No, you didn't read the title of the article wrong. With all of the Vista bashing going on we thought it would be fun to take a step back and see what the initial consensus was of XP when it launched back in October 2001. Since so much time has passed it is easy to forget the messages that were filling the forums and reviews.

This year Google is taking some time to focus on love. Awe, isn't that sweet? To  be more specific, they're focusing on "love at first ping." With Valentine's Day right around the corner, they were wondering what kind of role Gmail plays in  the dating/relationship scene.

It's that time again! We haven't seen a Firefox 3 Beta release in nearly 2-months, and I'm sure many of you are ready to jump on this download.

TechCrunch wrote an interesting article today regarding how the Google Toolbar 5 Beta for Internet Explorer "hijacks" the browser's 404 error page.

BlackBerry's email service decided to go out for lunch yesterday and didn't come back.

And the saga continues... yesterday we reported that Yahoo officially turned down Microsoft's offer to acquire them for $44.6 billion dollars. Yahoo said that the offer undervalued them, and so they weren't interested (typical corporate response for a first offer).  Microsoft has now responded to Yahoo and the story gets more and more interesting.

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).

I remember when online stores first started popping up everyone was wondering how in the world such a marketplace would continue to exist. At the time online prices were about the same as they were in the retail stores, but shipping costs killed any savings that you would have received. Now things are not only cheaper online, but a lot of stores offer free shipping on purchases.