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Dec 19

Open All Your Favorite Sites at Once Whenever You Launch Your Browser

Using a single site as your browser homepage seems so quaint. Here’s how to set multiple tabs as your homepage so they automatically start loading every time you launch your browser.

Nov 22

WrapUp: Microsoft Counts Down IE6 Usage, Fine Tune Windows 7 Aero Color, and More

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This article was written on March 07, 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–

Wordpress ddos WordPress.com DDoS Attack Comes from China
Last week WordPress.com sites experienced sporadic availability while a particular unnamed Chinese-language site was the focus of a DDoS attack.

Playstation3 Judge Approves Sony’s Request for Logs from George Hotz’s Site
Sony has been granted the right to get IP addresses of anyone that visited George Hotz’s website going all the way back to January 2009. They also won subpoenas to get data from both YouTube and Google over the PlayStation 3 jailbreaking lawsuit.

Ie6 usage 1 Microsoft Counts Down IE6 Usage
Microsoft has launched a site, ie6countdown.com, that breaks down the IE6 usage share based on geographic location.

Ipad2 Apple Announces iPad 2
The new Apple iPad 2 will be available this Friday (March 11th), and will include dual cameras as well as a faster CPU.

BlackBerry PlayBook Launching April 10th?
Have you been wondering when BlackBerry would be rolling out their PlayBook tablet? According to Boy Genius Report the OS should be finalized on March 31st with the tablet launching in retail locations on April 10th.

Google Removes 21 Malicious Android Apps from Market
Those running a version of Android older than 2.2.2 are susceptible to the malicious code found in 21 different Market applications that were all posted by a developer called Myournet.

Picasa Web Gets New Homepage
Google’s new Picasa Web homepage puts a focus on both your albums and the albums that have been shared with you.

Evernote ios Evernote for iPhone Completely Redesigned
Evernote, one of my most-used services, overhauled their iPhone app from the ground up. The most useful new feature for me is the ability to attach multiple images to a single note.

Google Accidentally Resets Gmail Accounts
A serious bug in Gmail started causing all emails in some user’s accounts to disappear, and it’s estimated that around 150k accounts were affected.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Ridnacs RidNacs – Free Folder Size Visualizer
This free Windows app will help you identify large files and folders, and also integrates with Windows Explorer.

Aero customizer Fine Tune Windows 7 Aero Color
AeroTuner is a free application that lets you customize the color, glow, blur, and stripes found in the Windows 7 Aero interface.

Compare Airline Delays Using Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram Alpha puts a lot of information at your fingertips, and one thing you may not have thought to look for are the causes for delay for particular airlines.

Windows pink Video Shows Upgrade Process for Windows 1.0 to Windows 7
This awesome video is like a highlight reel for the upgrade process from Windows 1.0 to Windows 7, and then goes on to test the backwards compatibility aspect.

Iphone notifications Improved iPhone Notification System for Jailbroken Devices
Jailbreakers can grab the free MobileNotifier download from Cydia that will replace your existing iPhone notification system with something a bit more usable.

Remote applescript Remotely Control a Mac Using AppleScript
This guide walks you through how you can write AppleScript code on one Mac that can be executed remotely on another Mac you own.

Using Windows 7 Jumplists for Quick Application Launching
Jump List Manager is a free application for Windows 7 that lets you add custom shortcuts to its Taskbar icon. This is useful for creating a list of your most used programs without cluttering up your Taskbar.

Picasa web albums Store Unlimited Small Photos and Short Videos in Picasa
Google apparently doesn’t count small images (under 800 pixels) and short videos (under 15 minutes) against your storage allocation.

–Downloads–

CDBurnerXP 4.3.8.2521 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Evernote 4.2.2.3913 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Firefox 3.6.15 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Firefox 4.0 ^{Beta 12} [Homepage] [Mirror]
Flash Player 10.2.152.32 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Foobar2000 1.1.5 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Google Chrome 11.0.686.3 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
iTunes 10.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Miranda 0.9.17 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Paint.NET 3.5.8 [Homepage] [Mirror]
PeaZip 3.6.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Picasa 3.8.117.38 [Homepage] [Mirror]
SeaMonkey 2.0.12 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Thunderbird 3.1.8 [Homepage] [Mirror]
uTorrent 2.2.1 ^{RC 2} [Homepage] [Mirror]

Nov 16

Internet Explorer for Xbox One to include new voice, gesture controls

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Microsoft this weekend rolled out a few descriptions of how the voice and gesture controls will work in Internet Explorer for Xbox One. In a post on Exploring IE, the company explained that you will be able to say “Xbox, select” to bring up a voice command menu when the Kinect is on, followed by […]

Nov 12

Navigating Gigapixel Panoramas with Microsoft HD View

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This article was written on August 01, 2007 by CyberNet.

HD View We’ve seen several high-quality images in the past that have been assembled together to form one large image. The latest breakthrough was the 1-trillion pixel image that required a special file format to manage the 143GB file. Other popular ones include Chicago By Night at 1-gigapixel and Machu Picchu at 1.5-gigapixels.

Over in the forum Max pointed out a 13-gigapixel image of Harlem, which is astonishingly huge. There was no doubt that it was an awesome site, but navigating around the massively detailed photo was quite a chore. Well, that was until Richard mentioned the HD View option that the photo had.

I had never used this feature before on any image, but curiosity got the best of me so I tried it out. The downside is that it will require you to open Internet Explorer and install an add-on, but I can say without a doubt that it is worth it.

So what is HD View? It’s a project by a Microsoft Research group, and here is why they created it:

Recent advances in camera and sensor technology and software for stitching images together has led to the creation of images containing billions of pixels (gigapixels). These images are often panoramic, that is, they cover very wide fields of view. Since monitors typically contain only one to two million pixels, it is only possible to actually see 1/1000th of such image data at once.
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HD View leverages current graphics hardware to allow smooth panning and zooming.

I think that this is something you really have to try out at least once, and here are some great places that use the technology:

13-gigapixel image of Harlem (created by stitching more than two-thousand 12-megapixel images)
Several locations from Washington, and if you scroll to the bottom of the page they even have a few locations from Mars
Berlin Wall (this might be my favorite)
Variety of locations including Tahoe, Boston, and Yosemite
Some nice hi-res images from the Microsoft HD View Team

So try out HD View and let us know what you think. I was quite stunned by it.

Nov 07

Internet Explorer 11 released for Windows 7 PCs

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Microsoft has pushed out Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, expanding availability of the latest version of the browser from just Windows 8/8.1 machines. The release – in 95 languages – will eventually be pushed out automatically, Microsoft says, with the promise of a 30-percent real-world boost in performance versus IE10. There’s also more security, […]

Nov 06

Microsoft’s Anime-Inspired Internet Explorer Ad Is Fun To Watch

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While Microsoft’s earlier Windows Phone ads were pretty hilarious, their recent ones weren’t that memorable, and while we’re not sure what their latest Internet Explorer ad has anything to do with the browser, at the very least it is fun to watch. Microsoft has recently debuted a new Internet Explorer ad and instead of going the typical tech-related ad style, Microsoft has opted for a short anime-styled ad to promote its browser. The anime stars freedom fighter, Inori Aizawa who is found running away from these killer robots, who manage to finally surround her. Just when you thought that all hope was lost, Aizawa activates her pendant, transforming her, placing an Internet Explorer pin in her hair and giving her super powers which we can’t help but be reminded of anime much like Sailor Moon.

While the ad does not actually promote IE in anyway, save for the IE-logo which doubles as a pin for Aizawa’s hair, if we had to read in between the lines, perhaps the killer robots could be seen as the competition. At one point Aizawa even throws up a shield which could be symbolic of how IE will be able to block threats against the user, such as malware and unwanted ads and popups, and with the destruction of the robots, perhaps it could be seen as Microsoft attempting to destroy the competition once and for all. Maybe we’re reading too much into this, but if you’re a fan of symbolism perhaps you might agree. In any case if you have a few minutes to spare, you can check out Microsoft’s anime-inspired ad in the video above!

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Microsoft’s Anime-Inspired Internet Explorer Ad Is Fun To Watch original content from Ubergizmo.

Oct 09

Disable IE Tab Previews in Windows 7

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This article was written on May 24, 2012 by CyberNet.

Ie9 tab previews

In Windows 7 Microsoft made it so that multiple windows from the same application are grouped into the same icon, and when it comes to Internet Explorer it treats each tab as a window. That means if you have two tabs open in Internet explorer the Taskbar icon will show two previews when you click on it (like the screenshot above). Having it show all of the tab previews whenever you click on the Internet Explorer icon may get annoying since it takes an extra click to pass focus back to Internet Explorer, but you can always disable the feature.

To disable the IE tab previews in Windows 7 these are the steps you need to take:

In Internet Explorer click the gear icon in the upper-right corner, and choose Internet Options:
You should already be on the General tab. Click the Settings button in the Tabs section:
Uncheck the Show previews for individual tabs in the taskbar option:
Restart Internet Explorer

Now with that in place the next time that you click on the Internet Explorer icon it will switch to the app rather than displaying a list of tabs that have been open in the browser.

Oct 03