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 […]
The World Wild Web is a dangerous place with viruses, exploits, spyware and malware looking to infiltrate your system and cause all sorts of havoc. Even the latest security patches and virus updates does not mean your PC is vulnerable. One method that these web rogues use to do this is via malicious websites or […]
Now Firefox has one ability that IE7 has, display all open tabs in thumbnail view. All you need to do is to download the Firefox Showcase plugin and you’re all set. Not only does it mimic IE7’s thumbnail feature , it also seems to be a more functional version with reloading, history and fullscreen options.
Showcase […]
If you’re one of those who usually clicks on links upon links and cant find your way to where you started then Surfbook, a firefox plugin may just be for you:
Lost in you browsing? Followed a looong serie of links? Skip’em all!
With Surfbook 1.2 you can return to the last url typed just by clicking […]
Here’s something for those who hate IE and cant stand Firefox: The Opera browser is free, featured packed, and runs fast. Similar to Firefox and IE7, Opera also incorporates tabbed browsing with a clean and highly customizable interface. Those are just some of the reasons why Opera i being used on mobile devices and game […]
While some browser plugins can change the way you surf, others are basically meant for more mundane purposes. PC Magazine charts the top 10 most useless firefox extensions available. Take for example Leet key, which “transforms typed or static text to L337, ROT13, BASE64, HEX, URL, BIN, DES Morse code, DVORAK keyboard layout and to […]
Contrary to popular belief, Mozilla’s Firefox 2.0 is also vulnerable to attackers armed with the Windows animated (ANI) cursor exploit, a researcher said.
Alexander Sotirov, the vulnerability researcher at Determina who discovered the ANI flaw last December and notified Microsoft of it later that month, yesterday posted a demonstration of an ANI exploit that hijacks a […]
Interested to know what’s up with Firefox’s next version?
This past Monday, Mozilla unveiled the third alpha of Gran Paradiso, the code name for Firefox 3.0. If development goes according to plan, this will be the first version of Firefox—or of any browser, for that matter—to have the three key components needed to support offline Web […]
Everyone has a daily online routine: checking e-mail in the morning, sports scores after lunch, The Onion on Wednesdays, The New York Times Magazine on Sunday. Morning Coffee, a handy Firefox extension, helps streamline these surfing rituals. With it you can organize which sites you want to check each day and then open them simultaneously […]
Torpark is a Firefox extension that lets you surf anonymously. Download it from here. The bad part is that the free extension puts a limit on your surfing speed (40kbps).
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