Archives for July 16th, 2008

DivShare 3.0 Sports a New Interface

DivShare currently has over 623,000 users despite moving away from their "unlimited" storage and bandwidth model that they once offered. To try and bring some appeal back to the service they have revamped the user dashboard with an interface that is a lot easier on the eyes.

July 16th, 2008
DivShare 3.0 Sports a New Interface

Gmail Finally Stops Adding Contacts Automatically

Google has done a great job of making Gmail an easy-to-use email service, but one thing that has always bothered me is the fact that they automatically add people you email to your contact list.

July 16th, 2008
Gmail Finally Stops Adding Contacts Automatically

Sony & Microsoft Drop Console Prices

With the E3 Media and Business Summit going on (the annual trade show for the computer and video games industry), there have been several big announcements from Sony and Microsoft.

July 16th, 2008
Sony & Microsoft Drop Console Prices

Live Mesh Open to the Public

Microsoft has opened the doors of its Live Mesh service so that anyone with a Windows Live ID can immediately start using it. It is only available for users in the US, but the Live Mesh team says that this restriction can easily be circumvented by setting your operating system region and language settings to EN-US:

July 16th, 2008
Live Mesh Open to the Public

iPhone 3G News Round-Up

There's been a lot of missed iPhone 3G news while we were gone, so we wanted to make sure we kept everybody up-to-date with this round-up post. We'll include information from a few reviews, information about how much the iPhone 3G costs to make, what it looks like under the shiny black (or white) case, a couple of tips, and info about why it might be a pain in the butt to return a defective phone.

July 16th, 2008
iPhone 3G News Round-Up

Nintendo Introduces MotionPlus Add-on for Wiimote

While the Wiimote has been able to impress and amaze millions of people out there, it has been lacking something for others. What was it lacking you ask? The capability to sense even the slightest movements. For some games, the Wiimote just wasn't precise enough in detecting how the user was moving their Wiimote. To help with this problem, Nintendo has released an add-on called MotionPlus.

July 16th, 2008
Nintendo Introduces MotionPlus Add-on for Wiimote

Daily Downloads: Amarok, OpenOffice.org, 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).

July 16th, 2008
Daily Downloads: Amarok, OpenOffice.org, and More

CyberNotes: Our Favorite Wednesday CyberNotes Articles

Judging by our site's stats Wednesdays tend to result in our most visited CyberNotes articles. On Wednesdays we try to cover tips and tricks for the various web browsers out there, and a majority of them focus on Firefox since well over 50% of our readers visit us with that browser.

July 16th, 2008
CyberNotes: Our Favorite Wednesday CyberNotes Articles