© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-uribou Recent reviews written by member uribou en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_32409947780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Ricoh R1 is a cool camera. But I am not extremely happy with this, because I paid too much when I bought mine more than a few years ago, and also because some serious problems developed while I left it alone for a while. <br><br/> <br><br/>Probably, I am not the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~32409947780 Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:19:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_32409947780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_29862039172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - It is quite surprising to see more than 99% of the reviewers are recommending Google with very high evaluation points. <br><br/> <br><br/><I>You can see the statistics at the URL: <br><br/>http://nyscramble.epinions.com/webs-Web_Services-All-Google_Search <br><br/>As... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~29862039172 Fri, 6 Jul 2001 12:16:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_29862039172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_22804074116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - About two years and a few months ago, I was looking for some file storage media. Floppy disks and Zip drives are fine, but it's not always convenient to carry the disks physically with me. <br><br/> <br><br/>Except carrying disks in my bag, my main option at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~22804074116 Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:42:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_22804074116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_25563795076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - IBM ThinkPad series is categorized into two groups by the prefix characters. Those with A are produced to be desktop alternatives. Those with T are for the computer users whose main issue is the portability. ThinkPad A20m, with the prefix A, is supposed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~25563795076 Sun, 1 Jul 2001 07:30:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_25563795076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_28528774788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Along with the IT-based economic boom in the last few years, the internet search engine industry received a lot of new entries. Some are directory service such as Yahoo!. Some are search engine service such as Google. Others are advertisement agencies... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~28528774788 Tue, 26 Jun 2001 07:28:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_28528774788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_28030176900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - These days, the volume of the information found in the internet is expanding at the light speed. Lots of very useful tutorials, reference sources, journals, e-books, and yellow pages... If you find some very useful pages, save them at the local computer... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~28030176900 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:44:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_28030176900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_23749037700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Lycos Search is a well -build powerful search engine. Together with My Lycos, a portal site, and a lot of add-ons, Lycos Search is getting more and more popular. From the researcher's point of view, Lycos Search is a reliable tool. But they have very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~23749037700 Sun, 24 Jun 2001 08:41:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_23749037700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_28012809860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - When we are typing or reading something, we often (well, "always", in my case) encounter some unfamiliar words. To expand the vocabulary, it's always the good idea to look up with a dictionary right on the spot. But often we don't have the dictionary at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~28012809860 Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:21:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_28012809860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_26362154628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - If you are still investing dot-com companies under this extremely bad dot-com's environment, HomeStead.com should be on the checklist. But if you are looking for free web hosting companies for your personal web page, HomeStead.com will not be the best... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~26362154628 Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:43:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_26362154628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_23670197892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Identifying itself as a consumer information site, Epinions.com was one of dot-com start-ups during IT-based economic boom in 1999. Among the companies offering consumer/shopping information online, Epinions.com uniquely positioned itself. <br><br/> <br>... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~23670197892 Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:01:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_23670197892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_27075710596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Some files and software are extremely popular, and the original site cannot manage the very high traffic, which implies your computer tries to download the file forever. To avoid this problem, the file distributors create some mirror sites. The mirrored... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~27075710596 Sun, 17 Jun 2001 12:54:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_27075710596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_27075186308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - For the internet users, one of the major concerns is the security issue. With the normal browser settings, whenever you go onto the internet, some parts of your personal information are leaking. The examples are your access point, browser type, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~27075186308 Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:54:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_27075186308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_23749299844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - As you may know, Excite.Com is a very popular site. Their main focus is to offer the good portal site with a lot of news, shopping mall, useful tools and so on. But in terms of search engines, nothing is special at Excite.Com. In this review, since the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~23749299844 Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:59:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_23749299844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_24236232324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Netscape is a very famous internet browsing software developer. Its software is free of charge, (if users don't order a CD-ROM). More than 90% of the internet users know what Netscape is. And 20-30% of internet users regularly use Netscape as their main... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~24236232324 Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:44:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_24236232324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_23424241284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Suite101.com is the web service where you can create your own web pages with one solid theme. You don't need to know how exactly build web pages. Simply fill in some forms, then they create the web pages for you. Of course, you need to show your... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~23424241284 Sat, 9 Jun 2001 10:46:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_23424241284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_25363254916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Please first note that this review is on Sony CLIE PEG-S500C, which is imported from Japan. I don't think this model is available in the US, though Sony CLIE PEG-S500 is available. The major difference on hardware is, as the model code shows, Sony... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~25363254916 Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:12:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_25363254916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_23749758596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - The competition in the search engine industry is very tough now. Even the king, Yahoo!, is struggling from the big decrease in the advertisement revenue. Under this situation, the main focus of the search engine sites is not offering the unbiased search... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~23749758596 Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:56:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_23749758596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_22803746436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Yahoo! Briefcase is one of the most famous storage space in the internet. As the file storage space, Yahoo! Briefcase allows you to store files of any format. Document, multi-media, executable, compressed... Any format is acceptable. This service is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~22803746436 Sat, 26 May 2001 22:01:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_22803746436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_23577595524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - FindWhat.com has the very unique position in the dotcom industry. If you are the search engine consumer who tries to look up pages, FindWhat.com is not always recommended. If you are the advertiser, and don't want to compete against gazillions of others... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~23577595524 Wed, 23 May 2001 17:10:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_23577595524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_23207251588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Suppose you meet a foreigner who is proud of his English ability. Also, suppose his actual English skill is barely enough for the daily communication. Also, assume he speaks like, "Yo, Dude. How's yo stupid work goin? Yo, yo! I'm speakin. Shut yo fat... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~23207251588 Sun, 20 May 2001 15:21:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_23207251588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_22804991620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - I know Mamma.com for at least 10 months, but I haven't met anybody who eagerly uses this search engine. Probably, the reasons they have not been successfully perceived are in their reliability and the mal-navigation system. <br><br/> <br><br/>WHAT DOES... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~22804991620 Fri, 18 May 2001 18:05:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_22804991620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_22479474308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - After the Banquet was serially published in a magazine in 1960. Among Yukio Mishima's novels, After the Banquet occupies the somewhat strange position. Usually, Yukio Mishima, who is an extreme right-wing figure, wrote the novels based on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~22479474308 Tue, 15 May 2001 12:28:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_22479474308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_22369898116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata is the Nobel Prize winning literature. It is a tragic love story doomed from the very beginning. The very first sentence of this novel is the most famous writing in the modern Japanese literature. <br><br/> <br>... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~22369898116 Mon, 14 May 2001 23:29:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_22369898116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_22370750084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Regardless gender, age, race, and culture, people pursue the beauty. And once they find the beauty at decent level, they try to preserve it. Some art work are preserved in museums. Some are hidden in the untouchable places. <br><br/> <br><br/>However, if the art... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~22370750084 Mon, 14 May 2001 18:48:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_22370750084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_22136065668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author uribou - Memories of a Geisha was one of the best sellers in the year 1999 (and 2000?) It is a completely invented novel about the life of one Japanese woman. <br><br/> <br><br/> <br><br/>about the story <br><br/>The main character's name is Chiyo, who later... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~22136065668 Mon, 14 May 2001 15:05:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_22136065668?linkin_id=8003929