoshop yet. The GUI is very clean, and having transparent dialogs is a very good idea. One thing I don't like is the installation process... it's extremely slow and uses... Read full review
Reviewed Winamp Deskband 1.0 RC3 January 17 - 4:34 AM ET This desk band is a good and featureful soft, even though I think the resizing of the taskbar is a bit of a problem... if you're looking for a simpler alternative to this plugin, check the Winamp Desk Band I've made:... Read full review

Reviewed Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro (32-bit) 4.0.1007.7323 (591)

March 28 - 4:48 AM ET

A good firewall.

No BSOD for me, never had any for ages, so i guess it's not the fault of outpost.

I think a software firewall like Outpost is indeed useful, since hardware firewalls can't filter trafic according to applicative rules, which... Read full review

Reviewed Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61

May 20 - 7:49 AM ET

I've just had a very painful experience with that firewall.

I installed it, and when I rebooted and connected to the internet, it kept on asking me about programs accessing the Internet. That's ok for me, that's the classic Firewall learning... Read full review

Reviewed MySQL for Windows 5.1.6 Alpha

February 15 - 9:20 AM ET

Mark, you're forgetting to mention that BDB and InnoDB are only two of the many storages engines provided with MySQL (MyISAM, Memory, MERGE, NDB, ISAM...).
Thanks to MySQL's modular design, it will always possible to design alternative storage... Read full review

Reviewed Paint.NET 2.6 Beta 2

January 18 - 5:21 AM ET

Good and serious replacement to MS Paint, but not quite the GIMP or Photoshop yet.

The GUI is very clean, and having transparent dialogs is a very good idea.

One thing I don't like is the installation process... it's extremely slow and uses... Read full review

Reviewed Winamp Deskband 1.0 RC3

January 17 - 4:34 AM ET

This desk band is a good and featureful soft, even though I think the resizing of the taskbar is a bit of a problem...

if you're looking for a simpler alternative to this plugin, check the Winamp Desk Band I've made:... Read full review

SirDarius

Reviewed Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro (32-bit) 4.0.1007.7323 (591)

Reviewed Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61

Reviewed MySQL for Windows 5.1.6 Alpha

Reviewed Paint.NET 2.6 Beta 2

Reviewed Winamp Deskband 1.0 RC3

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