Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on December 10, 2007 by CyberNet.

Just last week we introduced you to BeeMP3, a search engine for music, and then a few weeks before that we showed you a RapidShare search engine. Now wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to combine the features of both sites into one convenient search engine?

As it turns out there is such a site, and it’s called FilesTube. It scours the Internet looking for all different types of files, and even includes downloads from RapidShare.com, MegaUpload.com, YouSendIt.com, SaveFile.com, and FileFront.com. The site is definitely not limited to results from those sites alone though, and performing a search for a file will prove that since you can always see the direct URL from which the file is hosted.

If you’re searching for music you’ll even have the luxury of using a built-in music player that lets you listen to a song before you even download it:

You can register for an account if you would like to receive a few additional features, such as download history tracking and MP3 music playlists. You’ll also be able to embed a music player with songs on your own site, but have some consideration since other websites will be the ones hosting the files.

And be sure to take advantage of the built-in filetype search filter located next to the search box. If you’re trying to find a specific type of media, such as videos or music, it will greatly help filter through your results.

FilesTube Homepage
Thanks for the tip Jason!

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This article was written on March 04, 2008 by CyberNet.

February was a good month for almost all of the browsers out there except for Internet Explorer, according to Net Applications. From December 2006 to August 2007 Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser was able to maintain a substantial 79% marketshare. In the last 6 or 7 months, however, they’ve been dropping just under 1% each month. Yep, they’ve lost nearly 5% of their marketshare in the last half of a year.

Of course if IE is losing there has to be other browsers gaining, right? Firefox is the one swooping up most of IE’s marketshare loss having increased over 3% in the last year. Last month it hit its all-time high at 17.27%, which is the same time IE hit its all-time low.

Safari took a small dip in February, but Opera has been steadily increasing rolling in a marketshare of 0.69% last month. Opera just announced that last year was a big year for them having increased their number of monthly users to 20 million, which is 55% more than the previous year.

Browser Marketshare for February 2008

And then there’s the comparison of the operating systems. Naturally Microsoft is going to lead the way with their sheer market domination, but you might be surprised to hear that Windows usage has dropped about 4% in the last 2 years. Apple is the primary cause of the drop in marketshare having gained over 3% themselves in the last two years. And as you can see from this chart the iPhone is even on the board:

Operating System Marketshare for February 2008

In January 2007 the Linux marketshare sat at just 0.35%, and so there has been some significant growth there as well.

It’s becoming apparent from both the browser and operating system stats that users don’t mind turning to other alternatives to get the job done. The vast amounts of content available on the Internet definitely helps ease the transition for users from one browser to another, or from one operating system to another. Microsoft still controls a majority of the market, but given another several more years the tides could really start turning.

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This article was written on April 24, 2007 by CyberNet.

We have known for about a month that Google was testing a new search layout that is pictured above. Google tests new layouts all of the time, and we didn’t report on that one because it really isn’t that big of a change. The only real difference is that they moved the links up to the top of the page and placed a nice gradient behind the “Results 1–10” bar.

Now, however, you can actually try the layout yourself in just a few seconds:

1. Right-click on this link and copy it.
2. Go to http://www.google.com
3. Paste the link from Step 1 in the address bar and press Enter. You should see a popup window, and once you press OK you will be all set.
4. Refresh the page or do a search to see the new layout.

The link in Step 1 will insert a cookie into your browser, which is the same cookie that a small amount of random users receive when they are selected to test the new layouts. You can always go back to the old layout by simply clearing your cookies, but until your cookies are cleared your Google search results will retain the new layout.

Personally, I like the new layout. It is hardly different from what is currently available, but I think putting those primary links along the top reduces the clutter around the search box. That will also make it less likely for me to click on one of those links accidentally when I really meant to click on the search box.

What do you think about the layout?

Source: Webbsnack

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This article was written on August 14, 2006 by CyberNet.

I think one word sums this all up…WOW! RARHost.com (just released today) is a file sharing site much like RapidShare is, but all of the files have to be in RAR format. So you are probably wondering “how this is any better if it only accepts RAR files?”

For starters you can upload files immediately without needing to create an account. You are limited to 200MB files which will satisfy the needs of most people. It will walk you through a few steps and ask you some questions. One question is whether you want the download page to display the contents of the RAR archive. That is one of my favorite features because now you can see exactly what you are downloading before you even download it.

It took about 10 seconds to answer the couple questions they had about the file and at the end I was provided with the download URL and a URL to delete the file. If you are a member of RARHost it will save all of the links for you, otherwise you better copy the links because once you leave the page it is not possible to get them back.

There is no search feature on the site which my first impression led me to be disappointed. Then I realized how nice that really is because only people that I give the link to will know the URL that lets them download the file. You could say that it is a small privacy feature.

Here is the download link for the CyberNet Logo. From the screenshot taken above you can see that it shows the contents of the archive on the left side, some details in the center, an advertisement (they have to make money somehow), and then the download link at the bottom. That’s right…no countdown timer! The download link is provided immediately on the page.

Looking at their statistics page shows that they currently only have 2 servers hosting the site. With how great the site is I have a hunch that they will need to get a few more online to handle the traffic .

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This article was written on June 03, 2009 by CyberNet.

This Friday Gmail Labs will be celebrating its one year anniversary. That’s right… those “extras” that you’ve been enjoying in Gmail all started one year ago when they pulled the curtain off of 13 features that testers could enable in their Gmail accounts. At the time none of the ones available were anything to die for, but as time has progressed the things they’ve added have really changed the way I use Gmail. In fact one year ago I was using a desktop mail client, and as more Labs features were released it slowly converted me over to using the web-based mail client.

I counted up the number of Gmail Labs features available, and if my math skills are anything to go by it looks like there are 51 at the moment. That’s almost an average of one per week if you spread that number out over the course of a year. Of the 51 available I have 26 of them enabled.

I’ve been keeping a close eye on the new Gmail Labs features that Google has been releasing, and if I think they’ll be helpful to me I’ll go ahead and enable them. What’s impressive is that even though I have over half of them enabled I don’t see it affect the performance of the site.

I was going to list out all of the ones that I use, but after some careful thought I figured it would be better to only share my favorites:

• Inbox Preview – Show a simple, static preview of the inbox while loading.
• Multiple Inboxes – Add extra lists of emails in your inbox to see even more important email at once. The new lists of threads can be labels, your starred messages, drafts or any search you want.
• Undo Send – Thankfully I haven’t had to use this yet, but I know the day will come! With it you can stop messages from being sent for a few seconds after hitting the send button.
• Tasks – Lets me manage my to-do list from my Inbox.
• Send and Archive – Adds a button to the compose form that lets you send a reply message and archive the email conversation in a single action.
• Title Tweaks – Changes the order of the elements in the browser’s title bar… makes it easier to see how many new emails there are.

Those are the six Labs features that have really changed the way I use Gmail… particularly the Multiple Inboxes one. I love being able to see certain emails that I’ve tagged or starred right there in my Inbox. It gives me even less of a reason to leave an email sitting there not filed.

So here’s a big thanks to Google and even more specifically the Gmail team! Now they just need to come up with a more user-friendly way to manage which Gmail Labs features are enabled/disabled. Because now that there are over 50 items it can be rather tedious to scroll through the list to find one in particular.

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