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Last month we asked for a “funny pages” display in Google’s next release of Maps that shows a thick dotted line depicting where we’ve traveled, but it appears the folks at El Goog had a different agenda in mind for version 5.5. This time around, we see a few redesigns as well as some streamlined Latitude features. First, check-ins and ratings have now been added to the Places page, giving you one extra point of access; you also now have the option of changing your home or work address within your Latitude Location History, in case you ever move or just like to roam from place to place. Last but not least, Google Maps 5.5 for Android also offers reorganized transit station pages that now list off upcoming departures, transit lines serving that particular station, and links to other stops nearby. Though not a substantial upgrade from previous versions, it’s still impressive that Google pushed it out less than a month after 5.4. The new update is available as a free download in the Android Market.
Google Maps 5.5 for Android cops more Latitude, tweaks Places and transit pages originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 May 2011 16:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
This article was written on February 06, 2008 by CyberNet.
There has been a lot of buzz around Microsoft’s announcement that Vista SP1 has been sent to manufacturing, but it won’t actually be available to the public until March 2008. The reason for the delay is that there are some driver compatibility problems for some users, and Microsoft is trying to figure out the best way to isolate the people who will have troubles with the Service Pack.
All of this news has come while Windows XP SP3 has been brewing on a backburner, and Microsoft has been very reluctant to provide any status updates for XP SP3. That’s not surprising since they want to draw as much attention to Vista SP1 as possible, and that’s also a good reason that Vista SP1 will likely ship before XP SP3.
A French site called PCInpact (English translation) got their hands on the screenshot that you see above which indicates that Windows XP SP3 will launch on March 24th, 2008. I’m not sure how accurate that date will be considering that they also have a similar screenshot for Vista SP1 which indicates a February 18th release date, but Microsoft has already clearly said that it won’t be available until the middle of March.
At least we know that Microsoft hasn’t forgotten about XP SP3!
Thanks to Nicolas for the tip!
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This article was written on January 10, 2008 by CyberNet.
Tutorial Thursday
For those of you who read the site regularly, you probably know by now that I have a Flickr Pro account. It’s just $25 per year, and offers unlimited photo storage and bandwidth. When I was looking around to find the perfect photo sharing site for my family and myself, Flickr was the one option that stood out to me.
The thing that convinced me to get a Flickr Pro account was not the amazing privacy features or the superb organizational tools, instead it was the development done by third parties. Flickr has a humongous list of apps and services that are created and managed by other people.
Looking through some of the programs that were available, I quickly became aware that if need be, I could redownload all of the full-size images on to my computer. Flickr essentially serves as a remote backup of my most important images, and I currently have thousands of images hosted on there to share with my friends and family.
On the articles where I’ve discussed using Flickr as a backup solution, it’s inevitable that someone will email me asking how I go about getting images off of my Flickr account in bulk. That’s what we’re going to show you today.
We’ve shown you all kinds of ways to get your photos on Flickr, including the new official Uploadr 3.0 that was just released, a one-way synchronization tool, and even Flickr support in the new Windows Live Gallery by Microsoft. Now the challenge is going the opposite way.
We’ve searched around to try and find some good tools for downloading Flickr photos, but there is one tool that we always keep coming back to. We’ll jump into some more details on that app in the next section of this article, but before we get into that we want to list off some of the alternatives:
And I’m sure there are a lot more tools out there. The one that has earned its way onto my hard drive is…
Flickr Downloadr is by far the most powerful Flickr download utility that I’ve come across. It requires absolutely no installation, and you’re able to pull in images according to tags, user, text, date, and more.
What’s more important is that Flickr Downloadr is able connect to a user’s account with the Flickr API. This is done by clicking Extras -> Authenticate, and the Flickr website will popup for you to approve access to the application. That way the program can access all of your private images without you actually having to supply your password.
And guess what else is located in the Extras menu. A complete backup option! If you start panicking because you’ve lost all of the images on your computer this is the solution for you. In one click you can have all of your photos downloaded from Flickr in all their high-resolution glory.
There are also some settings that you can configure with Flickr Downloadr, such as how you want it to assign filenames to the downloaded images. You can have it assign the image title or the Flickr ID as the filename.
I know that many of you also use Flickr, and I would love to hear what apps you use to download Flickr photos in bulk. Hit us up in the comments with your favorite Flickr apps and services!
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Yes, it’s another store within a store at Amazon, this time a Mac Download Store. While software downloads certainly aren’t anything new for the online retailer, the Mac store does actually boast a wider variety of titles than Amazon’s Windows download section, including games like Dragon Age: Origins and Civilization V, and applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop Elements. All told, there’s more than 250 titles currently available — not exactly a rival to Apple’s own Mac App Store, but a more than respectable start. Of course, no store launch is complete without a sale, and Amazon has kicked things off with two: a free download of Airport Mania, and $5 off your first paid download. Hit up the source link below to check it out.
Amazon launches Mac Download Store with more than 250 titles originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 14:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This article was written on July 12, 2006 by CyberNet.
Microsoft has done something that they do not do very often…they are giving away software! Virtual PC 2004 is the freebie which allows you to run other operating systems without the need to partition your hard drive. Virtual PC 2004 can run in Windows XP/2000 and here is a list of operating systems it supports:
So if you are like me then the first thought that popped into your head is how old this software is. I figured that is why they are giving it out for free, but after reading further Microsoft said “Microsoft is also offering the free download of Virtual PC 2007, with support for Windows Vista in 2007.” I have to admit that I am thoroughly impressed!
I am not quite sure how this will affect the virtual PC market that VMware currently holds, but I am sure that it won’t help any. The one thing that Microsoft probably won’t be able to do is make Virtual PC compatible with Linux. VMware will probably still hold that crown.
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This article was written on January 22, 2007 by CyberNet.
SeaMonkey is Mozilla’s browser that is more of an all-in-one type of solution with a built-in email client. I think this overview from Mozilla sums up SeaMonkey quite well for those:
The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as “Mozilla Application Suite”. Whereas the main focus of the Mozilla Foundation is on Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, our group of dedicated volunteers works to ensure that you can have “everything but the kitchen sink” — and have it stable enough for corporate use.
SeaMonkey 1.1 was released just the other day, and I have to admit that it features some nice enhancements. It is mostly stuff that can already be found in Firefox 2 since that is the basis for the browser. Here are some of the highlights:
The tab preview functionality is pretty cool, but Firefox users can get an extension that does that. I have always found that feature to be useful when you have a bunch of tabs open and can’t see the name on it, but I’m not a very big fan of installing a lot of extensions to help keep Firefox slimmed down a little. It would be cool to see implemented in Firefox but there are a lot of other things I would rather see first.
I think SeaMonkey might be a good solution for some people looking for a packaged deal, but I still find it funny that the theme used with SeaMonkey is the old-school Netscape style.
Thanks to “Jack of all Trades” for the tip!
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This article was written on September 14, 2006 by CyberNet.
The 495MB file Office 2007 TR has been made available for download. Thanks to Mark who sent me an email providing the direct download link without the need for WGA validation.
Download the Office 2007 Beta 2 TR
Don’t forget that you now need a plug-in to save files as PDF or XPS:
This version is compatible with Windows Vista RC1 which is great news. But besides for that it also has whole host of new features:
| Update: | If you do not have a product key from Beta 2 then you can purchase it for $1.50. |
| Update 2: | Paul Thurrott has a great review already posted on the Technical Refresh and it has a few screenshots. To get a review that long written up he must have gotten his hands on it a little early since it was just released 40 minutes ago…and I have 10 minutes left on my download.  |
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We’ve been hearing rumors for a while that Twitter was looking to make TweetDeck a member of its flock, and now, the blue bird crew has made it official. All Things D reports that the deal was done for between $40 to 50 million, and that TweetDeck CEO Iain Dodsworth will stay on to run the platform. In its official announcement, Twitter said it will continue to “invest in the TweetDeck that users know and love” — time will tell if the new boss birdie is a boon or bane for the popular tweet tracking app.
TweetDeck and Twitter, together at last originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 May 2011 13:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This article was written on October 19, 2006 by CyberNet.
Dan emailed me this link and told me to open it. He didn’t say much other than it was a forgery site so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It was obviously a link to some sort of Google site but in Firefox 2 I was prompted with this:
I decided to help out by clicking the “This isn’t a web forgery” link so I’m not sure how long this will remain flagged as a forgery. I also tested the link in Internet Explorer but it is okay there. I wonder how this ever happened?
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