Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on April 19, 2007 by CyberNet.

The Ubuntu website has begun to crumble from the incredible number of visitors that are visiting the site looking for the newest version of Ubuntu. The load was so bad that Ubuntu has temporarily replaced the homepage with a low-bandwidth version that only provides links to mirrors, as well as the release notes.

Even the main Ubuntu site is going a little slow when it comes to loading that page, so I made a mirror of their current homepage which lists all of the different places you can download it from. If your Internet connection can’t handle downloading the the 694MB ISO image that has to be burned to a CD, then you can just order a the latest version already on CD at no additional cost.

We have previously put together a great screenshot gallery of the Kubuntu and Ubuntu 7.04 Beta release, and nothing (besides for bug fixes) has really changed since that gallery was posted. Here is a quick overview of what’s new:

• Networking improvements to make it even easier to connect to a wireless or wired network.
• Disk usage analyzer lets you see where your hard drive space is going.
• When trying to play media files, Ubuntu will try to install the necessary codecs automatically, and start playing the desired file.
• New networking sharing makes it easy to network desktop computers without needing servers to assign IP addresses or names and allows users to automatically discover and join a wireless network and share music, find printers and exchange files.
• 2 new games: Chess and Sudoku.
• Some new artwork, including a new default background and splash screen.
• New help center to find the things you want a little easier.
• Enable some great 3D desktop effects in just one click!

If you want to try Ubuntu out yourself, but you’re not sure how to use the CD just head on over and read the article that Chris wrote. It will walk you through all the tools you’ll need to get Ubuntu up and running on your computer without even needing to install it!

Alright, here is a recap on links that will be important to you:

• Download Ubuntu 7.04 (our website mirror)
• How to upgrade to Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 7.04 and Kubuntu 7.04 Screenshot Gallery
• How to use the Ubuntu Live CD

Thanks for the tip Cory!

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Any of the DivShare users out there know that they’ve been having troubles keeping up with their excessive growth, and as a result the site has been running pretty slow lately. That’s one of the main reasons we’ve tried to refrain from posting downloads in the last month or two on their site.

They are now collapsing under the pressure, and are resorting to what many people hoped they would never succumb to. All accounts now have both storage and bandwidth restrictions imposed on them to help control “abusive” users. Users with free accounts will receive 5GB of storage space and 50GB of bandwidth per month. Here’s what DivShare had to say about the “new feature”:

We’ve mapped out the new plans so that less than 1 in 10 current users will need to upgrade. In fact, 99% of users use less than 5 GB of storage, and 90% of users serve less than 50 GB of downloads each month. We’re making the change because a very small group of users is using a very large amount of bandwidth and storage space, and by doing so is degrading the DivShare experience for the rest of our 250,000 members.

DivShare does still offer premium accounts which you would have to pay for on a monthly basis, but all of them are still limited in both storage and bandwidth. How about we take a look at their monthly offerings:

• For $6.95/month you get 10GB of storage and 100GB of bandwidth
• For $14.95/month you get 25GB of storage and 250GB of bandwidth
• For $28.95/month you get 50GB of storage and 500GB of bandwidth

What this essentially means is that many users will probably just create several different DivShare accounts, and disperse their downloads across them. For me I’m going to try and find a different host for my files. Heck, I might just go over to GoDaddy where I can get 100GB of storage and 1,000GB of bandwidth for $6.99/month.

On the DivShare blog some users are expressing their concern for the change, but there is some reassurance for existing users. If you’re already over the storage limit your files will not be deleted, but you also won’t be able to upload any new files until you get under the storage limit. On your member homepage you can see how much storage and bandwidth you’re currently eating up, and in one week DivShare will be enforcing the restrictions.

Is this the day DivShare died?

Thanks for the tip Radu!

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Web Browser Wednesday

I’ve been addicted to sidebars ever since I bought my first widescreen monitor. Sidebars have the ability to provide a lot of information inside a very small space, and it wasn’t until recently that I fully started to utilize them. It all started when I put the Tab-Bar on the side in both my Firefox and Opera installations (video on customizing Opera), and then seeing how Start++ handled the implementation of mobile sites capped it off.

So what I’m going to show you today is my top 10 favorite sites to put in your browser’s sidebar. Most of the sites mentioned were created for mobile devices, which means they load at least twice as fast as the normal site. This makes it even more appealing to me.

Both Opera and Firefox support this kind of feature, so I’ll get started by showing you how to do it in each of those browsers.

–Firefox–

Having a site open in the sidebar is pretty easy in Firefox:

1. Right-click on one of the URL’s that we provide below, and then bookmark it.
   
2. After you have saved the bookmark, go back to the Bookmarks Menu and right-click on the bookmark. Choose the Properties option.
   
3. Now check the box that says Load this bookmark in the sidebar:
   
4. The next time you open that bookmark it will popup in the sidebar!

–Opera–

Opera is actually a little easier when it comes to placing sites in the sidebar, and they have more features as well. One thing that you should know is that Opera refers to the sidebar as “panels,” and here is how you add a bookmark to a panel:

1. Right-click on a URL to bookmark it. Then click the button labeled Details, and then check the box that says Show in panel:
   
2. Now you’ll notice that the bookmark was also added to your list of panels. Note: If the Panel’s bar takes up too much room read our tutorial on making it smaller.

Opera’s additional sidebar features come in handy for displaying sites. When you’re viewing a site in one of the panels, you can adjust the zoom so that the text is bigger or smaller, or you can have the site optimized for small screen display (removes most images, etc…). I recommend that you try out the small screen rendering on all of the sites, and you’ll notice that some of them look better that way:

–Top 10 Sidebar Sites–

Alright, on to the sites! I’ve gone through dozens of different mobile sites (including ones made for the iPhone) and were able to pick 10 of them that look and work well in the sidebar. So without further ado, here are my favorites in no particular order:

Tip: The site titles are hyperlinked to their mobile sites, and all you have to do is follow the instructions given above for bookmarking them in your browser.

1. Weather Underground
   What you’ll want to do with this site is visit the URL in your browser first, enter in your Zipcode, and then bookmark that address. Then you won’t have to worry about putting in that information each time. If you’re using Opera I recommend enabling the small screen rendering that I mentioned above.
   
2. goMovies
   Just like the previous one, you’ll want to visit the URL, enter in your Zipcode, and then bookmark that address. Then each time you pull up your movie listings, it will automatically retrieve them for the theaters in your area. Opera users should probably set the zoom a little lower (I use about 80%).
   
3. Gmail
   The mobile Gmail site not only looks good, but gives you fast access to all of your emails. Using it you can read and compose emails, which makes it an amazing time saver! I’ve been using this for most of my mail needs since it is so much faster than the actual Gmail interface.
4. Google Calendar
   This gives you a quick overview of your upcoming events, but the best part is that you add items to your calendar from here.
   
5. Remember the Milk
   My favorite task manager now has the ability to sit inside of my sidebar. You can add new tasks and see what’s due. I’ve found myself using the service a lot more now that it is so condensed and easily accessible.
6. Google Notebook
   You can manage your entire Google Notebook from your sidebar.
7. Digg
   If you’re a Digg addict then I think this is a must. The mobile version of the Digg site gives you a fast-loading alternative to view the news. It’s nice when it only takes a second to load instead of 30-seconds like the normal site does sometimes!
   
8. Google Talk
   Chat it up with all your friends with this handy little Flash app.
9. Facebook
   I know that a lot of you are addicted to Facebook, and so I thought this would fit right in. It displays recent events from your news feed, upcoming events, and lets you change your status.
   
10. Twitter
    This is a really handy site for anyone that uses Twitter. You can update your status, and view recent entries from your friends. The small screen rendering in Opera is also really nice for this one.
    

–Overview–

I’m finding myself using sites in the sidebar more and more these days, especially since they often reduce the number of extensions you need to install. If you come across any sites that work well in the sidebar, let us know in the comments below. I’m sure there are a bunch of great ones out there, and I just wanted to get the ball rolling by listing off my top 10!

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First Flickr teamed up with Picnik to offer a built-in photo editing service and now Photobucket, one of the most popular image-hosting sites out there has teamed up with FotoFlexer. Both Picnik and FotoFlexer are great services and allow for convenient and easy editing of photos online. Here’s what Photobucket users will be able to do with the help of FotoFlexer tools:

• Resize
• Rotate
• Auto-fix
• Red-eye removal
• Crop
• Add text
• and more…

To use the FotoFlexer editing tools in Photobucket, do the following:

1. Log-in to your Photobucket account and click on an image
2. Look for the new “edit image” link at the top of the page in the toolbar
3. Click the drop-down menu and select what you’d like to do

The different tools listed above aren’t all that you can do. By clicking “see much more,” you’ll be brought to a page where there are even more editing options. The interface looks like what you’d see if you were using FotoFlexer’s service outside of Photobucket and includes all of the new advanced features that they recently added.

Whether you use Flickr or Photobucket, sharing and editing photos has never been easier!

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Any successful business owner knows that one of the most important aspects to any business is branding which goes hand-in-hand with marketing. When a company or product has been successfully branded, people will be able to recognize it and will be more likely to use it because it’s familiar (brand loyalty). Recently the list of the top 100 most powerful brands was released from market research firm Millward Brown Optimor. They interviewed over a million consumers around the World and used that combined with financial data to come up with their list. The results are actually pretty interesting, and 28 of the companies that made the top 100 are related to Tech in one way or another.

Out of all the brands out there, do you have any guesses as to which company topped the list? We were thinking something like Coca-Cola or McDonald’s would top the list because those seem to be two brands that everybody knows. As it turns out, good ole’ Google took the #1 slot. Here’s a look at the top 10 brands, and then we’ll take a look at some of the top Tech companies.

• #1 – Google
• #2 – GE
• #3 – Microsoft
• #4 – Coca-Cola
• #5 – China Mobile
• #6 – IBM
• #7 – Apple
• #8 – McDonald’s
• #9 – Nokia
• #10 – Marlboro

Are any of you surprised that Microsoft was number three on the list and IBM managed to beat out Apple? Joining the ranks of Google, Microsoft, IBM, Apple, and Nokia, other tech companies that made the list include:

• #16 – HP
• #22 – Cisco Systems
• #26 – Oracle
• #27 – Intel
• #41 – Dell
• #51 – BlackBerry
• #61 – Amazon
• #62 – Yahoo!
• #65 – eBay
• #92 – Motorola

It’s hard to believe that Yahoo ranks #62 on the list out of all of those because while Google has come and marched in on their parade, they are still a very popular Search Engine around the World.

Included in the report from company that put this list together was a note about three different emerging trends and one of them is the technology boom. They say, “The technology sector (including mobile operators), which accounted for 28 of the top 100 brands, outperformed all other categories in this year’s BrandZ Ranking, with a brand value growth of $187.5 billion. This is more than half of the Top 100′s total increase.”

Clearly the Technology Sector is booming, but will it last?

Source: News.com

Want to view the complete list? Click here (it’s a PDF).

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