I had almost completely forgotten about ICQ, the messenger that 10 years ago was “the” messenger service to have. People including myself didn’t mind remembering the long ICQ ID number to log in, and it really changed the way people communicated over the Internet. It’s a classic, and I’m sure most of you at some point used it.
I was reminded of ICQ today when I noticed that ICQ 6 was actually recently released.
A few weeks ago we mentioned a new JavaScript version of the Google Notebook that was popping up on search results pages. We guessed that the next thing someone would put together for this would be a bookmarklet…and we were kinda close.
Much like the Google Talk gadget you can also put your Google Notebook in a Firefox sidebar. This gives you easy access to all of your notes no matter which site your
Stardock has just released their OjbectDock 1.9. It’s a free download that allows you to add a dock to Windows. We’ve mentioned RocketDock previously which is similar. However, ObjectDock is packed with some extra features that RocketDock doesn’t have. They essentially aim to copy the dock that you’d have if you were using a Mac, and they do a great job with it. If you want to purchase the plus version, you’ll get even more
We love giving things away, even if it’s a free invite for Joost! I know there are lots of people who are wanting to get in on the Joost beta, which is why we give away our invites as we get them. Unfortunately it’s only been 8 so far. Luckily Kassad, one of our readers, has offered his three invites to other CyberNet readers.
The first three people to leave a
I have seen several sites reporting that the Google Calendar is going to be down nearly all day tomorrow. This is actually a misconception that came from an email Google sent out to Google Apps subscribers:
We wanted to inform you that we are planning to conduct routine maintenance to Google Calendar between 8AM and 9PM on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 . During this time, this service may be unavailable
Finally you’ll have an easy and accurate way to get the lyrics to your favorite songs. Yahoo has just teamed up with Gracenotes (a digital media company) to be the first industry backed effort to provide lyrics to the millions of people who search for them daily.
Up until now, people were relying on various sources to get lyrics to songs. Whenever I’ve wanted lyrics in the past, I’d just type the name of
Dell has taken a huge step in the world of notebook computers…they added a solid state drive (SSD) to the list of hard drive choices available on select notebook models. The two models that received the option are the Latitude D420 and the D620. It is important to note that both of those laptops are high priced and targeted for businesses, not for consumers.
Right now the only solid