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Feb 14

WrapUp: Steve Jobs Passed Away Last Week

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 rip 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 android ice cream sandwich 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 swype 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 free 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 billion 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.

Kindle leak 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.

Zune hd 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.

Hotmail android 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.

Pass my will 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 update 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.

Fusion vs parallels 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]

Dec 05

Growl Becoming a Must-have App on Windows?

Posted in: Today's Chili

This article was written on November 19, 2009 by CyberNet.

windows 7 growl.png Having bought my first Mac about a year and a half ago one app that I quickly started to love was Growl. It brought a universal notification system to the operating system that any application could make use of, and the cross-program uniformity made the OS experience that much better.

Then came along Growl for Windows, which was something I took a quick liking to once the Prowl iPhone app was released. I wasn’t sure what kind of future Growl had on Windows since we had already seen other apps like Snarl start to fade out despite being updated regularly. It just didn’t catch on for me.

Growl, however, has become something I’ve installed on all my Windows machines. The notifications are clean and prominent, which can be a combination that is tough to come by. Not to mention the fact that there are also a variety of themes available. My favorite is definitely the Smokestack theme pictured above.

The new version 2.0 that was just released supports images in the notifications, can tell an app when a notification is clicked, can forward of notifications to an email address, and much more. And, of course, we can’t forget about the rapidly growing list of supported apps:

Autotest – Get informed when your tests pass or fail.
Emacs – Send and receive Growl notifications from within emacs.
Firefox – Alerts you when Firefox has started, finished, or failed downloading a file.
Feed Monitor – Alerts you when RSS and Atom feeds are updated.
Foobar2000 – Get notified when playing starts, stops, or is paused.
Gmail – Gmail Growl keeps you updated on new mails in your Gmail Inbox in a fancy way.
Google Reader – Get notified of new feed items in Google Reader.
Google Voice – Alerts you to new voicemails, text messages, call recordings, and more.
Google Wave – Get notified of new Waves.
Growlbook for Facebook – Get notifications for friend requests, messages, pokes, invites, and more.
iTunes – Alerts you to the currently playing track in iTunes.
Irssi – Alerts you when your name is highlighted, you receive a private message, and when someone joins/leaves a conversation.
jWeatherWatch – Get the current weather and forecasts for multiple locations.
Last.fm – Alerts you to the currently playing track on the Last.fm website.
MediaMonkey – Alerts you to the currently playing track in MediaMonkey.
Outlook – Get notified of appointment reminders and when new mail arrives.
OWATray (Outlook Web Access) – Get notified of new Exchange mail without having to keep an OWA browser constantly open.
Pandora AIR – Alerts you to the currently playing track in the Pandora AIR application.
Pandora Website – Alerts you to the currently playing track on the Pandora website.
Pidgin – Get Growl notifications for all kinds of Pidgin notifications.
Postbox – Alerts you when Postbox receives new mail or RSS updates.
Powershell – Send Growl notifications from your Powershell scripts.
SageAlert for SageTV – Get notified for all kinds of SageTV events.
SkypeToGrowl – Get notified of incoming Skype calls.
Songbird – Pops up a notification when the currently playing track changes.
System Monitor – Get notified of system-type events like low disk space, battery life, USB devices inserted & removed and more.
Thunderbird – Alerts you when Thunderbird receives new mail or RSS updates.
TV Browser – Get reminded when your favorite TV shows are starting.
Trowl (Twitter) – Get notified of Twitter mentions, DM’s, and friends’ tweets.
Twitulater – Get notified of new tweets and much more.
uGrowl (uTorrent) – Get notified when torrents are added, start, or finish.
Visual Studio – Get notified of success or failure when builds complete.
Vuze (Azureus) – Notifies you of completed downloads.
Witty (Twitter) – Get of new tweets, @replies, and direct messages. Sends summary notifications if you get too many updates at once.
Yawcam (Motion Detection) – Get notified when your webcam detects motion, and then view streaming video of the activity.
Yip – Transform any Fluid or Prism notifications into Growl notifications.

It’s tough to say how this app will pan out in the end, but I think it has a really bright future. Let us know in the comments whether you’ve given it a whirl, and how you feel about it.

Growl for Windows Homepage (Freeware)

May 22

Twitter for Mac 2.2.1 brings Notification Center support, various bug fixes

Posted in: Today's Chili

It’s certainly been a long time coming, but the latest version (2.2.1) of Twitter for Mac finally brings support for Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion. Aside from the side-pane pings for your @replies and DMs, a number of fixes have been implemented that should stabilize your experience some more. Most notably, Growl users on Lion and Mountain Lion can enjoy receiving notifications again. The update is available directly from the Mac App Store right now, so hit the source link if you’re interested.

Filed under: Internet, Software

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Via: 9to5Mac

Source: Mac App Store