You could certainly tell that the year was winding down in November and December when major news was pretty light. Because of this, we offered a handful of Helpful Tips that could potentially help you in a variety of different ways. Let's not forget Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and all of the deals that came from that as well.
The month of September was all about Halo! It launched mid-September and turned into quite the money maker for Microsoft, bringing in $170 million in the first 24 hours.During the week prior to the launch of the popular Xbox 360 game, the ending of the game was leaked which caused quite the stir.
July was the month of changes for CyberNet! After spending two months designing and implementing a new design for the site from scratch, we launched it. We also worked on optimizing the site, and added a handful of new features like Avatar support, advanced thumbnail navigation, and more.
May of 2007 was about Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Facebook. Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates made a rare appearance stage as part of the D Conference. Their chat with Walt Mosberg and Kara Swisher was interesting to say the least, and the conversation included the mentioning of those Mac vs. PC commercials where Jobs said that the point of them was for Mac and PC's to like each other.
Personalized homepages were spotlighted in March with Yahoo completing a huge redesign for My Yahoo! and Google launching a variety of dramatically changing themes for their Personalized Homepages. Additionally, it was a rough month for YouTube after Viacom sued them for $1 Billion dollars.
January of 2007 can be summed up into two words: iPhone and Vista! It was a huge month for both Microsoft and Apple - Microsoft finally got Vista pushed out the door and Apple made their big announcement at Macworld that the iPhone was coming. Here's a look at those headlines:
Ahh, here we are. In my time zone we're just moments away from celebrating a New Year! I wish everyone the best as we venture into the unknown and get a fresh start. If you decide to make a New Year's resolution....stick with it because at the end of next year you will be so much happier!
November was when Vista got sent to the manufacturer to prepare for the November 30th business launch, and coincidentally it is also the month that Vista got leaked and cracked. Let's not forget that this is also when we posted our new site redesign along with starting the forum!
October was a slow month for new releases but two of the most popular browsers, Firefox and Internet Explorer, had huge milestones that took the spotlight.
Google had a couple of big releases in September but I think the Xbox 360 laptop definitely took the cake! That thing left me speechless after watching the video.
