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Yahoo Messenger 9 Beta has been in production for months, and yesterday it received and update that provides even more improvements and features. One of the things that really caught my attention in their demonstration video was the Flickr and YouTube integration, which automatically converts hyperlinks into embedded media.

One of the things that people complain the most about in Vista are the User Account Control (UAC) prompts, but they have actually started to prove themselves worth while. Over the past few months several people have asked me why the prompts can take awhile to appear, and also why the background dims itself. What they don't realize is what's going on behind-the-scenes to make

Google Gears, now known as simply "Gears," entered the browser scene last year about this time. One of their goals was to provide a way for web applications to interact naturally with the desktop, and provide a way for web applications to come offline. It's done well over the last year and many people have embraced it. Up until now, those using the Opera

You might recall that earlier in the month Yahoo! purchased a popular Safari add-on called Inquisitor. With it users could start typing in the browser's search box, and instantly see search results from a menu that popped down. What I was really hoping for was that a Firefox developer would take that idea and run with it.

They have! A nifty little extension called Peers

Have you ever been working in Excel and you knew there was a complex formula you could use to makes things easier but you just couldn't think of (or didn't know) how to do it? Or maybe you were designing a brochure and you needed some help with the graphics or formatting. Where would you go to get the help for either of those situations and would it be worth paying for? Microsoft is hoping

We don't know how many of you are familiar with Revision3, but if you watch Diggnation, The GigaOm Show, or Tekzilla, you should be. It's an online media company and they create and produce shows for people to watch on-demand. Over the Memorial Day Weekend they experienced a Denial of Service Attack which is usually a deliberate attack by someone who is trying to prevent

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