Tag Archives: Browser
Firefox 3.1 With Porn Mode
Firefox 3.1 is a major release with many new additions and fixes. Mozilla opens Pandora’s Box in the Mozilla Wiki that a feature will be added to the next version of Firefox, a private browsing mode. This is a mode in which writes to cache, history, and other traces of the user’s browsing activity are [...]
Full StoryGoogle Chrome Shines
Google really put a great effort into their new born. Chrome by far is outstanding, and here’s why: Fast page loads and I mean fast! Easy bookmarking The ease of sliding URL’s to the Bookmark Toolbar Clean interface More Real Estate when viewing a page Uses one third the memory compared to Firefox 3 The [...]
Full StoryGoogle Chrome Rust Free?
Security bloggers have already discovered a slip or should I say a leak in the “Chrome” browser. Built on top of the Apple sponsored WebKit engine, the browser offers several security features that are seen in the beta releases of IE8. Chrome or rust? We will find out soon as this new browser has what [...]
Full StoryGoogle to Battle IE with New Browser
Google will launch a Web browser called Chrome that will take on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and apparently Mozilla’s Firefox, which the search giant essentially funds. In an odd leak, Google sent Google Blogoscoped a comic book outlining the technology in its Chrome browser. The leak was confirmed by Kara Swisher and the Wall Street Journal [...]
Full StorySurf Safer with WOT
WOT, Web of Trust, warns you about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. Protect your computer against online threats by using WOT as your front-line layer of protection when browsing or searching in unfamiliar territory. Surf safer and add WOT to your Firefox now. Protect yourself from online threats [...]
Full StoryRecommended Firefox 3 Add-Ons
Shareaholic: A great way to email web pages to friends and submit to social networks. Shareaholic currently supports Del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, Foxiewire, Friendfeed, Google reader, Pownce, StumbleUpon, and Twitter. It’s easy to use and the fastest way to share and submit pages to your favorite social networks and bookmarks. The neat part of Shareaholic is [...]
Full StoryFireFox 3 The Next Day
I have always been cautious with upgrading to new software right out of the gate. It’s much better to wait and let everyone else find the bugs before even thinking to upgrade. With all the hype surrounding its attempt to set a one-day download record. (It will be close!). I made an exception with Mozilla [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3 Day: Let the Downloads Begin!
It seems like yesterday, but 10+ years ago, Mozilla provided us its open-source code into the public domain. Today, we are at a new level of browser technology with Firefox 3. This is only the third major release of Firefox, and it will blow the doors off of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Firefox owns 18 percent [...]
Full StoryIE 8 Could Pose Issues with Many Site Owners
I am more excited about the new Release of Firefox 3 Tuesday than IE 8 Beta 2 in August. After losing its battle to buy Yahoo, let’s put that behind us and focus on what Microsoft does well, and how they have changed the way for all of us to be more productive. Although Beta [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3 Goes Live Tuesday!
Finally, Firefox 3 will be released Tuesday June 17th! I know I am a happy camper, and I am sure all you Firefox fans are as well. I bet the internet will be over-working on this day as they expect millions of downloads in the first day. This could break the world record, will just [...]
Full StoryBrand your web site with a Favicon
What is a favicon? It’s an icon image that is located in two places, 1) In your browsers address bar as indicated in the image below, 2) When you bookmark a site you will see that sites favicon in your favorites or bookmarks. Notice the jaws icon to the left? That’s our favicon.ico The original [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3 Launching Soon!
Get the bandwidth ready! Firefox 3 for Windows and Linux are already to go, but Mozilla plans another minor release candidate for the Mac OSX version due to plug-in problems introduced by Apple’s 10.5.3 update. According to Mozilla’s Firefox group, which said today that the final release of Firefox 3 is near. There’s just one [...]
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