Archives for June, 2006

Did You Miss Digg’s Temporary Upgrade Screen Today?

There were many people anxiously awaiting Digg version 3 that was just released today. This morning they had to take the site down in order to prepare the new version to go live. While the site was down they placed a temporary page that showed some of the sites that the Digg team finds enjoyable.

June 26th, 2006
Did You Miss Digg’s Temporary Upgrade Screen Today?

Microsoft Lets Users Test Drive Office 2007 Online

If you don't want to download and install the free Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 then you can take it for a test drive online.

June 26th, 2006
Microsoft Lets Users Test Drive Office 2007 Online

Opera For Nintendo DS Scheduled For July 24 In Japan

Opera has announced that they have plans to release the Opera Web browser for Nintendo DS on July 24, 2006 in Japan only. They will sell the browser for 3,800 yen which is equivalent to $32.71 in the United States. Ahhh, but don't forget that you will also receive an additional memory expansion pack with your purchase of the browser.

June 26th, 2006
Opera For Nintendo DS Scheduled For July 24 In Japan

Dell’s Automated Customer Support

If you are ever looking for a good laugh then you need to head over to This Is Broken. That is where I found a user that submitted a technical support question just to receive a funny automated response. The user sent an email saying "I need a system restore CD for an inspiron 5150 purchased in 2003.

June 26th, 2006
Dell’s Automated Customer Support

Review And Screenshots Of Windows Vista 5456

Paul Thurrott over at Windows SuperSite has put together a quick review of Vista 5456 that was just released a few days ago. He also supplies some great screenshots and here are the key things that I found worth noting: But what we get in build 5456 is dramatic improvement in reliability, usability, performance, and fit and finish.

June 26th, 2006
Review And Screenshots Of Windows Vista 5456

iPod Nano 12GB Expected This Fall

Apple is preparing to release an updated version of the iPod Nano this fall and some reports suggest that Apple can afford to increase the capacity: Gartner forecasts that a 16Gb (2GB) device will be available in the third quarter for about $30, down from its current price of about $35.

June 26th, 2006
iPod Nano 12GB Expected This Fall

Google Inching Closer To Releasing Writely?

Garett Rogers from Googling Google is at it again and noticed some changes to the Writely service. Writely recently blocked users from making changes to their documents and provides them as read-only versions.

June 26th, 2006
Google Inching Closer To Releasing Writely?

Digg Version 3 Just Launched

The NEW Digg version 3 was just launched about 30 minutes ago. I really like the new interface and they constantly display statistics on the page like how many articles your friends have dugg.

June 26th, 2006
Digg Version 3 Just Launched

Hack Your Linksys WRT54G Version 5 or 6 Firmware

There is now a guide for those people with the dreaded WRT54G/WRT54GS version 5 or 6 Linksys routers. Until now it was very difficult/impossible to upgrade these routers to third-party firmwares. The guide will walk you through the steps you need to take to install DD-WRT on your Linksys router.

June 26th, 2006
Hack Your Linksys WRT54G Version 5 or 6 Firmware

CyberNotes: World’s Most Expensive MP3 Player

The World's most expensive MP3 player is up for sale on eBay! For a starting bid of around $23,000 you can have a chance at winning an auction for a custom made MP3 player complete with a diamond and gold casing. The actual MP3 player is TrekStor i.beat Organix Gold.

June 26th, 2006
CyberNotes: World’s Most Expensive MP3 Player

CyberNet Opera Widget Available

For those people that have upgraded/downloaded the new Opera 9 then we wanted to let you know that there is a CyberNet Widget available. The widget has been downloaded almost 500 times already and continues to be downloaded more and more each day.

June 25th, 2006
CyberNet Opera Widget Available

The Google Mail Logo

Almost everyone has heard of GMail and is familiar with their logo. Some people are even wise enough to know that their email address, let's say it is example@gmail.com, is also valid as example@googlemail.com. Not everyone has seen the Google Mail logo before as pictured here.

June 25th, 2006
The Google Mail Logo

Get A Free Orkut Invitation

Back in January shortly after CyberNet News was launched, Ryan joined Google's social network Orkut and posted letting everybody know that they could get a free invitation by sending him a comment. So far he has personally (and manually) sent out more than 500 invitations and the original post has 912 comments! The offer still stands! If you want to check out Orkut, here is your chance.

June 25th, 2006
Get A Free Orkut Invitation

Remove WGA Notifications With This Simple Tool

It was recently discovered that Microsoft's new Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool was contacting Microsoft every day. If you are not familiar with WGA or have never even heard of it then you are probably running Linux, Mac, or have a genuine version of Windows. WGA is Microsoft's way of ensuring users have a genuine copy of Windows XP.

June 25th, 2006
Remove WGA Notifications With This Simple Tool

Apple Employees Will Help Sell Macs At Best Buy

Last May select Best Buy locations started selling Mac computers and they received positive results from the trial period. Later this fall Best Buy locations around the United States will be selling Mac computers.

June 25th, 2006
Apple Employees Will Help Sell Macs At Best Buy

Tabs On Your Google Personalized Homepage

This is a pretty nice add-on despite it not being created by Google. It will add customizable tabs, like the ones pictured above, to your Google Personalized Homepage. You can rename tabs, remove tabs, reorder tabs, create tabs, and move modules between tabs.

June 25th, 2006
Tabs On Your Google Personalized Homepage

CyberNotes: Week In Review With Sunday’s Summary

Here is your week in review with Sunday's Summary! What was going on this week at CyberNet News with CyberNotes?Million Dollar Monday: Kaleidescape Stores All Of Your MediaTime Saving Tuesday: Speed Up Photoshop And AcrobatWeb Browser Wednesday:A New Web Browser, Firefox In Disguise?Tutorial Thursday: How To Customize Firefox's ToolbarsFree For All Friday: Motorola's First Mobile Phone Dyna TAC 8000X Compared to RAZR VC3Saturday's Weekend Warrior: Tips for Traveling With Your Laptop

June 25th, 2006
CyberNotes: Week In Review With Sunday’s Summary

Messenger Plus! Live Launched

Messenger Plus! Live was just launched today, however, the new site msgpluslive.net has already crashed. You can still access the download file for those people who just want to install the software.

June 24th, 2006
Messenger Plus! Live Launched

Windows Vista 5456 Released With UAC Improvements

According to The Hive Windows Vista 5456.5 was released to MS Connect testers. We were expecting the release today after the Vista Newsgroups started to talk about about a potential release.

June 24th, 2006
Windows Vista 5456 Released With UAC Improvements

Great Site To Find Your IP Address

There are a lot of sites that you can use to find your IP address, but many of them like whatismyipaddress.com flood you with advertisements and popups. This-IP.com is one site that you should always keep in the back of your mind. There are no advertisements which is obvious since the screenshot above is of the COMPLETE site.

June 24th, 2006
Great Site To Find Your IP Address