September 2007 - Posts

22 September 2007
Finally: CDBurnerXP 4.0 Final
Its been three years since the public last release but now CDBurnerXP 4.0 is finally available. The official website features a spanking new design too. CDBurnerXP is a freeware CD and DVD burning software for Windows, in case anybody did not know that. Most exciting new features for me, Unicode support... Read More...
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22 September 2007
The XP SP2 Half Open Connections Limit Myth
I still see this bandied about as a possible factor in slow P2P speeds. It is easily misunderstood, but the half open connections limit imposed by XP SP2 and Vista does not matter for P2P speeds. It limits the rate at which connections can be made, not the total number of simultaneous connections. Now... Read More...
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21 September 2007
XName - Free DNS Service
Hating to deal with the inconvenience of the ZoneEdit "only the first five domains are free" rule (yes I'm very cheap), I searched for a free alternative and I think I found it, XName . Though the ZoneEdit user interface is simpler and probably more helpful, making it more suitable for... Read More...
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14 September 2007
Prince: Not Getting It
I though Prince was a musician who got it, but apparently he doesn't . Stunts like this will only cost him legitimate fans. Trent Reznor, on the other hand, is one of few artists who gets it and has the balls, knowledge and integrity to do the right thing. He is the man . Read More...
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06 September 2007
Windows Live Writer Beta 3
I am typing this on WLW Beta 3 . I wrote about the first beta, which was already very usable at the time. This is the best of breed in blogging software on Windows. Quite a lot of changes for beta 3, but the best thing for me is "Publish XHTML-style markup". In other news, CCleaner 2.0 is now... Read More...
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