Tag: Firefox
How to Prevent Internet Explorer 9 from Automatically Installing Through Windows Update
Microsoft announced earlier this month that they would be accelerating Internet Explorer 9 adoption by automatically pushing it through Windows Update. A lot of users might not be happy with this decision since there are websites and web applications that are still being optimized for the browser. Not everyone want’s Internet Explorer 9 automatically installed, [...]
Chrome will Block Malicious Windows Installers – Your Dad’s New Browser
New versions of the popular Google Chrome browser will take additional steps to prevent users from the dark side of the Internet by blocking, or warning users of, malicious windows installer files. Most often, these types of websites promise free screensavers or tools, but only deliver a headache in the form of viruses and other [...]
Weekly Wrap Up: Notebook, Tablet and Smart Phone News for March 25th
Another busy week is wrapping up and we’ve pulled together the biggest notebook, tablet and smart phone news of the week, including our Best of CTIA winners, to help you get caught up on what’s going on in technology. The biggest news of the week was arguably the CTIA Wireless 2011 show in Orlando which was the [...]
How to Enable Pinch to Zoom and Twist Gestures in Firefox 4
If you have a multi touch mousepad and have already downloaded Firefox 4, you can enable mulitouch gestures by changing a few settings. This will allow you to pinch to zoom in Firefox 4 and enable the use of a twist gesture to switch tabs. To enable pinch to zoom, you need to head over [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Review
Internet Explorer 9 has been released, this IE 9 Review will let you know what’s new and how Internet Explorer 9 compares to Chrome and Firefox. Last August Internet Explorer celebrated its 10th anniversary making it one of the oldest surviving web browsers on the market to date. Its interesting when you look back to the [...]
Mozilla Firefox 4 Exits Beta as Release Candidate Version
Mozilla has finally graduated its Firefox 4 browser out of beta and the Mac, Windows, and Linux edition of the popular Internet browser is now available as a release candidate in over 70 languages. The browser brings a new look and additional features, chief of which is faster speeds. With a new Javascript engine, Firefox [...]
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How To Use the Motorola Atrix as a Laptop without the Dock [hack]
The Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone caught our attention at CES 2011 thanks to the ability to connect it to a dock, like the Motorola Webtop laptop accessory and use the phone as the brains of a laptop. This laptop mode allows you to work in a Firefox browser and to use your apps [...]
Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta Arrives with Sync, App Tabs and More
Mozilla has released a new beta version of Firefox 4, the company’s next iteration of the popular Firefox browser. The latest beta version of Firefox 4 includes improvements to startup speed, bookmarking and animation smoothing as well as delivering many new features that you won’t find in the existing Firefox 3 versions. In the Firefox 4 beta the tabs [...]
How to Disable Flash in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer
With the latest testing on the MacBook Air showing that simply having Flash installed when surfing the web can cut your battery life by 33% — just by serving the ads that appear on many webpages. If you are going to be mobile and want to extend the battery life of your notebook you may want to [...]
How To Switch Between Two Gmail Accounts Using Chrome Browser
If you are like many of us and have more than one Gmail account maybe a regular Gmail account and a Google Apps Gmail account then you might be struggling with having to switch between the accounts. Google doesn’t make it easy to log into one Gmail account and then into another because it stores a [...]
