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Helpful Tip: Middle-Click to Close Programs

December 7th, 2007
6 Comments Written by Ryan

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I can't even begin to count how many people have become addicted to closing tabs in their browser using the middle mouse button. If you're one of those people I'm here to tell you that you can carry that feature outside of your browser and onto the Windows Taskbar!

One of my favorite free apps, Taskbar Shuffle, has

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Lookup Unknown Files

December 7th, 2007
12 Comments Written by Ryan

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When was the last time that you checked your Task Manager for potentially dangerous files? I'll admit that I don't do it all that often because I put a lot of faith in my antivirus software, but I have been known to Google apps that I don't recognize. I'm sure you've done your fair share of Googling filenames, right?

Today I finally decided that

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Wi-Fi Slowly Making its way to the Sky

December 7th, 2007
No Comments Written by Ashley

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We all know that the FCC prohibits the use of cellular phones and other wireless devices on aircraft while they're in the air - it's been that way forever.  Around 2004 though, they were asked to lift the ban so that passengers could talk on their phones while flying.  The FCC said no to that but what they have said

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Best Antivirus (Retrospective Tests)

December 7th, 2007
10 Comments Written by Ryan

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Just yesterday we wrote about how some of the best antivirus apps were having troubles passing the VB100 test. In that scenario the apps were only tested against viruses that had already been released to the wild. That's the most basic of all tests since the antivirus apps just have to look at the virus signatures to see if it matches

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Sync Microsoft Office Documents with Google Docs

December 7th, 2007
3 Comments Written by Ashley

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For those of you who use both Microsoft Office and Google Docs, you're going to love a fairly new web app called DocSyncer. DocSyncer makes it possible to synchronize your Microsoft Office documents with your Google Docs account.  It's pretty genius, isn't it? I'm actually surprised Google hasn't thought to try to implement something like this on their own. Earlier this week DocSyncer launched into an invite-only beta, so if you want to be

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Why Gmail is Still in Beta

December 7th, 2007
12 Comments Written by Ashley

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On multiple times, I, like many of you, have asked "why on Earth is Gmail still in beta?" It's been around for over three years now, don't you think it's about time? I thought it was, but now I'm starting to understand why Gmail is still in beta. There are numerous people over at the Gmail Help Discussion Group

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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).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in

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