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.
Over at ZDNet, Garrett Rogers is always pretty good about keeping tabs on Google. Recently he stumbled upon a new service that Google doesn't want the public to see quite yet because it was added to the robots.txt file.
How many times have you plugged a device into your computer only to find out that the operating system doesn't have the drivers you need to run it? Depending on how new your operating system is you should find that device recognition is fairly good... Vista alone ships with over 19,000 drivers for devices that you use everyday.
When the "Get a Mac" campaign started back in 2006, most everybody (PC and Mac users alike) got at least a little chuckle out of the commercials. They funny. At some point though, it started to get a little old.
In 1993 a project called Wine was started as a way to run Windows applications on Linux without using an emulator.
Last week we wrote about how Apple was trying to push the Safari "update" on any computer with the Apple Software Update installed, regardless of whether Safari had ever been installed before on the machine.
When someone starts talking about working at Google, one thing that usually comes up is the 20% time. Google employees, engineers in particular, are supposed to be given one day per week to work on a project of their choosing. On the Google Jobs page it talks about "The Engineer's life at Google" and one of the perks they mention is just this. They say, "." Sounds nice, doesn't it?
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).
A couple of weeks ago, Ryan put together a list of reasons why he loves Windows Vista Media Center. Among his reasons were appearance, the option to add multiple tuners, and the fact that you can purchase an Xbox 360 and use it as a Media Center extender.
Earlier this year we wrote about two different solutions that could be used to backup your Firefox profile, but it's possible that you aren't looking to back up. One of the areas that is extremely valuable to most Firefox users is the extensions, and some of them really take awhile to get configured just the way you like them.
To those of you who celebrate Easter, we hope you have a great one! I don't know about where you live, but where we live, there certainly won't be an Easter Egg Hunt outside, unless it's in the snow. We've had some crazy weather this year in Chicago as I'm sure some of you have experienced elsewhere. In all this Winter, we received around 80 inches of snow and about 8 inches of that came on Friday.
Forbes Autos recently put together a list of five different technology trends that we're starting to see regularly in cars. Each of the trends will really change automobiles in a big way! Let's take a look...
If you're looking for something fun to do with your mounds and mounds of digital photos, look no further than a fairly new website called FACEinHOLE.com. At first glance it's nothing special, but it is one of those sites you'll have to at least check out once, just for fun.
We've received several emails in the last hour or so from our readers regarding Sony offering the "Fresh Start" bloatware-free option on one of their high-end laptops. The emails were not complaining about the $50 fee being charged to get a PC without the crapware, but instead they were all letting us know that Sony has changed their mind and will not be charging for it.
Digg users were all over a new file sharing site that seemingly popped up overnight called File Dropper. It's a completely free service that will let you upload as many files as you would like, and they can total up to 5GB each.
