Archives for January, 2008

eBay Lowers Listing Fees, Raises Final Value Fee

eBay has angered a lot of sellers over the years because they are frequently jacking up the cost of their fees to list the items. They are trying to make amends with all of the sellers by lowering fees across the board, which will become effective on February 20th, 2008. Well, maybe not all the way across the board.

January 29th, 2008
eBay Lowers Listing Fees, Raises Final Value Fee

Make Your Own Twitter with WordPress

I've been using Twitter more and more these days, and it has surprisingly become a nice way to communicate with friends. That's one of the reasons why Automattic, the founders of WordPress, decided that they should make their own Twitter using WordPress. I mean why not, WordPress already has posting capabilities so it's all about skinning really.

January 29th, 2008
Make Your Own Twitter with WordPress

Qtrax Shows How Not to Launch a Business

Yesterday we wrote about Qtrax, a business that was launching "the worlds first 100% legal and free Peer-2-Peer music application" with all 4 major record labels on board.

January 29th, 2008
Qtrax Shows How Not to Launch a Business

Daily Downloads: FeedReader, TagScanner, 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).

January 29th, 2008
Daily Downloads: FeedReader, TagScanner, and More

CyberNotes: Add Album Art in iTunes

Album art seems to be the hot new craze these days, and with Apple's Cover Flow (pictured below) more people want their library of music to be filled with gorgeous artwork. Cover Flow has changed the way that I find songs to listen to, and for that reason I wanted to show how you can use iTunes to retrieve your favorite album art.

January 29th, 2008
CyberNotes: Add Album Art in iTunes

Moving…

This is just a quick note to all of our readers to let you know that this week will be a bit different in terms of a writing schedule because we are moving! As many of you know from reading us (or if you've read our About section), Ryan and I are both from the Chicagoland area, but we've been living in Iowa for the last 4 1/2 years to go to school at Iowa State University.

January 28th, 2008
Moving…

LEGO’s 50th Anniversary!

It's been 50 years since the LEGO brick was patented, and since then hundreds of billions of the beloved little pieces have been pumped out of factories for your building enjoyment. What's even harder to believe is that the LEGO bricks being sold in stores today will still work with the originals dating back 50 years!

January 28th, 2008
LEGO’s 50th Anniversary!

Spy Satellite Headin’ For Earth

Alert! Alert! Danger Alert! According to the New York Times, you may want to watch for a "small-bus" sized object falling from the sky in late February or early March.  Apparently there is a United States spy satellite which can no longer be controlled due to power loss which will be plummeting to Earth soon.

January 28th, 2008
Spy Satellite Headin’ For Earth

Good Things Happen to Good People

This was sent to us as a tip from "kiltboy," and after reading it we just couldn't help but write about it. It's a story about a New York taxi cab passenger who had found a camera left behind by someone else when they got into the cab. They used the 350 pictures and 2 videos that were on the camera to hunt down the owners:

January 28th, 2008
Good Things Happen to Good People

Windows 7 Download NOT Leaked

With all the buzz surrounding Windows 7 in the last two weeks it comes as no surprise that there is a supposed leaked copy floating around the Internet. Torrent sites quickly picked up on the "leaked" version of Windows, and after that it started to spread like wildfire.

January 28th, 2008
Windows 7 Download NOT Leaked