Internet browsers do provide a way for users who dislike keying in their passwords every time they log in a favorite website that requires one.

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A must install when working on shared and public terminals (provided that you can install Firefox add-ons). Keyloggers often target web browsers since it’s that particular interface where a lot of user authentication happens. Well sure, some jealous husbands and wives install them to check whether their respective spouses are cheating on them but if [...]

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I always prefer to connect and log-in to websites via https. They’re a lot more secure and is highly recommended for those leeching off free Wi-Fi connections, using Internet cafe terminals, and to those who are just plain paranoid. Previously, you can only do this by manually entering the https://mail.google.com in your URL bar, or [...]

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Quite some time ago, we featured Cooliris Previews as a must-have add-on for Firefox. Knowing what the linked page contains before actually clicking it does have its perks. From the same company comes PicLens – another browser add-on (though not just exclusively for FF, you can get with for IE and Safari) that redefines how [...]

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I am still an out and out Firefox fan but anything that involves my OS’ manufacturer deserves a look somehow. And when news has it that the new Internet Explorer 8 would be standards-compliant, it definitely has my attention (though I can’t seem to avoid not snickering when I get to think of “standards compliance” [...]

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Huzzah! After nearly a year of not posting anything related to Internet Explorer (that’s how I hate using that non-standards compliant browser), here’s one. Not that I don’t use IE since I do for IE Tab to log-in to multiple accounts at the same time. Anyway, one feature that Firefox has that readily trumps IE [...]

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This is one great “hack” if you happen to need to browse the Internet but the dastardly administrators just blocked out the use of Internet Explorer and prevented you from installing software like Mozila Firefox. If using a standalone browser via USB flash drive (Don’t you just want to throttle people when that happens as [...]

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One thing about Word is that, once you type in something that has “http://”, “www.” and a “.com” in a sequence, it automatically creates a hyperlink pointing to that specific URL. While keyboard ninjas would swear by Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V combo. There are still more ways to create hyperlinks in Microsoft Word. Here’s a nifty [...]

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It’s one of the reasons why I never touched IE again even with IE7 and its attempts to be as good as Firefox. It doesn’t care about you losing all your work just in case it or Windows crashes. Firefox has a robust session restore as a default feature. But one consolation for IE users [...]

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Hot off the news and into your computer. Google just made available Google Gears (BETA). It’s “an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using JavaScript APIs.” These include: Store and serve application resources locally Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness [...]

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One behavior that you might notice when typing something on the Google search field is that it pops out suggestions from your previous searches. Clearing your history is a good privacy and security measure. Especially when you search all sorts of “stuff” on the family computer. You don’t want your kid brother to come up [...]

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Google Pack is Google’s fun pack filled with useful apps that cater to everyone from newbies to advance users. In a press release yesterday, adds a security option and a new way to view pictures in its latest release of Google Pack. Google announced the inclusion of these new apps: Symantec Norton Security Scan: Get [...]

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If you’re really a die-hard Internet Explorer fans without any intention of defecting to “the enemy” then you’d probably need (and love) this IE7 add-on. Why? Because it gives your browser some more useful features (that are already found in Firefox and some of its plug-ins:p). IE7Pro is a free IE7 add-on that puts these [...]

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It just amazes me how IE is so far behind Firefox. Still for IE users out there, you can still play catchup to Firefox with IE add-ons. Here’s one that that spell-checks text input boxes in webpages displayed on Internet Explorer – ieSpell. It’s great for web form junkies – like those who are fond [...]

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Jeff Davis wrote a great FAQ on Favicons in IE7 in his blog. There he addresses the following issues: How do I make a favicon appear for my site in IE7? How often does IE download the favicon? I see the wrong favicon for some sites I visit. How do I fix this? I put [...]

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