Mar 14
Toshiba and SanDisk have both filed civil lawsuits against SK Hynix Inc. over suspected data theft in a case of corporate espionage. The two companies are seeking damages. The lawsuit … Continue reading
Feb 18
A number of LEDs have been introduced by Samsung today, the lot of which will almost certainly make their way into their next-generation smartphone release, the Samsung Galaxy S5. These … Continue reading
Jan 30
This article was written on October 01, 2007 by CyberNet.
The list of companies offering an online word processor just keeps getting longer and longer. And because there are so many options, it makes it difficult to determine which service to use, if any at all. As though there weren’t enough options, Adobe has announced that they are acquiring Virtual Ubiquity which is the company that makes Buzzword.
Buzzword is a fairly new online word processor built upon Adobe’s Flash platform using Adobe Flex. Eventually Adobe will be integrating it into a new service called Adobe Share which sounds like their version of an online office suite. While I’m still not sold on the idea of managing all of my documents online, Buzzword does have some nice features considering it is web-based. Some of those features include:
- Spell Check
- End Notes
- Insert tables and images
- Print options for page size, page orientation, etc.
- View the history of all the revisions made on a document
- Share documents
- Organize files
The Adobe Flash platform is certainly powerful, and Buzzword realizes this. Virtual Ubiquity’s CEO Rick Treitman says, “Flex and Flash were the means to where we want to go. No one else realized how powerful it was as a virtual machine.” Another big feature with Buzzword is that they’re the first online word processor with pagination. News.com explains Pagination as something that “allows people to get an accurate view of how a document will print out as the document is edited.”
Buzzword certainly could be competition for Microsoft, but more likely, they’ll end up as competition for other online word processors like Google Docs and Zoho Writer which could result in these companies putting extra effort into their products to make it the best. While I don’t foresee a major paradigm shift any time soon in the word processing market with people switching entirely from desktop based word processors to web-based options, it could certainly happen in the future. And should this happen, there will sure be all kinds of options to choose from!
Thanks for the tip S!
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Jan 17
This article was written on July 27, 2007 by CyberNet.
Need a way to waste some time today? Checkout Fichey. It just launched and it serves as a way for you to browse through sites that are currently popular. You can also browse through sites that were popular previously by selecting a date on their calendar. You’ll be served pages from sites like del.icio.us, Digg, Downfly, Reddit, and StumbleUpon.
It’s flash based and definitely looks “nice,” but I don’t see it as a site I’d regularly go back to because it’s pretty limited. For example, I selected that I wanted to view popular sites from StumbleUpon yesterday and there were only four pages to browse through. Given all of the different categories on StumbleUpon, I’d think they could provide more than just four.
Where I do see this being beneficial is for Digg fans who just like to quickly browse through some of the popular content for the day. There were 42 different pages that I could flip through quickly. What’s also nice is that you can interact with the page that you’re viewing by double clicking on it, or you can drag the page around with a click, or use your scroll wheel. I found that dragging the page with my mouse, much like what you’d do with a PDF, was quick and easy.
If you read the list of included sites and saw Downfly and said huh? What is that? Here’s an explanation: Fichey was created by Bill Chasen who happens to own Downfly as well. Make sense now? So essentially, Fichey is a shameless way for him to promote Downfly.
Source: TechCrunch
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Dec 18
WrapUp: IE9 Beta Download Stats, Compare Prices from Gadget Recycling Sites, and More
Posted in: Today's ChiliThis article was written on October 04, 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–
Google Acquires Touchscreen Keyboard Startup BlindType
BlindType was acquired by Google last week, and based on the video demonstration I’ve seen of their product this will definitely be a very strong addition to the Android mobile software.
IE9 Beta Download Numbers Released
Microsoft has posted saying that IE9 Beta was downloaded over 6 million times in the first two weeks of availability.
Xmarks Possibly Closing, or Moving to a Paid Service
Xmarks announced last week that it would be shutting down their online service, and after word started to spread a lot of users stepped up saying they would be willing to pay for the service to remain afloat. As it stands they are looking to see how many people would be willing to pay for their bookmarking service.
New Apple TV Runs on iPod, and is Jailbreakable
Engadget has posted a video of the Apple TV software running on an iPod. It’s also been determined that thanks to a micro-USB port on the Apple TV the device is jailbreakable.
Microsoft Security Essentials 1-Year Stats
Microsoft’s antivirus software has over 30 million users and has detected over 400 million threats in the first year of availability.
Office 2011 for Mac Release Coming This Month
An official announcement by Microsoft has slated the release of Office 2011 for Mac on October 26th, and pre-orders have already started on Amazon.
AOL Acquires TechCrunch
TechCrunch has been picked up by AOL, who also owns technology blogs like Engadget and Download Squad.
Hulu Plus Coming to Roku
Roku will be one of the first set-top boxes to offer Hulu streaming, but unfortunately you’ll need to pay the $9.99 premium to have access to the shows via the Roku.
–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–
Windows Live Essentials 2011
Microsoft has released the next big milestone of Live Essentials, which includes revamped versions of Live Writer, Live Messenger, Live Mail, and many others.
Xbox Live 2010 Dashboard Update Preview
Engadget provides a nice overview of the features you can expect from the upcoming Xbox Dashboard update that is coming out in the next month or two.
Evernote’s Chrome Extension Gets Simultaneous Search
A recent update to the Chrome extension for Evernote lets users see how many notes match a search query performed on any Google search.
Google Lets You Compare Android Phones
Google recently created a central location that lets you view and compare Android phones from all manufacturers and carriers.
Compare Prices from Gadget Recycling Sites
EcoSquid lets you see how much money you’ll receive for your device from several different gadget-buying sources like Gazelle and TradeUps.
Turn Off Gmail’s Conversation View
I love how Gmail groups emails as conversations, but I know not everyone feels the same way. Now Google actually offers an option in the settings to turn it off.
Remove the Ping Dropdown in iTunes 10.0.1
These instructions explain how both Windows and Mac users can hide that pesky “Ping” dropdown should you decide that you’ll never use it.
BlackBerry PlayBook vs. the Competition
Engadget has organized a table of specs/features for the BlackBerry PlayBook, Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Dell Streak.
–Downloads–
- CCleaner 2.36.1233 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- CDBurnerXP 4.3.7.2420 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- FeedDemon 3.5.0.11 Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Flash Player 10.2.161.23 Beta 2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Foxit Reader 4.2.0.928 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Google Chrome 7.0.536.2 Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
- iTunes 10.0.1 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Miranda 0.9.4 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Miro 3.5 RC 1 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Notepad++ 5.8.1 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Opera 10.70.9053 Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Picasa 3.8.115.66 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Silverlight 4.0.50917 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- uTorrent 2.0.4.22150 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Windows Live Messenger 2011 [Homepage] [Mirror]
- Windows Live Writer 2011 [Homepage] [Mirror]
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Dec 04
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Nov 15
It can be hard to take a good picture of something moving relatively fast, but it’s really hard to take a good picture of a jet moving at 400-ish MPH through the sky. Yuri Acurs, stock photographer extraordinaire, tried to tackle that challenge with excess—in the form of 30,000W of flash.
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Oct 24
Adobe has corralled Flash Player in OS X Mavericks, sandboxing the much-maligned plugin in Safari on Apple’s latest Mac operating system so as to minimize its potential to allow through malware. The move – which follows Adobe sandboxing its plugins when used in Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox – follows Apple’s increasing moves to keep […]
Oct 24
When Apple released OS X Mavericks to the public, not only did they introduce a new look and a host of new features to consumers, but they have also introduced added security to Mac computers as well with one of them through the use of the App Sandbox feature. Now it seems that after years of taking abuse and having to fight off malware and exploits through Adobe Flash Player, Adobe has announced that they will be taking advantage of App Sandbox which should help restrict malicious code from running outside of OS X Maverick’s native browser, Safari.
Thanks to the App Sandbox feature, it will allow Adobe to limit the plugin’s capabilities to read and write files, along with defining what sort of assets their Flash Player will be able to access. In a statement made by Adobe platform security specialist, Peleus Uhley, “Safari users on OS X Mavericks can view Flash Player content while benefiting from these added security protections […] We’d like to thank the Apple security team for working with us to deliver this solution.” This is not the first time that Adobe has attempted sandboxing as they have done so with other browsers in the past, such as with Google Chrome, Mozilla’s FireFox, and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, but we guess Safari has since been added to that list.
Adobe To Sandbox Flash Player For Safari Users original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 05
This article was written on May 15, 2008 by CyberNet.
Adobe has announced that the first Beta of Flash Player 10 is now available for everyone to download. It comes with al kinds of really nice features and improvements, but the best thing that we’ll probably see come out of this is the newly available 3D effects. One example that they gave of where this could be useful is taking 2D images and arranging them in a rotating 3D carousel similar to that seen to the right. Making your own Cover Flow clone wouldn’t take too long either then.
Concerned about performance? According to Adobe they are pushing some of the graphical processing onto the user’s video card so that the processor can be used for rendering special effects:
One of the best things about the creative features now available in Adobe Flash Player 10 beta is that they won’t slow down performance. With Flash Player 10 beta, developers can enable SWF content to render through the memory bandwidth and computational horsepower of the GPU hardware processor, freeing up the CPU to do more – such as render 3D content and intricate effects, and process complex business logic.
Here’s a list of some other notable new features in Flash Player 10 Beta:
- 3D Effects – Easily transform and animate any display object through 3D space while retaining full interactivity. Fast, lightweight, and native 3D effects make motion that was previously reserved for expert users available to everyone. Complex effects are simple with APIs that extend what you already know.
- Custom Filters and Effects – Create your own portable filters, blend modes, and fills using Adobe Pixel Bender, the same technology used for many After Effects CS3 filters. Shaders in Flash Player are about 1KB and can be scripted and animated at runtime.
- Advanced Text Layout – A new, highly flexible text layout engine, co-existing with TextField, enables innovation in creating new text controls by providing low-level access to text offering right-to-left and vertical text layout, plus support for typographic elements like ligatures.
- Enhanced Drawing API – Runtime drawing is easier and more powerful with re-styleable properties, 3D APIs, and a new way of drawing sophisticated shapes without having to code them line by line.
- Visual Performance Improvements – Applications and videos will run smoother and faster with expanded use of hardware acceleration. By moving several visual processing tasks to the video card, the CPU is free to do more.
It will probably be a little while before we start to see developers making use of the new technology offered in Flash Player 10, but once a majority of users have upgraded the developers will be all over this like a kid in a candy store. 😉
Get Adobe Flash Player 10
Adobe Flash Player 10 Release Notes
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