Download Squad Week in Review
It's been a busy week for anyone obsessed with operating system upgrades. Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 to manufacturers, Canonical launched Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, and OpenSUSE 11 came one step closer to release. But this week's software news wasn't all operating systems, all the time. Here are a few of our favorite stories from the week that was:DRM strikes again: MSN Music customers left in the dust
In case you haven't heard, DRM kind of stinks. Sure, copyright holders want to be able to profit from their music by making sure you don't make copies for all of your friends. But when companies like Microsoft come out and tell you they won't support your licenses after August, it just means you can't listen to music you've already paid for on multiple devices anymore.
AVG Free 8 adds anti-spyware protection
Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? Well, lots of people. But anyone who's tried AVG Free knows there is such a thing as a good anti-virus application. The latest version adds a bunch of new features like anti-spyware, anti-rootkit, and linkscanning protection.
Troubleshooting RSS Addiction
We don't know about you, but we subscribe to hundreds, if not thousands of RSS feeds to get our daily fix of software news. But we often spend more time skimming headlines than we do reading good articles. Yay information overload. How many RSS feeds to you subscribe to? And how many is too many?
Here are a few more of our top stories from the past week:
