Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on January 09, 2008 by CyberNet.

NewsGator has made a HUGE unexpected step today by releasing their RSS news readers for free. That includes NetNewsWire (Mac), FeedDemon (Windows), and NewsGator Go (Blackberry, Java Mobile, and Windows Mobile). That’s right, they are all FREE now.

What’s even better is that all of these clients synchronize with NewGator’s online service, which can be used to read news anywhere you have access to the Internet. Some time ago NewsGator also created an iPhone-based mobile reader for optimized reading on the smaller screen, and that can be accessed from http://m.newsgator.com.

That’s not all either. They are also releasing new versions of all their RSS products! Here are some of the new features from NetNewsWire and FeedDemon:

• NetNewsWire 3.1 – New user interface, performance improvements, archive items (a.k.a. save them to your hard dive), and more.
• FeedDemon 2.6 – Includes a panic button for clearing out some older unread items, some user interface enhancements, performance improvements, inline searching, attention reporting, and more.

We have been using FeedDemon for quite awhile (we’re actually paid customers), and it is by far the best feed reader for Windows. It can handle hundreds of feeds without stuttering, and the fact that it’s now free makes it irresistible! It’s time to go get NetNewsWire (Mac), FeedDemon (Windows), or NewsGator Go (Blackberry, Java Mobile, and Windows Mobile).

Thanks for the tip Radu!

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This article was written on May 30, 2007 by CyberNet.

Apple has finally stepped up to the plate by offering a small taste of the high-quality (256 kbps AAC encoding) DRM-free music that we had all been longing for. In order to reap these "iTunes Plus" benefits you’ll need to be using the new iTunes 7.2, and you’ll also have to pay an additional $0.30 per song (about $3.00 more per album).

The DRM-free song selection is currently limited to the EMI music catalog which includes artists like The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, and Norah Jones. I would have liked to see a larger selection of music available, but this is a big move in the right direction. Apple had such an overwhelming response from music publishers regarding the DRM-free music that they are looking into ways of letting others offer their own high-quality DRM-free music.

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You’ll also notice that Apple finally added Windows Vista to their list of compatible operating systems, which is something I expected to see this time around after Microsoft issued an iPod update for Vista. I also thought it was kind of cool that they revamped their minimize/close buttons in the upper-right corner of iTunes to match the style in Vista.

Apple also announced the start of iTunes U for universities. It allows colleges to create their own iTunes site that hosts digital content created for classes:

Colleges and universities build their own iTunes U sites. Faculty post content they create for their classes. Students download what they need, and go. Learning isn’t just for the classroom anymore. It’s for anytime and anyplace you’ve got a Mac, a PC, or an iPod.

They already have several large universities on iTunes, including Duke, Stanford, and Berkeley. Apple did a great job of making it easy for students to access the content provided on iTunes U:

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With the iPhone just a few weeks away, I’m guessing that the next update we’ll see to iTunes will add features to manage the phone. Things like a contact manager will hopefully be included so that iPhone users don’t have to sit there and type all of their friends in on the phone itself.

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This article was written on October 29, 2009 by CyberNet.

Windows only
One of the new features in Windows 7 is Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7, and Microsoft decided to also offer the most of the same functionality to Windows XP and Vista users. Many of you will probably shrug this off as a pointless update, but it has something that is really useful to me. What is it?

Sometimes I Remote Desktop into one machine, and from there I have to Remote Desktop into other machines. A good example of when this might happen is if you have multiple machines in your house… you may only open one of those machines up so that it can be accessed from outside of your network. If you want to connect to other machines you simply RD into the primary one, and then from there you can access any of the other computers on your network.

The problem? If you use one Remote Desktop session inside of another that yellow/tan connection bar along the top can become tedious to use when juggling your various sessions. The more machines you connect to the more those connection bars overlay each other, and can therefore make it extremely difficult to disconnect or minimize some of the connections. You’ll often find yourself sitting there playing with the pin/unpin until the correct connection bar appears.

In Remote Desktop 7 the connection bar is now an attractive transparent blue, but what’s important is that you can slide it back and forth along the top of the window. That basically means you can stagger the connection bars for multiple sessions so that they aren’t completely overlapping each other. I’m demonstrating this in the screenshot above where I connected to one machine using RD7, and then from there connected to another machine running an older version of Remote Desktop. I’ve cropped the screenshot, but the yellow connection bar is actually in the center of the screen. I then dragged the blue bar off to the side so that it could clearly be seen.

Unfortunately the bar can still only be placed along the top of the screen (you can’t move it to the side or to the bottom), but this is still a welcomed addition. There are also a bunch of other features I’m sure some of you will love in RD7:

• Web Single Sign-On (SSO) and Web forms-based authentication
• Access to personal virtual desktops by using RD Connection Broker
• Access to virtual desktop pools by using RD Connection Broker
• Status & disconnect system tray icon
• RD Gateway-based device redirection enforcement
• RD Gateway system and logon messages
• RD Gateway background authorization & authentication
• RD Gateway idle & session time-outs
• NAP remediation with RD Gateway
• Windows Media Player redirection
• Bidirectional audio
• Multiple monitor support
• Enhanced video playback

New features available only to users connecting from a Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 machine:

• Language Bar docking
• Remote application task scheduler
• Aero Glass support
• Start applications and desktops from ‘RemoteApp and Desktop Connections’

Here are the download links for XP and Vista users:

• Windows XP SP3
• Vista SP1/SP2 32-bit
• Vista SP1/SP2 64-bit

Remote Desktop Connection 7 Homepage

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

This morning I’ve been watching videos of the Mandriva Metisse Linux that, in my opinion, puts some amazing 3D features features at your fingertips. All of this XGL and 3D stuff is often shrugged off as merely being eye candy, but there are four video demonstrations that really show the usability that these features can really offer.

–Copy and Paste Done Right–

There is probably nothing simpler to do on your computer than copy and paste, right? Mandriva Metisse makes it a little easier to do that operation by using a “folding” desktop when copying and pasting between multiple windows.

–Side-by-Side Windows–

Putting two large windows side-by-side is not such a chore with Mandriva Metisse. It is able to place windows on an angle so that you can see both of them next to each other, and you are still able to interact with both of them.

–Multiple Desktop View–

I think this is probably the best virtual desktop manager that I have seen. You can tile your desktops and actually interact with the windows by dragging and dropping them around.

–Mirror Windows–

I think this is one of the less useful features out of the ones listed above, but it is one of those things that you can show off to your friends. Basically, you can mirror any window so that any action you perform on one window will actually show up on both.

–Overview–

I always thought that openSUSE Linux was always the furthest advanced version of Linux since they often implement the latest technology. However, Mandriva seems to be taking that crown away and I have really considered switching to it as my primary version of Linux that I use. I like the look and feel of their operating system, and it is obvious that they are exploring new ways to make it the best it can be.

Download Mandriva Metisse

Thanks for the tip Chris!

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Windows; Linux
I’ve been a big fan of the open source 7-Zip application, and it has served me well over the last few years. Today, however, I came across a new program called PeaZip that looks like it is just as nice, and the great news is that it works on both Windows and Linux.

As you would expect it supports all of the major file formats that the competition does including:

• Create & extract: 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
• Extract only: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DEB, ISO, LHA, RAR, RPM, XPI

When it comes to file extraction utilities it’s hard for each of them to distinguish themselves. They always seem to have the same features, and support all of the same formats. For the most part PeaZip falls within that category, but it does one thing that I really like. During the setup process it asks you which commands you’d like to have added directly to the Context menu, and which ones you’d like placed in the Send To menu:

The option(s) you choose to put in the Context menu will be available without needing to navigate into a menu, which means you should only place the commands you’ll use the most there. The ones you won’t use as frequently can be put in the Send To menu where it won’t clutter up the Context menu:

If you like customizing the file extraction options in the Context menu I’d highly recommend checking out PeaZip. There’s also a portable version available for those of you who just want to try it out, but you must use the installable version if you want to add the context menu entries.

Get PeaZip for Windows or Linux

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