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.
August was a huge month for Firefox since they hit the 200 million download mark. KDE (a Linux desktop) released a new Start Menu that is unlike any other that you have used before and continues to push Linux further and further.
This is the month that CyberNet switched over to a dedicated server to make sure we can handle our future traffic needs. It also seemed to be the month of cool things: a self-parking BMW, 4D globe, Xbox 360 case mods, and more.
The Pirate Bay was the talk of the month since they had their servers seized and then quickly returned to them after authorities found no illegal content. To help crack down on piracy Microsoft also updated their Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) process to check for counterfeit versions of Windows XP...which unexpectedly identified legitimate versions of Windows as counterfeit.
In May 2006 Mozilla continued to keep quite about their Pocket PC Web browser and Gmail horror stories started to make their rounds around the Web. The most unforgettable thing in May was probably the magazine that reported on an April Fool's joke posted by another website.
April Fool's Day brought some great laughs but that didn't stop any big news from happening later in the month.
March was more of a fun month with a lot of news from Google and a few big acquisitions. This is also when our site's traffic really got a boost.
February 2006...the fun continued with a delay in the first pre-release version of Firefox 2 and a free Flash Drive offer from Microsoft that apparently no one received.
As the New Year shines upon us (about 9 hours away in the United States - Central Time) we thought we should start recapping the events from the year. A few days ago we made a post looking back at the Firefox news but now it is time to broaden the scope a little bit.
