Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on November 19, 2007 by CyberNet.

This rumor by no means has been confirmed, but we’re telling you about it so that you can keep your eye out for it. If it’s true, it’s an awesome deal. Rumor has it that starting on November 24th at 8 AM and running through November 25th at 11:59 PM, Wal-Mart is having another “secret” sale. They’ll be selling the 80GB PS3 system for $499 (its usual price) but buyers will be able to choose 10 Blu-Ray titles under $30 for free. Add those 10 to the 5 you already get by mail through Sony’s program, and you’ll have 15 Blu-ray movies worth over $400.

The user who reported this deal at Blu-ray.com says he works at a Wal-Mart in the electronics department which leads me to believe he does actually know what he’s talking about . He said stores were just notified on Saturday and that a link for it won’t be available until about Wednesday. According to what he knows, Wal-Mart is stocking up big for this! He says “For those stores that carry BD already, additional titles are being sent in for the sale.  For those that do not have BD in their store (a small minority), product will be sent to each store specifically for this sale.“

Here we thought Wal-Mart was supporting the HD DVD camp after they sold that Toshiba player for under 100 bucks! Turns out they’re not taking sides, and they’re supporting both pretty equally. Anybody considering buying a Playstation 3 to get 15 free movies if this rumor turns out to be true?

Source: Neowin

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This article was written on September 15, 2006 by CyberNet.

Free For All Friday

When I think of Blogmusik.net, I can’t help but think of the original Napster. You know, back in the day when Napster was the free peer to peer music sharing service that loads of people used? The good old days of Napster didn’t last too long, and I imagine Blogmusik.net won’t either.  It is cool nonetheless and worth checking out.

They use an iPod like interface acting as your own personal jukebox to stream your selected songs over the Internet.  It has a search feature with a rather large variety of songs to choose from.  When you become a registered user, you’re able to save playlists with all of your favorites ready to go for the next time you’re wanting to listen to music. They even have some of those “one track wonders” you never thought you’d find or hear again!

The virtual iPod interface really couldn’t be any easier to use, and as for the quality of sound,  it’s decent.  Not great, but decent. Oh, and you can change the color of your “iPod” from black to white.  The idea is kinda cool, however as mentioned, the legal status remains unknown which gives a good indication that it may not be around for long!

Alright, so that’s the free route you can take for now.  There are alternative options that are legal and have similar features such as allowing you to save a playlist. One such option is brought to you by the ”new” (no longer free) Napster.  According to their website:

 ”As a registered member of Napster’s free music service you can listen to all 2,000,000 songs in the Napster catalog up to 3 times each. After the 3rd free play, you must purchase the track to listen to it again. As a Napster subscriber, you can listen to the same song an unlimited amount of times without having to worry about any limits. You can also download your favorite music to your PC and listen to it when you are not connected to the Internet.”

To recap: Blogmusik.net is a pretty cool free service with the virtual iPod interface but probably won’t be around for long! Once/if they’re shut down, a good alternative paying option for $15.00 per month would be Napster.

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This article was written on December 13, 2008 by CyberNet.

When Ryan and I originally planned out the schedule for this Giveaway, we thought we’d have no problem announcing the winners on the site by Friday at 8:00 PM Central Time. We thought wrong! There were over 80 people to notify via email that they won, before announcing the winners on the site. Believe it or not, several emails were returned to us which meant that we needed to pick new winners. Even though this announcement is late, all winners were notified via email, on time.

To the winners: Those of you who won Anvar, Button Shop, Edraw Max, and Daniusoft Media Converter, you should have received a second email with your license keys this morning. For the rest of the winners, we are waiting on the software companies to get keys to us. We appreciate your patience! If you won and have not received an email, please check your spam folder before contacting us. There were some people who won twice, although no one won three times.

Over $3,500 in software was given away and there were over 850 entries. Before we post winners, we want to send a HUGE thanks to the companies who provided licenses for:

• Anvir Task Manager
• GoodSync File Synchronization & Backup
• Remember The Milk Pro Accounts
• Button Shop
• Direct Access Text Replacement
• RoboForm Pro Password Manager
• Daniusoft Media Converter
• Edraw Max Diagram Creator
• USB Docking Station
• MediaMonkey Media Manager

And now the winners….

Remember the Milk Winners:

• Omar Upegui
• lilmoder
• Sean M. Brown
• Rey Bango
• beggari

10 GoodSync Winners:

• Jack of all Trades
• Thom Watson
• Mike S
• barney_cnb
• iqbal1975
• Joshua Marble
• Nate
• Ajay
• kfonda
• leland

10 AnVir Task Manager Winners:

• Scott
• Uzzie
• Rick
• Wadinator
• Derek
• blaszta
• ZeroOne
• Niko
• DComedian
• Abhishek

10 RoboForm Pro Winners:

• tinyburp
• nimrodguy
• NetFlexx
• Robert Kirkwood
• Michael Dobrofsky
• MarsFlip
• Andrea Nagar
• Mike Schenk
• Gerry
• iqbal1975

10 Direct Access Winners:

• bluegecko
• Miles
• apex2000
• Ed
• Bill
• Abhishek
• Carl
• Lewis
• marek
• Deadman36g

10 Button Shop Winners:

• Joe
• AndyDrum
• bloogle
• Chris
• M1ke
• Radu
• ARTHINATH
• dK
• Glenn
• Curt

5 Media Monkey Winners:

• DaComboMan
• leland
• OldManDeath
• John Elliott
• javasharp

1 USB Docking Station Winner:

• Andrew Min

10 Edraw Max Winners:

• giglmania
• Omar Upegui
• Dan in Tempe
• devari
• Brandon
• David
• Doug Fullerton
• blaszta
• Criss
• Ravi

10 Daniusoft Media Converter Winners:

• kfonda
• Lappy
• Yansky
• stavarotti
• Aaron
• Forensis
• Gretchen
• Dennis Harden
• Ian Cammarata
• AndyDrum

Congratulations, and to all of you, thanks for participating in our Birthday Extravaganza!

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Harvard Business Publishing: The annual Harvard Business Review’s breakthrough business ideas is now out. This year, the list includes trends ranging from Africa to the economy, from Western Union to state capitalism, and from biomimicry to something called the IKEA Effect…

HBR has also gone further to anticipate the context in which we would now read them. Thus some of the articles comment directly on the economic crisis, but most of them address other matters that business leaders must contend with: strategic decision making, tapping new markets, finding and keeping top talent, harnessing network effects, dealing with disruptive technologies and business models.

A hihgly recommended read to gain insights into the latest trends and ideas evolving in the business world.

Breakthrough Ideas for 2009 [Harvard Business Publishing]

This article was written on July 15, 2008 by CyberNet.

The Improv Everywhere group comes up with some really unique things to do. You might recall that earlier in the year they “froze” themselves in Grand Central Station located in New York. I’m still now sure how they managed to attract all of the participants, but in the end it definitely turned some heads.

They are at it again, but this time they are in a subway car. They took several groups of twins and had them all sit across from each other. The key is that they were wearing matching clothes, accessories, and mimicked each other’s actions. Thus creating a human mirror. As the video demonstrates it was hard for people not to wonder what the heck was going on:

I can’t wait to see what the Improv Everywhere group comes up with next. I’m sure it will be great no matter what they come up with.

Thanks Omar!

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