It's Memorial Day today here in the United States, so we just wanted to stop for a minute to honor the men and women of the military who died serving this country. Additionally, to those members of the military, both past, and those currently serving, we thank you!

Not only is this a day of remembrance, it's also the unofficial start to Summer. Unfortunately the weather isn't going to cooperate here in the Chicago area to

I always find it interesting to read and watch interviews with leaders of various companies, particularly when they give their take on their own products. Just last week a "Support Firefox Day" session was held over the IRC chat service, and in it they had four of the best known Mozilla employees answer questions that you may find interesting. If you missed the chance to participate

On August 4, 2007 the $325 million Phoenix spacecraft departed earth on a 422 million mile journey to Mars. Just yesterday the journey came to a head as Phoenix made its descent onto Mars. As you can see in the video below there was a lot of tension at NASA while they awaited confirmation that Phoenix Mars Lander successfully landed, and they were not notified until

Over the years, we've seen Symantec's reputation go down-hill as their Norton line of antivirus and security products has been labeled sluggish and bloated by those who use it. According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, Symantec is hoping to change the future of security software by making it "less annoying" which could help improve their reputation and bring customers back. Their

Several months ago the highly-respected AV-Test.org ran a test to rank various antivirus applications. In that test they had 30 rootkits that were tested on both Windows XP and Vista. On Windows XP none of the seven antivirus suites could detect all of the rootkits, and only four of the 14 anti-rootkit tools proved to be 100% successful. Those aren't very good odds.

On Vista the story

Back in mid-April, we wrote about a new Bill that was signed in New York called the "Amazon Tax Bill." It forces retailers to charge sales tax to customers who live in the state of New York which then provides the state with an extra $50 million in revenue. We mentioned at the time that if ever there was a way to

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).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that