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CyberCat updated 6 products

CyberCat — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:38:11 -0400

1. updated Apple iPhone 3GS - October 6, 2009 at 1:38 am

agreed: "no background running apps"
agreed: "not a revolutionary upgrade"
agreed: "AT&T is not supporting many of the new updates quite yet - 7.2Mbps HSDPA in 2011, no tethering information/pricing, no MMS until later this summer"

2. updated Windows Media Player - October 6, 2009 at 1:36 am

agreed: "Awful library management functions "
agreed: "Will not play licensed media without internet connection or licence"
agreed: "Player tends to freeze, pause, etc with lots of codecs on the machine"
agreed: "Does not support DVD playback due to DRM in some cases"
agreed: "Bloatware "
disagreed: "has all the bells and whistles you would expect"
disagreed: "Good for most videos."

3. updated Winamp - October 6, 2009 at 1:35 am

4. updated VLC media player - October 6, 2009 at 1:35 am

agreed: "Plays anything you throw at it from any source including local, disc, network, or Web "
agreed: "Overrides regional restriction of dvd drives."
agreed: "Play ripped DVDs"
agreed: "free and open source"
agreed: "Supports lots of codecs"

5. updated iTunes - October 6, 2009 at 1:34 am

agreed: "Entire iTunes store catalog is now available in DRM-free format"
agreed: "Clean, slick, easy to use interface."
agreed: "part of a closed system - intended to keep users locked to Apple hardware (iPod), software and media outlets"
agreed: "Cover flow is very CPU / GPU intensive "
agreed: "No native support for Linux "
agreed: "High startup time on Windows"
agreed: "Annoying reminders pop-up to upgrade all the time"
agreed: "Installs many services and bloatware"
agreed: "Slows down Windows"

6. updated Avid Media Composer - October 6, 2009 at 1:32 am

CyberCat — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:05:14 -0400

1. updated Mac OS X Snow Leopard - October 5, 2009 at 5:05 pm

agreed: "no longer supported on older PPC-based Apple hardware"
agreed: "only usable on proprietary Apple hardware"
agreed: "a long time in development for more evolutionary rather than revolutionary changes"

2. updated Avid Media Composer - October 5, 2009 at 5:04 pm

3. updated Mozilla Firefox - October 5, 2009 at 4:44 pm

agreed: "Bad Flash integration"
agreed: "v3 Default theme sports obnoxiously large and glossy back button "
agreed: "Updates itself without notification - uses bandwidth when the user may need it elsewhere"

4. updated Microsoft Windows 7 - October 5, 2009 at 4:42 pm

agreed: "Security System Still weak"
agreed: "This is what Vista should have been, and we will get to pay for an 'upgrade'"
agreed: "Seriously overpriced"
agreed: "Advanced troubleshooting architecture diagnoses and fix problems linked back to up to date help"
agreed: "Allows you to turn off fundamental Windows features such as Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer "

CyberCat — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:16:46 -0500

January 10, 2008 at 1:16 pm

"Hi, thanks for the nice intro. You have a well designed site, hope it does well for you!"

CyberCat — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:22:05 -0500

1. updated Nokia N810 - January 10, 2008 at 1:22 am

2. updated Cowon Q5W - January 10, 2008 at 1:21 am

3. updated Mozilla Thunderbird - January 10, 2008 at 1:20 am

4. updated Winamp - January 10, 2008 at 1:19 am

disagreed: "Still somewhat bloated compared to Foobar2000 and other players aimed at expert users"
agreed: "Customizable visualizations are great "
agreed: "Excellent Internet radio integration"
agreed: "Slick look with cool visualizations"
agreed: "Highly customizable look and feel with skins"
agreed: "Great UI, with easy to access library, playlist, EQ, visualization, etc."
agreed: "Shoutcast support"
agreed: "Not a computer resource hog like WMP"
agreed: "Extensive plugin support"

5. updated Mac OS X Leopard - January 10, 2008 at 1:17 am

6. updated Opera - January 10, 2008 at 1:15 am

7. updated Safari - January 10, 2008 at 1:15 am

8. updated Firefox - January 10, 2008 at 1:13 am

agreed: "Memory usage and load time are significantly slower than IE."
agreed: "Firefox V2 crashes semi-regularly and uses a lot of computing resources"
agreed: "Websites designed with proprietary IE/Active X code may not render correctly"
disagreed: "Page loading can be significantly faster than IE, especially when using speed-enhancing plugins."
agreed: "Fewer security exploits directed at Firefox vs. IE"
agreed: "Tabbed browsing"
agreed: "After a crash can "Restore session" which reopens all tabs"
agreed: "Extensive functional add-ons (extensions) and plug-ins"
agreed: "Open-source project"