Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on December 18, 2005 by CyberNet.

I recently upgraded my router to the Linksys WRT54GX2 router and couldn’t love it more. The quality is exactly what you would expect from the industry-leading wireless company. It gave me all the settings that I had to have in order to get my network to function exactly how I wanted. The only feature that I did wish it had would be assigning static IP addresses to computers on the network based upon MAC addresses. This is not a big deal though because the devices that I need the static IP’s for allow me to configure it on the device itself, so I don’t have to do this on the router. Some of the Linksys routers have open source firmware which allow this feature, but this router does not have that option currently and from my reading it might not be possible with these MIMO routers.

The MIMO technology uses the reflections to allow the signal to propagate further. Also, with the increased distance comes an increase in speed. This router will allow up to 6 times the throughput of the standard router.

Another nice feature on this router is the Quality-Of-Service option. With this you will be able to either assign a port or MAC address to use as much bandwidth as needed. This is nice for those who have VoIP for the telephone system. Now you will be able to allow the phone to take as much bandwidth as needed even though you may be downloading a huge file on your computer. This will slow down the download on the computer and will boost your call quality.

I have not found anything that I can’t stand about the router and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking at purchasing the router. I bought it at Best Buy for $130 – 10% – $15 mail-in-rebate. It is about the same price as what you can find it on the Internet.

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The Smart Cover is an optional $40-$70 accessory, and it partly addresses one of the iPad’s key weaknesses: It’s not very easy to type on the device for long periods of time. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

The iPad 2 is a stellar upgrade, even though the tablet’s low-quality cameras leave a lot to be desired.

That seems to be the critical consensus from the first crop of reviews on the iPad 2, which hits stores Friday.

About a dozen technology journalists have had their hands on the new tablet about a week,  from several mainstream publications including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, as well as tech-oriented blogs such as TechCrunch, SlashGear and PCMag.com.

But who has time to read all that?

To save you time, we snatched the highlights from each review and posted them on Gadget Lab’s Twitter account. Here, then, is everything you need to know about the early reviews, in 140 characters or fewer for each one.

• WSJ: “As of now, I can comfortably recommend it as the best tablet for average consumers.”
• Macworld: “For Apple’s competitors in the tablet-device market, the iPad 2 is a bucket of water to the face.”
• SlashGear: “Apple has put together a superbly capable, class-shaping tablet.”
• NYTimes: The iPad … dominates in all the most important criteria: thinness, weight, integration, beauty — and apps.”
• The Daily: “It’s fast, light and a heck of a lot of fun to have around.”
• Engadget: “Whether you’re tinkering, writing, or recording, this software’s value will be clear right from the start.”
• PCMag: iPad 2 is the “clear standout in the ever-widening sea of tablets.”
• USA Today: “The 9.7-inch LED backlit screen … hits the sweet spot for FaceTime, browsing and numerous applications”
• TechCrunch: “If you don’t have an iPad and want one, it’s the easiest call in the world. Of course you should.”
• BusinessWeek: “Taken together, the changes are unremarkable.”
• The Root: “So far, no other device comes close in price and performance.”
• LaptopMag: “When you look at the whole package … the iPad 2 is the king of tablets.”

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This article was written on October 08, 2007 by CyberNet.

Launchy is one of the best application launchers available, and it is about to get a lot better with version 2 that is right around the corner. Just today Launchy 2.0 Alpha 8 was quietly released in the Launchy forum, and I’ve been using previous Alpha’s for over a week. Despite being early in the development process it is incredibly stable.

So what’s new? I’ve found the biggest thing to be the revamped Options dialog, which I’ve included screenshots of below. Aside from that the whole program has been rewritten in a programming language called QT, and I think there are a lot of rewards for making the switch from MFC. Overall the Launchy 2.0 Alpha interface seems more responsive than the older stable versions.

–New Features–

• Fade in and fade out special effects
• User adjustable opaqueness and fade times
• Adjustable dropdown length
• Completes folders (e.g. my documents) into paths
• Can now edit directories by double clicking them
• Can use environment variables in directories (e.g. %USERPROFILE%)
• Skin selection now shows previews of skins
• No longer have to restart Launchy to use a new plugin or skin
• Plugin options are integrated into the options dialog
• Launchy can automatically hide when it loses focus
• Launchy can now shallow scan a directory (customizable depth)
• Launchy index/options/exit now work, try typing “launchy” tab “options”
• Much better plugin customization

–Options–

The best thing that has happened to this version of Launchy is the unified Options screen. Everything is now placed in a nice tabbed interface instead of having several different windows for skins, plugins, and settings (click thumbnail for fullsize version):

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This article was written on September 06, 2007 by CyberNet.

Back in July we created a screencast of a great freeware app called Vista Virtual Desktops that made use of Vista’s advanced Aero interface. The program has since gotten a much requested upgrade which includes support for the Windows XP operating system.

The version for XP isn’t quite the same as the one for Vista, and the largest difference is that Vista’s shows live previews of the windows. Of course, I’ve had problems getting the live previews to show up after they’ve been moved off of the current desktop, as seen in the screenshot above, so XP users shouldn’t feel that they’re missing out much from that aspect.

There are some other changes as well, such as support for unique backgrounds on each virtual desktop:

• XP support
• Better support for per-desktop background pictures (turned off by default)
• Major bug fixes
• Per-desktop tray icons change color to show activation
• "Send Window to Desktop X" keyboard hotkeys (Ctrl+Win+Numpad 1…9 by default)
• Win + Up and down arrow keys now move up and down in the desktop list

Note: I haven’t tried this out myself on XP, but I’d have to imagine that it’s pretty much the same as the Vista version. If you try this out on XP let us know how it goes.

Vista/XP Virtual Desktops Homepage

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