CyberNet (Free subscription) | yesterday
During the days when CyberNet was a hobby for Ryan and I, there was an excitement to reporting on the the latest tech news, for fun. Once we graduated college and made CyberNet our full-time job, some of that excitement seemed to disappear. Don’t get us wrong, we have enjoyed nearly every minute of what [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new website launched the other day called Quarkbase, and its goal is to provide details about all kinds of different websites. It gives you details like who owns the site, ways to contact them, how many articles are on Digg, and so on. It’s a pretty cool service and all, but I’ll admit that [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday was a pretty big day for the Google Android mobile platform. For starters Google announced that the very first handsets shipping with Android will have a Beta version of what they call Android Market. This is similar to Apple’s App Store in the sense that developers will be able to share programs from a [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday word started getting around that come October 1st Comcast would be enforcing a 250GB bandwidth cap for all their users. This is obviously their way to get back at the whole BitTorrent riggamaroll that started last year, and this way people are more apt to know what they consider to be “acceptable use.” The new [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | yesterday
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). As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fun Friday Earlier this week I received a forwarded email that was titled “Budget Cuts.” Upon opening it, there were a handful of pictures depicting an office cubicle made almost entirely out of cardboard. After looking at the images with one including a note reading “You R No Prank King”, it was clear that someone had [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | yesterday
It’s been almost a week since the Summer Olympics in Beijing wrapped-up. This year more than ever, the Internet made a difference in how people kept-up with the games. In two years the Olympics will be back, in Vancouver, and it’ll definitely be interesting to see once again, the role that the Internet will play [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Win; Mac; Linux It’s always surprised me that Google has a few desktop applications (Picasa, Google Desktop Search, Google Talk, etc…), but for one reason or another they don’t have any programs that leverage some of their other big services. Having a program for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and several [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Most of you are probably aware of Google’s translation services that they offer found at http://translate.google.com, but did you know that you can also use their search bar to translate single words? It’s a fairly new feature, and it’s simple to use. All you have to do: Go to www.google.com In the search box type “translate” followed by [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
If someone were to ask me who I’d rather meet in person if given the choice between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I’d pick Bill Gates. He’s an excellent public speaker, and he always seems to be a humble, gracious man. Steve Jobs on the other hand, it’s not that I don’t like him, it’s [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
When Mozilla launched Firefox 3 there were some people who weren’t fond of the changes they made to the address bar. With it they decided to intermingle results from the user’s history, bookmarks, and typed addresses to provide a long list of sites they might be trying to find. While not everyone liked the feature [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
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). As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Tutorial Thursday Windows only File sharing is becoming more and more important these days, and that’s one reason why I’m always looking for easy ways to upload images and files. A recent program I came across called Rightload looks to remove the hassle of uploading files to common sites, or even to your own [...]
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Windows only (not Vista) When you’re working with a small screen space it’s nice to try and squeeze everything you can out of it. That’s especially true when you’ve got a device like the Eee PC who’s 7″ screen has an 800×480 maximum resolution. As you can imagine you’re Taskbar would fill up [...]
