Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on September 12, 2006 by CyberNet.

Apple is having their event called Showtime today starting at 10:00 AM PDT. Yesterday I was talking about how people were speculating a release of iTunes 7 to be announced at the show…and it looks like they might be right.

Gizmodo got a tip from a little birdy that supposedly had some inside information about what’s going to happen today:

Let’s just say I have been informed by a little reliable birdy about Tommorow’s event. The line-up will follow this similar structure:

Welcoming of Media Members
Discussion on iTunes software, iTMS integration into iTunes, and iTMS
sales and facts.
Announcement of iTunes version 7.0
Announces better search feature for Music Store
Announces Movie Store. Available Immediately will be movies from
Disney and Pixar, among other studios.
New iPod Nano Announcement (nice brushed casing, while it will have
same features as first gen, only a longer battery life)

New iPod Announcement (Widescreen, Bluetooth, and featuring virtual touchwheel. Does not include Wi-Fi, or any other protocols)
One More Thing….

TubePort. A $99 2-piece set that includes a dongle that connects via USB to your mac, and another dongle that connects via included HD cables or regular Component cables to your TV. The movie is accessed on your Mac via an iDisk-like storage component hosted by Apple.

Jobs will then explain the pricing structure of the Movie Store.
Movies wil be available as either a smaller iPod-format (which will
cost $9.99 per movie), or as a larger, streamed movie to be streamed
to your TV via TubePort. This cost $14.99 per movie. To purchase an
iPod-formatted movie and a streamed version of the same movie, it will
cost you $19.99.

I think the list of announcements sound almost too good to be true. It is virtually everything that people have been rumoring about the show. We’re only a few hours away so I guess we’ll find out the truth soon enough.

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This article was written on June 07, 2007 by CyberNet.

A recent research study indicates that broadband Internet usage in homes is up to 53% in the United States. In all, 72% of Internet connections in the US are broadband compared to 60% last year. Slowly but surely, dial-up is making it’s way out the door.

The study also indicated that the decision to have a broadband connection largely depends on household incomes.  For example, only 39% of households with an income under $50,000 get broadband Internet. This is compared to the 68% of households that have a broadband connection with an income over $50,000.

I think broadband Internet is one of those things that once you have it, you don’t know how you managed without, and you know for sure you could never go back. While broadband is more expensive than dial-up , it’s worth every penny.

Leichtman Research Group also forecasts that the number of people using broadband Internet will increase dramatically, by over 40 million within the next five years! I think we can start to say our farewells to dial-up. Once it’s gone, it won’t be coming back, assuming broadband services are able to meet the needs of all households including those with a lower annual income.

Source: GigaOm

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This article was written on December 30, 2008 by CyberNet.

For this installment of the 2008 CyberNet Awards, we are taking a look at some of the Biggest Tech Stories of 2008 . A lot has gone on this year in the Tech World, that’s for sure, but some stories created far more buzz than others.

Without further ado here are our awards for the Biggest Tech Stories of 2008.

–5th Place: Macworld Without Steve Jobs–

The buzz level soared on the Internet when the announcements were made that Apple was going to be pulling out of Macworld and Steve Jobs would not be giving the final keynote in January. People were left to speculate why Apple would do such a thing. Was it Steve Jobs’ health? Is Apple just that controlling that they didn’t want someone else running the show? People are still in shock over this move by Apple which is supposedly all about politics.

–4th Place: T-Mobile G1 Powered by Android–

Just a couple of months ago, T-Mobile launched the G1 phone powered by Google’s very own Android. While some have complained that it’s not “polished,” others feel it’s a great solution for those who want an “iPhone like” phone, without needing to switch to AT&T. It’s also affordable, and abundantly available, and has generated a lot of buzz over the last year.

–3rd Place: Microsoft’s Ad Campaign–

What can I say about Microsoft’s Ad campaign? The price tag on the campaign was $300 million yet we aren’t quite sure that they have accomplished what they set-out to do. Sure, it got people talking about the company, but not necessarily in a good way. They started out the campaign with bizarre ads featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, then they turned to “I’m a PC” ads, mocking Apple’s Get a Mac campaign.

Oh how I wish they would have spent more time pointing out Vista’s shining features to help clean-up their image, but they didn’t. For $300 million, we were hoping for something a little better.On the bright side, these ads sure got people talking and speculating on what they would do next!

–2nd Place: iPhone 3G/ iPhone 2.0 Firmware–

For Apple, 2008 was the year of the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 2.0 Firmware. Even before the official announcement of the iPhone 3G was made, the Internet was full of people speculating on what kinds of features the new phone would have. There was also the anticipation of what the iPhone 2.0 Firmware would offer. The iPhone 3G launch didn’t go as smoothly as Apple expected, with signal and battery life issues along the way. The App store has definitely lived up to its hype though. With its ups and downs, the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 2.0 Firmware has got to be one of the biggest stories of 2008.

–1st Place: Yahoo/Microsoft Saga –

By far, for us at least, the biggest story of the year was the whole Yahoo/Microsoft saga. To think, Microsoft offered Yahoo $34 bucks per share, or $44.6 billion back in early February, which Yahoo turned down. Today, Yahoo shares are almost in the single digits, sitting at about $11.90 (as of writing this).

After the news first broke that Microsoft had made an offer, the web was full of buzz about the topic for months as talks went back and forth and Yahoo announced that they were “partnering with Google.” In the end, no deal ever came about between Microsoft and Yahoo, and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang ended up stepping down as CEO.

–-And Your Winners–-

Now it is time for you to chime in! Let us know in the comments what were the “Biggest Tech Stories of 2008.”

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This article was written on September 11, 2007 by CyberNet.

It’s true, Meebo has launched a file transfer feature! Meebo is known as one of the best web-based instant messaging services available whose users exchange over 100 million instant messages each day. When instant messaging came to the web, it was welcomed with open arms, yet it still hasn’t been capable of doing everything that desktop versions are able to do.  It’s amazing how far Meebo has come though, and how the differences between the web apps for instant messaging, and desktop versions are becoming fewer and fewer.

I tend to use the file transfer feature quite often in Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger, and it’s one of those things that have made using a desktop application for messaging necessary. With a file transfer feature here at last for an online service, I think a handful of people will be more willing to give it a try.  The Meebo team has said that the file transfer feature has been requested for quite some time and eventually made its way to the list of projects that interns were able to work on.  One of their interns this summer put together the file transfer feature, and now it’s ready to use.

The image below shows the icon you’ll be looking for. It looks like a piece of paper with a green arrow pointing to the right:

All you have to do is click the icon and a window will pop up so that you can select the file that you’d like to transfer. The person you’re transferring the file to will get a link to click on so that they can accept the transfer. It’s as simple as that! Cool, huh?

Give Meebo a try.

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We love unlimited. Everything is better when it’s not limited, right? Then what’s not to love about unlimited bandwidth? Actually it’s bad for us consumers. Here’s why.

ISPs currently give you unlimited internet access… as long as you don’t use it too much
Did you look into your contract when you signed up for your ISP? If you’re on an unlimited plan, in most cases you’ll find the term ‘fair use policy’ buried somewhere between five hundred paragraphs of Legalese. This term generally has two possible definitions.

1. There’s a hidden limit. If you want to know much you can use, beg our customer service representatives to tell you what it is.
2. We can cut off your connection or throttle it whenever we feel like it.

In my book, ‘unlimited’ doesn’t mean ‘limited in a secretive way’.

With metered bandwidth, you know what you’re gonna get
You know what you’ve paid for when you’re on a metered bandwidth plan. Consumers with metered plans have a legally binding agreement with their ISP where they have to let them send and receive a set amount of data through their pipes. This is more transparent than vague fair use policies that impose a hidden limit. With a little collaboration between ISPs and tools such as ISP Monitor (pictured above), the customer always knows what he’s up against.

There’s only so much traffic our pipes can handle anyway
The only reason why ISPs lie about the bandwidth limit of their plans, is marketing. You could compare the internet to a highway: you can only fit so much cars on a highway at the same time. Similarly, internet resources are limited too so it is only fair that we have to pay for what we use. Otherwise, your grandparents are overpaying for their internet connection because some kid is constantly torrenting movies.

In conclusion

ISPs need to be upfront about their limits and provide an easy way for their users to check their bandwidth usage. As long as these limits are fair compared to what you pay for it, I for one think we’re better off banning unlimited plans.

Thoughts? Rebuttals? Let us know what you think in the comments section.

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