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Archive for February 19th, 2008

And You Thought You Were a Music Addict…

February 19th, 2008
9 Comments Written by Ryan

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I'm sure some of you are truly music addicts with thousands of songs being lugged around on your music player. You might even have a few hundred CD's, or maybe you've broken into the thousands by now. I hate to burst your bubble, but you don't have the world's largest collection.

All hope is not lost for you though! The largest collection of records and CD's is currently up for bid on eBay

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Is Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope "it"?

February 19th, 2008
6 Comments Written by Ashley

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Several days ago we wrote about something extraordinary that Robert Scoble said was coming from Microsoft and it was going to be announced on February 27th. When he saw a live demo of it at a recent visit to Redmond, he said it was enough to make his eyes well up with tears. TechCrunch is now speculating that this extraordinary something

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Incompatible Vista SP1 Programs

February 19th, 2008
4 Comments Written by Ryan

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Microsoft has posted a support article regarding some applications that have been found not to work when a Vista computer is upgraded to Vista SP1. The list is pretty small at this point, but an update like this isn't expected to break as many apps like XP SP2 did.

The good news is that almost all of the programs that

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Mozilla Messaging Touches on Thunderbird 3

February 19th, 2008
7 Comments Written by Ryan

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Back in September 2007 Mozilla decided to break their email client, called Thunderbird, away from the browser and create a separate subsidiary for it. Up until now the new subsidiary has been called MailCo, but today it officially received the name of Mozilla Messaging. I believe the new name of the subsidiary is a good indication that Thunderbird will evolve into more than just an

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Verizon’s Unlimited Calling Plans Fall Short

February 19th, 2008
7 Comments Written by Ashley

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Verizon Wireless just launched their unlimited calling plans in the United States starting at $99.99 where subscribers pay one flat rate to place and receive unlimited calls.  All in all, it's not THAT great of a deal, but there are some benefits to what they are offering. Below is the graph which outlines the three unlimited plans available and the prices for each:

Notice that

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HD DVD is Officially Discontinued by Toshiba

February 19th, 2008
12 Comments Written by Ashley

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We weren't expecting the announcement from Toshiba for another week, but it's official, HD DVD is now discontinued. In the press release from Toshiba, they stated that after reviewing their strategy for HD DVD, they decided to stop development, manufacturing, and marketing of HD DVD players and recorders. President and CEO of Toshiba was quoted in the announcement saying, "While we

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Daily Downloads: WinBubble & IE7Pro

February 19th, 2008
2 Comments Written by Ryan

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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 the comments below so

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