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We have already twitted about this two days ago when it was available through FTP and Mozilla was uploading the update to the update distribution sites. Those who missed that twit about this update may refer to this article. Mozilla released Firefox update 3.5.1 that fixes the annoying bug of long load times on Windows, it also closes some security holes and makes it a bit more stable.
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If you want to tweak Mozilla Firefox to the extreme, then about:config is where you should look out for all the advanced settings. But tweaking about:config without any knowledge of what the settings does, may be very harmful for Firefox’s health. So it would be a good idea to backup about:config first. This backup will help you very much. Even if anything goes out of your hands. You can easily restore everything back to normal.
It’s also a good idea to backup about:config if you have customized Firefox a lot. So, the next time you reinstall Firefox, you can replace the default settings with your customized one. [Read more...]
Google Chrome is one of the fastest and light weight browser. Then, why not take the full potential of Chrome by using these keyboard shortcuts and surf the Internet much more faster? Below are the keyboard shortcuts and Easter eggs present in Google Chrome:
To open Google Chrome Task Manager press [Shift] + [Esc].
To open a New Incognito Window press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N].
To reopen the Last Closed Tab press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [T].
Switch Tab (From Left to Right) [Ctrl] + [1] to [Ctrl] + [8]. You can also switch Tab by pressing [Ctrl] + [Tab]. You can also switch directly to the last tab by pressing [Ctrl] + [9] or by pressing [Ctrl] + [Page Down]. If you want to go to the previous Tab press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Tab]. [Read more...]
Microsoft has made sure that Internet Explorer follows Internet standards, by allowing you and your browser to download only two files at a time from any server.
If you visit a web page with a lot of images and required files, such as CSS styles and JavaScript, you can easily end up with a scenario where your web browser has to make more than 40 requests to the web server to download all the files and then assemble the web page. Requesting only two of these 40 files at a time is going to be a lot slower than downloading, say, 10 of them at a time.
By tweaking a hidden registry value, you can speedup Internet Explorer and break Internet standards to download more than just two files at a time. Modifying this setting is simple to do, but be careful; the standards police will be after you. Follow these steps to speed up IE: [Read more...]
When it comes to security, you will notice that everything that has a high value in your life are kept under tight security, be it your household assets or your highly classified documents. Similarly, data present in your computer and network is highly valuable and needs several layers of security to prevent data theft. Also its important to prevent malicious programs, bots, etc. to get in your computer. Whenever you are entering any data such as your usernames, passwords, your bank account details, they all are vulnerable and may be stolen by some pesky spyware or sniffed out of your network if you don’t secure your computer and network enough. Here, we will walk you through the process of securing your computer from any security threats. [Read more...]
Microsoft Silverlight helps you create rich web applications that run on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, and Linux and is a major competitor to the Adobe Flash. The new version of Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 3.0 build 3.0.40624.0 has been officially Released To Web (RTW) by Microsoft and is now available for free download.
Silverlight 3 includes a lot of improvements and enhancements, such as Support for Higher Quality Video & Audio, Smooth Streaming which allows instant viewing of 720p or higher HD video without buffering, you can test here if you want to, Out of Browser Capabilities, Perspective 3D support, GPU Acceleration support, AAC audio and H.264 video decoding support, ClearType text rendering support, and more. You can view all the details at the Silverlight 3.0 What’s New page. [Read more...]
With a single Google Account, you can use all the Google services, including the important ones like Gmail, Google Adsense or AdWords, Google Docs, etc. So, you can imagine what will happen if you happen to forget the password or the associated email address, or worse loosing your account by a successful hacking attempt. The common security options to avoid these scenarios are using a secondary email address and a security question that can be used to recover your Google account. But now, Google users are having another secure option to recover their account’s password. Google has added the ability to recover your password via text message.
To turn this on for your account, just sign in, select ‘Change Password Recovery Options,’ enter your cell phone number and click ‘Save.’ [Read more...]
Do you ever get tired of searching for a particular setting inside the control panel or searching for that hidden application in Windows XP? Inside Windows XP there are hundreds of settings that require endless clicking through the Operating System that can get really frustrating. Windows in a box was designed to eliminate all that. It sits on your desktop, its easy to navigate, and it puts an end to all the frustration of endless searching for settings and hidden features or applications.
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