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This article was written on June 28, 2007 by CyberNet.
Two big calendar releases within 24-hours…first Sunbird/Lightning and now this! Calgoo is out of the testing stages and has moved on to their first major version, and unexpectedly turned to paid software ($25 per year). The newest version sports a variety of changes ranging from a refreshing new look to performance enhancements. Here’s a more detailed list for you:
The new database means that it’s not possible for you to upgrade your current version of Calgoo, because it will not retain your old data. Of course if all your calendars are stored on online via Google that shouldn’t be a big deal.
The name of the application has also changed slightly, and is now called Calgoo Apps. I’m guessing that’s because it no longer manages solely your calendar…it does both tasks and contacts as well. A more simplified version called Calgoo Calendar will be coming in July 2007, which will be completely free and have almost all of the same features. The only real difference is that you will have to manually sync the calendar with Outlook instead of having it done automatically.
The colors available for your calendars have improved dramatically, because I thought they were, well, a little hideous before. That might be a little harsh but it was pretty difficult to read some of the text on the background colors that they had previously chosen. They still have some of the bad ones available in the color selection, but overall they are much more vibrant and readable:
I’m not 100% sure if the jump to shareware had the best timing, because I don’t feel as though there were a ton of feature improvements to constitute paying for the software. One thing that still frustrates me while using it is not being able to click and drag to create an event. You can quickly create an event by double-clicking anywhere in the calendar field, and then you can resize it, but you can’t click on the starting time and drag to the end time. Even the online Google calendar is able to do this as well as Mozilla’s Sunbird calendar.
As far as memory usage goes it is still not that great. Calgoo Apps uses Java as its backend so it is a little more bloated than it would otherwise be, and on my machine it starts up consuming 90MB of my RAM where I would prefer around 50MB. One of the good things about it being Java-based is that it is available on multiple platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Of course this program is extremely unique in that it can synchronize your Outlook calendar with Google Calendar in both directions. You can hop online to the Google Calendar if you’re on the road and need to add an appointment. Then when you return to the office Calgoo will automatically update your Outlook calendar so that it is perfectly in sync.
As much as I would like to compare this to the new Mozilla Sunbird I don’t think that is really possible. Sunbird does offer syncing with Google Calendar via an extension, but Calgoo has always done a better job of synchronizing. I think the interface of Sunbird is more elegant, but Calgoo has made a lot of great strides in making their program better. If your primary goal for having a desktop calendar is to synchronize with Google I would choose Calgoo, but hold out for the free version if automatic Outlook synchronization isn’t important to you.
Compare the different versions of Calgoo
Calgoo Apps 1.0 Homepage
Calgoo Calendar Homepage
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New research by the Leichtman Research Group reveals the number of pay-TV subscribers decreased last year across all the major cable companies, among them being Comcast and Time Warner Cable, … Continue reading
Say hello to Olivia. Or is that Daenerys Targaryen. Or Hannah Horvath. Maybe Walter White. Sometimes Michonne. And Frank Underwood. Olivia has been all of those famous TV characters before because she’s awesome.
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When you happen to be a site with millions of users who upload content every single day, monitoring what is uploaded to make sure that it does not go against the terms of service can be a monstrous, and nigh impossible task unless you have a huge workforce – which would be highly inefficient. The best way would be to empower users with a sense of ownership as they look out for proverbial red flags in the service itself. YouTube has taken this particular approach in an invite-only program, where YouTube offers approximately 200 people, government agencies, and organizations the authority to flag up to 20 videos at a time.
YouTube Gets Help Of ‘Super Flaggers’ To Detect Offending Videos original content from Ubergizmo. 
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For a smartphone company to hold back on new releases to existing models would be pretty weird or strange, considering how competitive this market segment can be these days. Hence, it is not surprising to hear from @evleaks that Nokia is currently working on rolling out a successor known as the Nokia Lumia 530 to the Nokia Lumia 525, which itself was introduced not too long ago as a refresh to the best selling Nokia Lumia 520.
Nokia Lumia 530 aka Nokia Rock Coming (Rumor) original content from Ubergizmo. 
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After many rumors and even a brief trial program, Walmart is finally following Best Buy, Amazon and, of course, GameStop in taking trade-ins of used games. It will start accepting your old games on March 26th, in exchange for store credit usable at…
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