This article was written on January 19, 2006 by CyberNet.
Looks like some people were able to get their hands on the newest build of
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This article was written on July 11, 2006 by CyberNet.
Last week IntelliAdmin posted an article about downloading a User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (UPHClean) that was released by Microsoft. The cleanup service will let your computer shutdown faster by constantly keeping up with your profile instead of waiting until a user turns off their computer. There are a lot more technical details behind it but that is the main gist of what it does.
All you have to do is download this file from Microsoft and execute it. You should see an installation window similar to the one above. Continue through the installation by agreeing to the terms and selecting the installation directory. Once the installation has completed you will be prompted to close the window. That’s all!
You will not see anything located in your Start Menu and there will be no shortcuts on your Desktop. The UPHClean will run silently in the background without even needing to restart your computer after the installation is done. It installs itself as a Windows service which means it will automatically run each time you start Windows. Another cool thing is that you can always uninstall this and you still won’t have to restart Windows.
So why don’t you go ahead and give this a shot. Maybe you will save yourself more time than you ever thought possible 
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This article was written on September 26, 2006 by CyberNet.
The Windows Vista Team is saying that you better download Vista 5728 now if you still want it:
I think that is Microsoft’s hint that the download will not be available after today so you better start downloading it if you want to get your hands on it. Or maybe I’m just reading too much into what they say. 
I have been using this build for a few days and I haven’t really noticed any differences from RC1 other than the fact you can now disable the startup sound. Overall it is amazingly stable and once other companies make their software compatible (especially antivirus companies) then it will be even better. If you are looking for a good antivirus to use with Vista I particularly recommend Avast.
Here are the direct download links for the two versions of Vista 5728:
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This article was written on April 24, 2006 by CyberNet.
It is now possible to join Yahoo Mail Beta by changing your content Country to the UK, Germany or France. As soon as you change the setting and return to your email it will ask you to join Yahoo Mail Beta. Make sure you change your content preference and NOT the country for your address.
How to change your content preference:
This has worked for many people so make sure you do it before it gets fixed by Yahoo.
News Source: Google Operating System
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This article was written on September 28, 2006 by CyberNet.
Tutorial Thursday
Two files are needed from your Firefox profile in order for someone to easily retrieve your passwords: key3.db and signons.txt. If someone has those two files they will be able to decrypt all of your passwords and view them without any hassle.
To help get around this (and hopefully deter the theft of my passwords) I decided to alter the name of my signons.txt file so that it isn’t named what someone would expect it to be:
Windows 2000, XP:
Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox
Windows NT:
WINNT\Profiles\<UserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox
Windows 98, ME:
Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox
Mac OS X:
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox
Linux and Unix systems:
~/.mozilla/firefox
Once you have navigated to your profile folder locate the file named signons.txt and rename it to something else. I renamed mine to bookmarksbak.txt to make it look like a backup of my bookmarks.
Run Firefox and type about:config into the address bar.
Find the value named signon.SignonFileName and double-click on it to change the value.
Change the name to whatever value you renamed signons.txt to in Step 2. I changed mine to bookmarksbak.txt. Press OK when you are done.
Restart Firefox and you will now be using your new password file.
I understand that this is by no means a big security measure but if I let someone use my computer real quick I don’t want them to grab those two files. Someone could easily still figure it out by looking at my configuration file for Firefox but that would take some additional time. I guess this gives me a little more peace of mind.
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You heard right, film aficionados — Netflix has just updated its Android app in order to bring one major, major change: “expanded support for phones.” Previously, the app only worked on a smattering of smartphones, but as of today, v1.4 brings playback to “all Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices.” Congratulations — your weekend just got a lot better. Hit the source link to get your download on, or just visit the Market for an update if you’re already in the door. So much for those “hardware DRM requirements” we heard about at MWC, huh?
Psst… all is well at Engadget US, but our colleagues in Canada aren’t seeing the update yet.
Update: Seems T-Mobile’s G2x is left out of the “all.” Anyone else having issues with a particular handset?
[Thanks, 3vil and Brett]
Now showing: Netflix 1.4 brings playback to ‘all Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
This article was written on June 13, 2007 by CyberNet.
Microsoft is no stranger to Easter Eggs since most of their products seem to have something weird that is itching to be found sooner or later. Instead of being a software Easter Egg, a new route has been taken and could prove to be a very widespread joke…if you have a magnifying glass.
If you happened to purchase a Windows Vista DVD there are a lot of fancy looking "holograms" placed around the outer edge to make it easier for users to notice when they are purchasing an illegal copy of the operating system. On the Windows logo along the outer-rim of the DVD is an extremely small image of three people (as seen above).
There is no word on who these people are, and how many DVD’s their image has been placed on, but I’m sure a lot of people will be checking their DVD’s now. I wish I had a retail DVD laying around to check myself, but my copy of Vista was provided by my university so I had to burn my own DVD.
So the question is…who are the three people in the image? Microsoft apparently doesn’t want to say who it is, or maybe they didn’t even know that the image was on the DVD? Word is that the image is not on recent "prints" of the DVD, and that you would need one of the copies made available closer to when Vista launched.
| Update: | The Windows Vista Blog cleared some things up: "The photo displays members of the team who worked on the Windows Vista DVD hologram design. Microsoft’s Anti-Piracy Team designed a counterfeit-resistant digital "watermark" for the non-encoded surface of Windows Vista DVDs. The photo in question is only one of multiple images contained in the hologram design, all of whose inclusion serves to make it more difficult to replicate a Windows Vista DVD." |
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This article was written on October 29, 2007 by CyberNet.
Mac OS X Leopard has been freed from captivity and is now in the hands of keyed-up Apple fans. The question in the minds of many Apple and Windows users alike is how is Leopard stacking up to Vista out of the box? Well, for starters, Leopard has its very own “blue screen of death!” According to Computer World, a “significant number of Macintosh owners upgrading to Leopard on Friday reported that after installing the new operating system, their machines locked up, showing only an interminable — and very Windows-like “blue screen of death.” Perhaps the two operating systems are more alike than anybody ever expected?
Engadget set out to compare Leopard vs. Vista to find out if one was better than the other, and to see just how alike the two are with a feature chart showdown. Of course many of their conclusions could be argued, but the end result was this: Leopard scored a 46 while Vista scored a 41. That means that Leopard had five more features that were considered “better” and offers a better user experience. In the grand scheme of things, the two nearly scored the same with Leopard getting high scores in the software (thanks to iChat, iCal, Apple’s Address Book and more) and system tools section with Vista receiving high scores in the Media, (thanks to Media Center, and Media Center Extenders) gaming, and performance and hardware sections. Both were nearly equal when it came to security. And remember, this was “out of the box.” As Engadget points out, a few 3rd party applications could give Vista quite a bit of an edge over Leopard.
So what is someone to make out of all this? If you’ve been paying attention in the blogosphere, you probably noticed several articles over the last several months discussing how Leopard is that good that this could be the turning point where more people start purchasing Mac computers and leaving PCs behind. In Paul Thurrott’s opinion, this is no turning point for Apple at all. He says “The biggest problem with Leopard is that it doesn’t really offer enough of an advantage over Vista to make anyone want to switch.” Then he continues, “No matter. Leopard is an excellent product. Mac users will upgrade immediately or purchase new Leopard-based hardware with no regrets, and that’s just fine. But if you’re a Windows user sitting on the fence, Leopard doesn’t change the switcher equation at all.”
I think Paul Thurrott summed it up best. Leopard is a great product, there’s no doubt about that. But for those who thought Leopard was going to come in and steal the show, it’s just not going to happen. Die-hard Mac fans will remain loyal, and PC users are likely to remain loyal to Windows with a few curious enough about Leopard to go check it out. Neither Apple nor Microsoft have reason to worry until the two go at it again and release a new operating system. Any guesses on when we’ll see Apple and Microsoft launch their next operating system and how many years (if any) they’ll be delayed?
As a side note, if you’re looking for a great in-depth review of Leopard, Ars Technica put together a very thorough review that’s divided into sections for easy reading.
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This article was written on January 25, 2010 by CyberNet.
For many of us instant messengers have become an important part of our daily lives, and in some cases IM’ing has begun to replace email communication. That’s why I’m always on the lookout for the best messenger application, and for awhile I gave that crown to Digsby… that is until they started to use what I consider to be shady practices to infest computers with adware.
A friend at work introduced me to a new messenger application called Qnext. I was instantly impressed that it was a cross-platform messenger (runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux), and works with all of the major networks including MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, Jabber, and Google Talk. The thing is that Qnext goes way beyond just being a messenger. It does all of the voice chat, video conferencing, photo sharing, and file transfers that you want from an app like this, but it is also able to grant remote access to your PC for one of your friends or even stream music from another computer that’s running Qnext. Sound cool? It is.
Here’s a rundown of what Qnext is capable of:
The downside to a messenger like this? Well, it’s Java based which is something I’m typically not a huge fan of. Putting that aside the memory usage is rather high, and ranged from 90MB at startup to somewhere around 150MB after some normal usage. That’s a big number, but given the amount of memory available these days that may not be a concern for you. Netbook users, however, may need to be a bit more conscious with how much memory their applications are using.
Here are a bunch of screenshots from different areas of Qnext:
There is also an iPhone version of Qnext in the works that is working to bring many of these features right to your phone… including the streaming music capability from what I’ve read. The desktop version is free though, and can’t really hurt to give it a try.
Qnext Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)
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This article was written on July 24, 2008 by CyberNet.
Often times we find ourselves wondering whether Vista’s harshest critics have ever used the operating system for more than an hour or two, if at all, because their complaints aren’t usually justified. You really have to use it for at least a month or two before you realize how nice it is to have, say, the option to perform searches right from the Start menu. It also takes time for someone to realize just how stable (assuming your computer has the proper hardware) Vista is. Sometimes it takes looking back and reflecting upon something to realize all that it brings to the table.
There’s no doubt that Microsoft has taken a lot of heat over Windows Vista and that some people can jump on the bandwagon and complain about it without ever using it. Microsoft knows this so they decided to defend their operating system and put critics in their place. Here’s how they did it:
If more people had actually tried the operating system instead of relying on word-of-mouth from someone else who probably hadn’t actually tried it for themselves either, Microsoft probably wouldn’t be in the situation that they find themselves in today.
According to CNET, Microsoft plans to use the footage of people positively reviewing “Mojave” in it’s marketing, although the specifics haven’t been figured out quite yet. There’s no doubt that Microsoft has some work ahead of them as they try to change the negative perceptions people have about Vista, and “Mojave” is definitely one way to do it.
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