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Archive for February 12th, 2008

MyFive: Don’t Upgrade to XP!

February 12th, 2008
14 Comments Written by Ryan

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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.

I've

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Gmail Encourages Romance? You Betchya!

February 12th, 2008
No Comments Written by Ashley

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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. As you can imagine, it sure

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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. The Windows build features some of the new icons (back, forward, refresh, etc...), and checkout the Bookmarks Toolbar if you start wondering where the heck the Home icon disappeared to. I guess Mozilla thinks that

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Google Toolbar "Hijacking" a Browser Near You?

February 12th, 2008
11 Comments Written by Ryan

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TechCrunch wrote an interesting article today regarding how the Google Toolbar 5 Beta for Internet Explorer "hijacks" the browser's 404 error page. When you have the toolbar installed Google will look to see if the page you're looking for doesn't exist, and it will try to point you in the right direction if that's the case. It's just trying to give

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About that BlackBerry Outage…

February 12th, 2008
5 Comments Written by Ashley

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BlackBerry's email service decided to go out for lunch yesterday and didn't come back. By that we mean there was a major BlackBerry outage yesterday and thousands upon thousands of people were without access to their wireless email.  Given the crowd of people who typically use it (e.g., businessmen and other professionals), there were

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The Microhoo Saga Continues…

February 12th, 2008
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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. The first few lines of Microsoft's

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Daily Downloads: K-Meleon & Foobar2000

February 12th, 2008
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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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