Archives for February 1st, 2008

Pirate Bay in Trouble Again?

The Pirate Bay is a torrent site that has been through just about everything you can imagine, and yet the site is still available. Now they are jumping through some hoops again, and this time there are four workers being charged with "". If they are found guilty they could possibly spend up to 2 years in jail, but the crew has already said that the site will stay alive regardless.

February 1st, 2008
Pirate Bay in Trouble Again?

600 Million Add-ons Downloaded from Mozilla

Mozilla hit a huge milestone the other day when the download counter for their add-ons rolled over the 600 million mark. That number only includes downloads from the add-ons sitea, and on top of that there are about 100 million update pings each day.

February 1st, 2008
600 Million Add-ons Downloaded from Mozilla

Nuvifone by Garmin Announced, iPhone Competitor?

There's never a dull moment in the cellphone arena, ever. And now that Garmin has officially announced their Nuvifone there's a guarantee that there will be all kinds of talk and excitement over the next coming months. Yes, it's official. Garmin has announced that they are making their first solo appearance into the cellphone industry by launching the nuviphone.

February 1st, 2008
Nuvifone by Garmin Announced, iPhone Competitor?

Daily Downloads: Gimp, ReNamer, 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).

February 1st, 2008
Daily Downloads: Gimp, ReNamer, and More

Microsoft Offers Yahoo $44.6 Billion! What Does This Mean?

We'd be surprised if you haven't heard by now that Microsoft has made an offer to Yahoo to acquire them for about $44.6 billion in cash! It's all over the news (for good reason), and there are all kinds of ideas regarding this acquisition floating around the Internet.  Instead of talking in length about each of them, we thought we'd sum everything up into an easy-to-read bulleted list.

February 1st, 2008
Microsoft Offers Yahoo $44.6 Billion! What Does This Mean?

CyberNotes: Weird and Crazy Inventions!

There have been great inventors over time who've come up with some pretty amazing inventions.  Topping the list would be modern plumbing, the printing press, the telephone, computers, automobiles, and more.  Each of those inventions will go down in history as truly changing the way we live as a society.  While there may be list upon list of influential inventions, today's Fun Friday takes a look at those that probably won't be remembered 50 years from now.

February 1st, 2008
CyberNotes: Weird and Crazy Inventions!