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In this article they review Intervideo’s DVD Copy, 321 Studio’s DVD Copy Plus and their DVD X Copy and Pinnacle’s InstantCopy.

The same article has links to other reviews like software DVD players and DVD burning apps.

EDocPrinter PDF Pro from ITEKSOFT. Yeah, it came out of the back of the pack to win the crown. Until you buy it, pages 4 and beyond get watermarked.

What was wrong with the others? Well, I thought I could save my Word documents in XML format and have AurigaDoc convert it to PDF but it looks like I was wrong; that AurigaDoc has its own dialect that you use to get the appropriate formatting. And at dial-up speeds, I didn’t wanna invest the time in downloading it only to be disappointed.

PDFCreator, well, I couldn’t seem to find enough information online to satisfy my curiousity so I just didn’t wanna install it.

I’ve found what look to be two very good PDF creation packages, both Open Source and on SourceForge. AurigaDoc from AurigaLogic and PDFCreator from Sector7g. I’m gonna give both a spin and I’ll let you know what I think.,

Tim Oren, a venture capitalist at Pacifica Fund, thinks the RIAA is wrong in their approach to online music. Read his thoughts on the subject

MS03-039 was issued and a “fix” released by Microsoft last week. Steve Gibson (grc.com — of ShieldsUp, UnPlug-n-Pray, ID Serve and Wizmo fame) asks whether you really need DCOM or not. Go to his DCOMbobulator page, download his utility and disable it! It obviates any attacks through DCOM.

Don’t ask me why but Free-ed.net has free education available over the Internet. The courses are a little dated — for instance they don’t have anything on Windows XP or even Windows 2000 but they do have Windows NT education. Their IT course catalog is here.

Don’t know if it’s because I run the Orinoco Client Manager (but it still didn’t work when I killed the Orinoco S/W) or what. Supposedly my card and my access point are both supported. Anyway, it looks like it’d be some good software but I can’t evaluate it!

The new PCMag.com Wireless Center has a free utility called WiNc from Cirond that includes some of the functionality of NetStumbler and can also function as a replacement for WinXP’s wireless connection manager. Check out Cirond’s supported hardware list before trying out the utility. Also note that you must get it from the PCMag.com site within the next two weeks and not from the Cirond site. After two weeks the program costs $20. I think that means picking it up from PCMag.com will keep it free forever. You can find more about it and download the program here). There are versions for PocketPC 2002 and 2003, too.

The utilities that come with the Orinoco card are pretty good — it can scan for access but it doesn’t record — and if you don’t have an Orinoco, you’re SOL.

Got a note from them yesterday about the launch of their new Wireless Center. It’s not exactly Wi-Fi News but it’s not a bad site.

Woody’s Office Watch has a good rundown in his September 4th issue. He explains the issues and the implications. If you don’t subscribe to his Office and Windows newsletters then you’re missing some really good information.