Archives for September 12th, 2007

MyFive: Reasons to Love Microsoft Office 2007

With Microsoft's "Ultimate Steal" program launching today, I thought it was appropriate to base today's "MyFive" on Office 2007! Here are five reasons why I love the new Microsoft Office 2007.

September 12th, 2007
MyFive: Reasons to Love Microsoft Office 2007

Flexible Renamer – Another Free File Renamer

A few days ago I claimed that ReNamer was the best free file renamer available, and Mouser over at Donation Coder decided to prod their readers to see if they had come across any that were better. One member, iphigenie, mentioned a program called Flexible Renamer (a.k.a. FlexRenamer) that I decided to test out.

September 12th, 2007
Flexible Renamer – Another Free File Renamer

Firefox 3 Places Features & Mockups

In the latest Firefox 3 meeting notes Mozilla linked to a mockup of what they would like to see the Places Organizer look like when all is said and done. Despite being mentioned for the first time in the meeting notes this design () is actually several weeks old.

September 12th, 2007
Firefox 3 Places Features & Mockups

Microsoft Patents DRM-Free Watermarking

It's nice to see DRM come stumbling down, but that doesn't exactly mean it's the end of file protection as we know it. Microsoft had patent 7,266,697 approved last week that would essentially replace DRM on music files with a watermark.

September 12th, 2007
Microsoft Patents DRM-Free Watermarking

Microsoft Office 2007 for $59 – "The Ultimate Steal"

Microsoft is doing all they can to stop people from pirating their software, especially students.

September 12th, 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 for $59 – "The Ultimate Steal"

Netscape Moves "Digg-Clone" to Propeller.com

Last week, Netscape posted an announcement that they were calling it quits with their "Digg-Clone" social media site. They said that after a study, they found that people didn't associate the Netscape brand with socially controlled news, therefore they were moving on. They also promised though, that their social news site would be around, just not at the Netscape.com domain.

September 12th, 2007
Netscape Moves "Digg-Clone" to Propeller.com

Free iPhone Unlocker Software Released

Those of you following Engadget lately can obviously tell that they have been all over the iPhone unlocking software, and over the last week they have probably tossed up a dozen articles on the topic. Is that a bad thing? Not at all. It just means that there has been a lot of competition to be the first to release a software unlocker hack for the iPhone.

September 12th, 2007
Free iPhone Unlocker Software Released

Daily Downloads: Google Earth, OpenOffice, Process Explorer, and More

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).

September 12th, 2007
Daily Downloads: Google Earth, OpenOffice, Process Explorer, and More

CyberNotes: Best Firefox Extensions for Bookmarking

Could you imagine having a browser without a bookmarking system? To me that would be like using a computer that doesn't let you copy and paste...it's almost impossible to fathom what that would be like! So I think it is safe to say that bookmarks are important for productivity, but the real question is, what can we do to make it better?

September 12th, 2007
CyberNotes: Best Firefox Extensions for Bookmarking