Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on January 01, 2006 by CyberNet.

That’s right, after a short matter of time, it has been discovered how you can join the Windows Live Mail Beta program without needing any invites! I just did it a few minutes ago following these simple steps:

1. Open up Internet Explorer. MSN likes Internet Explorer, and hates Firefox. (Damn Microsoft!)
2. For this to work, you must be signed out of MSN. Go to the MSN Homepage, and double check you are signed out.
3. Copy this URL to Internet Explorer: Right Click On Here -> Copy
4. You should be redirected to another URL (Another URL to login). Sign in.
5. You should see the regular Hotmail once signed in.
6. Once you see the regular Hotmail, do Step #3 again. Copy the same URL above.
7. Click ?Participate? on the bottom (Scroll down!) and walla!

News Source: Computer Help Forum

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This article was written on December 21, 2006 by CyberNet.

Yay! Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are celebrating their 10-year anniversary! It seems like only yesterday that I was being told to design websites using only tables because that was the way to line things up and create professional looking websites. Now all of the buzz is about making tableless sites that use only CSS for the formatting and layout.

This is also a good time to look back on the other things that CSS has brought us, such as the Acid 1 test. The screenshot that I took to the right is from Firefox 2 taking the test and I was relieved that it did pass the test. Even Internet Explorer 7 passed the Acid 1 test as well as Opera 9. I didn’t try it in previous versions of the browsers but I did hear that Internet Explorer didn’t start passing the Acid 1 test until version 6.

Hopefully an Acid 3 test doesn’t come out anytime soon because it will take Internet Explorer another 4 to 5 versions before they can pass the Acid 2 test. I only wish I was kidding.

Congratulations once again to W3C for their ten years of style, literally!

News Source: Slashdot

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This article was written on April 24, 2008 by CyberNet.

It’s hard to imagine life without a computer, isn’t it? We use computers for so many things these days, and most of us have our computers running 7 days a week, and nearly 365 days a year. What would happen if you turned off your computer for a whole day? Would you be able to survive for 24 hours without going through withdrawal? Let’s find out!

The first annual Shutdown Day is quickly approaching in about 8 days on May 3rd. On the official website for the project, they explain the purpose of it. The site reads, “The idea behind Shtudown Day is to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if we all participate!” Not only does this give computer-a-holics the opportunity to rest their fingers and eyes, it also gives everybody the opportunity to save some energy if they actually shut-down their computers. They further explain:

Shutdown Day was founded with the sole purpose of spreading awareness about the pitfalls and dangers that lie in the excessive use of television, computers, and computing equipment like game boxes, cell phones, music players, online social websites, etc. Our main purpose is to get people to think about how their lives have changed with the increasing use of the computer, and whether or not any good things are being lost because of this.
Shutdown Day calls people to shut down their computers for one whole day of the year and involve themselves in some other activities: outdoors, nature, sports, fun stuff with friends and family – whatever, just to remind themselves that there still exists an enjoyable world outside one’s monitor screen.

What would happen if everybody participated? Maybe people would get out and get some exercise? And hey, I’m sure most everybody could afford to have their heart pumpin’ a little faster for a short while, don’t ya think? Maybe people would get together with their real friends in person instead of virtual friends, or maybe people would take their dog for an actual walk instead of putting them out in the backyard. The possibilities are endless, really.

If you plan to participate whether it’s on May 3rd or any other day in the future, what is it that you’d do if you actually turned off your computer, TV, cell-phone, and video-game system for a day?

Checkout Shutdown Day’s Website

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This article was written on July 26, 2006 by CyberNet.

If you’re addicted to taking digital photos and/or using Flickr, check out flagrantdisregard.com/flickr for a variety of fun toys to enhance your experience. Whether you’re a Flickr user or not, there will still be a wide variety of toys for you to choose from.

First, the toys that everyone can use. One of my favorites is ‘motivator.’ You’ve seen the motivational posters before, and now you can design your own using your own pictures. Another fun toy is the ‘mosaic maker.’ This one is pretty self explanatory; you can create a mosaic out of your pictures. You’re able to choose how many rows and columns of pictures you’d like from a 1×1 to a 6×6. If you’re taking digital pictures that you want to have some fun with, even if you’re not a Flicker user, there’s many toys to choose from.

If you are a Flickr user, there are additional toys to have some fun with. First, there’s a ‘Favorite Finder’ It will show you photos belonging to one user that have been marked as a favorite by another user. Another toy for Flickr users is the ‘Pool Cleaner’ This helps you to manage photo groups. You select a group, and then click the photos that you want removed. The photos are just about instantly removed after you select them.

The newest addition to the toys for Flickr users is a ‘Profile Widget.’ The profile widget is used to create a customized image to paste into your profile that will update itself every hour. It will show some of your Flickr usage statistics (like how many photos you have) and will select 10 photos to show.

If you’re addicted to taking digital photos/using Flickr, flagrantdisregard.com has put together a really helpful page full of toys to add to your addiction. Go check it out, I think it’s time to play

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While iTunes has exploded into popularity, could 2007 be the last year of the upward trend and growth? Forrester Research just released a report, and from the looks of it, 2007 will probably in fact be the last big year for iTunes as well as other services that sell TV shows and other video content online.

The numbers so far have been astounding. In 2006, sales of movie and television shows from paying services like iTunes brought in an estimated $98 million. For 2007, it’s expected to triple to $279 million!

So, why would iTunes and other services like it start heading downhill? If you think about it, it’s obvious. Free services that are ad supported are popping up everywhere. Because they’re free, they’re already starting to become popular, and as they become better, they’ll just draw in more users.

The study that Forrester Research did shows that no growth is expected in 2008 for paid services. Some TV networks already offer some of their shows online for free, and others are in the process of taking on the same route.

When you can choose between purchasing TV shows and videos or seeing them for free, how many of you are willing to spend the money and take the first choice? For the general population, probably not many.

PCMag.com went as far as saying that the for-pay services like iTunes will die, that they won’t be able to withstand the free competition. However, for something like that to happen, I think it’ll take a lot longer than one year of no growth. I’m sure iTunes will lose popularity for video and TV show downloads, but not THAT fast.

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