Archives for August 8th, 2008

Two Interesting Apps Emerge from DonationCoder Competition

DonationCoder started a competition in June 2008 looking to recruit some fresh new blood apps, and it's come to a close with the winner taking home a copy of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Suite with an MSDN Premium subscription.

August 8th, 2008
Two Interesting Apps Emerge from DonationCoder Competition

Play Space Invaders in OpenOffice.org

The OpenOffice.org team makes a great productivity suite, but the developers behind the famed open source project have also tucked away a few enjoyable Easter Eggs. Several of them are your typical run-of-the-mill Easter Eggs that show the credits, but one in particular is a lot of fun.

August 8th, 2008
Play Space Invaders in OpenOffice.org

Security Professionals Goof-Up Sometimes Too

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about a MSN/Windows Live Messenger Phishing site that was making its way around to people. In the comments, someone mentioned that they had a "dumb" moment and fell for it. The only way I could think to respond was, "sometimes these things happen to the best of us" and they do.

August 8th, 2008
Security Professionals Goof-Up Sometimes Too

Free Windows Partition Manager

One thing that Microsoft finally got around to doing in Vista is making it easier to manage the partitions on your hard drive. Using the built-in Disk Management you can do most common operations without needing any third-party tools, and in my experience it works pretty well.

August 8th, 2008
Free Windows Partition Manager

Get A “Real” Bookstore Experience Online

If you shop Amazon.com frequently for books for whatever reason, maybe because they are more affordable than your local bookstore, but you miss the experience of actually looking at books on the shelf, checkout Zoomii.

August 8th, 2008
Get A “Real” Bookstore Experience Online

Coverage of the Olympics Around the Web

The olympics have officially started which means coverage around the Internet is abundant. We mentioned a couple of ways that you could keep up with the Olympics using Google, but there are PLENTY of other sites out there. Here's a quick list of places you can go on the Internet to get the coverage of your favorite sports.

August 8th, 2008
Coverage of the Olympics Around the Web

Daily Downloads: Launchy, Opera, AIM, 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).

August 8th, 2008
Daily Downloads: Launchy, Opera, AIM, and More

CyberNotes: Test Your Tech Knowledge (Part 2)

Several months ago we put together some tech trivia so that you could test your tech knowledge. It was fun, so we decided to do a Part 2! We tried to make some of them a little more challenging than others. Let us know how you did!

August 8th, 2008
CyberNotes: Test Your Tech Knowledge (Part 2)