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It’s a common problem, really. You crack open your app haven of choice, stumble around for a few moments, and back out in frustration — it’s yet another round of Angry Birds instead of toying with something new. If Yahoo has its way, said scenario will no longer be a part of your routine, with the company’s App Search wizardry aiming to nix the guesswork so often associated with finding the proverbial needle in the haystack. It’ll be available on the PC (and momentarily, for iPhone and Android platforms), and will differ from those other app search alternatives by providing an all-in-one place that combines description, price, overall star rating from users, and screenshots. It’ll also pester you with daily, personalized recommendations of the iPhone and Android apps you should consider based on the apps you’ve downloaded, but only if you’re into that kind of thing. Head on past the break for the full spill, and feel free to Ctrl+F for the good stuff.

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Yahoo App Search, AppSpot make sense of App Store and Android Market originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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

If you like to stay on the bleeding edge of technology (and you’re running Vista) you may want to consider modifying two registry keys on your system so that you can participate in the Vista SP2 Beta program. To join the program all you have to do is download this batch file, and run it on your Vista machine as an administrator. Then just check for available Windows Updates (it may take 30 minutes or so for it to show up in the Windows Updates).

Think carefully whether you want to do this or not. There will likely be some bugs that could cause problems with your system, but at the very least it will cause Vista to expire on 4/2/2010 (or around then). Plus it will place the “Evaluation copy” message on your desktop wallpaper. You can always uninstall Vista SP2 to remove the evaluation message and expiration date, but it’s important to know what you’re getting into before you try to install it.

So what’s new in Vista SP2? Here’s a brief rundown that the Vista blog provided last week:

• Windows Vista SP2 adds Windows Search 4.0 for faster and improved relevancy in searches.
• Windows Vista SP2 contains the Bluetooth 2.1 Feature Pack supporting the most recent specification for Bluetooth Technology.
• Ability to record data on to Blu-Ray media natively in Windows Vista.
• Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) to simplify Wi-Fi Configuration.
• Windows Vista SP2 enables the exFAT file system to support UTC timestamps, which allows correct file synchronization across time zones.

Windows Vista SP2 is expected to be released in final form sometime in the first half of 2009. Judging by the expiration date of Vista SP2 Beta I’d say that sounds about right.

[via WinFuture – English Translation]

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So, here’s the tally: as of June 14th, there’s just “not enough memory” in the Desire for Gingerbread to run properly. As of the 15th, however, there is. We won’t pretend to understand what changed so drastically in the past 24 hours, but what is clear is that the aforesaid handset maker is listening to its most demanding of users. While it’s safe to assume that the Average Joe (or Jane) wouldn’t be able to recognize the difference between Android 2.2 and 2.3, folks clamoring for the update seem to have coerced the company to make things work. In other words, it looks like the update is back on… now it’s just a matter of making it run well. Kudos HTC, and godspeed.

[Thanks, Frederik]

HTC pulls a 180, now says Gingerbread is coming to Desire originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on July 06, 2006 by CyberNet.

When I was in the Firefox Build’s forum today I noticed that they are looking for testers to try out the new Firefox Preferences. They currently only have it implemented on the Trunk build because it isn’t exactly complete. Things like the new feed reader preferences are not adjustable in this build yet. Waldo, the person implementing the new feature, is looking for feedback on errors that people may have and said “I’ll be watching [the forum] closer than people watched the Superbowl halftime show in 2004.” The target goal is to have this implemented into Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 which is scheduled for release on July 11.

Alright, here are the screenshots of what it looks like right now:

The Main Options page here has actually changed quite a bit. It has inherited preferences from other pages such as the “Downloads”. Notice that Downloads no longer has its own page.

This is the Tabs page and is pretty much the same except it is now located as the second item in the order of pages (It was fourth before).

The Content page now has the feed options that were on the Main Options page before. This page is also supposed to have the “File Types” on it except that it gets cutoff on the bottom.

Ahhh, the Privacy page. Have you noticed the differences yet? This change is probably the most significant because there is no longer 6 tabs to change your Privacy options. Now it is all located on one single page and some of the options have gone to different pages!

The Security page has gotten a lot of its content from what used to be on the Advanced page. It now has the anti-phishing settings and the password management features.

There aren’t really any changes on the Advanced->General page.

The Advanced->Network page is new. It has all of the connection settings for Firefox and how large you want your cache to be.

The Advanced->Update page is the still the same.

The Advanced->Encryption page is pretty much what the Advanced->Security page used to be. The only difference is that it lost the Warning Messages section that is now located on the Security page.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed what the future of Firefox will bring to us! For those of you who want to test the unstable Firefox 3.0 (codename Minefield) there is a Windows, Linux, and Mac version with the new Preference pages in it. Hopefully we will see this implemented in Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 on Tuesday!

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

So you are an Opera Mini addict and you want to know how to share your addiction with the rest of the world? No problem, there are three great banners that you can choose from to post on your own website. Of the three available there surely has to be one that you like.

Opera Watch has large-scale versions of the three banners along with another promotional image that I didn’t post here (it involves Bill Gates promoting Opera ). I guess these aren’t anything new but I haven’t seen them before and they gave me a good chuckle, so I had to share them with you. The person who made them must have some extreme creativity.

If you use your cellphone to browse the Internet then you should definitely use Opera Mini. I haven’t used it myself because I don’t have the Internet on my phone, but I have seen it in action and the amount of time that it will save you will be enormous. You don’t realize how productive such a small browser can be until you try Opera Mini.

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