Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Periodically throughout the week we bring you software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).
As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!
–Stable Releases–
The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.
- iTunes 8.0.1.11 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: 
Windows; 
Mac
Type of Application: Media Player
Changes: Bug fixes
- Opera 9.60 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; 
Linux
Type of Application: Web browser
Changes: Bug fixes
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
Type of Application: Office Suite
Changes: Native Mac interface, enhancements, and bug fixes
- Perian 1.1.1 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Review]
Operating System: Mac only
Type of Application: Quicktime codecs
Changes: Bug fixes
- Revo Uninstaller 1.75 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Type of Application: Clean removal of applications
Changes: Scanning algorithm improvements
- The Gimp 2.6.1 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
Type of Application: Image editor
Changes: Bug fixes
- VLC 0.9.4 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
Type of Application: Media Player
Changes: Bug fixes
–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–
The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.
- SeaMonkey 2.0 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror]
Operating System: Windows; Mac; Linux
Release: Alpha 1
Type of Application: Web browser
Changes: New features and bug fixes
- Skype 4.0.0.166 [Homepage] [Changelog] [Mirror] [Review]
Operating System: Windows only
Release: Beta 2
Type of Application: Messenger
Changes: Compact view, scalable profiles, and more
–Release Calendar–
- October 30 - Ubuntu 8.10
- December 18 - openSUSE 11.1 [Review]
- Late 2008 - Internet Explorer 8 [Review]
- Early 2009 - Firefox 3.1 [Review]
- 2009 - Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
- 2009 - Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
- January 2010 - Windows 7 [Review]
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One thing Google has really done a good job of is implementing a few unique features into Gmail that other mainstream email services don’t offer. To give you an example, IMAP support. Of course some services do offer it, but many, especially those that are free, do not. Not only does Google offer IMAP support for free, they recently “Turbo Charged” it and have gone above and beyond what many ever expected them to do when they requested such a feature.
This new “Turbo Charged” IMAP Support allows you to, as Google describes it, “fine-tune your Gmail IMAP experience.” By fine tune, they mean, you have the choice over which labels you want to sync in IMAP. This is really helpful for those of you who have tons of labels, or you get a lot of one mail sent to one particular label. Choosing which labels you want synced is as simple as checking and unchecking boxes.
To access these advanced IMAP features, you’ll first have to enable “Advanced IMAP Controls” from the Labs section in Gmail. This is the same place you may have gone to enable those Google Goggles we talked about the other day. Once it is enabled, you’ll be able to go to your settings and configure everything the way you would like it to be.
Overall we’re impressed with this new Advanced feature! If you’d like to get more details about it, checkout the Gmail Blog to see what they have to say about it.
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Google is always thinking of you, aren’t they? Okay, maybe not always, but today they are thinking of those of you who tend to uh, have a few too many drinks on the weekend, to put it nicely. When you are in a state of inebriation, you may do things that you regret like send random text messages or email.
Google can’t exactly help you out with your issue of drunken text messaging, but they can help you out with drunken emails. A new feature being tested is called “Google Goggles” and it will prevent you from sending emails that probably shouldn’t be sent when you are in a compromised state of mind.
These Goggles require you to solve a few basic math problems. If you can solve them, you’re free to send mail. If you can’t, you won’t be able to send any messages. Once you enable the feature (click Settings, then Labs, then scroll until you see “Mail Goggles”)you can adjust the schedule so that it asks you questions only when you suspect you will be drinking too much.
Options in the settings include choosing the days of the week you would like Google to “step-in” as well as specific times. By default it will prompt you to answer questions on Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of 10 PM to 4 AM. You can also select a difficulty rating. By default it is set to the easiest (1), but it can go up to 5 which would give you the hardest questions to answer.
Hey, at least Google doesn’t make you recite Google Goggles 10 times to prove that you really want to send an email!
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I’ve always felt like there hasn’t been a perfect tool out there for the average person who wants to shoot panoramic shots, and doesn’t want to spend ages assembling them on their machine. One of the last tools that we covered on the site was Hugin, but you could spend hours tweaking settings trying to get things just right. It just wasn’t something the most people would want to fiddle with.
Over in our forum Tony pointed out an amazing tool that Microsoft provides for free called the Image Composite Editor (ICE). Sure Microsoft has already incorporated panoramic creation capabilities in Windows Live Photo Gallery, but having this standalone app gives you a few more features.
I guess the real question is how well does it work, and how much effort will you have to put into stitching your photos together. I tried the program on several different panoramic shots that I’ve taken over the years, and it turned out some of the best results. Ironically enough it’s also one of the easiest programs I’ve ever used for this type of task.
When you first get Microsoft ICE up and running you should see something like this:
Continue reading CyberNotes: Easily Create Panoramic Shots
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With rising gas prices it’s becoming more and more important to determine how much gas it will take to complete an upcoming trip. With that information at hand you might be able to determine whether you should look for other forms of transportation to save some money, like taking the train or a bus.
A website called Cost To Drive is here to help with that. With it you put in your starting point, destination, and vehicle make/model… in return you’ll get details as to how much a one way trip would cost in your particular vehicle. If you won’t be able to complete the trip on one tank of gas it will estimate approximately where each of your stops will be, and approximately how much it will cost to fill up based upon the average gas prices in that area.
This is a really nice site that I will definitely be using in the future. One thing that I do want to point out is that their mileage ratings won’t be accurate for every vehicle, and so you may want to manually enter in the tank size and MPG. To do this select the Can’t find your car link on the homepage. It’d be nice if they let you adjust the mileage in other places, and also change the fuel type for people who don’t use Regular grade.
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It took long enough, but at least it’s happened now. StumbleUpon has seen the light of day, and decided that it might be a smart move to create a version of their popular toolbar that works without installing anything. That’s right, no add-on or extension needed!
How does it work? Right now they have a web-based version of the toolbar that essentially embeds itself at the top of the sites you visit while stumbling. If you want to use this, however, they recommend becoming a registered member and joining the Beta group. By doing that you should be given access to the web-based toolbar immediately. Once you’ve done that try browsing to a category, and then click on the category title to start stumbling in that particular category. Alternatively you can give it a quick whirl just by stumbling this article using this link. You should immediately be able to see the toolbar whether or not you are logged in or registered.
This web-based toolbar still isn’t as nice as the full-fledged add-on since it doesn’t let you do things like quickly switch categories, but it will still make for a great time killer. Plus the fact that it works in Opera, Google Chrome, Safari, and just about any other browser should help make a lot of people happy.
Read more about the new features on the official StumbleUpon blog.
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I know that some of you have been patiently awaiting for a Windows version of the Slife computer usage analyzer. Back in June we wrote up a quick review of the Mac version, and at the time a Windows version was in the works. About two weeks ago the Slife team announced on their blog that the Windows version of the application will be available “within a few weeks,” which means it could hit the streets any day now.
This is a pretty big deal because the application will let both Windows and Mac users track their computer usage for free. You can see things like what applications you use the most, when you use them, and much more. That data can then be used to try and optimize your time, or you can have the program alert you when you’ve used a specific app more than an allotted amount of time.
So the Windows version isn’t available yet, but keep your eyes peeled because it could be here any day now.
Thanks for the tip Matt!
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