Oct 17

New Poll: Which Online Music Service Do You Think is Best?

Posted in: Music, Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on March 29, 2010 by CyberNet.

201003291003.jpgWhen we were kids, the classic Sony Walkman Cassette Tape Player, the radio, or a massive “boombox” was what we used to listen to our favorite tunes. Times have certainly changed, haven’t they? Now we have options like MP3 players, satellite radio, Internet radio, and others, that put our favorite music at our fingertips and make music more readily available than ever.

Today we’re going to focus our new poll specifically around online music services. Over the last 5 years or so, the options in this arena have really broadened and it’s simply a matter of preference as to which one gets used. We started out as Last fm fans, switching over to Pandora, and now more recently, becoming huge supporters of Grooveshark. In addition to the three we just mentioned, there are others like Spotify, Slacker, Lala, and Jango.

New Poll: Which Online Music Service Do You Think is Best?

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Oct 17

CBS Content to be Distributed via Joost, AOL, Microsoft, and more

Posted in: Today's Chili, videos, Web Sites

This article was written on April 13, 2007 by CyberNet.

CBScorpCBS has just taken the steps necessary to become the most widely distributed professional content provider on the web by forming the CBS Interactive Audience Networks. It includes deals with big media outlets like AOL, Microsoft, CNET Networks, Comcast, Joost, Bebo, Brightcove, Netvibes, Sling Media, and Veoh.

Shows like CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, “Fat Actress,” Late Show with David Letterman, Survivor, and others will be available in the United States with select clips and sports programming to be distributed to a Worldwide audience.  The content will be ad supported and free to viewers, and the earned revenue will be shared between CBS and their partners.

It’s nice to see CBS making their content available to a larger, broader audience with multiple platforms.  They already have agreements with iTunes and YouTube which gives them more outlet options than any other professional content provider.

People continue to turn to sources other than the standard television to watch quality content. Agreements like this make it easy and legal for people to watch their favorite content in a way that’s more convenient for them.It’s clear that CBS realizes the importance of alternate distribution methods because they’re taking every opportunity possible to make their content available through a variety of media outlets. They’ve set the stage, and I’m sure other professional content providers will be soon to follow.

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Oct 17

How To Get A MSN Email Address

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on July 04, 2006 by CyberNet.

How To Get A MSN Email Address

If you have been wanting to get an @MSN.com email address then now is the time to do it. Microsoft currently has that page available to everyone when normally only MSN subscribers can get to it. While this is nice it almost seems like they are trying to liquidate their email addresses or something before they open up the @live.com/@windowslive.com addresses.

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Oct 17

Properly Hotlink to Images using ImgRed

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on April 18, 2007 by CyberNet.

HotlinkingImage hotlinking has become a big issue on the Internet. It occurs when another website directly links to an image on your own site which will eat up your bandwidth. If someone hotlinks to an image and their site doesn’t receive much traffic, the publisher may never notice that this is going on. However, if the site does receive a decent amount of traffic there might be a noticeable increase in the bandwidth being used.

We have come across several sites that do this with some of our images, but we normally just leave it alone since they don’t get enough traffic to cause our server any harm. A new service called ImgRed (short for Image Redirection) is looking to conquer this problem by providing an easy way for users to hotlink to images without eating up the publisher’s bandwidth!

Once you have the URL of an image, just prepend http://imgred.com/ onto it and the ImgRed server will do the rest of the work. So if you wanted to link to an image the HTML code would look something like this:

<img src="http://imgred.com/http://www.mozilla.com/img/firefox/main-feature2.jpg" />

Or you can even link to a thumbnail version of the image that ImgRed generates. This is done by prepending http://imgred.com/tn/ onto the image URL:

<img src="http://imgred.com/tn/http://www.mozilla.com/img/firefox/main-feature2.jpg" />

The first time that an image is requested via an ImgRed link it will pull it directly from the publisher, but then every other time it will be hosted by the ImgRed server.

I think this is a great concept for a service, but it is hard to tell how long it will be around for. They are currently providing the source code so that other people can setup similar servers, but this could be a sign that the service will be short lived. If that’s the case I’m not sure if you would want to risk using ImgRed on a regular basis because it could cause a lot of broken images (a.k.a. no images appear) if the site is taken down.

Note: Website publishers can also block ImgRed from caching their images if this is something that you don’t want.

Source: Lifehacker

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Oct 16

Spotplex Aims to Compete with Digg

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

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

Spotplex came into the picture just a few days ago and has a good chance of becoming a Digg competitor. We decided to hold off writing about it so we could test it out, and get a taste of how it works. Just like Digg, they promote content from around the web. Instead of relying on user submitted content like Digg, Spotplex has bloggers enter code into their blog, and then they use that code to determine how many people are reading each article.  The more views an article receives, the higher it will appear on Spotplex.

We decided that we wanted to get in on this beta, so we signed up and received the code to insert into our blog.  Inserting the code was extremely easy, and the image below shows what it’s like to sign up.

Spotplex1

Normally the site is pretty fast, but today everything seemed to load really slow.  I imagine they’re probably under heavy load right now as they adjust to the increase in traffic as more blogs are added, and more people come to check out the top stories.

Diggranking

Assuming they do things right, they may be able to catch up to Digg sooner rather than later. Looking at Digg’s recent statistics, it looks like they’re on a slow downward trend.  While Alexa isn’t always the most accurate source out there (so take it for what it’s worth), they’re showing that Digg ranked 104 on the web yesterday. While this is still an impressive number, just 173 days ago Digg was ranked 23.

I like Spotplex because it gives you a real-time idea of what’s popular around the web. They divide the content into categories like technology, business, sports, and science.  By clicking on “Blog Standing,” you’ll get a list of the most “popular” blogs based upon traffic that have the code for Spotplex inserted into their sites.

Their real-time approach is interesting and could prove to be superior to Digg’s voting system that’s often times filled with fraudulent votes. Another interesting feature is that they currently don’t have a commenting system. This could be both good and bad because it forces people to visit the blog where the article originated to comment.

While it will probably take a while for Spotplex to build a strong user-base, they’re off to a good start. But where will it go from here? Your guess is as good as mine.

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Oct 16

A List Of The 100 Oldest Domains That Are Still Active

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on February 28, 2006 by CyberNet.

A List Of The 100 Oldest Domains That Are Still Active

The Internet has been around for quite some time now, but many people don’t realize how long some people have had their domain name registered. The list below is believed to be the list of oldest domain names that are still active today. There may have been some that were registered before that but have since expired and were not put on the list. Nonetheless, it is still interesting to see how quick some of the major companies jumped in and safe-guarded their company’s name (the image above was taken from the #3 site which is Think.com).

1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11. 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
11. 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13. 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
13. 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM

15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
16. 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
16. 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18. 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
18. 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 GE.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 GREBYN.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 ISC.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 NSC.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986 BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986 ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 ALPHACDC.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 BDM.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 FLUKE.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 INMET.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 KESMAI.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 MENTOR.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 NEC.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 RAY.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 VORTEX.COM
40. 05-Nov-1986 ALCOA.COM
40. 05-Nov-1986 GTE.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 ADOBE.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 AMD.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 DAS.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 DATA-IO.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 PORTAL.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 TELTONE.COM
42. 11-Dec-1986 3COM.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 AMDAHL.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 CCUR.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 CI.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 CONVERGENT.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 DG.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 PEREGRINE.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 QUAD.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 SQ.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 TANDY.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 TTI.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 UNISYS.COM
61. 19-Jan-1987 CGI.COM
61. 19-Jan-1987 CTS.COM
61. 19-Jan-1987 SPDCC.COM
64. 19-Feb-1987 APPLE.COM
65. 04-Mar-1987 NMA.COM
65. 04-Mar-1987 PRIME.COM
67. 04-Apr-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68. 23-Apr-1987 DATACUBE.COM
68. 23-Apr-1987 KAI.COM
68. 23-Apr-1987 TIC.COM
68. 23-Apr-1987 VINE.COM
72. 30-Apr-1987 NCR.COM
73. 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
73. 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75. 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76. 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
76. 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78. 26-Jun-1987 IDE.COM
79. 09-Jul-1987 TRW.COM
80. 13-Jul-1987 UNIPRESS.COM
81. 27-Jul-1987 DUPONT.COM
81. 27-Jul-1987 LOCKHEED.COM
83. 28-Jul-1987 ROSETTA.COM
84. 18-Aug-1987 TOAD.COM
85. 31-Aug-1987 QUICK.COM
86. 03-Sep-1987 ALLIED.COM
86. 03-Sep-1987 DSC.COM
86. 03-Sep-1987 SCO.COM
89. 22-Sep-1987 GENE.COM
89. 22-Sep-1987 KCCS.COM
89. 22-Sep-1987 SPECTRA.COM
89. 22-Sep-1987 WLK.COM
93. 30-Sep-1987 MENTAT.COM
94. 14-Oct-1987 WYSE.COM
95. 02-Nov-1987 CFG.COM
96. 09-Nov-1987 MARBLE.COM
97. 16-Nov-1987 CAYMAN.COM
97. 16-Nov-1987 ENTITY.COM
99. 24-Nov-1987 KSR.COM
100. 30-Nov-1987 NYNEXST.COM

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Oct 16

Fast Forward Your YouTube Videos!

Posted in: Today's Chili, videos, Web Sites, YouTube

This article was written on August 16, 2007 by CyberNet.

Watching videos on YouTube just got a little easier, especially for those who want to skip to a certain part of a video. A new feature allows you to to click anywhere on the player bar and the video will start buffering from the location that you choose. There’s no more waiting for the entire video to load! The screenshot below shows that I clicked at 1:43 into the video, and that’s where the video started buffering.

Youtube fast forward

The days of waiting for the entire video to load before you can show your friends the best part are over. Google Video added a feature like this back last July, but their feature also allowed you to link to a specific time in a movie. Given that YouTube is now owned by Google, I’m surprised it’s taken them as long as it has to add the feature, and that they also didn’t include the option to link to a specific time.

Source: Digital Inspiration

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Oct 16

Socially Given: Blogging For Charity

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on December 19, 2006 by CyberNet.

It’s that giving time of year when people feel driven to make a difference and help out those in need.  Two people have decided to start an experiment that’s all about blogging and using earned revenue from pledges and advertisements to donate to charity. The site, Socially Given was started by Steve Searer and Muhammed Saleem who both label themselves as social bookmarkers and writers. They’re hoping that the submitted content will be quality enough to attract enough attention that it will be promoted on sites such as Digg. This of course will result in additional revenue that will be put towards charity.

They’re looking for guest writers who are willing to contribute to the site, and one of our own readers, Curtiss Thompson, has already volunteered. One of my first thoughts was charity? Which charity? There are so many different organizations that you could potentially donate to, how do you pick which one? They mention that as the site is developed, they hope to involve the community in determining where they’d like the money donated to, which sounds like a great idea.  They also plan to post revenue statistics, and receipts from the different organizations that they donate to as proof on their contribution.

This sounds like a great way for people to contribute and help out those in need.  If you like to write, and/or you’d like to contribute to the site, head on over to http://sociallygiven.com/blog and let them know to count you in! You can also visit Digg to promote their site.

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Oct 16

Netvibes Bringing Widgets to Vista, Google, and Mac

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on February 21, 2007 by CyberNet.

Netvibes has been putting a lot of work into making their site even more appealing for users, and this new addition could give them a lot of attention. In the next few weeks they will be unleashing a Universal Widget API that will let you use Netvibe’s widgets almost anywhere, including in Windows Vista, Mac’s, Google, and Opera.

I am really excited for this being a Vista user myself. I’ll be able to take my favorite widgets from Netvibes and place them all over my desktop, therefore turning my desktop into my homepage. I don’t use the Vista Sidebar because I don’t like the cramped feel of the widgets (also known as gadgets), but I do place widgets on my desktop to make important information easily accessible such as the weather.

The selection of widgets for Vista right now isn’t bad, but the list of widgets for Netvibes users seem to be a lot more plentiful. Not only that, but this would make using Opera’s built-in widget engine even better. Opera was smart for adding widgets because of the extensibility, but it doesn’t seem like they offer the usefulness that they could. Being able to use some of the Netvibes modules would really make the Opera widgets great.

The Universal Widget API would also mean that you could add this to other personalized homepages such as Google’s. When I first read about this last week on Micro Persuasion I was waiting to see what it actually looked like. Then today TechCrunch posted some screenshots from the Future Web conference of a few examples of the widgets being used on a Mac and on Google’s Personalized Homepage:

Netvibes modules on a Mac:

Netvibes

Netvibes modules on Google’s Personalized Homepage:

Netvibes

Netvibes currently says that they have more than 10 million subscribers which is an astounding number. Many of those users will surely appreciate being able to use these widgets outside of the browser. I know that it would be awesome to use these in Vista, and who knows, it might actually push other companies to bring their online services outside of the browser. Hey Google…*hint hint*

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Oct 15

Netvibes Introduces Several New Features

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on November 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

Yesterday Netvibes announced several new features and it seemed like every few hours they were blogging about something new. That’s why I didn’t write about them yesterday because I wasn’t sure if they were going to stop or not. Here are the new features that they have added:

–Hotmail/AOL Mail Integration (Blog Post)–

Just like the Gmail module there are now modules for Hotmail and AOL Mail. Nothing I would use but I’m sure it will make a lot of users happy.

Netvibes Hotmail/AOL

 

–Video/Podcast Search (Blog Post)–

Their Video Search module has been extended to include MySpace videos and they also decided to make a Podcast module. That Podcast Search will find episodes from iTunes, Odeo, Pluggd, and Podemus.

Netvibes Video/Podcast Search

 

–New Searching / Filtering Feature (Blog Post)–

The new search feature is great because it will enter the search term into all of the search boxes that you have on your Netvibes page. That means you can simultaneously search the Web, Podcasts, Blogs, Videos, and Images with a single click.

That is pretty useful but the filter feature is probably my new favorite thing that Netvibes introduced. It lets you quickly search for content from your Gmail modules, feeds, To Do lists, and much more. Just type the search in and it will filter/highlight the content on the page accordingly:

Netvibes Filter

 

That’s all of the new features for now but I’m sure they will continue to release new things like they always do. I really love the Halloween theme that they released awhile back and I still actually use that for my Netvibes page. I just wish they would release a similar color scheme that was not just for Halloween.

Keep up the great work Netvibes!

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