Archives for August 15th, 2008

Microsoft’s Windows 7 Blog Promises “Two-Way” Discussions

After a lot of silence by Microsoft they have finally created a blog that will serve as a hub for Windows 7 information. The Engineering Windows 7 blog published an introductory post yesterday stating their intentions.

August 15th, 2008
Microsoft’s Windows 7 Blog Promises “Two-Way” Discussions

Netflix Shipping System is Having Issues

Over the last couple of days we have been monitoring a situation with Netflix regarding the problems they have been having with their shipment system. When we first heard about it, we didn't think it was that big of a deal, but now that it's been a couple of days and Netflix is still having issues, we figured it was worth mentioning.

August 15th, 2008
Netflix Shipping System is Having Issues

Google Transferring Over Feedburner Accounts

Google has finally begun migrating RSS feeds that are being hosted on Feedburner over to Google's own servers. It's been over a year since Google acquired Feedburner, and since then the service's 1.92 million feeds have generally been untouched. Why now? Google has begun rolling out Adsense for feeds after closing the doors on Feedburner's CPM-based advertising solution.

August 15th, 2008
Google Transferring Over Feedburner Accounts

MobileMe Users Are Going Phishing

As though MobileMe users haven't had enough issues do deal with since the service launched with outages, incorrect descriptions of the service, and more, and now many of those users are going phishing. What we mean by that is, hundreds of MobileMe users are getting caught up in a phishing scam that targets the service, and they are giving out their credit card information.

August 15th, 2008
MobileMe Users Are Going Phishing

Android Phone Launches in September?

As mentioned back in June, T-Mobile is set to be the first mobile phone carrier to launch an Android powered mobile phone. We were originally expecting it sometime in the 4th quarter, but it looks as though we may get it a little earlier than expected. Gizmodo reports that September 17th is the big day. It's the day that T-Mobile and HTC will be launching an HTC phone powered by Android.

August 15th, 2008
Android Phone Launches in September?

Daily Downloads: ASAP Utilities, AIM, Pitaschio, 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 15th, 2008
Daily Downloads: ASAP Utilities, AIM, Pitaschio, and More

CyberNotes: Where in the World is the Blue Screen of Death?

Today's Funny Friday just proves how popular Windows is. It's everywhere, and when something goes wrong with Windows, it's not to hard to spot. Today's article is a collection of images people have captured when they spotted the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) while they were out and about.

August 15th, 2008
CyberNotes: Where in the World is the Blue Screen of Death?