Archives for May 20th, 2008

Perian: Play AVI, FLV, DIVX, and More in QuickTime for Mac

Mac only Tired of hunting down the various codecs to play your movies in QuickTime? Perian (free and open source) is pretty much the one-stop-shop when it comes to codecs on your Mac. It adds support for over two-dozen different types of media that QuickTime doesn't ordinarily support:

May 20th, 2008
Perian: Play AVI, FLV, DIVX, and More in QuickTime for Mac

Sellers Can’t Leave Negative Feedback on eBay

eBay has really got their work cutout for themselves this time. They have decided, as expected, that it's time to block sellers from leaving neutral or negative feedback for buyers. Oh, and to make matters even worse they are now counting neutral feedback left by buyers as a negative when calculating the feedback score, which is sure to drop the score of many sellers.

May 20th, 2008
Sellers Can’t Leave Negative Feedback on eBay

Apple Commands “Premium” Computer Market

A recent article from Fortune really makes it clear that the majority of people who go out to buy a computer have a budget of under $1,000. It also makes it clear that Apple is seeing pretty significant growth. Let me explain...

May 20th, 2008
Apple Commands “Premium” Computer Market

Netflix’s First Streaming Box Gets Good Reviews

When Steve Jobs first announced the Apple TV, a device for playing digital content from iTunes, he was probably expecting it to become more of a hit than what it is. Sales aren't exactly stellar which leaves plenty of room for competition to come in and steal the show. In this case, it's Netflix's first streaming box made by Roku which in some ways, is coming in to shine brighter than the Apple TV.

May 20th, 2008
Netflix’s First Streaming Box Gets Good Reviews

The Revival of Napster…Again? 6 Million Song DRM-Free Library

I swear that Napster is as close as it gets to a cat with 9-lives. In 1999 it started off as a file sharing service that exploded with popularity. People could share and download songs freely, but the service was doomed to failure since it used central servers to connect one user to another.

May 20th, 2008
The Revival of Napster…Again? 6 Million Song DRM-Free Library

Google Health Opens to the Public

Almost two years ago, Ryan wrote an article titled "Will Google Ever Release Google Health?" This was back on July 10th, 2006 when login screens for the service managed to surface and we learned what Google was working on.

May 20th, 2008
Google Health Opens to the Public

Daily Downloads: Flip4Mac, Trillian, BurnAware, and More

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you 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).

May 20th, 2008
Daily Downloads: Flip4Mac, Trillian, BurnAware, and More

CyberNotes: Bulk Rename Files on Mac & Windows

I enjoy taking digital pictures, but the part that I don't like is copying them over to the computer. The file names are always such a mess, and are typically along the lines of DSC000022.JPG which doesn't help at all when trying to identify a photo. One of the first things that I do after transferring the photos over to the computer is rename them in bulk.

May 20th, 2008
CyberNotes: Bulk Rename Files on Mac & Windows