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Reviewed January 9 - 1:34 PM ET Chrome does not work with Adblock Plus. A browser that displays ads? Useless garbage. It is faster for Google Maps than Firefox though. Read full review

Reviewed Google Chrome (Beta) 2.0.156.1 Beta January 9 - 1:34 PM ET Chrome does not work with Adblock Plus. A browser that displays ads? Useless garbage. It is faster for Google Maps than Firefox though. Read full review
Reviewed The GIMP 2.6.4 January 4 - 9:12 PM ET It IS the best free alternative to Photoshop if you have demanding tasks to do. For advanced retouching it is much better than any other free option. Very few free programs have the healing brush which GIMP has (only Krita does that I know of).... Read full review
Reviewed Paint.NET 3.36 November 29 - 1:31 PM ET Is there ANY free or affordable program that includes magnetic lasso? No- so it is irrelevant to mention it. Paint.net is a good balance between ease of use and features. GIMP is more powerful, but only a few % of people will be able to learn to... Read full review
Reviewed VLC for Windows 0.9.6 November 21 - 12:54 PM ET Nice program, but be aware it is illegal to use in the United States and several other countries. It is able to decode many types of encoding that are covered by patents without paying the licensing fees. If you are using XP, all free DVD... Read full review
Reviewed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 5 September 12 - 5:13 PM ET Linux and Ubuntu run great for home users. Many video games are hard or impractical to get to run, but any other task is easily done in Ubuntu. Your computer will run twice as fast once you switch to Ubuntu, because you won't have to burden it... Read full review

Reviewed Google Chrome (Beta) 2.0.156.1 Beta

January 9 - 1:34 PM ET

Chrome does not work with Adblock Plus. A browser that displays ads? Useless garbage. It is faster for Google Maps than Firefox though. Read full review

Reviewed The GIMP 2.6.4

January 4 - 9:12 PM ET

It IS the best free alternative to Photoshop if you have demanding tasks to do. For advanced retouching it is much better than any other free option. Very few free programs have the healing brush which GIMP has (only Krita does that I know of).... Read full review

Reviewed Paint.NET 3.36

November 29 - 1:31 PM ET

Is there ANY free or affordable program that includes magnetic lasso? No- so it is irrelevant to mention it. Paint.net is a good balance between ease of use and features. GIMP is more powerful, but only a few % of people will be able to learn to... Read full review

Reviewed VLC for Windows 0.9.6

November 21 - 12:54 PM ET

Nice program, but be aware it is illegal to use in the United States and several other countries. It is able to decode many types of encoding that are covered by patents without paying the licensing fees. If you are using XP, all free DVD... Read full review

Reviewed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 5

September 12 - 5:13 PM ET

Linux and Ubuntu run great for home users. Many video games are hard or impractical to get to run, but any other task is easily done in Ubuntu. Your computer will run twice as fast once you switch to Ubuntu, because you won't have to burden it... Read full review

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Reviewed Google Chrome (Beta) 2.0.156.1 Beta

Reviewed The GIMP 2.6.4

Reviewed Paint.NET 3.36

Reviewed VLC for Windows 0.9.6

Reviewed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 5

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