Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on July 11, 2011 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, 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 include.

–News–

Verizon Switches to Tiered Data Plans
Verizon, just like AT&T, is migrating towards tiered data plans that range from $10/month for 75MB up to $80/month for 10GB.

Opera 12 Pre-Alpha Released
Now that Opera 11.5 was recently pushed out the door the next iteration, codenamed Wahoo (destined to become Opera 12), is available for developers to download.

Amazon Adds More Features to Cloud Music Service
For a limited time only users who sign up for any paid storage plan (as low as $20 per year) will get unlimited music storage on Amazon Cloud Drive.

Facebook Enhancing Web-Based Chat
The new Facebook chat lets you have group conversations and even video chat with one other person thanks to video calling powered by Skype.

Spotify Announces Upcoming US Launch
Last week Spotify officially came forward to say that their music service will soon be landing in the US, and allowed users to sign up for an invite.

JailbreakMe.com Updated with iPad 2 Support
iOS hackers are at it again with another web-based jailbreak that even supports the iPad 2.

Google Multiple Sign-in Now Supporting 10 Accounts
I was a little disappointed when Google’s multiple account sign-in feature only supported 3 simultaneous accounts, but it looks like they have quietly upped it to 10 accounts.

Google Rebranding Blogger/Picasa?
Mashable has heard that Picasa will be renamed to Google Photos and that Blogger will be renamed to Google Blogs in the coming weeks.

Hotmail Boasts 15-Years of Service
It’s amazing to think that Hotmail has been around for over 15-years, and to celebrate the milestone they are rolling out a mini-calendar view to your Inbox.

WordPress 3.2 Released
The latest iteration of WordPress is faster, lighter, has a refreshed dashboard, includes a new theme, and comes with a distraction-free writing mode.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Awesome New Theme for Windows Media Center
You may be aware that you can theme your Windows Media Center, but the challenge is finding something that looks decent enough to replace the stock theme. This one, called Platform, is possibly the best I’ve seen.

Choose Your Gmail Inbox Style
Google is making it easier for users to switch between different types of email inboxes with their new navigation scheme.

Unofficial Swype Keyboard Available for Jailbroken iOS Devices
Any iOS user that has been longing for a Swype-style keyboard can jailbreak their device to get their hands on the free mod. I tried it out, and the results aren’t quite as good as what I’ve gotten with the official Swype app on Android, but I’m sure it will continue to improve.

Google Maps for Android Adds Offline Capability
Android users are definitely lucky with the innovations coming to their Google Maps app, and this time Google is letting users download areas on a map (up to a 10-mile radius) for offline viewing.

Thunderbird Conversation Brings Gmail-Like Interface to Thunderbird
The new Thunderbird Conversations 2.0 includes support for Thunderbird 5, and provides a Gmail-like conversation view when reading your emails.

Find Large Folders on Your Machine
GetFoldersize is a free Windows app that can analyze how the disk space is used on your computer and identify large files/folders.

Cantio is a YouTube-Powered Music Player
Cantio is a free music service powered by the wide variety of music found on YouTube.

How to Make Your Dropbox Portable
Sometimes it would be nice to run Dropbox on any machine without having to worry about going through the configuration process, and this is especially useful for machines where you don’t have access to install new programs. These instructions walk you through how to make your own portable version of Dropbox.

–Downloads–

• AbiWord 2.9.1 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• BurnAware Free 4.0 ^Pre-Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Defraggler 2.06.328 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Evernote 4.4.2.4912 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Kindle for PC 1.6.0.32771 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Miranda 0.9.24 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Opera 12.00.1017 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• SeaMonkey 2.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• SUPER v2011.49 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) ^{Alpha 2} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• VirtualBox 4.1.0 ^{Beta 2} [Homepage] [Mirror]

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Any seasoned Android enthusiast would have no doubt come across Xiaomi Corporation’s MIUI at some point. For those who haven’t, here’s a quick intro: MIUI is a heavily customizable Android ROM based on the works of CyanogenMod (at least on the driver level, so we’ve been told), and currently the Chinese startup is officially offering its free software for 12 well-known Android handsets, including the HTC Desire, Samsung Captivate and Motorola Droid. Of course, we’ll also have the Xiaomi Phone on the list when it launches in China next month.

Using Foxconn’s tooling and Inventec’s manufacturing resources, the aptly named Xiaomi Phone is the company’s first attempt at developing its own hardware, and boy, it’s done one helluva job here with the specs: a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8260 SoC (note that this isn’t just an overclocked 1.2GHz chip), 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM, eight megapixel camera and the usual wireless bundle including WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS (plus the rare GLONASS). By now you must be thinking: surely there must be a tradeoff somewhere for that tempting price of ¥1,999 ($310)? Read on to find out if this is the case.

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This article was written on April 02, 2008 by CyberNet.

Web Browser Wednesday

One of the things that I’ve always enjoyed in Safari 3 is the inline search interface, and just the other day I thought I would peruse around the Internet trying to find a way to do the same thing in Firefox. Why is searching special in Safari? Because it dims the background of the page that you’re on, and highlights the matching results as you type. The result that you currently have highlighted bounces up and down to catch your eye, and the whole experience is overall visually appealing.

When searching around for an extension I didn’t come up empty handed. I found one called XUL/Migemo that did exactly what I was looking for, but the problem was that the extension does a few other things that I don’t really need (nor wanted). After a little more searching I came across this post in the MozillaZine forums which talks about how you can set it up yourself. After testing it I can verify that it does work on both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3.

Note: There is a video demonstration at the end of the article that shows what the end result looks like.

–Setup–

The setup process consists of three pretty easy steps. You’ll have it done in just a minute or two:

1. Download this package that I’ve assembled which includes the four files you’ll need.
2. There are three JavaScript files (userChrome, SafariHighlight.uc, and ucjs_findbar.uc) that need to be placed in your profile’s chrome folder. Use this table to find your browser’s profile:
   

   Operating System	Profile folder location(s)
   Windows 95/98/Me	C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ C:\Windows\Profiles\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Windows NT 4.x	C:\Winnt\Profiles\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Windows 2000 and XP	C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Windows Vista	C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Unix	~/.mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/
   Mac OS X	~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/

   After you’ve found the profile folder just copy the three JavaScript files (userChrome, SafariHighlight.uc, and ucjs_findbar.uc) into the chrome folder located within your profile. If the UserChrome file already exists you may want to back it up before overwriting it.

3. Now you’ll need to install the extension which I’ve included in the download from the first step (here’s its homepage in case you’re curious). I’ve cleverly named the extension DragMeIntoFirefox because that’s exactly what you need to do… drag the file into the Firefox window. Then proceed with installing it, and restart the browser when it’s done. If you don’t want to drag the extension into the Firefox window just go to File -> Open File and browse for the extension.

–Using the New Search Feature–

When you go to perform a search for the first time you may not think that it’s working, but I’m confident that you’ve followed the three steps accurately. The reason why you may not be seeing the dimmed background and nice highlighting is that you need to click the Highlight All button on the Find bar. Immediately after doing that you’ll see the effects go into play.

Alternatively you can just hit the Next button (or the keyboard shortcut Control+G) to go to the next result. After pressing that the Highlight All feature will automatically be enabled. Those of you with the automatic find-as-you-type enabled will want to use the Control+G keyboard shortcut to move on to the next result if you want to see the special effects.

–Demonstration–

Is it worth the work? I think it’s a really nice feature to have, but you be the judge:

–Overview–

So that’s how you can get a Safari-styled search interface in Firefox 2 or Firefox 3. After setting this up I have fallen in love with it, but it would be nice if this was bundled into its own extension.

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As expected, Apple just got unveiling the new iPhone 3G today at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference going on in San Francisco. It took FOREVER for them to cut-to-the-chase and outline all of the details. We’ll start with the iPhone first and then go back to fill you in on some of the smaller details.

iPhone 3G with GPS on July 11th

Steve Jobs called the iPhone the phone that has changed phones forever and said that they currently have 90% customer satisfaction with the device which is astounding. He talked about how 6 million iPhones have been sold, but they still have a few challenges to address like introducing a 3G network, enterprise support, 3rd party apps, availability (more countries), and a more affordable price. With that he introduced the iPhone 3G with the following features:

• Flush headphone jack (something minor but makes a difference)
• Improved audio
• Thinner at the edges
• “Amazingly Zippy”
• Faster data
• Battery Life improved- 300 hours of standby, 10 hours of 2G talk time and 5 hours of 3G talk time, 5-6 hours of browsing time, 7 hours video time and 24 hours of audio
• GPS

And of course we know enterprise support and 3rd party apps will be available as well.

When Jobs said they needed to make the phones more affordable, he was serious. The 8GB model will be sold for $199 while the 16GB model will be available for $299. The 16 gig model will also be available in white (not just black).

Even more impressive is that over the next several months, it will be available in 70 countries. July 11th is the big day for 22 countries including the United States.

Other WWDC Info

.Mac is now MobileMe

Another rumor that has turned out to be true is that Apple is replacing .Mac with MobileMe. MobileMe looks pretty impressive with push email, contacts and calendars. Data gets synched automatically between all of your devices, both ways including PC’s, Mac’s, iPhones, etc. The new location for this is found at me.com. A subscription fee of $99 will be charged and users will get 20 GB of online storage.

Applications for the iPhone

The beginning part of WWDC was all about applications for the iPhone. They invited several app developers on stage to explain the work that they had done. First was Sega who built Super Monkey Ball with 110 stages in just three months. Once the app store launches in July, it’ll be priced at $9.99.

Other applications that we saw include:

• Auctions – from eBay for buyers and sellers (free)
• Loopt – a location-aware social network that displays a map with pins representing where your friends are (free)
• TypePad – blogging while on your iPhone – (free)
• Associated Press – The Mobile News Network will be available so that users can keep up on the latest news. Local news will also be displayed. Watch news videos and get involved with reporting by sending images and text immediately from your iPhone (free)
• Pangea – has designed two games. One game is Enigmo – a physics based puzzle game while the other is Cro-Mag Rally, a 3D caveman raving game. Both games will be $9.99 each
• Band (developed by a solo developer out of England) – lets people make music on the iPhone
• At Bat – from MLB, shows games, stats, live game info. No price was mentioned, but our guess is that there will be some type of subscription fee
• Epocrates – has designed two medical related applications
• Digital Legends – 3D fantasy adventure game

iPhone 2.0 Firmware…

They mentioned that developers have requested background support and so it will be available in September as an update to the SDK.

New features we can expect wit the firmware update:

• Contact search
• iWork support
• Support for Office documents as well including PowerPoint
• Bulk delete emails
• Ability to save images to your photo library
• Scientific calculator
• Parental controls
• Asian language support

This firmware update will come early July (likely with the launch of iPhone 3G) and will be free for iPhone users and will cost $9.95 (cheaper than the previous $19.95) for iPod Touch users.

The app store will be available on every iPhone as a way for developers to reach every single user. When there is an update available, you will be notified so that you’ll always have the latest. If the app is 10MB or less, users can download it over the cellular network. If it’s larger than that, users will have to get it via Wi-Fi or iTunes. For enterprises, they can create their apps and make them available only to their employes via company intranet. There is also Ad-hoc support to distribute apps.

I think that’s about all for now! We’ll keep you posted on more iPhone 3G news between now and July 11th!

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This article was written on November 14, 2007 by CyberNet.

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows 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 come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!

–Stable Releases–

The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.

• Miranda 0.7.3 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
  Type of Application: Instant messenger
  Changes: Critical fixes for MSN and Jabber
• Miro 1.0 [Homepage] [Mirror]
  Type of Application: Watch online videos from your desktop
  Changes: Watch fullscreen videos, resume where you stopped, play almost any formats, and more
• Sandboxie 3.20 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
  Type of Application: Run programs in a sandbox
  Changes: Sandboxie Control rewritten to offer better control and configurability of Sandboxie, force programs to start sandboxed based on folder, and bug fixes
• Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
  Type of Application: Email client
  Changes: N/A

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

• Audacity 1.3.4 [Homepage] [Mirror]
  Release: Beta
  Type of Application: Audio editor
  Changes: Enhanced Shell integration, new keyboard shortcuts, translation updates, bug fixes, and more
• Damn Small Linux 4.1 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
  Release: Release Candidate 1
  Type of Application: Linux Operating System
  Changes: New boot options, dropped Small Window Manager, bug fixes, and more
• Gizmo Project 4.0.0.317 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
  Release: Release Candidate 1 
  Type of Application: Video conferencing
  Changes: Significant fixes to the Video Calling functionality, as well as many improvements to the user interface
• Vista/XP Virtual Desktop Manager [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
  Release: Release Candidate
  Type of Application: Virtual desktop manager
  Changes: “Show all Windows” (Windows Key + F9) now shows all windows on all desktops

–Release Calendar–

• November – Firefox 3 Beta 1 [Review]
• November – Comodo 3 Firewall [Review]
• November – Vista Transformation Pack 8
• November – HP MediaSmart Home Server [Review]
• December 4 – OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 [Review]
• December 15 – Paint.NET 3.20 [Review]
• Early 2008 – Vista SP1 [Review]
• January, 2008 – Mac Office 2008 [Review]
• January 15, 2008 – WordPress 2.4
• February, 2008 – iPhone SDK [Review]
• February 27, 2008 – Windows Server 2008 [Review]
• March 4, 2008 – OpenOffice.org 2.4
• April 24, 2008 – Ubuntu 8.04
• September 2, 2008 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
• 2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
• 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]

Thanks to “S” for the tip on Sandboxie!

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