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Archive for the ‘Browsers’ Category

December 21st, 2007

Microsoft Offers Work-Around for IE Patch Problems

Microsoft has offered a technical work-around for Internet Explorer users who have found their browsers crashing after installing a recent set of security patches.
Last Tuesday, Microsoft issued a critical security update for its browser software, fixing bugs in the browser. But soon after, users began reporting that IE would crash while visiting certain Web sites. […]

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December 21st, 2007

Microsoft to Release IE 8 Beta 1 in First Half of 2008

Microsoft plans to release the first beta of the next version of Internet Explorer in the first half of 2008, and said that IE 8 has passed a key Web standards test that ensures the browser won’t “break” the Web.
IE8 has passed the “Acid2 Browser Test” from the Web Standards Project, which shows whether a […]

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November 22nd, 2007

Mozilla Firefox Beta 3.0 adds Security and Search

Mozilla has released a beta version of Firefox version 3.0, pushing its browser one step closer to general release. Close to 75,000 developers have been reportedly testing early “alpha” versions of Firefox 3.0 code for several months now, but this first beta release of the code, unveiled today, should open up the software to a […]

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November 21st, 2007

Firefox Exploit can Hack Gmail

It looks like Mozilla’s Firefox has taken another security blow with the discovery that Google user accounts can be accessed through a dangerous Firefox exploit. The vulnerability, which is still in the wild some 10 days after its discovery on gnucitizen.org, allows hackers to access Google accounts, including Gmail, with cross-site scripting attacks.
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September 11th, 2007

Optimize Firefox for Broadband

Believe it or not, Firefox is optimized for dial-up connections by default. You need to change some settings to get the browser’s best performance over DSL, cable, or other broadband links.
Next, open Firefox and press -L to place the cursor in the address bar. Type about:config and press . Then enter network.http in the filter […]

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August 22nd, 2007

Whip Firefox into shape

I have always been partial to the Firefox browser since its 1.x release due to it being a solid alternative to Microsoft’s problematic Internet Explorer. Tabbed browsing and better security were key features that sold me on Firefox. But sometimes, i wish Firefox would just perform better/faster. Thanks to Firetune, you can make Firefox an […]

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August 19th, 2007

Tune Up Firefox for Research

As the web replaces traditional information sources, we will see more people researching for something online. But in order to do some actual research on the web you first need a browser. And no matter which browser you’re using, you would do well to master the basic features of the browser first in order to […]

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August 6th, 2007

Increase Internet Explorer 7’s server download limit

By default, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 is restricted to simultaneously download only 2 files from a single server. This is due to the fact that IE7 is coded such way to maintain web standards. Want to increase this limit? Try this registry trick:
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July 8th, 2007

AdMuncher re-discovered

Steve Bass of PC World recounts how he was able to re-discover admuncher and he’s now using the app on a daily basis to keep webpages free of ads and pop-ups.
I made a discovery today about Ad Muncher that increased its value substantially. I was having some trouble on LaLa.com — the page wasn’t loading […]

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July 7th, 2007

Block unwanted websites

Let’s face it: not all sites on the internet are safe for work, for your kids, or are just plain avenues for malware infection. What to do? Block ‘em! PC World examines some of the applications used to block unwanted websites:
The parental controls in most Internet security suites block sites found in a database of […]

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