One of Vista's most notable features is the Flip-3D for switching between open applications. A free program, called Shock Aero, has stepped up to offer similar functionality for Windows XP users!
In the world of modding, a brick is used to describe something which has been modified and no longer works. It essentially becomes a paperweight, hence the name, a brick. Yesterday Apple warned that with an update for the iPhone on the way, there's no guarantee that unlocked phones will continue to work. And of course once an iPhone is modified, it's no longer covered by the warranty.
Think Microsoft's Excel can do math? Think again. AppScout pointed out that Excel 2007 can't multiply certain numbers and you can try it for yourself! For those who rely on Excel for their jobs to calculate large numbers, this is a rather serious problem.
Many of you might have noticed in our Daily Downloads today that WordPress 2.3 has been released. One of its most acclaimed features is the built-in tagging system, but to be honest it is a overly simple as it currently stands. It has no sort of near-duplicate detection when adding tags to your posts, which can quickly create a huge mess for anyone with a few dozen tags.
The big news coming from the Wall Street Journal yesterday was that Microsoft is in talks with Facebook to purchase a 5% chunk of the mammoth social network. While the simple fact that they're talking is no surprise, what is a surprise is that Microsoft is offering up between $300-$500 million for the 5% share. Microsoft's offering puts Facebook's value at an astounding $10 billion at the minimum.
The Vista SP1 download has been shipped out to a private group of Beta testers! It's being provided in two different forms: a standalone installer intended for widespread installation in businesses, and a Windows Update download that ranges between 51MB and 680MB. I'm sure the download will be on the lighter side if your computer is well-updated.
After about a month in progress, we have finally launched a Learn Firefox redesign! Our focus was to bring a graphical appeal to the site since it is a "visual guide to the Firefox web browser," and we believe that we've successfully done that.
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).
I have an application that nearly every geek out there will love, but may fail to understand everything that it actually does. Let me introduce you to Net Tools (download mirror), the all-in-one solution that could very well replace dozens of separate apps on your computer.
