Archives for October 25th, 2007

Thank You! Gracias! Merci! Danke! Multumesc!

CyberNet News is what it is because of people like you who work to make it better. Sure, we write the articles and dig up the information, but it's the readers and comments that add the most value to our site.  We've never taken the opportunity to formally thank all of the people that make CyberNet what it is, so a big "Thanks" is long overdue. Today, we're saying thank you...

October 25th, 2007
Thank You! Gracias! Merci! Danke! Multumesc!

Automatically Maximize/Minimize Windows at Startup

I'm sure there have been programs who's windows just won't retain the size that you want them to. Or maybe you want a program to automatically be minimized or maximized at startup, but it never seems to listen. Sound familiar? One option that you have is to right-click on the applications shortcut, and choose Properties.

October 25th, 2007
Automatically Maximize/Minimize Windows at Startup

Sunbird 0.7 is Impressive

For some reason I'm really impressed at how fast Mozilla's Calendar duo is progressing. They just pushed Lightning & Sunbird 0.7 out the door, and they include a completely redesigned event interface along with hundreds of bug fixes. You can see what the new event manager looks like above, and it is much less cluttered than the older version.

October 25th, 2007
Sunbird 0.7 is Impressive

Wal-Mart Selling Toshiba HD DVD Player for $198

Take a look at the photo below. Notice anything? It's a little blurry, but what you're looking at is an end-cap at a Wal-Mart store which has 18 Toshiba A2 HD DVD players selling for $198! Yes, that's the same player which was selling for $399 back in April, and currently retailing for $299.

October 25th, 2007
Wal-Mart Selling Toshiba HD DVD Player for $198

Gmail File Storage Solutions

A few weeks ago Google announced that they were rapidly increasing Gmail's storage space, and at the time it sat under 3GB. Now, however, it is at 4.28GB and by the end of this year we will have broken the 6GB barrier. You have all of that space to use, and that means there's never been a better time to use Gmail for file storage! ;)

October 25th, 2007
Gmail File Storage Solutions

Mossberg Calls Leopard Evolutionary not Revolutionary

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal released his review of Apple's Leopard operating system which is set to launch on Friday evening. His verdict? Leopard is both faster and easier to use than Vista. He was able to test it on two different computers - a MacBook Pro Laptop with Leopard pre-installed (provided by Apple), and then on his own iMac Desktop in which he made the upgrade to Leopard.

October 25th, 2007
Mossberg Calls Leopard Evolutionary not Revolutionary

Opera Link – Access your Bookmarks Anywhere

It's no surprise that Opera 9.5 can synchronize your bookmarks with an online server, and can therefore give you access to them anywhere when running Opera 9.5! That is one of Opera 9.5's most notable features, and the development team just stepped up their game by launching what's called Opera Link.

October 25th, 2007
Opera Link – Access your Bookmarks Anywhere

Daily Downloads: Pidgin, Opera, FeedReader, 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).

October 25th, 2007
Daily Downloads: Pidgin, Opera, FeedReader, and More

CyberNotes: Create a LightBox Photo Gallery

One of the hot new ways for viewing photos is using a JavaScript technique called LightBox. I'm sure you've seen it before on sites where you click on a thumbnail, and a fullsize version of the image is superimposed on the page that your viewing. It then grays out the background so that it's easy for the viewer to focus on the image.

October 25th, 2007
CyberNotes: Create a LightBox Photo Gallery