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Oct 03

Mango kills Microsoft’s always-on location tracking, makes good on letter to House of Representatives

Posted in: mango, Microsoft, mobile, mobilepostcross, privacy, security, Today's Chili, windows phone, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7

Remember all that iPhone tracking hubbub back in April? Sure you do — you probably also recall Apple’s denial, the subsequent Senate hearing, and the rest of the fiasco’s dramatic fallout. Amid the ballyhoo, Microsoft stepped out to admit that its Windows Phone also collected location data, but quickly promised to knock it off following the next scheduled update. According to ChevronWP7 collaborator Rafael Rivera, Windows Phone 7.5 cinches it: Mango “no longer sends location data prior to being granted permission to do so.” Redmond previously told the US House of Representatives that it only collected location data if a user expressly allowed an application to send it along — a claim which Rivera debunked last week, noting that simply launching the camera application captured and transmitted “pin-point accurate positioning information.” The big M maintains that the collected location data was anonymous, and that it shouldn’t have been sent at all unless the user allowed it. Either way, Microsoft’s chapter in the big location tracking blunder of 2011 seems to be at a close, squaring the firm with Congress, its developers, and hopefully its customers.

Mango kills Microsoft’s always-on location tracking, makes good on letter to House of Representatives originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 02

New Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 holder comes with bike attached

Posted in: bike, case, galaxy, GalaxyTab, samsung, samsung galaxy tab, SamsungGalaxyTab, Today's Chili

For a tablet that prides itself in being thin and lightweight, the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 accessory sure adds considerable heft to the device. The Korean manufacturer’s UK branch has teamed up with 14 Bike Co to bring the world the Samsung Galaxy bicycle — a mild-mannered bike with a custom paint job and a detachable holder for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 made from carbon fiber. So, why carry a tablet on a bicycle? For checking things like mileage planners and route trackers on the go, apparently. No word on pricing yet, but we’re guessing that this’ll be among the more expensive tablet accessories out there. Press information after the break.

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New Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 holder comes with bike attached originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 02

Batch Resize Images on Mac

Posted in: Freeware, Mac, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on November 23, 2010 by CyberNet.

Mac only
I resize images quite a bit on a variety of different computers, including ones running both Windows and Mac OS X. On Windows I typically use an Explorer add-on like this one, but I had never taken the time to find something to use on my Mac. During some browsing around the web I recently stumbled upon a free utility, called ThumbsUp, that handles the job quite nicely though.

I’m sure a lot of you have seen the Mac image resizers that use a mixture of the Finder context menu and AppleScript, but this one is a bit different. It is a standalone app that you keep in the Dock. You can then resize just one or multiple images by dragging-and-dropping them onto the icon. The output is thrown into the same directory as the original images, which makes them easy to find.

You can also configure some of the settings by simply clicking on the icon. Doing so will bring up the same preference pane that is pictured to the right, and here’s a breakdown of the settings that are available:

General
- Extension inserted before (Prefix) or after (Suffix) the name of thumbnail files or name of subfolder where the new thumbnail files are stored.
- Image format of thumbnails (TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG or JPEG 2000).
- Quit when done (only if the application is launched by a drag-and-drop operation, otherwise the application displays the preferences panel).
Create thumbnails – thumbnails with icons or only icons for the original files.
Sizing
- Maximal width and height of thumbnail images, or scale images by percentage.
- Set the scaling to 100 percent to convert images to other formats.
Compression – JPEG compression (the higher the quality is, the bigger the resulting files are).
Antialiasing – No, low or high antialiasing of scaled thumbnails.
Sharpen – Light, medium, strong or no sharpening of thumbnails.

This is a great app for anyone who regularly has to create thumbnails for images. The only option it lacks is a way to delete the original images if you wanted to, but this apps focus is more on creating thumbnails and not actually replacing the original image.

ThumbsUp Homepage (Mac only; Freeware)

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Oct 02

Everything: Search and Find Local or Networked Files

Posted in: Freeware, search, Software, Today's Chili, Windows

This article was written on May 29, 2009 by CyberNet.

Windows only
Last year we ran through a couple performance-friendly desktop search applications for those of you that don’t want a program constantly indexing your machine, and today we have another nice alternative. It’s a free Windows app called Everything that, unlike the others mentioned in the article I referenced, does index your drive automatically over time.

So what makes this app stand out? A few things actually. For starters it doesn’t search the contents of files which makes the indexing that much faster. The developer estimates that a fresh Windows XP install (containing about 20,000 files) will take around 1 second to index. I’m sure you’ve got more files than that though, but even at a million files he says it should only take about a minute to index. That’s pretty tough to beat.

How about the search functionality? After all, that is the most important part of an app like this! It supports your standard boolean operators and wildcards, but real geeks will love the fact that you can also throw regular expressions into the search box. Plus you can have it search the full file path to see if any of the directories leading up to a particular file match what you’re searching for. An example they give as to where this would be useful is if you’re wanting to find “.avi” movies that are only in a downloads directory. All you’d have to do is search for “downloads\ .avi”.

The one big downside is that Everything isn’t capable of indexing networked drives, but you can run the app on the server where the drive is connected to. Then you just have to remotely tap into that server’s search index. It takes just a few minutes to setup, and the instructions can be found here.

Everything is free and runs on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, and Windows 7. You can also grab a portable version if you just want to check it out, or if you simply don’t want to install yet another app on your computer. Either way… it’s definitely one of the fastest search utilities I’ve used, but as I mentioned before this doesn’t search the contents of files which may or may not suit your needs.

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Oct 02

Daily Downloads: Paint.NET, Avant Browser, and More

Posted in: Daily Downloads, Today's Chili

This article was written on July 08, 2008 by CyberNet.

filezilla spybot sunbelt logos icons.png 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 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.

FileZilla 3.0.11.1 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
Type of Application: FTP client
Changes: Bug fixes
NOD32 Antivirus 3.0.669 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Cost: Varies
Type of Application: Antivirus
Changes: Bug fixes
Paint.NET 3.35 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Image editor
Changes: New effects, performance enhancements, and bug fixes
Spybot S&D 1.6.0.30 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Spyware detection and removal
Changes: Better browser support, improved scanning speed, and more
Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4.6.1839 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Firewall
Changes: Improved packet and web filtering, Vista support, and more

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

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

Avant Browser 11.7 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Release: Alpha 2
Type of Application: Web browser
Changes: Bug fixes

–Release Calendar–

July 11 – iPhone 2.0 Software [Review]
July 11 – iPhone 3G [Review]
July 14 – WordPress 2.6 [Review]
August – Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [Review]
September 2 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
October 30 – Ubuntu 8.10
Late 2008 – Firefox 3.1 [Review]
2009 – Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
January 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]

Thanks to Scott for the tip on Sunbelt!

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Oct 02

CyberNet Release Calendar is Back…in a New Form!

Posted in: Daily Downloads, Today's Chili

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

When we introduced the site redesign back in July there were some worries about the disappearance of our CyberNet Release Calendar that was always located in the sidebar. That was the place where we kept you up-to-date about new software releases that were scheduled for the future.

We’ve gotten a lot of feedback since then that people wanted the calendar back, and it’s been revived! The only thing is that it won’t be located in the sidebar like it was previously, instead we are incorporating it into our Daily Downloads (feed) that are posted each weekday. We kicked it off today by adding four releases that we currently know of.

Why did we choose to do it this way? There are multiple reasons, but the main one is that it fits in very well with these posts. This also serves as good place for you to drop a comment about upcoming releases you’ve found, and hopefully many of you will do just that!

Note: Whenever we add something to the list we’ll make it stand out (probably by placing “NEW” next to it). That way you’ll know which items have been added since the previous day.

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Oct 02

How would you change Samsung’s Chromebook Series 5?

Posted in: Chrome, Google, HowWouldYouChange, HWYC, laptop, netbook, samsung, Today's Chili

It’s compact, it’s cute and it’s weird. But it might be your perfect netbook. Google’s Chromebook family isn’t apt to ever be an end-all solution — particularly for those that aren’t married to the company’s suite of web-based products — and we’re pretty sure Samsung’s taking notes on how to make the eventual followup to the Series 5 even better. Battery life was stellar, and the matte display was a joy to look at, but we still found plenty of quibbles. Are you one of the early adopters who picked one of these guys up? If given the chance, how would you tweak the design / software / whatever else? Go on and get crafty in comments below!

How would you change Samsung’s Chromebook Series 5? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 02

Free Designer Templates for Microsoft Office

Posted in: Freeware, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on May 14, 2008 by CyberNet.

office designer themes.jpg

Microsoft Office is a powerhouse suite, and it does of course include templates for the various applications. What it doesn’t really have, however, are templates that tie together the different apps within the suite. It looks as though Microsoft may have realized this pitfall, and so they posted six very nice (and free) designer templates that each come in nine different color schemes.

The best part about this is that each design has templates for presentations, spreadsheets, invoices, letterheads, business cards, email blasts, and newsletters. Just go to this site, select the design from the thumbnails along the top, choose a color at the bottom, and click download. What you’ll get is a ZIP file that contains all of the templates, and they’ll work with Office 2007. Most of the templates will also open in Mac Office 2008, except for those designed for Publisher.

So if you’re using Microsoft Office 2007 or Office 2008 you should definitely go checkout these free designer templates. They can bring a whole new sense of professionalism to your documents and presentations. Plus these are templates that people have probably never seen before, and they might think that you had them custom designed.

Microsoft Designer Templates [via WinSuperSite]

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Oct 02

Daily Downloads: Taskbar Shuffle, TagScanner, and More

Posted in: Daily Downloads, Today's Chili

This article was written on April 22, 2008 by CyberNet.

flock mediamonkey logos icons 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!