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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

Thanks to those who entered our NoteScraps giveaway– the perfect post-it note replacement! It’s a great way to keep all of your bits of information organized, and now five of you have a free license!

I do searches on sites all of the time, and Google has to be at the top of my list. According to my Google Search History I perform about 900 searches per month, which is about 30 per day. That may not seem like that many, but to me that is quite a bit.