We felt compelled to assemble this article after PCWorld put together their list of the biggest tech disappointments of 2007. What they claimed to be the worst products of the year were things like Office 2007, iPhone, Yahoo!, and even Vista. Needless to say they were way off the mark, and I lost some respect for them because of their poor decisions.

We managed to come up with three different products

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has decided that they want to try and catch software pirates red handed. If you purchased software from on an online auction site, such as eBay, you might be eligible for a $500 reward if the software is pirated! Here's how it works:

This campaign will run from December 13, 2007 to January 30, 2008.  The

The new Netvibes Ginger launched into a private beta yesterday, and the Netvibes team was kind enough to give us non-testers a glimpse at what it's all about.  I know for some of you, it's going to be hard to just sit by and wait for the final release which is expected to come in January, but I think the wait will be worth it. Ginger is all about socialization, so as you can

Back in June, Google Maps got a new drag and drop routes feature which allows someone to tweak the route that Google provides them so that it's just the way they want it to be. Following in Google's footsteps, Yahoo has added a drag and drop rerouting feature which can come in handy when you're planning a trip and you prefer to go a different route than what it gives, or if you're planning

At last, Google has released something that will benefit Google Talk  users too! Just yesterday they announced that new translation bots have been added to Google Talk.  That means that you can essentially "chat" with the bot, and whatever you say to them, they'll translate it back.  It works by adding a bot as one of your friends.  So for example, I added the Chinese speaking bot to my friend list (en2zh@bot.talk.google.com), and then

Dell has announced that they are now shipping Ubuntu computers running the latest 7.10 release. On the Dell blog they said that it took so long because they wanted to do extensive testing first, but I would say that it was a rather fast turnaround considering that it was such a big upgrade.

Dell also managed to solve one of the most vocal complaints 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).

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