Meebo has become an extremely popular online instant messenger, and with a status as prestigious as theirs comes clones. With Meebo you can communicate with friends and family from anywhere you have an Internet connection and a browser. And if you want to start your own similar service go checkout the open source version called Soashable (project page).
Barnes & Noble recently launched a new how-to site that they're calling Quamut. Their tag line is "the go to how to" and it's all about providing users with simple instructions on how to do different things in a variety of topics. Topics that they cover include house and home, hobbies and leisure, money and business, computers and technology, and mind and body.
Microsoft is obviously very anxious to get people to adopt Vista Service Pack 1 because for the next year they will be offering free technical support to help users get it up and running. This is not anything abnormal for those of you who have purchased retail copies of the operating system, but if Vista came with the computer you would be deferred to the manufacturer for any support.
Sirius and XM have had a rough time over the last year trying to convince the Department of Justice to approve their merge. Over a year later and they've finally gotten approval. The rumor that they were working on a deal first became public back in February of 2007 and it's taken this long for them to get the thumbs-up from the DOJ to move ahead.
Apple's Mac OS X operating system turned a lucky 7 years old yesterday, March 24. It was exactly 7 years ago that Apple released the first in the series of their flagship Mac OS X operating system, and since then it has become a rather strong competitor to Microsoft Windows in the consumer world.
In the past, Yahoo has always kept their logo at the front and center of their homepage with the search bar located right underneath. This is the way it was every since they launched until they changed it back in 2006. At that point they unveiled a completely new design that moved their logo to the upper left corner of the page.
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).
We have a terrific application that we are going to take a look at today called Videoraptor. Prior to writing this article I had never heard of the program, but I have to say that many of you will find it to be as useful as I have.
