Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on March 08, 2010 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–

Ubuntu 10.04 To Sport a New Theme
After six years the Ubuntu operating system will be going under the knife, and will come out with a fresh new makeover. They are dropping a lot of the brown that users had come to associate with Ubuntu, and the old design dubbed “Human” is taking a backseat to “Light.” Everything has been revamped from icons to the boot screen, and even the logo has been modernized a bit. Canonical expects the facelift to represent the operating system for years to come.

Picnik Gets Acquired by Google
Picnik is an online photo editor that was being managed by just 20 employees… until last week when they were acquired by Google. According to their team nothing will be changing immediately, and integration with third-party services such as Flickr will still remain available. It seems only natural that Picnik will become heavily integrated into Picasa, but that will likely take months (if not longer) for them to accomplish.

–News in Brief–

Google Open Sources reMail
Not that long ago Google acquired the makers of an iPhone app called reMail, and they are now open-sourcing the technology so that iPhone developers can have an excellent starting point for creating apps that need to access IMAP email accounts.

Office 2010 Upgrade Guarantee
If you buy a copy of Office 2007 between now and the release of Office 2010 (business launch is May 12th, consumer launch is in June) you will get a free upgrade to the latest version.

Google Docs Welcomes DocVerse
The acquisition of DocVerse means that Google officially supports integration with the widely popular Microsoft Office desktop applications.

iPad Available on April 3rd
Apple announced that pre-orders for the iPad will begin on May 12th, and will be available at stores on April 3rd.

10 Billion Tweets
Twitter boldly passes the 10-billion tweet mark, and to celebrate the event tweeters around the world… tweeted some more.

Roger Ebert Regains Voice with Mac Software
Thanks to a heavily customized text-to-speech Mac application Roger Ebert can now speak in his old voice.

TiVo Unveils Series4 DVRs
This week TiVo held a media event to show off the new Series4 DVRs that include a revamped user interface and some new online video integration.

More than 90 Million Copies of Windows 7 Sold
In less than 5-months Microsoft has sold more than 90 million copies of Windows 7.

Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Windows Live Messenger Service
Interested in what goes on to keep one of the most popular messenger services running? Microsoft divulges some details on what it takes to make a few thousand servers work together to provide 300 million users the joy of instant communication.

Opera 10.5 Released, and Speedier than Ever
The newest milestone of the Opera web browser boasts significant performance and functionality enhancements.

Winners of the Street View Trike Contest
Google talks about what areas (such as college campuses) will be added to Street View via a man-powered trike.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Firefox Developer Preview Isolates Plugins
Mozilla has posted a preview release of the Gecko platform that forms the basis for apps like Firefox. The preview can isolate plugins like Flash and Silverlight from the rest of the browser. If one of those plugins happens to crash the rest of the browser will be fine. They offer a version of Firefox that can expose this feature, but keep in mind that it is currently not available for Mac users… it will be by the time they are done though.

Geosense for Windows
Some young pioneers decided to whip up a sensor for Windows 7 that will determine your approximate location using your WiFi and IP address info. This information can then be relayed on to apps, such as the weather widget, that can use that data to add relevancy. There aren’t many things that take advantage of it at this point, but I can see apps incorporating this functionality in later releases. It’s definitely worth keeping an eye on.

–Tips in Brief–

Get Google Wave Email Notifications
You can finally get notified via email when a response is posted to one of your waves.

Quickly Create Personal Websites
Flavors.me is a free service that lets you easily create a personal website without using any desktop software.

Increase Live TV Pause Buffer in Windows 7 Media Center
This will let you pause the television stream in Windows 7 for more than the default 40-minutes.

Setup Your Own Proxy Server
A quick set of instructions on how to set up your own free proxy server in just a few minutes.

Monitor for Experimental Firefox Extension Updates
This add-on will let you update your Firefox extensions whenever an experimental release is posted. That means you won’t have to wait for Mozilla’s stamp of approval.

Make Windows 7 Remember Explorer Windows’ Size and Position
This free app should resolve the issue where Windows 7 doesn’t always remember the last size and position of a Windows Explorer window.

Visually Browse Open Chrome Tabs
Get a coverflow-like interface for viewing all of your open tabs in Google Chrome.

Utilize Drop.io for 100MB Attachments in Outlook
Attach files up to 100MB in size to your emails without leaving Outlook by using the free Drop.io service.

Analyze Hard Drive Usage with Disk Space Fan
A fast and beautiful hard drive analyzer that can help you determine what’s eating up all your space.

–Downloads–

• AIM 7.2 ^{Beta 2} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Audacity 1.3.12 ^RC1 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Cobian 10.0.0.394 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Eudora 8.0.0 ^{Beta 9} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Evernote 3.5.2.1663 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• FeedDemon 3.1.0.20 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Firefox 3.7 ^{Alpha 2} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Foobar2000 1.0.1 ^{Beta 2} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Chrome 5.0.342.2 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• K-Meleon 1.5.4 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Miranda 0.8.16 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Notepad++ 5.6.8 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Notepad2 4.1.24 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Opera 10.50 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Recuva 1.36.479 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• SetPoint 6.0 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• uTorrent 2.1.18304 ^Alpha [Homepage] [Mirror]
• WinSCP 4.2.7 [Homepage] [Mirror]

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This article was written on October 10, 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–

Steve Jobs Passed Away
Last Wednesday, a day after the iPhone 4S announcement, Steve Jobs passed away. This is a great roundup of all the coverage, and we wish the best for his family.

Google/Samsung Postpone Launch Event
Google and Samsung were expected to announce the first smartphone based on Android’s “Ice Cream Sandwich” tomorrow. AllThingsD reports that the event was postponed out of respect for Steve Jobs’ passing.

Nuance Acquires Swype
The Nuance speech recognition company has bought Swype, which is a unique on-screen keyboard for mobile devices. My guess is that Nuance wants to incorporate a speech recognition button on the Swype keyboard that is widely distributed and even ships with some Android phones.

Rdio Starts Offering Free Access
The Rdio music service now has an ad-free desktop music player that lets users listen at absolutely no cost. It should be noted that this isn’t unlimited music listening, and that Rdio hasn’t gone into details as to how the limits are determined.

Google Earth Downloaded Over 1 Billion Times
Google hit a big milestone: the Google Earth desktop app, introduced back in 2005, has been downloaded over a billion times.

Apple Announces iPhone 4S
During a keynote last Tuesday Apple announced their next generation iPhone, which is called the iPhone 4S. The new device looks the same as the iPhone 4, but is world phone, has an A5 processor, faster graphics, 8MP camera, and 1080P video.

The Evolution of the Windows Start Menu
Microsoft takes a look at how the Start Menu has changed over the years, and how they are re-evaluating the way people access their apps.

Leaked Sales Numbers for the Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon Kindle Fire tablet preorders are doing pretty well if this leak is to be believed. The leak indicates that Amazon racking up about 2,000 preorders per hour for the new tablet that launches on November 15th.

Microsoft Kills Off Zune HD
Going forward Microsoft will be focusing their music efforts on the Windows Phone, and will no longer sell the Zune HD to consumers.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Windows 7 Explorer Tips and Tricks
Here is a guide covering how to do things in the Windows 7 Explorer like pick a different startup folder, add applications to the favorite list, and more.

Chrome Remote Desktop
This cross-platform Google Chrome extension makes it possible to connect to someone else’s machine who is also running the extension.

Killing Time With Reddit Tab Opener
The Reddit Tab Opener is a Chrome extension that will bulk open all image links on a given Reddit page. That way you can just sift from tab-to-tab enjoying the fun stuff Reddit has to offer without clicking on a bunch of links.

Plan the Next 101 Things You Want To Do
Day Zero is a free site that lets you plan out 101 things you want to do in the next 1001 days.

Official Hotmail App Available for Android
If you use an Android device you can go ahead and grab Microsoft’s official Hotmail app that can be used to manage your email.

PassMyWill Sends Out Your Passwords After You Die
PassMyWill is a service that monitors your Facebook/Twitter accounts, and if it finds that they are inactive it will send you an email. If you fail to respond to that message it will assume you’ve passed away, and will then automatically email out your passwords to a group of people you’ve specified.

Generate CSS Code for Website Loading Animations
This clever service helps you create custom loading icons/animations and provides the CSS needed to quickly get it running on your site.

Growl 1.3 for Mac Users
The new version of Growl has been completely rewritten, and includes a nice “rollup” notification center that displays alerts you missed while away from your computer. The catch is that the developers are now charging $1.99 for the app (which was previously free) in the Mac App Store, and they hope that the small fee will help them better maintain Growl going forward.

Parallels Desktop 7 and VMWare Fusion 4
Ars Technica provides an in-depth comparison of the two Mac virtualization technologies that are available: Parallels Desktop 7 and VMWare Fusion 4.

Automatically Export Evernote Notes
The free Evernote Exporter is an open source app that can save off all your notes on a schedule that you specify. It is a great solution for anyone wanting an offline backup of your notes.

–Downloads–

• Adobe Air 3.0.0.4080 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• BurnAware Free 4.0 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• CCleaner 3.11.1550 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Fedora Linux 16 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Flash Player 11.0.1.152 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Chrome 16.0.899.0 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Earth 6.1.0.4857 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• ImgBurn 2.5.6.0 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Opera 12.00.1085 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Paint.NET 3.5.9 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• SeaMonkey 2.5 ^{Beta 2} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• VMware Player 4.0.0 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• VirtualBox 4.1.4.74291 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• uTorrent 3.0.25756 [Homepage] [Mirror]

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This article was written on February 14, 2012 by CyberNet.

There are a lot of screenshot extensions for Google Chrome, and many include excellent annotation capabilities. For some users all of those features might be overkill, and that is where Blipshot comes into play. This is a one-click screenshot utility that works exactly how you’d expect it to.

To use Blipshot all you have to do is click the camera icon in the Chrome toolbar. A screenshot will immediately be taken, and when it is done you will see something along the lines of what’s in the picture above. A thumbnail of the site you were viewing is set off to the right side in an overlay, and saving it to your computer is as easy as dragging the image on to your desktop (or into a folder), or right-clicking on the screenshot and using the Save Image as option. If you decide you don’t want the screenshot just click anywhere in the gray/dimmed part of the page (away from the snapped screenshot) and it will immediately get discarded.

The Blipshot Chrome extension is an great demonstration of how easy it can be to take a full-page screenshot of any website.

Blipshot Chrome Extension

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This article was written on January 14, 2011 by CyberNet.

How many times have you wanted to archive a webpage or save its current state for one reason or another? I know this has happened to me, and I’ve almost always turned to a scrolling screenshot to snap an image of the entire page or I’ve used a print-to-PDF app. These methods aren’t bad for most purposes, but I know very few people who try to save a webpage using the “save as” option that is built-in to most browsers. If you do go that route you’ll normally end up with a bunch of helper files (images, CSS, scripts, etc…) that also get saved in order to fully reproduce the site.

There is an awesome Google Chrome extension called SingleFile that will actually make modifications to a page so that everything (except videos/Flash) are stored in-line and can therefore be saved to just one HTML file. It encodes images and embeds CSS so that there are no helper files needed, and since it is a standard HTML file it can easily be shared with other people without worrying whether they’ll be able to open the file.

There are several different “SingleFile” extensions available for Chrome and I want to point out the differences:

• SingleFile – This is the stable version of the extension that is recommended for most users. There are some nice new options and features in the Beta version which is a little further down this list.
• Scrapbook for SingleFile – Creates a browsable archive of all the pages you save. It’s a great way to manage saved pages if you don’t feel like organizing them yourself on your hard drive.
• SingleFile Beta – Has some great new features including options to remove elements from a page before saving, background processing, and more. The options are all pictured in the screenshot above.
• SingleFile Core Beta – You’ll need this if you’re using the SingleFile Beta, and has been broken out into a separate extension so that other extension developers can take advantage of the work that has been put into this library.

After installing the extension a new button will be added to the toolbar, and what happens from there depends on the settings you have configured. If you enable the “save processed page” option it will automatically save the file in an obscure directory within your Google Chrome profile. You can create a shortcut to this folder (which is listed in the help section for the various operating systems), but I recommend just enabling the “display processed page” option. Then all you have to do is click the button, wait for it to finish processing the page, and then use Control+S (or Command+S on Mac) to save it to your hard drive.

I highly recommend checking out this extension if you’ve ever found yourself snapping a screenshot of a page or saving it as a PDF for later reference. At least this way you can still fully interact with the page and click on any of the links.

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Do you often find yourself searching desperately through bookmarks folders, trying to find that perfect GIF you saved that one time? Do you keep a spreadsheet of links that takes you ten minutes to track down? Then you’ll love GIFME, a new Chrome Extension that makes everything easier.

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