Editor’s Note: This post was written by guest author Pieter De Decker, who is also the developer of the free USBsyncer and iPodCALsync! Feel free to read past articles that Pieter has written.

One of the hardest things about doing design work is coming up with a color scheme, but sometimes you're fortunate enough to start off with some sort of graphic like a logo. If that's the case then you may want to consider using this color scheme generator. With it you can upload an image, and in return it will provide a list of the most-used colors.

Just yesterday, Google announced that they have updated Google Maps for Mobile to version 2.2. The big improvement with it this time around is that users will be able to get transit directions for over 40 cities in North America like Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver and 20 cities around the globe.

VLC is an incredibly popular cross-platform media player, and it's well known for supporting a wide variety of media types.

Opera announced today that they have partnered with Haute Secure to include top-notch threat protection in their next-generation browser. A new snapshot of Opera 9.5 was posted yesterday that was bundled with a new theme, but the integration with Haute does not appear to be in place yet.

Google has decided to take a few risks with Gmail by introducing Gmail labs. They say that they receive a lot of ideas for Gmail from both users and employees at Google, but they don't always have the time to develop and implement them all.

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).

These weeks sure fly by, don't they? It's Friday once again so we're stepping away from Technology news for a second to have some fun. Today we're looking at useless facts that are interesting nonetheless. If you know of an interesting fact, post it in the comments below. Have a great weekend!