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This article was written on November 05, 2007 by CyberNet.

Once again, it appears that Microsoft is trying to compete with Google. This time it’s with their new Live Calendar which has several similarities to Google’s Calendar service. Microsoft hasn’t made an official announcement about it, but many people are reporting that they already have it. If you do, you’ll notice the beta tag next to it as shown to the right. Unfortunately I don’t have the new calendar available in my account, so I haven’t been able to try it first-hand. Luckily Kip over at LiveSide.net gave a quick tour of what it’s all about. In a nutshell, he says that Google’s calendar is the “clear leader in features,” but that doesn’t mean that Microsoft can’t make a comeback at some point down the road.

Some of the features include:

• Create multiple calendars and color coat them
• Receive email reminders for your scheduled events
• Share your calendar
• Share via xml
• Import ICS files (import Outlook or Google calendar files)

Some downsides in its current form:

• No synchronization feature (except for shared calendars)
• Print feature needs some work
• No option to import your MSN Calendar (yet they allow you to import your Google calendar file)

The image below shows what it looks like.

Overall, I’d say the interface is pretty simple and clean, and the process of adding an event looks like what you’d experience with Google Calendar. It’s nice, but unfortunately for Microsoft, they entered the scene a bit late and I think Google will ultimately be more successful with theirs. If you already have access to it, try it out and let us know what you think!

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This article was written on November 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

Almost gone are the days of scheduling your VCR to record your favorite shows on video tape, and in are the days of using DVR’s or DVD Recorders, the more convenient, efficient way to record shows. As other methods become more and more popular, we were wondering how many people still use VCRs to record shows, and how many have moved on to other methods for recording TV. Before we get into a poll, lets take a look at some of the benefits of using a DVR, DVD Recorder, or even a VCR.

Benefits of a DVR Recorder (digital video recorder):

• Take control of your TV – pause and rewind it if necessary
• All of your recorded content is contained inside the unit
• Save money by not having to purchase VHS tapes

Benefits of a DVD Recorder

• If you use a re-writable disc, you can use the disc multiple times
• Great quality!
• DVDs are fairly cheap these days

Benefits of a VCR Recorder – it may be hard to notice the benefits of a VCR, but they’re there!

• You can rewind VHS tapes and reuse them which means you can use the tapes over and over again
• They’ve been around for so long which means they probably won’t disappear for good
• Ease of use – because it has been around for a while, most people already know how to use a VCR to record

So with that, we’ll go ahead and get our new poll started.

How do you record your TV shows?

1. I use a DVR (TiVo, Computer, etc.)
2. DVD Recorder
3. VCR
4. I don’t record TV Shows
5. Other

Vote in the sidebar!

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This article was written on August 24, 2007 by CyberNet.

Right now I feel pretty bad for the YouTube team because of all the vulgar comments they’re receiving over the recent addition of video overlay ads. Most of the comments are irrelevant to helping YouTube improve the ad experience for the users, and if you decide to go look through the comments I’m sure you would see how immature some people can really be.

I’ve had a chance to interact with one of the video ads (pictured above) and I don’t understand why people despise them so much. The first time I saw one of the ads it was for The Simpsons Movie, and it really caught my attention. I was drawn into the ad, and even found myself compelled to watch it. It only takes up the lower 20% of the video, is heavily transparent, and it will disappear after a few seconds if you don’t click on it. Or there is always the "X" in the corner to manually close the ad.

Crazily enough the anti-ad outcry has been heard and there is a Firefox extension, called TubeStop, that will block YouTube ads. It does so by replacing the standard YouTube player with an "embedded" one…the same one you’ll find on other non-YouTube sites. This works because YouTube is currently not showing the ads on videos that are embedded on other sites.

So my real question is why would you want to block YouTube ads? I can only imagine how much money it costs to run YouTube because of the extreme bandwidth usage, but as of 1-year ago the associated costs were reported to be $1 million per month! Since that time their traffic has almost trippled, and I can’t imagine that the cost to run it has gotten any cheaper. Not only that but I’ve heard that a portion of the ad revenue is given to the authors of the video, and by leaving the ads you’re thereby supporting them.

Maybe I feel this way because we run our own site and rely on advertising for our income, but all I know is that you’ve got to support the sites you use the most. They’re not asking you to fork out money from your own pocket…all they’re trying to do is give the advertisers and viewers the best experience possible. I’d much prefer to see this type of video ads rather than the ones that are shown for the first 15-seconds of the video.

Source: Mashable

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This article was written on March 06, 2007 by CyberNet.

No, this isn’t going to be about a Yahoo photo contest with a $20 million dollar prize. Instead, it’s about a woman who gathered up a legal team to take on Yahoo and sue them for $20 million dollars. I’m sure you’re thinking that it’s a lot of money for a photo, and it is. The woman discovered that Yahoo was using one of her photos for their sign-up confirmation page for their email system, without permission.

The result? She wants a $20 million paycheck for violating her right of publicity. As Techdirt points out, last year NFL quarterback Tom Brady sued Yahoo for the same reason. The differences being that they were using his photo for Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Because he’s “famous” he wanted to collect endorsement fees.

Where they got the photo from is a good question, and one I haven’t found the answer to. While I think she should get some compensation for Yahoo using her photo,  $20 million is on the high side and she’ll be awfully lucky if she ends up with it.

Source: Download Squad

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