Archives for May, 2007

Full Circle Magazine for Ubuntu Users

As the Ubuntu community continues to grow quite rapidly, so does the number of resources being made available. If the Ubuntu Forums just isn’t enough for you then checkout the new Full Circle Magazine. It is 100% free and has a lot of awesome content.

May 22nd, 2007
Full Circle Magazine for Ubuntu Users

First OpenOffice Worm Discovered – It’s Multi-Platform, too!

There is a new worm in town, and it is targeting OpenOffice on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux! The SB/Badbunny-A worm infects a computer when a user opens an OpenOffice Draw file called badbunny.odg. Depending on your operating system, the worm will do a variety of things:

May 22nd, 2007
First OpenOffice Worm Discovered – It’s Multi-Platform, too!

Get In-Car Wi-Fi with Avis Auto Rental

When you rent a car from Avis Auto Rentals, you can now get both in-car and out-of-car Wi-Fi Internet! With the use of a portable router from Autonet Mobile, the car is then turned into your own Wi-Fi hot-spot.

May 22nd, 2007
Get In-Car Wi-Fi with Avis Auto Rental

Mozilla Gets Places Back in Firefox 3, Prepares for Tagging

There has been some good news lately on the progress of Firefox 3. Mozilla was able to get the backend of Places back into the latest nightly releases, but as of right now you won’t notice many differences.

May 22nd, 2007
Mozilla Gets Places Back in Firefox 3, Prepares for Tagging

Google to Give $100 for using Blogger

Google has been known to pay people to test out some of their beta software.  The latest offer is to test out Blogger, and they’ll pay you up to $100. The money is to compensate you for the time that you spend either participating in a survey, talking on the phone with a researcher, or in person.

May 22nd, 2007
Google to Give $100 for using Blogger

Google Trends Tells you What’s Hot

Google Trends has just added a new feature which keeps you up to date with the hottest search queries. In case you haven’t heard of Google Trends before, it’s a comparison tool. You can enter in different topics and see what the trend is, or how often it’s been searched for on Google.

May 22nd, 2007
Google Trends Tells you What’s Hot

Zoho Notebook Launches – Viable OneNote Competitor

Zoho Notebook just launched today, and I have been tinkering with it this morning. The goal of the notebook is to bring all of your information together into one single source.

May 22nd, 2007
Zoho Notebook Launches – Viable OneNote Competitor

CyberNotes: Email Alerts when your IP Address Changes

We’ve already shown you how to setup an FTP server in less than 30 seconds, but now I thought I would show you how to retrieve your IP address when you’re not at home.

May 22nd, 2007
CyberNotes: Email Alerts when your IP Address Changes

Vista Color Transform Alternates the Transparency Color

If you’re one of those people that get bored with the same old skin, then Vista Color Transform (Download Mirror) is the application for you! This light-weight freeware application sits in your System Tray alternating the colors of the Taskbar and window-borders found in Vista.

May 21st, 2007
Vista Color Transform Alternates the Transparency Color

Dell’s Ubuntu Computers Coming Thursday?

I was just catching up on some news over at DesktopLinux.com, and noticed that there is a report that Dell will be making the Ubuntu Operating System available on Thursday (May 24, 2007). Initially they will be throwing in three different models with only one of them being a laptop:

May 21st, 2007
Dell’s Ubuntu Computers Coming Thursday?

Microsoft Wants Everybody to Say “I’m Making a Difference”

Some of you have probably noticed this logo next to some of your contacts names on Windows Live Messenger.  It’s Microsoft's latest way of getting involved and giving back to important organizations globally.  Anybody who uses Windows Live Messenger has the opportunity to participate, and it costs nothing to get involved.

May 21st, 2007
Microsoft Wants Everybody to Say “I’m Making a Difference”

Oops, Norton Identifies System Files as Viruses!

I feel pretty bad for those people running the Chinese version of Windows XP SP2 along with Norton Antivirus. It appears that last Friday around 1:00AM Beijing time Symantec updated Norton’s antivirus definitions which flagged two system files, netapi32.dll and lsasrv.dll, as “Backdoor.Haxdoor” trojans.

May 21st, 2007
Oops, Norton Identifies System Files as Viruses!

More Bad News for AllofMP3.com

There’s more bad news for AllofMP3.com today after an announcement was made that a man out of London who was selling vouchers that users could purchase to buy music from AllofMP3.com was arrested.  Thus far, the largest legal action that the RIAA has pursued was the filing of a 1.64 trillion dollar lawsuit (here and here).

May 21st, 2007
More Bad News for AllofMP3.com

Microsoft Files Trademark for Joost-like Service?

Microsoft has filed a new trademark for a service that sounds remarkably similar to Joost. The logo being trademarked is pictured to the right, and is supposed to represent “” While the symbol doesn’t seem all that intriguing, the services behind it certainly grab your attention:

May 21st, 2007
Microsoft Files Trademark for Joost-like Service?

Rumor Confirmed: Dell Tablet PC Comin’ Soon

It was just a few weeks ago that more rumors were flying around that Dell was planning to launch a Tablet PC towards the end of October. At the time, the rumor claimed that the PC would be based upon a Latitude notebook computer.

May 21st, 2007
Rumor Confirmed: Dell Tablet PC Comin’ Soon

CyberNotes: Tip – Hide the Drive Letters in Windows Vista and more…

Shortly after Windows Vista launched, Ryan put together an article specifically focused on Windows Vista Tips and Tricks. He offered 12 different tips and tricks, but there are so many more.

May 21st, 2007
CyberNotes: Tip – Hide the Drive Letters in Windows Vista and more…

New Poll: What do you use for Voice Communication?

According to a recent article from the Associated Press, more than 25% of young adults use only a cell phone for voice communication. The ever increasing trend is that cell phones are in, and landline phones are out because people don’t see it necessary to have both.

May 20th, 2007
New Poll: What do you use for Voice Communication?

Your Week in Review with Sunday’s Summary

 

Here is your week in review with Sunday's Summary! If you missed something, check it out.

May 20th, 2007
Your Week in Review with Sunday’s Summary

CyberWare: Nubs adds Tabs to your Desktop

It’s been a little while since we have come across freeware software that made us all giggly inside, but Nubs (Download Mirror for version 1.1) is just that. It essentially puts tabs (which the program calls Nubs) around the border of your screen so that you can quickly access all of your applications.

May 19th, 2007
CyberWare: Nubs adds Tabs to your Desktop

CyberNotes: Cozi – The Perfect Site for the Wired Family

If someone were to ask me to describe Cozi, I’d describe it as the perfect site for the wired family to keep organized. It’s the replacement for the standard desk calendar to keep track of dates, and the whiteboard and markers to leave messages.

May 19th, 2007
CyberNotes: Cozi – The Perfect Site for the Wired Family