<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="2.0"><channel><title>House of Tech Comments - Brought to you by JoeUser</title><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/rss/comments</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2008 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Articles, tutorials and other stuff related to my many doings at Stardock.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDate><lastBuildDate>2008-07-09T01:06:14</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0, Andrew Powell</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>apowell@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Zydor</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/133511</comments><description><![CDATA[I'll give you two simple suggestions.  Read in the following order:<br/><br/>The Angel Inside by Chris Widener<br/>Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki<br/><br/>They are not "get rich quick" nutters, but what they lay out works every time, in any market place, in any scenario under all circumstances.<br/><br/>It'll be the best $20 you ever spent (Amazon carry them both).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/133511</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/133511</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Zydor on How to become a millionaire</title></item><item><author>CountStex</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</comments><description><![CDATA[Do we have any kind of DesktopX control to monitor the log file and display at the very least the current % compleation?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>CountStex on Do Something Useful With Your CPU</title></item><item><author>sa33od</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> I've signed in the Beta-testing program from Microsoft long time ago, which means that I got my hands on every copy of the Windows Vista OS until now. The latest was RC1 (there is a newer build but didn't download it yet). Anyways, I have done a crazy move by upgrading one of my home main systems to Vista Ultimate, by "upgrading" I mean keeping all programs and adding them to the new Vista RC1 OS registry base.<br/>
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Here is the real truth: Vista is amazingly compatible with every program I have! Every single program worked just fine. some programs needed backward compatibility which Microsoft made available in the Vista RC1, so I chose the operating system I want from the list and poof, the program is actually working just fine.<br/>
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The programs that I use are:<br/>
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Adobe: Premiere 2.0, Illustrator 12, Photoshop CS2, Audition 2.0, After Effects 7.0. (All worked 100% fine)<br/>
Microsoft: Office 2003, Office 2007 Beta, OneNote 2003. (All works 100% fine, I had one problem and got resolved)<br/>
Games: all of the games had some problems due to the VGA driver lack, which will of course not be a problem after the release of a driver fully compatible with the new OS. (I'm using Nvidia 7800)<br/>
All other programs worked fine. Little hangs were present in some programs, but all got fixed after the first use.<br/>
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My impression of the Vista RC1 is super high, I never thought that Microsoft will actually listen to us at all, but shockingly enough they did listen, and the huge improvements between Beta 2 and RC1 show lots and lots of potential. I love the fact that when you close a program in Vista it'll shut down emedietly, clearing the used RAM at the spot, which means no slow system after exiting a game or so, just sweet. I also used my flash stick memory to check out the new system boost feature, god oh god how true and cool it is! I have a 1 GB flash memory so the Vista system pops up an auto play menu and asks me if I want to boost the system, so I did, and damn I have more RAM now on the fly. in other words if you are a Graphic design freak like me, you'll differently love this new feature, especially when you are empty of RAM to open one extra project on Photoshop! <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"><br/>
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All in all, I'm <B>definitely</B> moving to Windows Vista as soon as it is out, and to say the truth, I kind of work on Vista most of the time now, it's clean, neat, and seriously made me confident about working with my PC. <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>sa33od on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>DesignCaddy</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> clean install on my e1405 as well. With the sidebar disabled, boot is the same speed as with xp.. i do sleep modes instead of powering off, tho, so i typically open up and am back to work in just a few seconds. As promised.<br/>
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Did a great job detecting my hardware. I even installed the synaptics touchpad driver for XP that works great on vista, and i got my 'enhanced touchpad options' back.<br/>
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Install took around 20 mins.<br/>
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On my dekstop? not so great. Update took 3 hours with a cuople freezes. After it was done, things ran extremely slow, although all of my hardware worked properly. Removed, and installed clean - 30 min install, however none of my hardware works, and certain things eemed to run slower than they should. This was a 1.53 ghz athlon xp.. gig of ram. was very dissapointed <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Mad.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"> desktop will go on vista next spring... so far, lappy is loving vista.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>DesignCaddy on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>XX</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[XP unstable? Not compared to windows 95. 95 crashed when it's kernel dumped. Also crashes when game crashed, wind blew across computer, when exactly NOTHING crashed.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>XX on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>jgiraffe</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> A question of curiosty........... is any1 really keen to get vista-OEM/RETAIL asap??</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>jgiraffe on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>jgiraffe</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> I think what many fail to realize is that many computers consist of Hardware that is not a member of Microsoft’s HCL (hardeware compatability list).  So hardware fails and Microsoft is blamed when in many instances it is shabby driver coding by the 3rd party vender.  XP was a pretty unstable operating system (home especially) up until SP1 was due to be released.  Even then Sp1 caused 3rd party driver failure and apps failing just like sp2 but with the added updates xp sp 2 is now, well I game to say is a STABLE os.  VISTA looks grand, remembering it is still in it's beta/test stages so there are bound to be issues.  Most Venders probably will not code drivers until the final version is released.It appears to me the beta is in basic form!  I think all things we have either found missing or poorly presented will be all good and well with the release of the real deal.  One thing is for certain though Vista will need RAM! There is no doubt about it!  I am questioning if 1.5gb to 2gb will be required for the os to run smoothly with all apps installed.  I will not upgrade to the next generation os until it has been out for a good   6months.  Primarily because of the issues I saw with 2k and XP. (Ok to be honest it will take 6months to get another duel processor machine)   By that stage many of the glitches will hopefully be dealt with.  I can't wait to see what vista brings to the gaming arina.  Xbox and Play station have been boasting for a while now.... perhaps, like always the next generation of pc games will leave a scar on us all.  I ran vista on my on the 3rd primary partition of my workstation.(the partition size was 50gb)  It ran well though it chuck a spit with many antivirus and ad-aware apps.  The burning software i tested, nero and roxio did not work to well. Perhaps updates have released to use this software with vista.  I didn't really install much more.  I tried some games which all crashed. Personally I’m happy to stay with 2k and xp for now.  Vista is good to look at and to play with but that’s really all at this stage i think.  Oh i forgot to mention that finally it looks like Microsoft has added new games to it's list YEY!  I played the Vista Chess for hours.... it's actually quite good if u like chess</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>jgiraffe on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>Jarlaxil</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> RC1 is out and it is much better than the release in the above mentioned article. Although there are still some things that required I reinstall the drivers (sound card, media reader) for them to work, build 5600 is a major break through over the previous builds. Almost all of the drivers worked fine for me (Fujitsu Lifebook 6010) I just had to reinstall the 2 i mentioned previously. I was amazed that a box that I had issues getting drivers for running xp seemed to find all the drivers I needed for Vista and download them during the install. Very nice. Also my RC1 machine running in media center mode works perfectly with my xbox 360 for streaming media, score one for attention to detail. This was an area I was hoping would not get neglected. Anyway, overall I am very happy with the newest buils. Running one of the newest builds of office 2007 is working great as well. Now I just need to wait for XNA studio and expression interactive designer to be Vista ready so I can start using this as my game dev machine.  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Jarlaxil on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>Nakor</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[ATI has seemingly fixed the T60 suspend problem with their beta drivers for RC1 (which are not part of RC1, though to their credit, they were available 24 hours later). We'll see more about that as I test other machines. 

I would like a way to force new drivers for the base install as well for video, as I suspect my new issues with the Crossfire test box are also tied to video.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Nakor on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>PurrBall</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[Im sure Brad will be glad to hear that the handles limit is gone, or at least raised quite a bit. <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>PurrBall on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>Life is a Game</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> I tested beta 2 with adobe cs2 applications and office and they all worked fine. what didn't work was dell quickset which is quite an important little application that makes all the extra buttons work on dell laptop keyboards so i decided to go back to win xp. did you try to install the dell quickset in the latets build?<br/>
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I decided I will give another shot at Vista when RC1 comes out.  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Yum.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Life is a Game on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>PurrBall</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> This build is public now, so it better be good. <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"><br/>
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I haven't really had any issues with Beta 2, so unless this BSOD's all the time then Ill be happy. <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>PurrBall on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>GeneX</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Yes, the upgrade time is very long.  But the clean install completes within 30 minutes, which shows the potential of the new install process.<BR>
It uses over 500MB RAM for me too, so is there any services that I can disable to trim down the RAM usage?<BR>
I find it quite surprising to know the cursor for your MCE is gone.  The cursor didn't go away in my MCE, so I think that's just another weird bug =D<BR>
There are few weird GUI bugs like wallpaper is not stretched properly on second monitor, and apparently WDDM drivers are still a little buggy and wont let me change to 1280x768 when 1360x768 is the native resolution for my screen (I dont want 1360, I want 1280!!!).  In previous builds the driver let me change to 1280 and not 1360, so I can't say if this change is right or not.<BR>
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They fixed alot of application compatibility issues, so I finally have the feeling that I can use it as my primary OS (for the first time).</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>GeneX on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>Neil Banfield</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<P>My only experience with this new build is a lovely BSOD after login every single time.&nbsp; This is the first build to actually BSOD on me, so for one to appear so close to RTM is a little worrying.</P>
<P>In general I would have agree with GreenReaper.&nbsp; I am not planning on moving to Vista when it is out.&nbsp; The OS is simply too slow.</P>
<P>I also wish someone at Microsoft would realise that time to login should not be the time until you see your desktop, but the time until the PC is actually usable.&nbsp; Making the desktop show quicker by making services load later & later may look good on paper, but just frustrates users who can see their desktop but find their PC is near unusable while it thrashes the disk.</P>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Neil Banfield on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>liquidguru</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[thanks for the reply GreenReaper...i'm excited about vista, but feel i will have to wait awhile after it's realeased before i start using it...same with all new OS realeases, i suppose]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>liquidguru on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>liquidguru</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[thanks for the post..<br/><br/>i was wondering, though, how are applications running on Vista?...i use alot of Adobe applications (photoshop/premier etc)...what is your experience with running third party software...do they run well in vista?<br/><br/>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>liquidguru on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>seldomseen</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Thanks, GR. Also not sure...umm, cautious...  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>seldomseen on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>Island Dog</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</comments><description><![CDATA[Great article.  With the things I have been reading, and testing Vista myself, I am still not sure I am going to buy Vista when it is released.<br/><br/>Thanks for taking time to keep us updated on progress.<br/><br/> <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"> ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/128286</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Island Dog on Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it?</title></item><item><author>Bichur</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58239</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="006633"> prxl! pqli, nxrtu mjwq cgqwke wdvovh.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58239</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58239</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Bichur on New Media Player Features in DesktopX 2.4</title></item><item><author>zlxhr wocarzf</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58239</comments><description><![CDATA[mztlkqhp whlu bnzcew ylqpi xomnb lytpqn zjeqoth]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58239</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58239</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>zlxhr wocarzf on New Media Player Features in DesktopX 2.4</title></item><item><author>kapeman</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body-Quote-Table"><TR><TD class="mb-Body-Quote-Text"><br/>
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Digital downloaded on 21st with TGN. Upgraded to the CE CD on 22nd. Received the CD's on the 27th. Couldnt have been simpler and big hugs to Kim and all the people involved. </TD></TR></TABLE><br/>
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</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>kapeman on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>Kevin the Kitten</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[Digital downloaded on 21st with TGN. Upgraded to the CE CD on 22nd. Received the CD's on the 27th. Couldnt have been simpler and big hugs to Kim and all the people involved.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Kevin the Kitten on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>esnoble</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Look, Stardock has admited they made some errors and the publisher was unable to deal with how fast the game's popularity grew.  So yeah, it sucks, but it really is not the end of the world.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>esnoble on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>Robzig</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[Someone grab a digital camera and post a picture of Frogboy buried in boxes lol  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Robzig on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>SunofVich</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[Hopefully the chances of me getting this game on Saturday or Sunday are good.  I'm thinking about skipping Fry's since its a ways out from the rest of the stores listed (gotta think about gas ya know). I downloaded the demo of GC1 since i've always hear about it and never played it. If this game is 10x the first one then I MUST HAVE A COPY.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>SunofVich on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>Lastguy</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[HEY I'M HOPING FOR MINE TO AT LEAST BE HERE BEFORE NEXT CHRISTMAS, BUT WHO KNOWS???    IT WAS RELEASE ON THE 21ST, THE ELECTRONIC VERSON ANWAYS, THEY NEVER SAID THE CD WOULD SHIP  ON THE DAY!! <br/>
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF REALITY.........I HAVE ONE QUESTION!!! <br/>
>>HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THE PRE-ORDERS (CD VERSION) YOU WOULD HAVE, THERE HAD TO BE ODERS TAKEN SHOWING WHICH WAS  ELECTRONIC OR CD AND HOW MANY OF EACH THERE WAS? ( DUH) SOMEONE DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE. THE JOKE IS BESTBUY SAYS THEY WILL HAVE IT OUT THIS WEEKEND.(GO FIGURE).  SUCH IS LIFE  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Mad.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Sad.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Gasp.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Lastguy on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>Voqar</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[So does this mean that if I pre-ordered CDs from Stardock over a month ago that they haven't been sent yet?  Not a bid deal to me since I read the manual ages ago and I've been playing since shortly after digital release...the CDs are just a formality to me...but are you sure you want to post something like this that could cause mass hysteria?<br/>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Voqar on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>Life-Giver</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[does this mean that my copy might not have been shipped on the 21st? i paid for three day shipping and im gonna be mad if i have to wait till monday..    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Hmm.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Life-Giver on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>warui1978</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[well EB finally recieved a shipment of GC2 (non-collectors).  They recieved exactly 2 units which was enuf to fill their pre-orders lol.  gluck trying to find it @ EB.  try one of the other ones mentioned first hehehehe (hear BestBuy recieved theirs a loong time ago).  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Tongue.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>warui1978 on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>Lastguy</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</comments><description><![CDATA[HIYa Stardockians<br/>
        Wel i know every effort is being made, The reason (pure insanity at the time) was to order from the makers.<br/>
  Why go to a priest , When god is handy, cut out the middle man. All I need is a miracle and maybe I can get mine sooner, hahahahah Where are the transporters when you need them. (use the FORCE. Luke) Well UPS and fedEx lets see what these guys are made of.   Take care and pack a piece of pizza in dry ice and send me a slice with my order(no fishie things, everytihing else okay).     <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Congrats.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Cool.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Laugh.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Yum.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/102668</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Lastguy on Boxes, boxes everywhere . . .</title></item><item><author>Gloirin</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> is it C++ managed ? 1.1 or 2.0 ?<br/>
VS 2005 provides some tools to audit CLR or profile applications (counters performances etc ..)<br/>
you can find some free tools to do it (NProf, etc ..)<br/>
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do you use WPF while you work on Vista ?<br/>
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It's me or the pet looks like Nintendogs ?<br/>
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Good luck for optimizations !</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Gloirin on Getting you more for your money</title></item><item><author>Supreme Shogun</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</comments><description><![CDATA[Awesome read.  Cheers.    <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="smiles/Congrats.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Supreme Shogun on Getting you more for your money</title></item><item><author>Danny Bassette</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Thanks for the explaination, keep up the good work <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/smiles/smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/99010</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Danny Bassette on Getting you more for your money</title></item><item><author>Snowman</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</comments><description><![CDATA[<STRONG>Egg</STRONG>sellent <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/BigSmile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Snowman on Do Something Useful With Your CPU</title></item><item><author>sunwukong</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Ok -- I'm onboard 41029 w/ the research server. Be a few days before anything shows up, though.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>sunwukong on Do Something Useful With Your CPU</title></item><item><author>gfcentral002</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> i joined for the heck of it <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Tongue.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"> i have a hard time not messing w/ my computer lol but i always leave it on when i'm sleeping</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>gfcentral002 on Do Something Useful With Your CPU</title></item><item><author>Snowman</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</comments><description><![CDATA[<P>*AATCHUUUUuuu*</P>
<P>ups, sorry about that.... <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></P>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/58556</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Snowman on Do Something Useful With Your CPU</title></item><item><author>laurentfr</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> It is good that Konfabulator is going for free. It will push DesktopX to work hard to show how better it is considering it is not free.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>laurentfr on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>esg-designs</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> I just took a look at the widgets and they seem cool. A lot of traffic cams, weather and RSS feed stuff. CPU and memoery too. There are some original ones like the Simpsons quote generator, a walking Filex the cat for your desktop, a Flikr upload widget, and a few widgets that interact with programs.<br/>
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I'll admit, though, DX widgets are better for the most part, but not by much.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>esg-designs on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>WOM</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Oh well, I think is kind of neat.  Free.  I checked out the widgets and a lot are very nice.  I don't use any of these types of programs at the moment. <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle">  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>WOM on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>joeKnowledge</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> <a href="http://www.konfabulator.com/cartoon/partFour.html">???</a><br/>
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It make you wonder, since it took Konfab about 5 years to get to where it is, how long it takes to develope something that will be so cool later on.<br/>
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I wonder what is being developed now that will be the thing that changes the web or whatever later?</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>joeKnowledge on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>joeKnowledge</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> If this becomes a big deal, will Google do the same but with a different product?<br/>
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I think Yahoo is buying up companies so it can compete with Google's developer geeks who do it for fun; like those mash-ups with Google Maps and Criagslist.<br/>
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Konfab might not go the way of WinAmp, though, because creating these widgets can be a big boon for Yahoo and they are probably going to want more. Not only with new ad revenue coming to their site, but designer widget for your desktop (like AOL does with WinAmp)<br/>
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Personally, I think it would have been better to leave Konfab alone and just create a side partnership by creating widgets for Yahoo. The same can be done for DesktopX and DesktopX Pro (but on a much more detailed level)<br/>
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/me wonders of Frogboy marketing group has contacted Google?</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>joeKnowledge on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>Andrew Powell</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<P>They will be issuing refunds (Yahoo! will be) to those who have purchased 2.0 or later (although I dont understand what the 'later' means in this context).</P>
<P>I'm sure more details will arise as time goes on as to exactly what will happen with Konfabulator. Arlo has a history of being insanely protective of his work (to the point of not letting people create fansites with his artwork) so I would be willing to speculate that one of the conditions of the purchase revolves around what exactly Yahoo! can do to the app; In terms of bundling their junky toolbar or other misc software, and bundling excessive amounts of Yahoo! related items with the installation in the future.</P>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Andrew Powell on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>Woodbridge</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Oh no, you've not lost your sense of sarcasm already have you? <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Ew.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Woodbridge on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>Woodbridge</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Damn it, I paid good money for Konfabulator <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Ew.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"><br/>
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Yahoo messed up The All-Seeing Eye (Game server browser) when they purchased it, I really hope their curse misses Konfabulator.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Woodbridge on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>Bichur</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> not even a twinge?<br/>
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and you're probably right about them screwing it up - a KonfabulousYahooToolBar</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Bichur on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>kona0197</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> Sorry - I have a bad habit of being blunt and speaking my mind. Bichur - I don't think so.</font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>kona0197 on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>Bichur</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> I hear they're trying to buy IE.  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>Bichur on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>davad70</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> You always provide such insightful commentary kona. Thanks  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Congrats.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>davad70 on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item><item><author>kona0197</author><comments>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</comments><description><![CDATA[<Font Face="Arial" Size="2" Color="000000"> I bet you Yahoo screws up Konfabulator.  <img onload="if(Sd.ImageResizer) Sd.ImageResizer.createOn(this);" src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Hmm.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"></font>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</guid><link>http://greenreaper.joeuser.com/article/81909</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:14 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-09T01:06:14</pubDateParsed><title>kona0197 on Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator</title></item></channel></rss>