Backup and Restore Different Browser Settings Easily with FavBackup

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FavBackup is a freeware portable software for Windows users that lets you save and migrate almost any major web browser settings. It archives all your personal settings and data such as bookmarks, history, cookies, and saved passwords from all major web browsers: Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari and Flock.

In this digital age, one just can’t afford to lose their personal settings and data. As the number of web browser choices have increased, most of us like to use multiple web browsers for surfing the Internet. Keeping a backup of all the data, spread over all these different browsers is difficult, thanks to FavBackup it is less of a hassle now. FavBackup offers an easy and comprehensive way to back up all the data and even lets you migrate easily to a browser on a different computer.

FavBackup is completely portable application and requires no installation. The program has an intuitive Ribbon user interface, so getting started with it is easy and quick. After downloading the program, extract the FavBackup executable file in your choice of folder, run the executable. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Utilities, Windows

UC Browser English: Fast Mobile Web Browser for Symbian, WM, Java

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UCWeb has announced that the latest version of its flagship product, UC Browser 7.7 English version has been released. The latest version, UC Browser 7.7 English, is released for Symbian, Windows Mobile and Java.

These days there’s no shortage of mobile web browsers, each one claiming to be the fastest and most feature-rich. UC Browser is another such mobile web browser which is cross-platform. Much like the rest of the lot, it offers useful features, speed enhancements and quick-access to your favourites. [Read more...]

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Secure Your Web Browser using BitDefender TrafficLight

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Web browsers are the primary application used to browse the Internet by all users. Hence, it’s attacked the most from various forms of malicious threats. The most common example that we can see is when computer systems are getting infected without user’s knowledge during web browsing.

Even though most security systems are capable of blocking this attacks but, isn’t it a better idea to prevent the infection from the browser itself? BitDefender TrafficLight warns users about malicious websites and filters malicious web traffic.

Although, almost every major antivirus company offers similar solution today, but BitDefender TrafficLight has one key advantage over them: it’s available on all five major browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and Safari. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Security, Windows

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Now Available for Download

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Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.6.4, the latest security and stability release for Firefox. This release provides crash protection for Windows and Linux users by isolating third-party plugins when they crash. The feature is like that in Google Chrome as it runs plugins in their own process to increase browser stability and security.

Out-of-process plugins are enabled by default and make sure that a crashing plugin will not crash the browser itself as well. Firefox can now prevents Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Microsoft Silverlight crashes from bringing down your entire browser on Windows and Linux computers just like Google Chrome does. Read the Crash Protection FAQ for more detailed information about this new feature. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apple, Browsers, Firefox, Linux, News and Updates, Windows

How To Use Group Policy Management Console to Disable Browser Choice?

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We previously shared a quick tip about a registry tweak using which you can disable browser choice update screen on windows. Off late, I have found a lot of people still asking how they can disable the browser choice screen in Windows.

The registry tweak was based on a knowledge base article (KB2019411) released by Microsoft, explaining how IT administrators can disable a Browser Choice screen for their users using a simple registry key. Now, you can get the same result by using the Group Policy Preferences editor and its also easier to use than the registry editor. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks, Vista, Windows, Windows 7

How to Disable Browser Choice Update Screen on Windows [Quick Tip]

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Microsoft has recently published an article detailing steps required to disable or remove the Browser Ballot (or Browser Choice) screen. Starting this March, the Browser Choice screen began displaying on Windows machines for European customers. If you are a regular user annoyed by it or if you are a system administrator who wants to manage the display of the Browser Choice update screen in managed personal computing environments that are under a Volume Licensing program. Then here is a solution for you all which will help you disable the Browser Choice update screen.

Update: Another way to disable browser choice screen can be found here. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet, Tips and Tricks, Vista, Windows, Windows 7

The Fastest Browser, Opera 10.50 Final Released with Dramatic UI Redesign

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Opera team has released the final version of its much awaited web browser Opera 10.5010.50. Opera 10.50 brings a lot of new features to the table, most noticeable the speed improvements which leaves Firefox behind in the dust, at least for now. Opera 10.50 is currently only offered for the Windows operating system with the likelihood that versions for other operating systems follow suite later this month. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, News and Updates, Opera