Archives for the ‘General’ Category

February 16th, 2013
CyberNet Status Update

Howdy! You may or may not have noticed that we haven't posted here in a couple of months, and wanted to give everyone some idea of why the posts suddenly stopped. A lot of things have changed over the last few years so lets rewind back to 2011 so that you get an idea of the events that lead up to today.

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November 18th, 2012
Best Black Friday Deals 2012

Are you willing to brave the mobs of people to save some money this Black Friday? If you haven't taken a look at the Black Friday 2012 ads yet you should go ahead and peak at the list below of the best deals we compiled from some of the most popular electronics categories.

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November 18th, 2012
Black Friday Store Hours 2012

It's that time of year again! With Thanksgiving on Thursday in the United States that puts the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday, just a few days away. Each year stores compete to offer the best Black Friday deals, but there is a new competition that has been heating up over the last few years as well… and that would be which store can open the earliest.

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September 24th, 2012
Welcome to the Redesigned CyberNet

Welcome to the redesigned CyberNet! It's been about three years since we last updated our look, and we thought the site was really starting to show its age. With this refresh we are taking a slightly different approach than we did last time, and you should notice it right away... we're heavily embracing the use of whitespace.

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September 2nd, 2010
Should We Be Worried about Apple’s Increasing Power?

Apple is a fascinating company. Ever since Steve Jobs returned as the company's leader, Apple has shown that like no other they can get millions excited about new technology. They successfully branched out from selling computers to selling music players and phones.

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April 9th, 2010
Photovisi: Standout Photo Collage Creating Service

Sharing content, particularly photos, has exploded in popularity over the last decade. It's easy, it's fun, and as a result, many websites offer services that help you create photo collages. One standout in this area is called Photovisi.

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April 6th, 2010
Relisir Helps You Keep Up with your Favorite Music

Die-hard music fans are going to love what Relisir has to offer. Relisir is a fairly new start-up that offers users the chance to keep up with their favorite bands whether it's when they announce a new album is on the way, or if a new album has been released.

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April 1st, 2010
Apple in Talks to Acquire Intel

Several sources are reporting this morning that Apple is in discussions with Intel to acquire the chip manufacturer for upwards of $12 billion. Over the last 22 years Apple has acquired 25 different companies, but this single transaction will likely beat the sum of all the others combined.

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January 28th, 2010
How to Adjust Your Computer Environment to Prevent Eye Strain and RSI

Let's face it: being a computer geek isn't the healthiest hobby in the world. Staring at that bright screen for hours at a time will affect our health in many ways. But there are many things you can do to improve your health without having to stop using your computer altogether.

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November 10th, 2009
Should We Prefer Metered Bandwidth Over “Unlimited”?

We love unlimited. Everything is better when it's not limited, right? Then what's not to love about unlimited bandwidth? Actually it's bad for us consumers. Here's why.

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October 28th, 2009
Remove “Accessory Connected” Screen from Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch

Last week I purchased a car interface kit that gives me the ability to hook my iPhone up to the audio system that I have installed in my car. The install went fairly smooth, but I was rather disappointed with the level of control I had over my iPhone using the audio controls on my car.

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August 9th, 2009
Welcome to the CyberNet Redesign

I told you earlier in the week that a redesign was coming today, and I wasn't lying. Hopefully when you see it for the first time you recognize how much we were pushing for simplicity.

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August 5th, 2009
CyberNet Redesign Coming This Sunday

Sunday is the big day! Over the last month or so I've been spending every ounce of free time I could scrounge up working on a site redesign. After all, this one has served us for two wonderful years. This time around I took a lot of things into consideration based on the feedback I've heard about our current theme.

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June 22nd, 2009
Pixar Grants a Wish; Gets Well-Deserved Credit

So last week there was a story about a girl, Colby Curtin, that touched the hearts of thousands of readers, and Pixar played an important roll in it all. She was dying of vascular cancer, and her last wish was to see the movie Up. The only problem was that the movie is only in theaters, and she was to ill to be transported.

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March 3rd, 2009
Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy!

Do you ever stop for a moment to think about how amazing it is that technology has advanced as far as it has? I mean, it wasn't that long ago that a cell phone was something that only few were able to take advantage of.

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January 14th, 2009
CyberNet in PC Mag’s Top 100 Blogs

PC Magazine once again put together a list at the end of last year that wraps up 100 of their favorite blogs, and I'm pleased to say that CyberNet made it this time around! I don't think they are in any particular order, but we're on the third page. There are a lot of great blogs that made the list, so Ashley and I are very humbled to have been included.

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January 1st, 2009
2008 CyberNet Awards Recap

So here we sit at the start of the year. We just wrapped up the 2008 CyberNet Awards series that we had been doing for the last few days, and today we want to wish everyone a happy New Year!

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December 31st, 2008
2008 CyberNet Awards: Favorite New Gadgets

For this installment of the 2008 CyberNet Awards we are taking a look at some of my Favorite New Gadgets that I've purchased throughout the year. I think most of the ones on my list weren't released this year, but they are new to me and I wanted to share my thoughts on them.

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December 31st, 2008
2008 CyberNet Awards: Best Time-Saving iPhone Apps that are Free

For this installment of the 2008 CyberNet Awards we are taking a look at some of my Best Time-Saving iPhone Apps that are free. I think most of the ones on my list weren't released this year, but they are new to me and I wanted to share my thoughts on them.

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December 30th, 2008
2008 CyberNet Awards: Biggest Tech Stories of 2008

For this installment of the 2008 CyberNet Awards, we are taking a look at some of the Biggest Tech Stories of 2008 . A lot has gone on this year in the Tech World, that's for sure, but some stories created far more buzz than others.

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