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September 26, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Folder Lock's interface should be locked up

by Seth Rosenblatt
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Folder Lock's main user interface.

(Credit: CNET Networks, Inc.)

Folder Lock does a lot of things right, but its interface makes me want to rip out my eyes. It's great for 1998, but nearly 10 years on you'd think that since we'd all gotten away from animated icons on Web pages, that the goofy UIs publishers try to foist on us would be gone, too.

But you'd be wrong.

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June 29, 2007 3:02 PM PDT

Power Downloader's safe getaway

by Jason Parker
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Power Downloader (Credit: CNET Networks)

With the weather getting warmer, Power Downloader decided that it was time to get away from his computer and take a little vacation with his niece, Kitty Kilobyte. Of course, the thing he worries about the most when leaving the Power Lair unattended is some would-be criminal getting in and stealing his top-secret documents.

Power Downloader is especially concerned about certain items on his desktop, which need to remain top secret when he and Kitty Kilobyte go on vacation. His plans for thwarting villains, programs that map secret locations, layouts of evil lairs, or other top-secret stuff could mean disaster if they get into the wrong hands.... Read more

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