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Reviewed HandBrake for Windows 0.8.0 Beta 1 April 2 - 2:35 AM ET Easier than auto Gordian Knot -- very intuitive. And quality even with default settings is higher! I especially appreciated ability to downsample AC3 audio to lower rates so as to have more room for video. When the widescreen iPod arrives, this... Read full review
Reviewed OpenOffice for Mac OS X 2.0.4 February 8 - 2:18 AM ET I'm impressed how fast it runs atop X11 under OS X -- faster than the Windows Java version. NeoOffice is too sluggish for me! Read full review
Reviewed 1by1 1.59 December 29 - 1:40 AM ET Winamp plugins enable playing just about anything. But the most recent plugins that come with Nullsoft's installer mightn't all work. Read full review
Reviewed AudioGrail 6.5.0.110 Beta March 9 - 3:57 PM ET "thank to the power of the FreeDB online database" No thanks to FreeDB -- I typically waste more time fixing the screwed up info than if I'd filled in everything manually using data from Amazon CD sales. Read full review
Reviewed MediaCoder 0.3.6 February 24 - 6:19 PM ET I've been using this for two months and what I like best is how very intuitive it is. It is VERY fast. Author Stanley Huang hangs out in forums at hydrogenaudio.org as "optimus" and he responds to questions, suggestions and bug reports. Read full review

Reviewed HandBrake for Windows 0.8.0 Beta 1

April 2 - 2:35 AM ET

Easier than auto Gordian Knot -- very intuitive. And quality even with default settings is higher!
I especially appreciated ability to downsample AC3 audio to lower rates so as to have more room for video.
When the widescreen iPod arrives, this... Read full review

Reviewed OpenOffice for Mac OS X 2.0.4

February 8 - 2:18 AM ET

I'm impressed how fast it runs atop X11 under OS X -- faster than the Windows Java version.
NeoOffice is too sluggish for me! Read full review

Reviewed 1by1 1.59

December 29 - 1:40 AM ET

Winamp plugins enable playing just about anything. But the most recent plugins that come with Nullsoft's installer mightn't all work. Read full review

Reviewed AudioGrail 6.5.0.110 Beta

March 9 - 3:57 PM ET

"thank to the power of the FreeDB online database"
No thanks to FreeDB -- I typically waste more time fixing the screwed up info than if I'd filled in everything manually using data from Amazon CD sales. Read full review

Reviewed MediaCoder 0.3.6

February 24 - 6:19 PM ET

I've been using this for two months and what I like best is how very intuitive it is. It is VERY fast. Author Stanley Huang hangs out in forums at hydrogenaudio.org as "optimus" and he responds to questions, suggestions and bug reports. Read full review

ckjnigel

Reviewed HandBrake for Windows 0.8.0 Beta 1

Reviewed OpenOffice for Mac OS X 2.0.4

Reviewed 1by1 1.59

Reviewed AudioGrail 6.5.0.110 Beta

Reviewed MediaCoder 0.3.6

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