Archives for November, 2007

Give 1 Get 1 Extended Until December 31st

Remember that Give 1, Get 1 program that the One Laptop Per Child organization launched? It started on November 12th and was set to end on November 26th, however it's been extended. Either the program was extremely successful so they decided to see how much longer they could take it, or not many people bought them and they still have lots of laptops that they'd like to sell.

November 28th, 2007
Give 1 Get 1 Extended Until December 31st

Google My Location – Look Ma, No GPS!

Google has launched a service called My Location, and it could be a huge breakthrough in mobile mapping technology. My Location is available at no cost to those who use Google Maps on a mobile device, but don't have GPS capabilities built-in. Technicalities aside, it uses cell towers to approximate the location of the user so that it is easier to find out where you are headed.

November 28th, 2007
Google My Location – Look Ma, No GPS!

Google’s Big Green Initiative – REC<C

We've known that Google is serious about going green and saving energy over at their Mountain View campus with their solar power project, but now we know that they have a much larger "green" plan.

November 28th, 2007
Google’s Big Green Initiative – REC<C

Download Windows Live Messenger 9 (WLM 9)

Yesterday Microsoft invited only 5,000 testers to try out Windows Live Messenger version 9 in beta which will eventually replace Windows Live Messenger 8.5. We were actually invited to be one of those testers and as luck would have it, you'll be able to try it too.  The download has been leaked, and Softpedia has it available.

November 28th, 2007
Download Windows Live Messenger 9 (WLM 9)

Daily Downloads: Netscape, MediaMonkey, PSPad, 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).

November 28th, 2007
Daily Downloads: Netscape, MediaMonkey, PSPad, and More

CyberNotes: Cookie Editors in Firefox & Opera

Cookies in web browsers are an easy way for sites to store authentication/login information, settings, and so much more. One of the things that some sites do for security or privacy purposes is force the cookies to expire after a period of time. Sometimes they expire after a day, a week, a year, or when you close your browser.

November 28th, 2007
CyberNotes: Cookie Editors in Firefox & Opera

Bored? Befuddle Your Images

One of the games that I've always enjoyed doing on the computer are the image puzzles, where you provide an image and it scrambles it all up for you to reorganize. Often times the puzzle only has one blank spot that you can use for sliding around the different puzzle pieces, kind of like this game.

November 27th, 2007
Bored? Befuddle Your Images

Save Money with Amazon Subscribe & Save

From the sounds of it, Amazon is hoping that consumers will trade their loyalty with discount warehouses like Sam's Club and Costco for the opportunity to have household items delivered to their door.A fairly new service called 'Subscribe & Save" from Amazon will allow consumers to subscribe to an item and have it automatically delivered every 1, 2, 3, or 6 months.

November 27th, 2007
Save Money with Amazon Subscribe & Save

Online PDF Reader & Viewer

Have you ever been on a computer at a cafe, library, or school that doesn't have a PDF reader? In cases like that you need a handy online PDF viewer that will do the dirty work for you, without installing a single thing on the computer.

November 27th, 2007
Online PDF Reader & Viewer

Revived: AutoPatcher Windows Updater

Remember the free AutoPatcher application that Microsoft shutdown back in August? It was a rather nifty program that had all of the Windows Updates offered in a single download. You could burn them to CD, and take them from one computer to another installing the updates. The time it can save administrators is huge, but Microsoft didn't like the fact that their updates were being redistributed.

November 27th, 2007
Revived: AutoPatcher Windows Updater

Google Maps Gets Terrain Mode, Replaces Hybrid View

Go to Google Maps and you'll notice the addition of a Terrain Button which is in the location where the "Hybrid" button used to be. This new Terrain feature reminds me of what you'd see if you looked at a geographical map (versus a political map).

November 27th, 2007
Google Maps Gets Terrain Mode, Replaces Hybrid View

Vista Sucks …

... or so that seems to be the general consensus among many of the reviewers out there. The latest buzz is in regards to CNet UK's Top Ten Terrible Tech Products, where they place Windows Vista at number 10. Is it deserving of such a pitiful ranking?

November 27th, 2007
Vista Sucks …

Google to Launch Gdrive Soon? I Think So!

I'm still sticking with "I'll believe it when I see it" when it comes to Google's rumored Gdrive (a.k.a. Platypus) service, but my guess is that it actually is coming sooner rather than later.

November 27th, 2007
Google to Launch Gdrive Soon? I Think So!

Daily Downloads: Firefox, Pidgin, RSSOwl, 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).

November 27th, 2007
Daily Downloads: Firefox, Pidgin, RSSOwl, and More

CyberNotes: ASAP Utilities for Excel

As you found out last week, I love using Microsoft Excel because of the endless possibilities it offers. One of the tools that I've used in my daily workflow for over five years is ASAP Utilities, and it is completely free for personal use.

November 27th, 2007
CyberNotes: ASAP Utilities for Excel

Put the Close Button on the Left Side In XP/Vista

Windows users have undoubtedly become accustomed to having the minimize, maximize, and close buttons located in the upper-right corner of every window. Mac's, on the other hand, have those buttons located in the upper-left corner of each window. Switching between the two operating systems can be rather tedious since you have to get used to two different button layouts.

November 26th, 2007
Put the Close Button on the Left Side In XP/Vista

Wife Discovers Husband is Lottery Winner Thanks to Google

The list of advantages that search engines like Google and Yahoo offer are nearly endless. The list of disadvantages is starting to become endless though too, with one of them being the loss of anonymity.

November 26th, 2007
Wife Discovers Husband is Lottery Winner Thanks to Google

Download Windows XP SP3 via Windows Update

It's that time again! Yep, time for more Microsoft leaks. This time around a "hack" has been exposed that will let existing Windows XP users download and install a Release Candidate of Service Pack 3 (SP3) via Windows Update. If this sounds familiar to you it's probably because a similar hack was already leaked back in October for Vista SP1.

November 26th, 2007
Download Windows XP SP3 via Windows Update

Free SnagIt & Camtasia Downloads

TechSmith has decided to offer both of their award-winning applications as free downloads! The first application is SnagIt, which is used to capture and create screenshots on your computer. The only catch is that they will give you a free license only for SnagIt 7.2.5, whereas the current version is SnagIt 8.2. One of the big drawbacks is that this version will not work properly in Windows Vista.

November 26th, 2007
Free SnagIt & Camtasia Downloads

Zoho Writer Gets Offline Editing Capabilities

Back in May, Zoho Writer decided to put Google Gears to good use by launching partial offline support. I say partial because at the time, it did have some limitations. The biggest limitation was the fact that downloaded documents were available in read-only mode which meant editing capabilities weren't an option.

November 26th, 2007
Zoho Writer Gets Offline Editing Capabilities