Archives for April 28th, 2008

Weather Watcher 6 Beta – Best Weather App Available

Weather is an important part of our daily lives, and can drastically affect any plans that we have. Lucky for us the Internet is making it easy to stay on top of weather developments as they happen, and the newest Beta of Weather Watcher for Windows lets you do it in style.

April 28th, 2008
Weather Watcher 6 Beta – Best Weather App Available

IE Tab in Opera?

If you're using Firefox there is a very good chance that you've heard of the IE Tab extension. For many of us it helped ease the burden of switching to Firefox as the primary browser back when developers didn't see Firefox as a viable alternative. That is not nearly as big of a problem as it once was.

April 28th, 2008
IE Tab in Opera?

Happy 5th Birthday iTunes Music Store!

On this day five years ago, the Apple iTunes Music Store launched. The date was April 28, 2003, and ever since the launch, the store has managed to become more successful than I think anyone ever imagined. By early this year in 2008, over 4 billion songs have been sold through the store.

April 28th, 2008
Happy 5th Birthday iTunes Music Store!

Search Commands Available for Office 2007

One of the complaints I've heard from people who start using Microsoft Office 2007 is that because of the new Ribbon, they sometimes have a hard time finding the commands that they're looking for. The Microsoft Office Labs team knows this, so they've decided to help users by launching a project for Office 2007 called Search Commands.

April 28th, 2008
Search Commands Available for Office 2007

Zoho Sheet Supports VBA! Crazy!

One of the things that I've felt online spreadsheets have really lacked is support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). I use VBA macros quite frequently in my spreadsheets as a way to analyze and process data that can't be done with formulas. Well, Zoho has decided to step up to the plate in a big way.

April 28th, 2008
Zoho Sheet Supports VBA! Crazy!

Google Docs Takes More Apps Offline

Over the last several months we've seen a lot of growth in the web-based office applications arena. Between Zoho and Google Docs, all kinds of features have been added which make using the applications even easier and more second nature.

April 28th, 2008
Google Docs Takes More Apps Offline

Daily Downloads: Weather Watcher, DVDFab, Mozbackup, and More

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).

April 28th, 2008
Daily Downloads: Weather Watcher, DVDFab, Mozbackup, and More

CyberNotes: MacBook Pro First Impressions

Last week in our MyFive article titled "Computers We've Owned," we left out a "5th Generation" of computers that we've owned in the past because we hadn't yet purchased them. In the article, we mentioned that we've been looking at different models and manufacturers to see what would be best. We finally made our decision after lots of research, and the purchases were made.

April 28th, 2008
CyberNotes: MacBook Pro First Impressions